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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.

Vladana. Proud as a peahen?

The sun isn’t working, so why not bring your own massive prop that you attach to your back that makes you look like a...

Poland – The man from the Pru?

Ochman looks like someone that would knock on your door to sell insurance rather than someone that is going to sing a song of...

Romania – what’s that smell?

As we have come to expect - things are running late. They don’t seem to shorten breaks to catch up though, must be a...

Estonia – the good and the bad, but he ain’t ugly

As predicted by Stefen himself in his presser sometime earlier in the week, he has indeed changed his outfit to the beige one… I...

Cyprus – I’m concerned

My first words to myself were ” it’s not supposed to sound like that is it?” – then I had to check with other...

Australia first up on day 7

My problems with this are two-fold. First, the song is essentially Sheldon bleating for three minutes that he is different and that he hides behind...

San Marino – Let me paint the scene for you

OK, so let me storyboard this for you ... Our hero comes on stage with a faux leather boa and a diamonte Stetson, sings...

Malta.. Dear BBC….

Dear BBC Light Entertainment circa 1994 or so, have YOU had a hand in staging this song, because it bloody well looks like it! If...

Georgia – underwhelmed

The preview video to this song is the visual equivalent of having a sniff of the barmaid’s apron, as it were, in that it...

Azerbaijan – His heart might not go on any longer than...

This has all the right elements for a good song – and yet in spite of that, seems to have something missing for me...