Time to round up the stories that have caught our eye in the last twenty four hours of The Eurovision Song Contest. From power and odds, to charts, from on the ground in the press centre and arena rehearsals, to out in the parties and the streets, we are looking for the news – this is your snack sized view of Baku.
If you’ve a story for The List, then get in touch and we’ll take a look.
Swedens’ mixed bag of chance
Once again, Eurovisionary were on the ground to catch the Sweden performance and with their special 3D footage, give us a sense of what we’ll see on the TV next Thursday night. They have reviewed Loreens’ chances and whilst its not the liquorice allsort in the bottom of the bag no-one wants to eat, its not exactly looking like the strawberries and cream either.
And Spain won’t win either
Like clockwork, once again one of the big 5 countries have prepared their public for disappointment and gone negative on how their chances fare in the Song Contest. This time, 2009 Spanish competitor Soraya outlines the reasons she doesn’t think we’ll be heading to Barcelona anytime soon.
Norway hosts special Nordic party
On a far more positive note – its party time at Eurovision, and Norways embassy hosted a very special party for all the Nordic countries last night. Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Denmark and Norway were all in attendance.
Schmooze and booze at the Georgian party
It was 2 days ago, but the Cha-Cha must have been so good that David Elder just woke up to report about it. The Eurovisionary man charmed a bundle of this years participants at the event, and he has the photos to prove it.
The long walk to the arena
From today, the roads surrounding the arena will be closed to everyone except accredited people and then attendees of the event. The local authorities recommend taking public transport or walking. No matter how long to walk, there will be no longer walk than that of the artists from the green room to the stage on the big night.