Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Here it is! The incorruptible, infallible and most reliable Blogilkar's Home Jury made of people in their teens, 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's, mainly Finnish and mainly those who turn into Eurovision only on that one Saturday night, enjoy the show and that's it. Most everyone heard the songs for the first time so this was a true first impression judgement. And thus they had no idea about the fan polls, betting odds and trivial information and expectations. And boy did they turn those pools and odds around mostly, sinking some major favorites and enjoying some real underdogs. I will countdown the full ranking day by day until we have our winner out just before Liverpool is in full swing. This year I publish very few comments or opinions. Just the average score (we voted 1 to 10). In short this year is considered a bit poor by the jurors compared to for example last year and it may show in the somewhat low scores. Anyways: Enjoy! 3. AZERBAIJAN - Turalturanx - Tell me...

How time flies! Just awhile ago we were still in the middle of national selections and song/artist reveals and now King Charles III and consort Camilla have officially opened the stage and tomorrow morning Norway's queen of kings Alessandra will take the stage for the very first rehearsals followed by everyone in the first semi-final until Sweden's Loreen. Finland's Käärijä will rehearse for the first time on Monday but was already ready and packed for shipping: Read more here. In this post I will gather together from various social media etc sources artists departure or arrival photos so keep coming back as this will be updated..... Team Serbia leaving.... ... and arriving in Liverpool Team Malta on the plane Team Azerbaijan ready to go (They're early!) Turan or Tural with Alex P at destoination Cyprus has arrived to Liverpool Team Latvia ready to go Team Moldova ready to hop on a plane Switzerland ready to get on a plane. Hopefully with no waterguns! Mimicat rolling d...

The last missing piece of the Class of '23 for Eurovision song contest is out: Azerbaijan has confirmed 22-year-old twins and street musicians Turan and Bağmanov from Zaqatala under name TuralturanX for Eurovision. They have written their entry Tell me more themselves, a welcome change from Azeris usually shopping songs from Sweden and elsewhere, and in fact its the first Azeri made song since their debut in 2008! Well done! They were chosen among the five short listed artists internally. The other ones were Azer Nazibov, Humay Aslanova & Amrah Musayev, leila Izzatova and Mamagama.  The song will be revealed later.