Gravity you say Hovig?? – Is that your chances floating away?
As with so much today, this promised a lot. From a songwriting factory in Sweden should have come a Eurostomper in the old mode,...
She’s not even singing the damn thing!
Ok so here's the thing. Patricia Kass back in Moscow ripped my heart to a thousand pieces and stopped me in my tracks. Even...
French finale
Our last to reveal is France, and I’ve been longing to see this since Alma was announced. I really adore this song, and have...
LIVE Blog: Eurovision 2017 – First semi final
Tonight at 21:00 CEST/20:00 UK/Portugal, contestants from 18 countries will compete for ten spots in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final. You can...
Switzerland – Hit me with your Cuba Libre!
First off, apologies about missing Lativa, It's not deliberate. I had a mountain of work to do, but did take advice from people at...
Portugal – Still the ‘water cooler moment’
This was, possibly above Hatari, the 'water cooler moment' of this semi final.
Just like the Icelanders, Conan can sing any old bollocks (and does)...
Albania – No eagle eyed
Jonida made up for a lack of eagle with world-class emotional vocals.
She was still in the same black and gold dress, but the backing...
Australia first up on day 7
My problems with this are two-fold.
First, the song is essentially Sheldon bleating for three minutes that he is different and that he hides behind...
Netherlands: Deep in the darkness
I suppose I wanted to love this more than I did. The power of expectation weighed heavy today and I came away feeling I...
Today in Parliament – The Eurovision edition – Day 2
Good evening! As a result of time zone shenanigans and/or me not getting it written in time, yesterday's Today In Parliament ended up being...