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2019

For 2019, we’re off to Tel Aviv, Israel in May. 41 countries are in the running to win the 64th Eurovision Song Contest.

Expo Tel Aviv for Eurovision rehearsals

What did we have to say today?

It was a long day in Tel Aviv, with all of the countries getting their second chance to shine in the Eurovision spotlight. The...

Georgia – You could almost hear the gear change from here

After the totally dour and insipid, we got the inspired staging of Georgia.  This was nowhere on Saturday and then he hit the stage...

Belgium – Do I have to sing this song?

Eliot (spelled correctly this time) was like an un-interested teenager on stage, looking as if everything was too much effort, and sometimes that came...
Nevena Božović

Serbia – a right little belter

Well this has been hiding in plain sight for a long time, hasn't it? Serbia came on, all guns blazing with an old school Balkan...

Belarus – Now this is more LIKE IT

See what I did there? We got a slice of pop in a sea of boredom, and ZENA was a breath of fresh air. She sill...

Hungary – dark, broody and shoeless

The screens came on near the end of the performance so we didn't see much of Joci's rehearsal, but luckily, he went through it...

Our first look inside the big hall

With the start of today's second run throughs we've been allowed access into the big hall here at the Tel Aviv Expo, and it's...
Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl

Slovenia … Sometimes you don’t need to

... shout very loudly. However, it's oh so quiet and oh so still. It was the same intimate staging as on Saturday, but I just think...
Tulia at Eurovision 2019

Poland – The new Morris (Marina) dancing?

Being from the UK of Stuff, this made me think of Maypole dancing ... but without the maypole or the movement. It's very hard to...
Darude at Eurovision

Finland – is it all in my head?

The last time I said something about Finland, I was picked up in by least three online newspapers it transpires. If they are watching,...