This morning may well have been a reduced schedule, with only our big five nations rehearsing, but one of tremendous significance to us Brits. In all fairness, given the overall quality of this year's automatic qualifiers, this was a highly anticipated morning. And it did not let us down. Opening this morning's proceedings we had … Continue reading DAY 8: THE OLD UK & SPAIN CAN’T COME TO THE PHONE RIGHT NOW
Another day of rehearsals has seen the back half of semi-final 2 take to the stage. There were certainly fewer props today but instead, there were flames, light shows and several surprising concepts. SF2 is proving to be a properly competitive affair. The outright surprise of the morning was Ireland having quite possibly the best … Continue reading DAY 7: CZECH MATE
If much of the discourse yesterday was about how the sedentary sun impacted our lovely lot, today's theme was focused more on what countries were bringing on to the stage themselves. In no particular order, we had oversized balloons, a flying saucer, a loo roll adorned bedroom and an entire Sammarinese costume shop worth of … Continue reading DAY 6: TOP OF THE PROPS
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
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
Last weekend I made the point on Twitter that just as the national final season was dying down, and thoughts of a social life could return, along comes the F1 season. There's a surprisingly high crossover between Eurofans and those that follow the elite tier of motorsport. Although, is it that surprising? Both require a … Continue reading IT’S PYROS OUT…AND AWAY WE GO!
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
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