One big party
If ever you decide to pay this city a visit, make sure that you arrange your trip to take in the 9th May celebrations,...
There’s an air of calm in Eurovisionia
I guess everybody's out and about after a hard day's rehearsing to go gawp at military hardware. That reminds me of my favourite joke...
It’s our time it’s our time
And so for only the second spine-tingling moment of this year's contest. I've said all along that I thought the UK were a contender...
Well I thought that the UK was…
...Very very good indeed!! - There is a staircase and violinists and pianos and Then Jade
She descends the staircase looking at the camera and...
Eurovision 2009 Weather-based Predictions
It's traditional at this time of year (or slightly earlier), to enquire as to the general climatic suitability of various locations across the continent...
Firing blanks
I've always said I hated the German entry and ranked it in my bottom two and I've seen nothing in rehearsals to change my...
A note about the stage
Some viewers may have noted the big expanses of scaffolding at each wing of the stage. Rumours abound as to what these may be,...
I don’t want to Rush-in
And so onto this year's second Ukrainian contestant -Anastasia Prikhodko - who rather controversially is representing our hosts and singing part in Ukrainian. This...
More on the French
Her absent minded mic-check was ten times better than any apparently finished article so far in the last week, so we just whipped to...
There are times in this contest where …
... you just have to stand up and admit you were wrong.
This, Europe, is one of those moments.
For months I was of the opinion...