North Star
Semi-final 2 sees the arrival of this year’s big hitters in The Netherlands, Sweden, Russia and Switzerland. It looks a very strong...
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It’s difficult to recall an ESC semi-final of this nature before, where you can make a case for a number of countries achieving a top...
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Sunday rolls round and it falls to me again to have the dubious pleasure of reviewing Israel and the Big 5: Israel Much as before,...
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The completion of semi 2 second rehearsals today. Croatia starts proceedings. Roko’s ‘The Dream’, you sense, has...
read moreLovely Luca
With 17 songs squeezed into one day, the press centre is eagerly awaiting second rehearsals and the arrival of the Big Five. There...
read moreIndustrial Strength
We didn’t hear Tamta during 1st rehearsal. Cyprus has been a drifter on the Outright while its Top 10 price has been holding...
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Tuesday has long been marked in the diary as a red-letter day. It brings with it the first sightings of The Netherlands, Russia,...
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There has been some market doubt regarding Armenia’s Q chance as the semi 2 opener. Srbuk is alone on stage which is a bit of a...
read moreWonder From Down Under
Belgium “I came to fight” opines Eliot, but this is pretty weak all round. He pitches up as the classic boy next door, with a...
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