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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.

Serbia – Amy Winehouse would be proud

BEST THING TODAY BY A MILE. Hovi Star was good, and don’t let anyone else tell you any different, but this was just marvelous. Sanja...

Belarus in the buff

IVAN has appeared backstage in a long black cloak looking like he’s wearing nothing underneath. Is he going to be naked after all? Cut...

IVAN in not naked at all shocker!

Yes, that’s right, He promised Wolves and nudity on stage and we have…. a hologram of a nude IVAN and holograms of Wolves. So, now...

Israel’s sparkling star

Israel is up now. I have to say that along with Bulgaria this is my favourite entry this year. What are they going to...

Israel – Well now then…

….If Switzerland was particularly poor (and believe me it was poorer than Poor P McPoor) then Hovi has just come on stage and completely...

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...

Shitzerland – Back to form….

I’m writing this after being stunned by Rykka aka poor man’s Halle Berry. She’s wearing a mop of hair that looks like it’s had...

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,...

Poland – Eeerk!!

First rehearsal, he was all in Silver and it looks like he’d borrowed the bacofoil again and then for the second rehearsal Michel got...

Justs not getting Latvia

Latvia’s up first this morning. Justs is in a black leather biker jacket and a soft maroon t-shirt, and is alone on stage. The stage...