Poland can’t cool me down
It’s not Margaret. Do I have to write anything more? Ok then. Almost all of the viewers won’t even now that Margaret ever existed,...
Starting with the Finnish
I’ve started with a Mister Naef moment as my computer failed to connect to the network in the press centre. Having spent some tense...
Montenegro – From the sublime to the gloriously gay
Rarely has there been such an abrupt mood change at the contest, and this may well play to Slavko Kalezić's chances.
It's like he took...
Monty’s Semi 2 Summary
Despite my knowing better I’m still given to folly, so once more, dear reader, I shall attempt a review of the semi from my...
Romania gives us guns, Ukraine gives us head
“I can’t hear my ears!” yells Ilinca from Romania as she starts to yodel at the start of Romania’s rehearsal. There will be those...
Ukraine – too pretty to be gnarly?
Ukraine started on time - which is always good.
They have only had a couple of runs, but not a lot has changed. The lead...
Live Blog – Second semi-final – dress rehearsal
We're back live this evenings after a day out and about - Chernobyl, since you ask. And it's our first chance to watch all...
Reaching out … Touching me … Touching YOU!
Hello, OnEuropeans, Phil here.
Now I know that people have been viewing - our page views are through the Eurovision roof (and I've not been...
Greece – Love profusion
You're in my sweaty palms today until Mr Phil reaches the hall after a hard-earned morning off. I've been granted access to a handful...
Semi-final 1 – how we ranked and rated the songs
Long term readers will be aware that in days of yore, OnEuropean hacks chose to gather in brightly-lit all-you-can-eat buffet bars and ponder what...