The First Semifinal of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest is finally here, after a year’s worth of planning, months’ worth of construction, and weeks’ worth of lunacy in the Press Centre.  Even the Juries have had their chance to weigh in on the qualifiers, so now it’s your turn!  But before you tune in to […]

The first semi final’s “Jury Show” is over, and half the marks will have been allocated to the eighteen counties taking part. We didn’t see any disasters on stage, some countries stepped up to the mark to claim their points from the jury, while others have a lot to do tonight. Luke, Steven, and Ewan discuss the Jury Final in our latest daily podcast.

It’s an interesting name for an ex-commentator to round, but the Trackshittaz have more in store for Terry Vision as they try to rope in the veteran for a quick vocal blast of “Woki Mit Dem Popo.” And are they really dropping the F-bomb on the Eurovision stage?

Samantha takes us round some of the tourist sites of Baku before speaking to some more performers at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. On the show today we have Nina Zilli (Italy), Ott Lepland (Estonia), and Can Bonomo (Turkey).

Former hairdresser and Eurovision singer Christer Bjorkman helps out Sarah Dawn Finer with Melodifestivalen. He’s tagging along with Loreen this year as she sings Euphoria for Sweden. Terry Vision catches up with the former Hairdresser Bjorkman to find out how things are going.

With the technical rehearsals all over, the simple fact is that we have seen the winner of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. We just can’t work out who it is yet, and that’s a great place for this year’s Contest to be in. Still, let’s look back at those last rehearsals with the podcast team.