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Eurovision Ireland meet Montenegro's Eurovision 2013 Entrants "Who See and Nina"

Irish Party from Dusk til Dawn

On Wednesday, Garrett and I headed to Fagan’s bar where we had been invited by The Irish delegation to attend the Tourism Ireland party in honor of Ryan Dolan and his participation at Eurovision this year in Sweden. There were members of delegations from Russia, Moldova, Montenegro, Slovenia […]

Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko - Albania Eurovision 2013 Representatives. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

Albania – First Rehearsal – Day 4

Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko had their first rehearsal of their Eurovision 2013 song Identitet (Identity). This is a full on rock song sung in Albanian. One singer, looking a bit like Professor Snape gives a strong performance of the song with the stereotypical long-haired head moshing featuring […]

Dorians - Armenia Eurovision Representatives 2013. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

Armenia – First Rehearsal – Day 4

Dorians had the first rehearsal of their Eurovision 2013 song Lonely Planet. Dorians are a 5 piece band consisting of a lead singer, 2 guitarists, a keyboard player and a drummer. They are on stage clad in various denim outfits. What I like about this group is that […]

Moran Mazor - Israeli Eurovision Entrant 2013 - Photograph courtesy of YouTube

ISRAEL – First Rehearsal – Day 4

Moran Mazor takes to the stage for the first rehearsal of her Eurovision 2013 song, Rak Bishvilo (Only For Him). This is a classic Israeli female ballad full of passion. She can definitely sell a song. Unfortunately the dress really detracts from the performance. There is a lot […]

Iceland – First Rehearsal – Day 3

Eythor Ingi had his first rehearsal at Eurovision 2013 of his song Eg A Lif (I am Alive). Eythor sings this song simply and beautifully. He starts with his back to the audience and rotates slowly. The backdrop scene has taken the theme from his preview video of […]

Despina Olympiou - Cypriot Eurovision Entrant 2013

Cyprus First Rehearsal – Day 2

Despina Olympiou takes to the stage for Cyprus in their first rehearsal at Eurovision 2013. With her first run through we also witness this years first use of the wind machine. Her song An Me Thimasai (f You Remember Me) is another ballad beautifully sung – if you […]

Moldova Eurovision 2013- Aliona Moon

Moldova first rehearsal – Day 2

Today Aliona Moon takes to the stage for her first rehearsal in the Malmo Arena for Eurovision 2013. Song writer and last year’s Moldovan performer, Pasha Parfeny plays the piano accompaniment to this haunting ballad. She also has 3 backing dancers who start out on the piano chair […]