I had Portugal to qualify instead of Estonia, but the end result is the same – nine out of ten.
The quality of quite a few performances was down on the equivalents in the entrants’ respective national finals – nerves, or technical issues, perhaps? – and I’m clutching my each-way slip with Lithuania stamped on it somewhat more nervously as a result. You could clearly hear Lion trying to shout his way out of trouble towards the end of his piece.
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Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.