Iceland – Unfrozen
I’ve been sitting here thinking, great set, gorgeous set. Mountains. A rocky floor with glimpses of lava through the cracks below. Northern lights floating...
Iceland – It’s the Minipops (well one of them)
Dear RUV, can you get your styling och consulting people to stop making Maria look like a 10 year old Emillie De Forest on...
Azerbaijan….. Hungry like the Wolf
Elnur is channeling Ingmar Bergman with this performance and, as Ewan from ESC Insight has just explained to me, it’s very very symbolic staging...
Azerbaijan and expectations
I’m sitting here very surprised, and I know we’ve only had one runthrough, just how disappointed I am with the Azeri staging. The stage...
Latvia – Pasta Aminata sounds lovely but …
... the real thing is being dressed in a very long red dress and is totally static and doesn’t move sans some whirring arm...
Israel and Latvia together at last …
I was actually in the press centre before rehearsals started, but a technical issue with my internets took a few minutes to resolve (turn...
Good Morning Europe – Israel first
Well after our slight emergency yesterday we are back with a full compliment of “stuff” today.
And what “stuff” we have on offer today ......
Terminal three flight on time
Good morning Europe!
Battling through the London morning rush hour to meet That Monty at Heathrow terminal three (flight’s on time) though perhaps That Monty...
The Czech Republic are BACK!
I dunno, maybe it’s been a long day, but the return of the Czechs is getting a modestly warm reaction in the press centre...
Warrior #2, sign in please!
So with the editor-in-chief moonlighting for a popular ESC website from Ireland, whose name I won’t mention, it’s down to me to talk down...