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...
Estonia, Sweden, loo news and other bits
Estonia
I've been quite indifferent to this all along forgetting about it but then quite liking it on listening. On watching the rehearsal now I'm...
Albanian angst
We popped into the hall to see Albania. There's a beautiful quality to Hersi Bar's voice live, and I have to admit to being...
And the 5 I missed… oops
Well the coverage from Copenhagen hasn't been even so I was bound to miss a few. Here's a piece of hard crusty Danish bread...
Icelandic bears
I like a man with a beard, and Iceland serves us up a whole stage full of them. Visually this is a riot of...
Armenia and Latvia
Armenia
I've not passed comment so far on this one. I really like it and the way it builds. I showed the video to non...
Estonia, kind of amazing
Tanja's up now from Estonia. Her first run through started quite wobbly vocally in the lower register but she soon hit her stride. She...
Latvia, not even double cake could pacify me
I have a problem with Latvia. Not just that the screen with the better view in the press room keeps cutting out and the...
Armenia from the hall
Ooh so the hall is very impressive. The stage is huge and the lighting is great, huge effects in the backdrop and subtle movements....