Words by Hass Yusuf, images by David Ransted. This blog will be constantly updated throughout the day.
Well, what a fab night we had at the British Embassy in Lyiv. Robin Scott and myself managed to grab a quick interview with Judith Gough our Ambassador to Ukraine. Lucie Jones and Emmelie de Forest also performed for us. Check out the video below.
Here are a few more images from the event.
Emmelie de Forest and Lucie Jones duet
Ambassador Judith Gough flying the flag!
Committee members Danny Lynch, Alasdair Rendall, Simon Bennett and Hass (too many glasses of Pimms) Yusuf
Lucie Jones
Today of course is Semi-Final 2 day! It’s bound to be another exciting night. Fingers crossed for your Top Ten to get through! If my favourite of this semi, Estonia, fails to get through, I may just give up!
Anyway, to remind of who are performing:
Nathan from Austria
Naviband from Belarus
Kristian from Bulgaria
Jacques from Croatia
Anja from Denmark
Koit and Laura from Estonia
Joci from Hungary
Brendan from Ireland
IMRI from Israel
Fusedmarc from Lithuania
Jana from Macedonia
Claudia from Malta
O’G3NE from Netherlands
JOWST from Norway
Ilinca and Alex from Romania
Tijana from Serbia
Valentina and Jimmie from San Marino
Timebelle from Switzerland
And here are shots from the Big 5 and Host countries.
Alma from France
Levina from Germany
Manel (right) from Spain
Francesco from Italy
O.Torvald from Ukraine
Lucie for the United Kingdom
And that’s it for now. Will be back later on in the wee hours of the night (Ukraine time) with the results from tonight’s show.
