Semi two and I’m already two songs behind! Aargh! More coffee!!
Good morning Europe. As you know we are struggling a little bit today due to excesses in the alcohol department and a later then...
Israel, strut, strut, strut, pout, strut
WOW! If you want a dark horse it isn't going to come much darker than this. This, Tanja from Estonia, is amazing. The stage...
Israel….. I’m alarmed..
To my tired old eyes, this has got no better. Mei still seems to be shouting at me quite a lot and, from me...
Malta is very pleasant to start us off
First up today we have Malta. They're standing in a line singing this as you'd expect, and it's very effective. There are some big...
Malta – 9 times a winner??
Nine times Richard has entered Maltasong, and therefore it is clearly his turn? - Make no mistake, people of OnEurope, God may love a...
Montegro, oh no…
Sergej Ćetković is up now for Montenegro. It's a cracking number and he's a great singer but what have they done with the staging?...
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...
Belgium, because I’m probably contractually obliged…
I hate this with a passion. I despise cod classical music and this is the worst example of its kind. There's little changed from...
Iceland and Albania
Iceland
Normally it goes the other way for me when a song is changed from original language to English but in the case of Iceland...
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...