Eurovision 2010: the semifinals in Oslo, Norway

Thea Garrett from Malta performs her song My Dream. My Nightmare more like, given that bird/man creation behind her
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Kristina Pelakova of Slovakia seems to have picked up a job lot of costumes from Doctor Who – or was it Waterworld?
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InCulto from Lithuania perform their song Eastern European Funk. They've remembered their matching sparkly boxer shorts, but have apparently forgotten their trousers
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Milan Stankovic from Serbia performs his song Ovo Je Balkan – sadly not a cover of Yazz's The Only Way is Up or Van Halen's Jump
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Kuukuiskaajat of Finland love their performance so much they give themselves a round of applause
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Daniel Diges, Spain's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. He denied claims that his dancers had mugged a circus troupe on the way to rehearsals
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Sofia Nizharadze from Georgia reaches out for her partners in the human pyramid – sadly they appear to have deserted her
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Gjoko Taneski from Macedonia performs his song Jas Ja Imam Silata. He insisted that his stage show relied solely on his pure vocal tone
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Malcolm Lincoln from Estonia performs his song Siren. Cruelly, organisers removed his bicycle halfway through his performance
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Sunstroke Project and Olia Tira of Moldova will open the contest with what the Eurovision site describes as a 'fashionable chaos of music'
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Jessy Matador from France performs the song Allez Olla Ole Tout le Monde. We're honestly lost for words…
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Marcin Mrozinski is surrounded by contestants who appear to be from Polish TV's search for a Snow White star
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Safura from Azerbaijan performs her song Drip Drop, in a break from her packed WWF schedule
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Giorgos Alkaios and Friends from Greece perform their song OPA. Sadly the Friends' attempt to cast multiple votes for Giorgos failed to work
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Josh Dubovie from Britain performs That Sounds Good To Me. He later denied rumours that he was only prepared to perform inside a tanning booth
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Michael von der Heide from Switzerland performs Il Pleut de L'Or – apparently following an extreme run-in with a loo roll
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A lovely white leather jacket/trousers combination from Miro of Bulgaria.
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Is the man in a black jacket actually inflating Eva Rivas from Armenia? Does she know?
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Vukasin Brajic from Bosnia and Herzegovina is singing something called Thunder And Lightning. He's not exactly dressed for the weather ...
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Ansambel Zlindra & Kalamari of Slovenia are performing Narodnozabavni Rock. And apparently going for a full-house of Eurovision cliches
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This is Sineke of the Netherlands. Where else could these people - particularly the scary man in the tulip wellies - be performing, but Eurovision?
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