Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

One of my favorite things at Eurovision has been always the backstage, the free time activities and all that doesn't meet the eye in the broadcasts to those who only watch the shows on telly. I have had the pleasure and priviledge to be in the backstage, in the delegation lounges and the viewing room, seen the microphone and make up rooms and all the wonderful props lined up behind the stage. I have seen the artist mingle and relax or isolate from others to concentrate and put up their star quality faces and come down afterwards. I have been everywhere but the stage itself. Maybe I should have taken the opportunity to do that after the cameras were off after the show when lingering around the arena? Well, too late now!  Once again the eurovision.tv photographers in Turin are doing great job behind the scenes and have captured the artists when in their vulnerable state, or just being goofy, or nervously waiting for their turn or something like that. So I wanted to share the ones I...

If you thought only artists and their teams are nervous and excited on the big night, imagine the spokespersons! There were a lot of nervous giggle and laugher, a lot of hairstyling and make up mixing, someone even double checked her nails. Finland's Krista Siegfrids and Dutch Edsilia Rombley were taking care of their noses with a noisy sneezes while waiting. "It's fun but it's nerve wrecking, Jesus Christ!" the latter exploded at one point. They are there waiting and waiting forever for their 60 seconds or so on screen, and sometimes you don't even get on screen when you are supposed to like happened with Georgia, one of those voting misses in this year's show. Actually there were several connection fails, something that haven't happened for year. Natia Bunturi wasn't amused as you can see below... Technical difficulties also pushed Portugal and Estonia to vote as the last countires instead of their re-scheduled slots. But Estonia's...