2014

Yes, that cheeky Ewan scamp from ESCInsight drafted me in, at no notice I hasten to add, to do his alternative commentary for the...

You may have seen the Little Mermaid. But here's Phil explaining it to you in his handy guide to Copenhagen. Riigi x

You asked for it! Well, maybe not but you're getting it anyway. Enjoy our experts' views on the 10 lucky(?) songs that made it...

Gosh it's almost a full house this afternoon for this run through. Nearly had to rolling blog standing up dear reader! Straight into this semi...

Another day, another rehearsal. Another night, another late exit from the EuroClub... Thank goodness we have a later start today. So two words on everyone's...

So it seems I've reached my saturation point. Had to leave the euroclub, That Monty and the fabulous Israeli Eurofalsh to it as was...

This should be a HOT TEN qualifiers, not SIX LOSERS, but it's much more complex than that. You all saw what happened - and some...

Spain, France, and Denmark also voted in this semi-final. Draw Country Language Artist Song Place Points 01 Armenia English Aram MP3 "Not Alone" 4 121 02 Latvia English, Latvian Aarzemnieki "Cake to Bake" 13 33 03 Estonia English Tanja "Amazing" 12 36 04 Sweden English Sanna Nielsen "Undo" 2 131 05 Iceland English Pollapönk "No Prejudice" 8 61 06 Albania English Hersi "One Night's Anger" 15 22 07 Russia English Tolmachevy Sisters "Shine" 6 63 08 Azerbaijan English Dilara Kazimova "Start a Fire" 9 57 09 Ukraine English Mariya Yaremchuk "Tick-Tock" 5 118 10 Belgium English Axel Hirsoux "Mother" 14 28 11 Moldova English Cristina...

There's something amazing yet saddening about the moments after a Eurovision semi final, seeing your friends from different countries celebrate or commiserate, and tonight...

...is too 'ard for me this time. They do say there be 10 qualifiers in this semi of shame, and I'm not feeling it....