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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

Albania – in one ear, out the other

Possibly best if I don't begin every review for the rest of the day with a "Hmmm" - even though Fred deserves one and...

So this party …

It began with mild panic and ended with some drunken shuffling about, but the bits that came in-between were pretty dang fine. The venue for...

Is this Eurovision package half full or half empty?

Nick: A member of the OnEurope team has been talking this up all week, which has obviously predisposed me to pick holes in it....

Oh my god, this song is totally about me

Ah, this is more like it... it's late in the evening at the rock club and the old hero of rock takes the stage...

Ukraine – It’s brilliant!

Nick: It really, really, is Eric Cartman made flesh. And I fear it. The guy to my left says it's like chocolate cheese. It...

Hacksaw Calling!

Hello Hello... ***Schpartt*** is this thing on? Ah yes, hello. Here we are, sat in some big hall in Helsinki, behind OnEurope Major and Minor...

Evridiki channels Saint Carola of Stockholm

Nick: Looks like the real wallpaper's arrived... the Commodore 64 look has gone, to be replaced by a particularly attractive animated doiley and some...

Will this ever Finnish?

Nick: It's more or less as you expect from the home town entry - there's an enthusiastic crowd of locals to support a perfectly...

It’s the final countdown …

Puda put daaaa - pudda put put derrr... As it were.Just rolled out of the last practise, and we can tell you this... The show itself...

Fighting in the mud-fight!

Nick: I confess to bias and prejudice here. I came here expecting to like Natalia, and I do sort of. I like the intro,...