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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.

Mr Phil’s Review of Day 2 – Bank Holiday SPECIAL

So, we're all locked out of rehearsals at the big house for the second day but, fear not, our intrepid team have been looking...
Paenda

Austria – Cry baby

Paenda was the last act from the semi-finals for today - after a break we'll be seeing the Big Five and Israel. The background was...

Phil’s Day 1 Round up for 2023.

The main question is, am I Anna Ford or Reggie Bosenquet? - Yeah, you lot have no chance of knowing who they are. From what...

Israel: ending with almost a bang

And last for the day is Israel, and Imri Ziv. Imri is a hottie, and no mistaking. In fact, he’s so hot that he’s...

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...
Jonida singing for Albania at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest

Albania – What was that?

Next Thursday, Albania follows Russia onto the stage. And if you thought Sergey went big on effects, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Unfortunately, the...

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...

Paper? – Foolscap or A1?

This has all of the ingredients of a good song. It has a decent enough tune, a singer that has a lot of experience...

Australia – doing a flip flop

So the Aussies are drawn third, but perform in fourth place, because they have the same stage director as Georgia. This means he has to hot...

Yodel IT… or shut it… your call

Well that has the potential to be a glittergasm all over the stage. The cannons haven't fired yet, but we know what's going to...