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Elena Tsagrinou, Cyprus, First Rehearsal Eurovision, Rotterdam Ahoy, 9 May 2021

Cyprus puts the devil in me

This is my favourite song this year. Yeah, yeah, all that Lady Gaga business – I know. That’s precisely why I love it so...
Elena Tsagrinou, Cyprus, First Rehearsal Eurovision, Rotterdam Ahoy, 9 May 2021

How do you like your Cyprus in the morning??

Morning all!! Of *course* Cyprus wasn't going to reveal everything on time this morning because, well, it's bound to be so damned complicated. If this...

It’s Day 2 in the East London Press Centre

Goedemorgon Oneuropeans from the RotterdEast Ham Press Centre. It’s Day 2, and it feels like we’ve never been gone. Lots to bring you today –...

Eurovision 2021 Week 1 Day 1 Afternoon 1 – Nick’s View

Evening troops! It's all been satisfactorily unsatisfactory around here at the Cambridgeshire satellite press centre since lunchtime, my kickball team just about managed to...

It’s the return of the fork ( it is….) etc..

Long suffering readers of this site have oft lamented the lack of awards presented to songs daily that are worth mentions. And so, in...
Backstage at Eurovision 2021

The Fanning Verdict: Day One at Eurovision 2021

I'll be here throughout rehearsals to tell you what I thought of what was going on and gathering up the official clips in one...

Ireland – they came, had a go, but ….

Well Ireland, that was a bit of a let down. They took 26 minutes to produce a performance and... well the picture of a...
Lesley Roy, First Rehearsal, Ireland, Rotterdam Ahoy, 8 May 2021 — EBU / Andres Putting

Ireland – eventually

And in what feels like no time at all we’re on the last rehearsal of the day. Blimey that’s gone quickly. Maybe it was...

North Macedonian sentimentality – and a glimpse of Australia

So I missed Australia. I mean, obviously she’s not here, or rather there, but they did #OpenUp a ‘room’ in the virtual press centre...

‘The Sound of North Macedonia’

First off, Vasil deserves to be here on merit along, no matter what other people think. Sadly though the song itself seems to be...