So now that the three of us have watched the first rehearsal of Semi Final 1 we can now (confidently) predict who we think will qualify on Tuesday night. We shall list each of our 10 in turn then do a count back to give our overall team […]
Tonight starting at 5pm local time in Malmo we will see the first full dress rehearsal of Semi Final 1. The EurovisionIreland team are all on hand to do a running update on our reactions to what we are seeing on the screens in the Press centre. So […]
Croatia (YouTube Video Courtesy of ESCKaz) Garrett’s View Looking and sounding like a strong qualifier. Vocals are excellent and the main singer is even more charismatic on screen now. Starlit backdrop and traditional Klapa costumes make this the first true ethnic/cultural song of the contest. Great use of […]
Valentina Monetta of San Marino kick started her Eurovision 2013 campaign today in the Malmo arena. We reviewed her performance earlier – see below https://eurovisionireland.net/2013/05/08/san-marino-day-3-first-rehearsal-congratulations-ms-monetta-its-a-healthy-ball/ We now have the video of her performance (YouTube Video Courtesy of Eurovision) We reviewed the performance earlier today – see link below […]
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 […]
Montenegro’s Eurovision Entrants “Who See and Nina” have just taken to the stage for their first Eurovision rehearsal performing their song “Igranka”. I have made no secret of the fact that this is one of my favourite songs in the contest this year and I can tell […]
Several OGAE votes have come out over the past few days and their points have had the effect OGAE Votes OGAE Germany (Second German Votes) 1 point – Ukraine 2 points – United Kingdom 3 points – Sweden 4 points – Hungary 5 points – Italy 6 […]
So we have had the first 8 performances today at the Eurovision 2013 Rehearsals. We have reviewed all of the songs in our earlier articles and now we have videos of the songs to accompany our comments Austria Estonia Slovenia Croatia Russia Ukraine We are still awaiting […]
Anouk took to the stage for The Netherlands, in her first Eurovision rehearsal for 2013. Thankfully no “Angry Birds” here as she was commanding in her performance. Well done Anouk for selecting a Green stage background that looks very impressive. Dressed in a black t-shirt and jeans she looked […]
Ukraine – Eurovision 2013. Photograph courtesy of Facebook Ukraine’s first dress rehearsal at The Malmo Arena for Eurovision 2013. Well there have been a few comedy moments during this first day of rehearsals but nothing registered as highly on the “guffawing with laughter” scale as Zlata being carried […]