Semi finals

Sorry we’re late peeps – Garrett for Eurovision Ireland held us up on getting to the arena… Seriously man! Ireland – Yeah that actually was...

Read from the bottom up - sorry it's just how these things work!! 2247 Press conference just getting under way, and I need a break....

In the first of a series of Eurovision 2018 Live Blogs this week, Mr Phil will be your host for the dress rehearsal ahead...

I'm posting this little prediction based on one rough and ready tech run-through where SVT and EBU servers fell over, throwing each and every...

...sorry, Siegers - das ist nicht einfach mit Deutsch... I think we've all got to go off and do our homework here, really. Based on...

Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom voted in this semi-final. Draw Country Language Artist Song Place Points 01 Austria English Natália Kelly "Shine" 14 27 02 Estonia Estonian Birgit "Et uus saaks alguse" 10 52 03 Slovenia English Hannah "Straight into Love" 16 8 04 Croatia Croatian Klapa s Mora "Mižerja" 13 38 05 Denmark English Emmelie de Forest "Only Teardrops" 1 167 06 Russia English Dina Garipova "What If" 2 156 07 Ukraine English Zlata Ognevich "Gravity" 3 140 08 Netherlands English Anouk "Birds" 6 75 09 Montenegro Montenegrin Who...

I'll be live in Tel Aviv this evening (or afternoon/morning, other time zones are available) and sharing thoughts on the jury show for the...

First off, sorry about a lack of posts yesterday. You might prefer it that way, but my web connection seemed to die on me...

It's all over now bar the shouting - we have the line-up for Saturday evening's big show. Eighteen songs battled it out for ten...

I'm watching tonight and awarding points as if I were a member of the jury, trying to get an idea of the songs that...