Possibly the best Czech entry to date
That’s a compliment, kind of. The whole song is suddenly reminding me a lot of Russia’s Peter Nalitch last time they let me in...
I’m playing catch up
Ooh I’m tardy. We’ve been off doing some international meed-ya, darlings: the Daily Podcast for ESCInsight and then some featurettes for BBC3 with Scott...
Portugal…. hahahahahno
Despite what some people who were on this blog used to think, Portugal really aren’t close to qualifying. In Fact, they are close to...
Norwegian Monsters
Norway is probably my favourite this year. I adore the dark ambiguity of it. This is well staged, with a single steadicam shot for...
Malta… She might be a warrior….
…. but those high notes need sorting out. Bear in mind, though, that it is still relatively early here but there could well be...
Has it been six months already?
…since this was picked?
Amber is up next for Malta pulling together various borrowed strands from many different other Eurovision songs and years. Conchita’s flaming...
Montenegro and Malta – together at last
Montenegro really remains professional, standard issue Zeljko fare. Vocally fine, staging almost fine… there is one little moment where they take an overhead shot...
