Time to get to Denmark!

The journey towards Copenhagen has begun. Although I won't arrive until tomorrow... First I am having a bit of a stopover in Stockholm. I must be one of the few delegates who will (partly) travel by ferry to Eurovision. You might wonder why? Well, even though the Åland Islands do have a proper airport, there are very few flights and they cost ridiculously much. So taking the 2-hour evening ferry for 2,5 euro is a much nicer alternative ;-) And then a flight tomorrow morning.

Tomorrrow I'll give you some reports from the backstage area where I will be spending a large part of the afternoon. 

I'm hoping the Irish rehearsal will go well. I was really happy with the little bit I saw if the first one. I love the backdrop, it reminds me of a vintage video game from the late 80s or so. You can almost see Super Mario jumping around across those cubes while avoiding falling into the sea :)

Anyway, it seems it's a thing people either love or hate, judging by reviews so far. Hoping some of the haters might be swayed over later :-)

First post! And some photos

So. It will still be a few more days before I'll head down to the glitz and glamour (or lack of thereof) in Malmö. I'll be blogging and instagramming and godknowswhat, to keep you updated on what's happening in the current Eurovision city.

But before that, I'll start off this blog by showing a few pictures from inside the greenroom of previous contests. TV-viewers rarely get to see what's actually going on in the greenroom, but the greenrooms are actually quite a lot of fun. Wine being served, people from different delegations getting a chance to mingle, etc.

 Each table usually has their own TV-screen to follow the contest. This is sometimes hidding inside the table, or is placed so that it's got its back towards the TV-camreas, hence why you never see the screens on TV when they show bits from inside the greenroom.

 Free drinks and the relief of having performed, help create quite a... party atmosphere.

And it's not just fans who have their photo taken together with singers. The singers often do the same thing with each other.