In which “hey, don’t I know you from somewhere?” isn’t a pick-up line.

In which Shi ponders about the auto finalists and the difference between “not trying to win” and “trying not to win”.

In which Shi’s sleep deprivation and overthinking tendencies have a date with the predictions for semi 2.

In which Shi overthinks the principles of effective Eurovision storytelling through stagings.

The rehearsals of the first semi are (almost) done, which means it’s “will they, won’t they” time inside Shi’s brain! Scary times indeed.

In which Shi realizes that we have now completed the entire first round of semi final rehearsals.