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Fika time

Yes I know I said Fika

I got distracted though, Czech Republic is on. Now I am not a huge fan of this to be honest, but she really delivers the vocal, a few technical issues on the first run through, but after that she seemed perfect and owns the stage - not always easily achieved by solo artists when on a big Eurovision stage

That said I do get Norway 2015 moments from this, a great semi gothic feel to the song, but not quite reaching the masses for the win

To Euroclub.....

Well it was the first night so of course we had to check out Euroclub to see what it is actually like with people in it...

The larger part is not open yet, so really we were just in Eurofancafe which at night time becomes the Euroclub itself. As it was the first night not too many people came to the opening, maybe maximum 100 people there to be honest....

Still the music was good and we had 3 beers for approximately £300 each and went home :-)

Video clip of the Bonfires Parade from Stockholm last night....clip is in Russian

Report from one of our Russian correspondents;

We were able to visit the celebration of Walpurgis Night in Stockholm.
Mass expulsions and intimidation of witches and other evil spirits using torches and bonfires.
We visited just one of many events across the country.
A torchlight procession from the Old Town Square - the Stortorget, which ended on Riddarholmen island - it brought out the torches and then lit a huge fire - no witch, but nevertheless there gathered an impressive crowd on the Swedish coast.
After this the Swedes decided to use the occasion to show off their limitless musical resources and demonstrate the performance of a local choir, and then the vocal-dance troupe who performed in front of an audience.

Morning has broken in Stockholm....

And yes it's cold

Those of you travelling to Stockholm this weekend I recommend that you pack something warm and wintry. At first glance it would seem that the weather was similar to London, but it's a good bit colder. Anyone coming from south of Switzerland really be prepared!!!

Plans for today are to try and make some video clips around town, but unlike in previous years, we wont be doing too many tourist things. So many Eurovision travellers have been to Stockholm, often more than once, so the focus really will be on;
1. Where is Globen and what's it like
2. Where is Eurovillage/Eurofancafe/Euroclub and what are they like
3. Where to buy drink :-)

Let it begin.....Team Kaz are on their way to Stockholm

Well the day finally arrived, its time to head to Stockholm for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

It's with a slightly heavy heart as some of you who know us personally, yesterday was a very sad day for Daniel and myself.

And annoyingly we are not the first of the team to start their journey, one team member left on Wednesday already BUT we should be the first to arrive in Stockholm later today...

What to expect from the next few weeks? Well the usual stuff from us, interviews, rehearsal clips, opinions, city information and maybe some drunken antics, if the Kapitan allows it....

In the mean time here's last years winner for you to drool over again.....see you all in Stockholm

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Semifinal results

Andy on Sun, 05/24/2015 - 00:57

01 Russia 182
02 Belgium 149
03 Estonia 105
04 Georgia 98
05 Romania 89
06 Greece 81
07 Armenia 77
08 Hungary 67
09 Serbia 63
10 Albania 62
11 Moldova 41
12 Belarus 39
13 Denmark 33
14 The Netherlands 33
15 Macedonia 28
16 Finland 13

01 Sweden 217
02 Latvia 155
03 Israel 151
04 Norway 123
05 Slovenia 92
06 Cyprus 87
07 Lithuania 67
08 Poland 57
09 Montenegro 57
10 Azerbaijan 53
11 Malta 43
12 Ireland 35
13 Czech Republic 33
14 Portugal 19
15 Iceland 14
16 San Marino 11
17 Switzerland 4