Interview: Estonia

Estonia know how to bring a duo together. Elina and Stig are amazingly funny - despite they come from a Nordic country not really known for its comedy - as most of us found out when we were baffled by their 'vaheklipid' series entitled "Alasti Tõde" (The Naked Truth) during Eestilaul this year. If you didn't get to watch them - lucky! If you want to - here (but don't say we didn't warn you).

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Interview: Belgium

Loïc as you know was kind enough to give us an interview some weeks ago. Therefore, no need to go into much details - if you haven't seen the interview yet (shame on you!) you can see it below:

  

We caught up with the Belgian representative again here in Vienna to see what has been up with him since then and go through the extra questions.

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Recap of Breakfast: Semi 1 run 2 day 5.

MOLDOVA
Music seem to have caught everyone off guard and at some point Eduard stops singing. He then mentions "I can't hear". This surely shouldn't count. Jump could do with better angle. it seems he should be breaking the floor when he lands, but it didn't quite show or time that properly.

ARMENIA
Still not getting the circle very circular and some funny camera angles while trying to get in it. Would have been better if they just moved around in a circle until they met rather than the awkward way of it currently. Other than that, it is the only song which gives me goose bumps.

BELGIUM
Nothing really wrong is happening, but also, nothing really great. Some moments that I'm not sure about like - why is there a shot of his crotch while lying on the floor? Not complaining, just asking. And why is he having an argument with his face at some point?

NETHRLANDS
THE DRESS IS GONE!!!! Good times! The vale still has not - bad times! It does get taken off after a short while but it still does nothing for me and many others. Still so many questions in the song lyrics and in general about the whole thing. At least that damned dress has gone, but will it be enough to save her?

PS: OOh, a red suit this time - but prefer the leather!

FINAND
Watch any video of the performance from anything on youtube and just add the ESC stage. Done.

GREECE
Blueness, shinyness, fabulousness. Why did we ever have a doubt on this song? How far it came from a parking lot in Athens Mall. Such sassy. Much emoting. Wow.

Interview: Moldova

A quick look at Eduard's official website, and you find out that he has been performing since the age of 5. Also, he participated in the Ukrainian "President's Christmas Trees" in the years 1999-2002. The question left unanswered is, as what? Was he just a mid-tree decoration or was he the fairy on top? His career also sees him in many contests with the term "Magic" and instances of "Slavic Bazaar" mentioning a total of 28 accolades. Trying to make a long bio short, love him or hate him, not many 22 year olds can boast of having their own label while having two master degrees with honours. Not only that, he is pursuing his PhD, writing a thesis in "International Competition of Tax Systems and Tax Policy of Ukraine in the Context of Euro Integration". As someone who has a 9-5 in Finance, that is quite a mouthful and definitely not an easy task while flying the flag for Moldova during the next 14 days.

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Another cloudy day in Vienna. I mean really. Someone tell them the sun is meant to shine non-stop during Eurovision fortnight!

Having said just about all I could manage to say about the first rehearsals, I'll be handing over to Tom today who will summarise the complete set of semi 1 second rehearsals for you in easy bite-size nuggets.

I'm planning to be a bit of a tourist and if you're all very lucky I might post some pics of big, old buildings.

(Although I might pop into the press centre first to laugh at the Netherlands)