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[LMBTO] The View From The Balcony - Being a VIP at The London Eurovision...
It was a bit smokey before things kicked off but you get the general idea of where I was a week ago! Between midday and 4.15pm on Sunday 2nd April, I had my press hat on - from 5pm until late...I was...
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[LMBTO] The Top Of My Bottom Half - My Eurovision Rankings 28-24...
A beautiful picture here of the lovely Martina, the photograph itself is entitled "Martina Bárta with horn" - I assume they are just talking about the instrument in her hand and not anything else...I...
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[LMBTO] Nothing to do with Monsters Inc. - Eurovision Placings 23-19...
I have no idea what this is supposed to be, 'it' being one of the figures in the "Beautiful Mess" official video! It might as well be one of the 'scare monsters' from Monsters Inc. - I thought that...
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[LMBTO] 18-14? My Eurovision Rankings or a Sax Anniversary?
Bet you thought after reading the title to this blog post that it was going to include this guy in it:Fooled you! He and his buddies aren't appearing quite yet - that tells you that Moldova are at the...
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[LMBTO] Breaking into my Eurovision Top Ten, 13 through 9...
A wonderful picture of the three component parts of "Origo", my number 15 entry - Joci Pápai (obviously) plus his dancer Alexandra and his violinist who, like in the picture, is a little bit on the...
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[LMBTO] 8-4. Saving Princess Peach or My Next Eurovision Rankings?
No, that's not Princess Peach, the target of Mario's affections in Super Mario Bros. - the title reference was my subtle way of flagging up that this post shows off my rankings between number 8 and 4....
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2017 - My Top Three Pre-Kyiv...
I always seem to cut it fine, every year - you'd think that being the fourth Eurovision that I have blogged for that I would allow myself a bit more time for all my reviews! The London Eurovision...
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[LMBTO] UK Songwriting Success At Eurovision 2017 - DWB Music's Story
Life is sometimes about lucky accidents - there I was, sitting in the Accessible area of the Eventim Apollo at the UK NF, watching Eurovision : You Decide elect Lucie Jones as the UK's entry for Kyiv...
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[LMBTO] What Can Eurovision 2017 First Rehearsals Possibly Tell Us?
Remember Stockholm 2016? May 2nd? That's when we saw what can be thrown up as a total surprise on the first day of the Eurovision first rehearsals - I don't think that anyone was expecting to see the...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2nd Rehearsals - SF1 Movers and Groovers...
Here was one of the standouts during the first rehearsal runthrough - the indomitable force that is Naviband on their hovership, giving their all as usual and giving us one of the best first rehearsals...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2nd Rehearsals - SF2 Twisters And Shakers...
Now this was the guy that impressed me the most during the second rehearsals for SF1, Isaiah from Australia. Up to then, this entry really did very little for me - a song with lyrics more for someone...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2017 - Big 5 & Host Rehearsals
The revelation of SF2 rehearsals for me at least - Claudia Faniello from Malta with her superb rendition of "Breathlessly" , a song that is now up there with "Blackbird" and "Lights And Shadows" for...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2017 SF1 - Another Bloody Heartbreak...
You don't recognise them? Well, unless you are into the Ukrainian music scene it's likely you don't - Monatik was the opening act with his song "Spinning". It got proceedings off to a decent start -...
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[LMBTO] My Eurovision 2017 Final Hopes And Thoughts...
So there we have it, SF1 and SF2 all over, sixteen acts gone (including my favourite pair, Leena and Lasse from Norma John - I told you that they would still be cropping up in my blog for the time...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2017 SF2 - A Far Better Experience
Salvador Sobral - the new favourite of Eurovision 2017, based on his outstanding performance in SF1 and the gradual erosion of Italy's massive lead over everyone else since March. Now it appears we...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2017 - And The Winner Is...
Salvador Sobral from Portugal!For the first time in several years, the juries and public aligned perfectly to give us a Eurovision winner that both sides of the vote agreed on. Portugal had the...
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[LMBTO] The Eurovision Final 2017...
Yes, very regular readers of this blog, I had last year's trophy as the picture for last year's Final review - it does make for a decent shot though and it is the one thing that the winner does...
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[LMBTO] Eurovision 2017 - "акцент був зроблений на піснях"...
26 Union Flags (including the golden one and the one on Isaiah's Aussie flag) - more of those than public points for "Never Give Up On You", maybe next year we'll crack the televoter code...I included...
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[LMBTO] My Eurovision Moments of 2017...
Now this has to be THE Eurovision picture of the whole 2017 season - Francesco Gabbani at the London Eurovision Party (taken by Tom O'Donoghue), the moment where most of Eurovision fandom felt that...
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[LMBTO] My Ultimate Eurovision UK Top 10 (and ESC 250 2016 picks)...
Lucie Jones - this lady will always deserve plenty of exposure in my blog. Partly due to her amazing performance in Kyiv and also because she gave me continued hope that the UK are on the way up, out...
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