After several days with mere morsels to feast on, today felt like the rehearsals properly kicked into gear. Press centre open: ✔️Online press centre open: ✔️ YouTube clips uploaded: ✔️Fully functioning stage? Well...never mind. The main topic of the day was naturally the malfunctioning on-stage rig and how much of an impact its lumbering presence … Continue reading DAY 5: LAND OF THE SETTING SUN
Category: Eurovision 2022
It's good to be back, eh? A stage that may or may not be beset with technical issues, that may or not be fixed. A delegation that may or may not have been censored for staging that may or may not be too sexy. And a red velvet bucking bronco that may or may not … Continue reading DAY 1 – 4: SAN MARINO AND THE REST
Earlier in the week, I started the countdown of my pre-Contest top 10 for 2022. Now, with less than 24 hours to go until rehearsals begin, here's my top pick of the bunch. 5. NORWAY Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf a Banana From the very start, at the Melodi Grand Prix launch event, I knew … Continue reading PIF PAF PREFERENCES 2022: PART 2
Right then team, we're so very nearly there. We're about to reach that point where our 40 songs go from being a playlist or a pre-party to the actual real thing. And with that, some will elevate themselves à la My Lucky Day or some are about to do a Maps and go all...yeah well, … Continue reading PIF PAF PREFERENCES 2022: PART 1
Belgium reveal their act in mid-September. A sleepy fandom awakes. 2. San Marino confirm they will be having a national final. Little did we know what was to come... 3. Host city when? Insert spinning pizza GIF. 4. First rumours of Mika hosting Eurovision. 5. Mika’s team deny it. 6. TURIN! 7. Chelcee Grimes rumour … Continue reading THE EUROVISION NATIONAL FINAL SEASON IN 156 PARTS
We've done it team. We have finally found our way to the end of one of the weirdest national final seasons going. With many a fan favourite not making the cut over the past few months, Saturday night felt like it was high stakes. It would have been fitting for it to end on some … Continue reading MELFEST AND CHILL…SONGS: THE LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON
Right then team, here we go. Time for one final stop on the bizarre ride that has been the 2022 national final season. What started off with the Eesti Laul heats in November will finally reach its crescendo tonight. With only three selections featuring, this round-off will have a more sedentary feel. And yet, there's … Continue reading PIF PAF PREVIEWS AND PREDICTIONS: ONE LAST TIME AROUND
OK. So as I write this it's been nearly 24 hours since the last Super Saturday of the season and to be honest, I'm still trying to make sense of it all. Just when you think you have an idea of what goes down at Eurovision and the associated national finals, something comes along to … Continue reading SUPER SATURDAY: WHAT IS GOING ON WITH EUROVISION 2022?
Given next weekend sees a paltry three national finals reach their conclusion, tonight feels like the last Super Saturday proper for this year. How quickly has that come round by the way! Could swear PiN and MGP only started a couple of weeks back. Anyway, tonight's septet includes four entry selections, two actual semi-finals and … Continue reading SEVEN SELECTIONS STAR IN SUPER SATURDAY
Today is the 1st of March. As well as being pancake day it also means we have just under two weeks to go until the Heads of Delegation meeting. 12 artists and 19 songs in a little under a fortnight. Here we go... ARMENIA 🇦🇲 Armenia are back in the fold and as of today, … Continue reading THE RIDE OF MARCH
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