Kurt Calleja Arrives in Baku, Azerbaijan for the first Eurovision rehearsal on stage.

The very early morning departure from Malta saw Kurt Calleja and the Maltese delegation travel to Istanbul, Turkey with Airmalta.

At the airport the delegation was greeted by Mr Reuben Gauci, the Maltese Diplomat in Istanbul. Mr Gauci together with an Azeri travel agent hosted the whole delegation for a half day tour around the city that bridges two continents; Europe and Asia.

The short stroll around the city included a visit to the famous Blue Mosque, also known as Sultan Ahmet Mosque and a little walk around the old town. We have taken a short comment from Kurt himself “This is my second time in Istanbul and I already feel at home. It is always a pleasure to come back. Here I met with Can Bonomo and his wonderful team as well as many Turkish fans a few weeks ago. Certainly, I look forward to visit this beautiful city again in the near future”.

The delegation left from Istanbul to Baku later in the afternoon. On board of the same aircraft there were two other delegations from Serbia and Bulgaria as well as a number of journalists and fans.

Kurt Calleja and the band will experience the Eurovision stage tomorrow morning for the first rehearsal.

Kurt Calleja will perform This Is The Night in the fourth position on Thursday 24th May, 2012. We wish the Maltese team the very best of luck during this unique experience at the Eurovision Song Contest.

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The promised food never appeared.....I have really learnt now that ANYTHING the officials (NOT VOLUNTEERS) tell you in the press centre is usually a complete lie

Yes we were told food was coming, yes you can go to the cafeteria, yes yes yes YEZZZZZZZZZZZ

No actually we lied

Again!!

Moving on.....thing's settled into a routine yesterday, obviously everything was running late, but this is just normal here, expect Eurovision to start at around 21.30 CET, maybe, or maybe a bit later, when the live feed works, ok we announce it later......c'mon Azerbaijan sort this out!!!!

Ok who did we like.....well missed Israel, San marino was hilarious, Cyprus was competent, Denmark we missed, Russia lacked something of the charm of the ladies when you meet them in real life, Austria was a mess, Moldova was perfection (if a little camp!!) and finally Ireland was well Jedward!!......