Party: San Marino

PARTY FOR EVERYBODY... LIGHT

It was a party. It had pizza, it had booze, it had singing and it had us! What else could you want from life? San Marino - you rock! You can come back next year ... pretty please!

The Ruth! The Ruth! Rolling! (and a few more)

Just to show you what kind of treats we get on the stage in Euroclub, here's a few videos

And a bonus. (It *was* an Irish party after all, so what else can you expect than very Irish performances) :)

Monday afternoon

After spending almost an hour waiting for shuttle buses that never appeared, and then nearly an hour on the bus that eventually did appear, we finally made it out to the arena. In spite of being very late, the dress rehearsal was just at Albania when I got the chance to sit down and watch the screens. I guess the re were delays with the rehearsal too :-)

So, last night was the big opening party for all the delegates. The city hall was a nice venue and provided us with free food and free drinks, which always helps. Otherwise there isnt much to say about it. There was a folk music band in a corner, which resulted in a spontaneous dance performance by Aram mp3, Mariko, the Latvian girl and some of the Icelanders. In general I think most artists really appreciated the chance to hang out and mingle with each other, without being interrupted by fans wanting to take their picture or tell them how much they loved their song but that they think the runner up from the NF was much better.

The night continued at Euroclub, with Ruth and Twin Twin and a bunch of othes performing. I personally left early-ish, and was even in bed by 1.30. Saving myself a bit for later in the week :-)

Tonight there is the Irish Party at 19.30 at the Shamrock Inn. No invitation is needed (accreditation might be needed though...) so if you're around, make sure to come by :-) 

Unleash the zebra

Last night we attended the live talkshow at the Eurocafé, this time with Zlata as a guest. She turned out to be s lovely girl who tried her best to speak English even when she had no clue what she was saying. Among other things she told us that "I open to everyone" and that when her previous relationship ended she "just needed a takeaway". (Who doesn't)
She also let us know that the giant lives in America. Apparently, in Rochester. And together they are a bit "like Fiona and Shrek".
Nevertheless, nice and fun gal. And she also gave us some token singing.

Moldovans in Ireland

Nina Žižić may not have had fun at the Irish party tonight, but we did! And so did the Moldovans!

They do like a good clap!


And a ceilidh! We did this at a wedding once, and we were nowhere near this good.


And it wasn't just them who had fun! We did, when we got to clink drinks with Pasha (Hi Pasha!), and when we got introduced to the Slovenian dancers (Hi Slovenian dancers!) (Thanks Mike). And then when this happened. Hi Alan! This will definitely help your ranking on the hotties list tomorrow.

More on the Irish party

That was a good party. Nice food, as you can see in Jonas' post, lots of cider and some Irish Coffee (we'll never sleep now. Ah well).

An Irish Trad band did some Trad music (what a real Irish person would call "tourist music" because they don't actually listen to it), with the help of Ryan's drummers, who were scattered all over the pub looking for attendants who weren't clapping properly.

Our own Sam was the one they named and shamed.







Then Ryan performed his song - vocally solid, that's what I could pick up from where I was. The Moldovans were having a great time, while Nina Žižić was watching it with a rather unimpressed expression throughout the performance - or is this the Montenegrin way of having a good time? Ok, this isn't really interesting, I just like writing Nina Žižić.

Finally, we asked Ryan what he thinks the hamster (as shown in Sild's earlier rehearsal post) was doing. He thinks the hamster is "hovering" - great answer, really. Obviously Ryan is more than just a good singer/songwriter.

Sabotage!

If you're going to leave these things around the place...

...you can expect them to be turned into this:

No offence, Ireland! It was a lovely little late-afternoon/early-evening gathering at Fagans pub in Malmö Old Town, with the first drinks tokens of the year, some really nice (and unexpected!) sit-down food, and a healthy dose of music and dancing from the Green Isle. A fine ice-breaker on the delegation party front, and a good warm-up before the legendary DJ Ohrmeister's set at EuroClub tonight. We have made requests....

Irish party at The Fag Bar

Well, ok, it's really called Fagans. But there's plenty of drink tokens (Hello Athens) and all of a sudden we got free food on our tables. Yum.

Right now some Irish band is playing music that sounds like a lovechild between "Born to sing" and "They cant stop the spring". Well. We are told there will be ACTUAL performances later.

Oh. And Pasha is here with us. Hi!

Update: Aliona Moon (2 metres tall) has been riverdancing, Ryan Dolan has performed, and we were taught how to clap our hands the Irish way.

Sild was a bit surprised to see the food