Ok People the day has arrived and can you imagine it but the Press Centre is EMPTY!! I think people will arrive in for the last dress rehearsal that begins at 5.30pm Azeri Time or 1.30 GMT. But last night we had the Jury Voting Semi Final. […]
After Jedward’s sensational performance last night and nail-biting qualification we can all take a quick breather. Here I am now blogging from the Second Semi final for you all – so here we go! Serbia This is a well crafted song and sung well. I have never been overly excited […]
OMJ – THAT WAS THE LONGEST WAIT OF MY LIFE Sitting in the second row from the front at the Crystal Hall in Baku was in one breath so exciting yet in another was TOTALLY nerve wrecking!! The excitement was electric as the hall was full to capacity […]
Ok people – It is 2am here in Baku and I have just come out of the final dress rehearsal for Semi Final 1. This is the semi final that the Jury vote on. Jedward’s Performance I can say that Jedward gave their best performance of “Waterline” to date. […]
Overall Impressions The postcards are excellent. They show wonderful aspects of the Azerbaijani countryside. We didn’t get to see them all but they are very unique. The presenters are very good indeed. They are well rehearsed but do not feel stilted at all. I was impressed by their […]
The show has begun. Some wonderful shots of Baku at night. Aldar (winner last year) is presenting with 2 female hosts – local personalities. The same postcards accompany each performance – A sort of polo matche and then an outside view of The Crystal Hall. A quick Intro and […]
(Video courtesy of Eurovision.tv) Yesterday was a busy day here in Baku with the first 12 acts in Semi Final 1 taking to the stage again for their second dress rehearsal. There were a few surprises here and not all of them good so let’s start with the […]
(Photo courtesy of Andreas Putting EBU) Estonia – The Dark Horse of the Contest so far Estonia took to the stage and this was a song that I was championing for some time as a strong contender. After his first dress rehearsal many people have now seen what […]
Turkey take to the stage in a blaze of colour It is no surprise that the Turkish rehearsal was very busy as Can Bonomo is a well known star in Azerbaijan. Turkish Eurovision Song – Personally I like this song. It has a great Turkish Ethno/Pop vibe to it. The […]
NEWSFLASH – Just been to the Swedish Press Conference. As we said in our review of the Swedish Performance that it seemed that Loreen was holding back on the vocals it now is apparent that she is not well. She sang a small clip of “My Heart is […]
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