So we’re nearly four days into ESC Insight’s coverage of Eurovision 2015’s rehearsals, and debates rage on. What’s qualifying, what’s crashing out, what’s lived up to expectations, what’s faceplanted, and, in one extreme case, how a person would get from Minneapolis to Sochi for the least amount of money. But what are we actually doing […]
Semi-final two and the second rehearsals are up for discussion today, with old hands Ewan Spence and Samantha Ross joining debutants Kylie Wilson (Eurodummies) and John Egan (ESC Insight).
Israel enjoy a genuine building bridges moment, Elnur from Azerbaijan declares himself a member of the Conchita Wurst fan club, and I receive an impromptu massage from a fellow journalist…
All of the songs from semi-final one take to the stage for their second rehearsal. Jody West and Monty Moncrieff join Ewan to talk over the changes, chances, and chaos.
90s RnB, record breakers and an ode to Austrian chocolate – are the press conferences getting stranger or am I just coming down with a serious case of cabin fever?
Continuing Jon Jacob’s reflection on his relationship with this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, the man behind @ThoroughlyGood waves off the United Kingdom delegation from the Austrian Embassy, and wonders once more about what the Song Contest means.