Eurovision 2009 – A view from afar
Now, to my Jaded eye (do you see what I did there?), none of these looked half bad - until the last 30 seconds...
Ronan by numbers for Denmark at Eurovision
Phil: Why oh Why did he not sing this one himself? Instead of which, he sends his Danish twin brother -Brinck - to sing...
Fiddle-dee dee fiddle de dee
Phil: I know that everyone is saying that Alexander Rybak is nailed on to win this contest - and I know that for some...
Krak-ed-kow
Phil: If we are following Franko's grading system from Earlier then this too is an E. Lidia Kopania has, at time of writing, had...
The devil wears Hush Puppies?
Phil: Well it seems so here ... It's a song about shoes that is very very silly indeed. A complete waste of three minutes...
Latvia – Traffic Jam or Strawberry
Phil: It seems they may have become unstuck with the contest down old Riga way with this. Apparently its a song called 'Traffic Jam'...
The Irish are firing on one cylinder
Phil: Whilst I am mindful that this is a rehearsal, I have heard this sung better. Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy seem not to...
The forks – Day Two
So, Day 2's OnEurope fork of the day, for outstanding vocal prowess and also the "Most likely to do something out of Semi Final...
So much for the afternoon shift…
OK. Let's look back on today in Moscow, as that's really what we're all here for.
Israel - almost entirely pleasant. A few worrying fluffs...