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2017

The 62nd Eurovision Song Contest took place in Kiev in Ukraine.

In case you wonder why we use Kiev and not Kyiv, back in 2010, Reuters editor Robert Bessler responded to a reader’s query about the spelling.

“Kiev is not the Russian spelling. It is the commonly accepted English language spelling of the name,” he explained. “We are not writing in Ukrainian, we are writing in English, so we use commonly understood English names for cities – hence Munich rather than Muenchen, Cologne not Koeln, Rome not Roma, etc.”

UK is going for gold

Ooh UK is brilliant! Lucie does so well. She’s alone in a mustard/gold-coloured dress, and she’s standing on a complicated erection, which has a...

Israel: ending with almost a bang

And last for the day is Israel, and Imri Ziv. Imri is a hottie, and no mistaking. In fact, he’s so hot that he’s...

Omar had better not come back without all his notes.

Omar had some back-lighting issues in the first run-through and, thankfully the cameras realised where he was on the second go, but he's not...

Sunstroke? – I don’t think they are lapping up the rays…

You might remember that I have said in a previous place that Moldova is only a one trick pony (Epic Sax you say?) and...

Hungary – Heat 1 Results are now live!!

It is that time of year again when Hungary wakes from its slumbers and gets A Dal fever (Ted).  As we have already explained...

Dutch courage keeps it in the family

The Dutch have been having a fairly good time of it at Eurovision in recent years - with the exception of Trijntje. After many...

Ukraine – Home town heroes or home town decisions?

So the home town team, Ukraine, take to the national final stage this evening as the co-production between NTU and STB begins the search...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Austria

Running on Air by Nathan Trent Nathan Trent is another bright eyed young thing bringing enthusiasm and charm to his Contest appearance. He sounds quite...

Eurovision Countdown 2017 – Part 2

We're still here - unlike the Russians if you believe what you read everywhere. OnEurope's pundits continue to delight with ill-informed ramblings about the songs competing...

Now, If you thought Valentina was batshit….

You aint seen NOTHING yet! "This time with Pyro" has a whole new meaning now ...  Jacques really does the first stanza of this song...