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Rehearsal Blog

Eurovision rehearsal time. Practice makes perfect, if ever there was a time to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear, this would be it. Our reports come live from the Eurovision Song Contest host city – and sometimes from the actual venue. Photo and video reports to keep you warm until the big night.

Greece – They’ve got it going on

And by it, I mean everything. Because that's what the Greeks had on stage today. Literally everything. It was like fire sale at the...
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Montenegro … MAKE IT STOP!!!

Montenegro are sunk. Sorry, but I might as well say it, having witnessed the first three minutes of their allotted on-stage 30. Gone is the...

The first semi run through

Right then. Just dashed out from the first qualifier rehearsal to give you a quite ready reckoner run down of events. For starters, best opening...

OK… breath… calm down…

Fuck. Just… Fuck I’m British. I’m also objective with this contest and if the UK is rubbish I am the first one to write it...

Germany – Sometimes there are no words

And the ones that caused such merriment among meme makers have vanished from the backdrop - as well as the faux sister photos. This remains...

Oh Nathan …

Quite honestly we've had four dirges this morning from two different semi finals, and then we get this. Nathan Trent is a total class apart from anything...

This is something of a Greek tragedy

Now my first review of this song back in the midst of time, didn't go down well with some Greeks on a forum. They ain't...

The sensible view

And it all begins. Negotiated our way past the security - who for no specified reason want us to check out laptops in and...
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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...

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...