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Day 5 – Australia – Cyprus

Day 5 continues with the next 4 countries to rehearse. Australia – no first rehearsal report She’s not there, we know that, but I had left...
Elena Tsagrinou, Cyprus, Second Rehearsal, Rotterdam Ahoy, 12 May 2021 — EBU / Thomas Hanses

Cyprus – Moving into Sunday again now

So the first half is over and Cyprus kick off the second half. Ireland and this are complete contrasts.  First off this is slick, Ireland...
Destiny, Malta, Backstage, Rotterdam Ahoy, 9 May 2021

The Fanning Verdict: Eurovision 2021 Day Two

Today should be easy like Sunday morning, but in Eurovisionland, there's much going on. A bigger day for us with many of the big-hitters...
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...

25 April – Live the thrills of joy

Do you like it when singers try several times? Sometimes they can win on a second attempt. Sometimes they don't quite do as well...

Nick’s Countdown 2021 – Croatia and Cyprus

CROATIA Croatia have been treading water in this contest in recent years. They’ve found the unhappy knack of offering up perfectly solid, perfectly competent little...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 8 – Cyprus

El Diablo by Elena Tsagrinou Let’s hope Elena Tsagrinou is still around to perform this by May and hasn’t been swallowed into the depths of...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2021 – Part 8 of 39 – Cyprus

So, in a year when returning artistes are en vogue, recurring song themes are also in around Europe. The island of Aphrodite has gone...

7 March – Ain’t no hidden agenda

When that all important voting starts, often some five hours after the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest begins, do you find yourself...