Why Your Favourite Song Isn’t Going To Win Eurovision This Year
It’s about this time of year that we start to assess the relative chances of each of the songs competing at this year’s Eurovision...
Does winning Eurovision matter?
Back in the day, for those taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest, there was one goal: victory. Runners-up sank without trace. But has...
Eurovision – more than alright on the night
With the promotional season for Eurovision 2017 coming to a close, OnEurope looks at how the contest has become more than a 'one shot'...
My take on the Ukraine/Russia Eurovision saga…
So as you all know by now, Russia has picked up her toys, stamped her tiny feet, won’t broadcast the contest and is therefore...
tl;dr Russia out of Eurovision this year
On 22 March, the Ukrainian Security Service barred Russia’s entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest from entering Ukraine. They told Julia Samoylova that she...
If all you saw was a girl in a wheelchair, what...
It was little more than a week ago that Russia's Channel One announced Julia Samoylova as its choice for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. At...
Ukrainian government bans Russian Eurovision singer
UPDATE: The EBU have called everyone's bluff and said Julia may perform via satellite link, read more here.
The Government of Ukraine has banned the Russian...
Russia – Rushing to a Boycott?
Well that’s it – all of the selections have completed, and now we get to the sharp end of proceedings – the Head of...
We’re an open church here…
Never let it be said that we don't encourage contra opinions. Reader John Abrams clearly didn't like my review on Croatia so he wrote...
He’s not the Anti-Christ(er) – He’s a very naughty boy!
So, it seems that the Eurovision firmament has decided that NTU's decision to press their panic button and invite Christer Bjorkman to be the...