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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

Big Party Little Party

So we all trudged off round the back of the castle, but for once not to see some puppies with a nice man in...

Well if Russia ‘have bought’ this contest …

Phil: They need to have kept the receipt in case they're after a refund in a few days time. It is a total, utter...

OK, so I got that one wrong…

It's not like it's not been staring us in the face for weeks now, but I was still a little surprised by that result....

‘lil Italy will have to try harder

Phil: Now I don't know whether or not Miodio from San Marino is supposed to be off key in the beginning 25 seconds -...

Phil explains Eurovision 2008 – Why the UK didn’t win

Here's why - they entered a dreadful song. Brits can (and do) moan all we like about block voting but conveniently forget the following : ...

Eurovision 2008 – final results

The finalists were: the big four France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom the host country Serbia the top nine countries from the first...

Eurovision 2008 – Second semi-final results

The second semi-final was held on 22 May 2008 The United Kingdom, France and Serbia voted in this semi-final. Draw Country Language Artist Song Place Points 01 Iceland English Euroband "This Is My Life" 8 68 02 Sweden English Charlotte Perrelli "Hero" 12 54 03 Turkey Turkish Mor...

Whelmed

Not overwhelmed, neither underwhelmed. Just whelmed. It was weird sitting in a semi and not going "EH?!?!?!". A couple of shrugs of "Ooh!" but now...

Transitions

Well, so much for the drama. That was a really efficient changeover from Russia to Greece, and neither has lost anything that in any...

Cyprus served in the Leskovac style

Nick: I'm not entirely sure what the Leskovac style actually is, but these are the 36th country to rehearse and I'm rapidly running out...