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Italian power and British midfield

I went into the arena for Italy & the UK. Both are among my absolute favourites this year, both highly improved by lovely staging....

Italy…. Absolutely beautiful

This is beautiful. No Degree of Separation is a lovely song, performed really really well with a simple staging.  Francesca does nothing silly here -...

Italian charm

Italy is stunning, it’s as simple as that. Wow! This is beautifully done. Francesca is centre stage flanked by a line of, well, garden...

Italy – Clearly they have chosen to win….

As we have said before on here, Italy only need to choose to win and they will…  I think they have chosen. Francesca comes on...

Eurovision 2016 – Italy – Francesca Michielin to Stockholm

The italian song.... eventually.... After the winner declined, the runner up of San Remo said " oh ok then" https://youtu.be/NXE-aTIIG30

ESC birthdays 4 Mar – Do you see people too?

When Italy came back in 2011, our friends at the EBU were beside themselves. A massive massive announcement they said. Sure, it was good...

Eurovision 2015 – Another day of rehearsals

The morning after the night before at Eurovision is always a little bit sad, with dejected fans, disappointed delegations, and some oddments of promotional...

Italy – Taking flight

Nick: Italy in a bucket. “Can we have ‘Rome’ please, in blues and golds?” “What do you mean, ‘Rome’?” “Oh, you know. Rome! Google Image it, you’ll...

UK breaking news, things are falling into place!

So impressions of the automatic finalists. Germany is as it was, no worse and certainly no better. There's nothing to add here. It's just very...

Italy … Dress change and she’s shouting at me again (in...

This is back in the frame now - She too has had some practice and she's shouting at me again and I like it...