2018

Yearly Archives: 2018

Destination Eurovision

France’s first Semi Final…. What to expect and the results!

Well, the songs were recorded last week, and now it's time to broadcast them. France 2 and TV5Monde plangoing to show the first French...

12 January – Why is it growing stronger?

Friday already, and we at Oneurope are looking forward to the Eurovision-themed shows coming this weekend from Lithuania and France. You must be too,...
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And now – here’s a word from our leader…

He declares the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest ... open. But are there dark forces at work? Listen to what our benevolent leader has to tell...
Greece - Arms

11 January – Just pain, fake love and drunken lie

How do I follow one of the best songs ever (in my opinion) that appeared on a Eurovision stage? Read my article on yesterday's...
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Czech Republic go for a NF

It seems this winning the Eurovision Song Contest malarky isn't the bad thing that its cracked up to be. The usually shy and reserved...

10 January – Asking for a simple happy life

Here's another trailblazer. In other words, this person sang the first ever song for this country. But she's blazed such a trail, no-one has...

9 January – Like a wave

Just when you thought I was going to avoid a certain country, I found this birthday today and knew I had to pick this...
Swiss contenders

Are Switzerland trying to get back into the final?

So, after we have largely ignored the Swiss selection, it seems that they have been busy getting songs from all over the place for...
Eurovision Presenters 2018

That moment when you have to fill the stage….

We've all sat through meetings where someone decides that there just aren't enough people adding to the chaos, and suggested we invite everyone else...

I woke up this morning at the call of the cockerel

Are you hoping for more ethnic music in Lisbon? Since the sublime Salvador won last year, with a non-Schlager song, that was - heaven...