Well the press centre catering has gone downhill
No it's not Edam but it is cheese - yes it's a jumbo sausage roll cos i'm fat and yes it's got a side...
Omar had better not come back without all his notes.
Omar had some back-lighting issues in the first run-through and, thankfully the cameras realised where he was on the second go, but he's not...
Somebody tell Slovenia the word she’s looking for is purple
Slovenia: can ManuElla mix her blue and red together as clunkily as she’s spelled her name? I know that’s the first thing on your...
Lithuania have a witch on stage …
... it's the only possible explanation for this song methinks. Rumour has it that she would not have her photo taken with an Irish...
Romania and her vampires?
Romania doesn't seem to have changed a great deal from the rehearsal we saw a few days ago. It all seems very ethereal and...
France – That can only mean The Big 5
I love this song. I love everything about it – possibly because I have spent a few years holidaying in Brittany and loved the...
Et Finalement, Serbia
And to round off one of the hardest (and hottest) days I can ever remember at Eurovision, we came to Serbia ... and boy,...
Italy – Nobody’s perfect
Mahmood enters the Contest as a fan favourite - and if rumour is to be believed, laid low by a dodgy cold.
The air in...
Switzerland – the last (place) of our kind
Switzerland. Rykka’s sporting a blue rinse and curls, like a cross between Mrs Slocombe and Shirley Temple. You can do your own jokes about...
Not quite a hit, but it’s not a Swiss miss
I’ve missed most of Norway, but if you’ve seen the video it’s not dissimilar. The discussion on my desk is about the legitimacy of...