The Fanning Verdict – Eurovision 2021 – Lithuania
It was a 10am sharp start at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam as the final closed rehearsals for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest got...
Germany – from the sublime … to the ridiculous
By any standards what I have just seen causes astonishment alright. Mostly to my brain. That people actually think this is anything other than...
Lithuania: Starry, starry night
Monika Liu's team have coped well with the non-moving sun, opting instead for turning the backdrop into a night sky with twinkling bursts of...
Austria – ORF need to think about what is going to...
We all suspected Pia Maria was, frankly, a liability live and I hoped the pre-parties were just an aberration and it would be all...
The Fanning Verdict – Eurovision 2021 – Slovenia
Time for Ana of the moist brow to take to the stage - and today she’s giving it attitude with a somewhat pissed-off face...
Day six in Turin
The second rehearsals rumbled on in Turin. There were pink bulls, stomping on pianos, soap and flannel, balloons, wolves (and bananas), bands in boxes...
Armenia: Up there with the best
Having seen lots of shots of Rosa Linn's badly wallpapered bedroom, I was looking forward to seeing it in action today.
The performance starts small...
Moldovan Press Conference – Back for good?
The ninth and final press conference report was for Moldova. We know that Zdob și Zdub has entered the contest on previous occasions so...
Day 5 – Romania, Azerbaijan, and most of Ukraine
Romania – first rehearsal report here
Roxen’s put the work in and tightened up the parts of this that needed work. There are some much...
Portugal – It’s a Bond film short of perfection
I was predisposed to loving this song from the moment I heard it in the FdC but now its on stage it’s even better...