Rosé’s Russia and does Azerbaijan (my favourite) scrub up?
Russia
Well well well... Many songs are a disappointment when they transfer to the Eurovision stage but I was pleasantly surprised by this watching in...
Azerbaijan, striking a match
Azerbaijan is up now. I didn't rate this in first hearing but had to quickly reassess as I realised just how good the song...
For I have returned and the world will be sorry… mwah...
Yes the wilderness is over and I'm even tempted to return to the contest itself next year as the finances are looking less ropey....
Azerbaijan – Hasn’t da mooooosik died 2 years ago?
This song is 2012's Azeri entry. You could transplant that song and this one and you'd never notice the difference. A wolf's in sheep's...
Azerbaijan & Finland – wow, but not in that order
I'm not getting Azerbaijan like the rest of the assembled throng appear to be. This was the first time I'd seen it all the...
Oh Farid, yessssss!!
I've just dashed over to the arena and back to catch Azerbaijan and that was a seriously wow moment for me! They've taken the...
Farid!
There are two members of this esteemed team that says that Azerbaijan is winning - I say that the coffee in here is too...
Rehearsals Day 3, gosh this sofa’s comfy
So we have now seen just over 60% of this year’s songs in rehearsals, and today has continued to not disappoint. Once more I’m...
Here we go, here we go, here we go…
Yep, they've not caught up with me yet, despite my brazen stroll from Riigi Heights this morning. No-one told me it rains sometimes here....
Azeri kitchen sinks
I don't rightly know where to start with this, though one phrase could describe all of this without looking
"Typical Azeri Eurovision."
It's everything you could...