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Bona Bulgaria

Last rehearsal today comes from Bulgaria, another of the hot favourites. Star of the show here is the harmonies between the five performers (plus...

Estonia and Bulgaria to finish us off

Elina and that frock and that voice doing everything you would expect of them with this. Piercingly on point vocals and, for an opera...

Projecting an Estonian qualification

Estonia. Well. If you’ve seen this in the promo video, which is the performance from the Estonian final, then you’ll know what to expect....

Belarose …

Alekseev just brought a huge guffaw to the press centre with the Belorussian staging that follows the long forgotten mantra that more is definitely...

Belorussian blood roses

Oh, Belarus! This is hilarious! Alekseev is in whist atop a plinth and holds a rose in his hands to which he croons. He...

You know you wonder …

why PhilC comes to Eurovision, gets here and spends oodles of his own cash to sit in a press room. Well, Belarus' 2018 entry has...

Will you still show us Tel Aviv?

Netta brings her Toys (plural) to the stage - two tall cabinets chock full of golden Chinese waving cats to be precise, oh and...

Israel …

I'm also sat on a table with people that quite like this song so these words are hard for me to write ... nah There...

Is Israel still the hot favourite?

Israel – the hot favourite! Ooh yes! The staging is a treat! Netta is flanked by a couple of shelving units featuring an array...

Lithuania – When on earth …

... did they get very very good. The first thing that we have to say is LOSE THE GRAPHICS. You'll understand when you see this,...