2017

Yearly Archives: 2017

Live Blog

LIVE BLOG – Semi Final 1 – First dress rehearsal

Join us live here from 16:00 local time (2pm, UK/Portugal - 3pm Western Europe) to hear what we make of the first dress rehearsal...
Kiev

Kyiv is charming! An update from this beautiful city

Hello Oneuropeans! Ready for our first dress rehearsal? It kicks off at 4pm local time, and I'm poised to watch. I might even attempt...
Draw for running order

The Big Five – who gets to sing when

The running order for the Eurovision Song Contest is decided as qualifiers emerge from the semi-finals, but to add an element of 'fun', a...
Lucie Jones, singing for the UK at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest

UK are having issues with their large erection!

It seems that the UK were having issues with their large glass erection which could present a problem when it comes to the real...
Levina

Germany in mid-table shocker

This has improved immeasurably from the national final to here. There has been some work done on this song by Levina and her team...
ESCInsight

Don’t just read me – hear me!

The glory of multimedia! You can hear me discuss yesterday's rehearsals over on the daily podcast by our friends at ESC Insight. Listen HERE. Monty x
Welcome to Kiev

Final day of rehearsals!

Ok, so we’re off with the final day of press rehearsals, and it’s the hosts and the Big 5: we’ve seen these now so...
Manel

From the sublime to Spain

I can't actually tell you how much of a clunky downshift this song is and, as per previous articles on this very website, the...
Francesco

Italy to the wonning!

Yet again, if this doesn't win, then there is a problem with the whole voting system. Perfect, absolutely perfect. It has all of the classic...
O. Torvald

Ukraine – too pretty to be gnarly?

Ukraine started on time - which is always good. They have only had a couple of runs, but not a lot has changed. The lead...