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The best bit of delegation excess so far …

... and the award goes to them Dutchies with their slightly short term bus arrangement ... Now, what are they going to do with this...

Live blog – Eurovision 2008 – First semi-final – second rehearsal

... Or 'The Best Worst Two Hours Of My Life'. Having been surprised in Helsinki a year ago, we got to the arena in good...

Live blog – Eurovision 2008 – First semi-final – public rehearsal

Oh my god where to begin with this lot! I think I have to divide it up between Doomed, Qualifying and "s'ok" Doomed Montenegro: Nothing but a...

Netherlands – You’ve tried the best.. now try the rest…

Phil: Hind is clearly a good singer. We get this impression from watching the rehearsal that is on the screen before us. And, yes,...

Moldova – wake me up when something happens

Nick: Not sure about this one. Either it's grown on me, or it's the sort of song that only works if you've been watching...

Hoisting the Flag (For You)

Well, it's a busy old morning in Eurovisionia. I saw just the one run through of Czech Republic, and it was interesting. A huge...

Semi Final 1 – the possibles

After watching last night's show I'm still less the wiser, but a few thing began to become apparent. Here's how they all looked from...

Eeesti … yeees?

Phil: Carola has imported her Wind Machine in for this one! It's still shite However, it's not as bad as we thought it was...

Have you missed us?

Probably not, eh. The flat move went well. We've not got a smashing eighth floor apartment with a view of the Danube out of one...

It was the washing line and the brides what won it

The winner of the first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. By MILES. Seriously, they're going to absolutely ace this now. Visually it's...