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 […]
Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani had their first rehearsal of their song for Eurovision 2013 – Waterfall. This is the only male/female ballad in the competition and is one of the pre contest favourites. Nodi is dressed in black whilst Sophie is sporting a long white dress in […]
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 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 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 […]
Bulgaria ‘s Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulovand Stoyan Yankulov have 1st rehearsal of ‘Samo Shampioni” (Only Champions) In a stark contrast to Malta that comes before it – this is an uptempo drumbeat song. Styling Elistsa is in a striking white jacket with red rope decoration and Stoyan […]
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 […]
Krista Siegfrids takes to the stage for the first rehearsal of her song Marry Me for Finlandat Eurovision 2013. Styling Krista performs in her full wedding gown whilst her 3 female backing dancers surround her in purple velvet suits and masks, one of which is sporting a moustache. […]
Esma and Lozano present their song Pred Da Se Razdeni (Before the Sunrise) for F.Y.R. Macedonia at Eurovision 2013. Lozano starts off the song, and having done a few run throughs it would appear that he is going to sing in English which is my personal preference. He […]
Valentina Monetta from San Marino, once again joins forces with Ralph Siegel She presents us Crisalide as her entry for Eurovision 2013 from The Malmo Arena. This is a stark contrast to the now infamous “Facebook” song from last year and is a beautiful sophisticated ballad. Staging & Styling Valentia […]
Andrius Pojavis takes to the stage with his song “Something” for his first rehearsal for Lithuania at Eurovision 2013. We have had Armorgraphy from Belarus, Hairography from Moldova and now we have Eyebrowography from Lithuania.
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 […]
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 […]