Absolutely gutted by the results of the Eurovision semi-final tonight. It was the best semi ever, with several entries that were really excellent by Eurovision standards, and only a few dreadful ones. And all the dreadful ones went through to the final and most of the excellent ones didn't ( Read more... )

Dreadful. Dire. Appalling. Those are just a few of the words that are inadequate to describe the standard of most of the entries in this semi ( Read more... )

France - she was trying to be Adele and failing ( Read more... )

So far ( Read more... )

Watching the first of the Eurovision semi-finals. So far Denmark's song has been the best by an enormous margin but the most interesting thing has been Ireland's blatant play for the gay vote. Their contestant brought his priest along to support him - which, when you think about it, is weirdly appropriate ( Read more... )