Chatting about Day 1 with Eurovision Ireland
If you have a spare 17 hours then check out this three part video review of yesterday's rehearsals feauring Ewan and myself chatting with our genial host Garrett...
Congratulations and commiserations
Massive congratulations to Måneskin from Italy, who brought victory back to their country for the first time in 31 years. Whilst the song was never one of my personal favourites, that huge public vote ensured that the win went to the song that resonated most with the viewers - and that's a good thing. I'll certainly be following the band's career with interest over the coming months to see if they can use their contest win to propel them into the international act that the clearly want to become. How brilliant also for the lovely Barbara Pravi to clinch second place. Her song will always be my most cherished take-away from this year's contest. She was quite simply magnifique! We should also recognise the absolutely fantastic job that our Dutch team carried out during what has been an unprecedented time. To put on a contest of that magnitude, and to have produced such a superb and vibrant set of shows was a brilliant achievement. They brou...
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