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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2016 - The Last Four Reviews...
More the look that this lady had when singing 'Whole Lotta Love' on New Year's Eve 2014 in Imperia when she was really rocking and impressed me big time, rather than how I feel about 'No Degree Of...
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[LMBTO] What's My List? The Eurovision 2016 Placement Game...
It is Sunday May 1st - the day before the 'Eurovision fortnight' and the day before the first rehearsals. It is also the day that, after watching as many National Finals as I could, attending one...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2016 is here - Day 1, First Rehearsals...
Now we know it's starting! May 2nd, first rehearsals in Stockholm for the Eurovision Song Contest, Semi-Final 1 artists kick us all off with the final countdown towards the winner on Saturday week....
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2016, Day 2 - The Rest of SF1 and Sweden appear...
Very Devo-ish in my eyes...who are Devo, you say? Aren't they just men? We are Devo! I'll get me coat...And I'm back in the room - Day 1 saw a huge dress, a 'supermodel' wearing a black leotard and...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2016, Day 3 - SF2 gets a go...
The lady who had a storming day on Day 2, Gabriela Gunčíková, looking pleased to be in Stockholm - after the simple and yet stunning performance she gave in her first rehearsal, I am hoping, nay...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2016, Day 4 - SF2 first rehearsals conclude...
Why have only one IVAN when you can have two, one accompanying himself on drums? Welcome to Eurovision 2016, where most artists are playing with CGI, backscreens, floor effects etc...And day 4 was no...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2016, Day 5 - SF1 2nd Rehearsals...
One of the stand-out images of first rehearsals in Stockholm - it shows off the capabilities of the floor projection, how much lighting there is and gives a decent view of The Globen itself. And if...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2016, Day 6 - SF2 Rehearsals Conclude...
No, this isn't an obsessed female Eurovision fan who's muscled her way onto The Globen stage and then takes a selfie of her exploits - this is the Montenegrin backing vocalist during their second...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2016 Officially Begins - The Red Carpet...
Don't you just love Philipp Kirkorov? Sergey is this year's favourite and wearing a very smart suit/shirt/black tie combo and yet this guy always seems to steal the show! Why this picture and the...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2016, Day 5, 6 & 7 - The Big 5 Begin Their Campaign,...
(Courtesy of 'Eurovision In California' - this picture saved me a decision as to who to pick here!)All of the semi-finalists are out of the way as far as rehearsals are concerned and rightly so - they...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2016 - My Rankings Post-Rehearsals...
As we have finished the rehearsal stage and are now into the live stuff (Jury SF1 was last night, with all its controversies - look at the Eurovision websites, it's alight with the Russian Jury...
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[LMBTO] Eighteen Less Eight - Eurovision 2016 SF1...
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the smoothest one of all?We'll get back to on that one, Serhat...Big day for all the acts in SF1 AND for all the Eurovision fans around the world who were able to tune...
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[LMBTO] The Eurovision 2016 Final - My Thoughts and Rankings...
After 254 days of the official Eurovision 2016 season (if you take day 1 as being 1st September), we have the following 26 countries in this year's Final, all in their running order as decided by the...
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[LMBTO] Why Have My Eurovision Posts Dried Up This Time?
Last year, it was because one of my beloved pets was PTS the day before the Final...this year?Getting an ear infection 36 hours before the big event isn't the best either!Having to find an Out Of Hours...
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[LMBTO] Another Eight Gone - Eurovision 2016 SF2...
One of the most glamourous artists here in Stockholm, Eneda from Albania, will possibly win the best dressed singer but would she make it into the Final out of SF2? There was only one way to tell -...
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[LMBTO] The Eurovision Final 2016...
And this was what they were all performing for - the Eurovision Song Contest Trophy, beautifully designed by Kjell Engman and broken by Alexander Rybak and some Danish courier firm! Not surprising...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2016? En Av De Bästa Någonsin...
And for those of you who don't understand Swedish (or haven't yet mastered Google Translate), my headline says:Eurovision 2016? One Of The Best Ever...What a difference a year makes, eh? Regular...
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[LMBTO] My Eurovision Moments of 2016...
Isn't that Anouk, I hear you all cry? Aren't you three years too late as having her as one of your Eurovision moments? Not when she was one of the main voices proposing this year's Dutch entrant to...
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[LMBTO] UK Eurovision Winners : Katrina and the Waves - "Love Shine A Light"...
This blog is one month from its third birthday and my original remit was to look at Eurovision from a Brit's perspective. Let's just say that I have expanded how I have viewed Eurovision over the past...
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[LMBTO] OGAE Eurovision Second Chance Contest - the 2016 Edition...
If only Nek had been in Sanremo this year, rather than in 2015 when Il Volo was destined to become the Eurovision public's favourites (if not the jurors) in Vienna, we might have seen Italy challenge...
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