2017
Yearly Archives: 2017
Three names in the frame for Greek Eurovision job
Three acts will compete to sing for Greece at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. Canny but skint broadcaster ERT challenged the nation's record companies...
9 November – Do you hear the beat of the tom toms?
צְפַ×Ŗ/Tzfat. Do you ever think that some of those songs out there that finished second should actually have won? We all have those years...
Clearly being second just isn’t good enough
So, on a rather dull Thursday morning here in OnEurope towers, Dutch broadcaster AvroTros decides to release this cinematic masterpiece!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWbCnZ1cCu0
They clearly like to tease...
8 November – Wooing you like in the films of Valentino
Passendale. Were you expecting something nice and sedate tonight. Something to ease you into another evening in a European autumn/Australian spring? Well you're not...
42: The answer to life, the universe and everything
42 countries will participate in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon. Russia is back, but (so far) Macedonia are out in the cold....
Aisel scores a place at Eurovision
The 2018 Eurovision Song Contest is still well over 4000 hours away, but already Azerbaijan have named their singer. 'Sultry' voiced AiselĀ MammadovaĀ will perform for...
The eyes of the whole world are waiting
Abgereifter. Maybe my ears were deceiving me, or maybe it was just the voices in my head, but I get the impression you want...
So, in an ironic twist of fate – Finland go semi external
So, having written this pieceĀ using Saaaaara Aaaaalto as the object of poor journalism, it seems that YLE clearly read what I wrote and completely...
6 November – Go about your business
ŠŠ°ŃŠŗŠ°Š²Š°Š». Some of our friends around Europe are convinced that their country will never win European (and Australian) singing's greatest prize. No-one likes us,...
Kids of Macedonia, Do not cry, you (might be) back in
Well it seems that after being OUT of the EurovisionĀ earlier this week, it seems that the EBU and MRT have come to their senses...