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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.”

If gays made Eurovision songs …

Then this would probably be the best song in the world!  Sponsored by the gay version of Carlsberg. You will read on Twitter that this...

Depends what Brendan is dying to try……

You know in a production meeting somewhere in the bowels of Donnybrook 4, sometime between Louis Walsh o'clock and today, someone said: "I'll tell...

Hasn’t this Danish song been entered before?

There is nothing wrong with Anja per se. This song through, is typical of the "Danish Problem" - they seem to rehash the same...

I’ve caused a bit of debate

Apparently on Twitter it seems that Penis-gate isn't a thing.  I have been (sometimes forcefully) told that the neon shapes in the Latvian background...

Hungary’s hairy man hasn’t had his man bun cut and it...

So then Hungary, what is this you have brought to the table? Why it's ethnicity, that's what this smells of. Roy D Hacksaw (of...

Netherlands – Sorry for quickness – have been unwell :/

Netherlands is much of a muchness. I appreciate the sentiment behind it and I appreciate it's written by the girls' father for their dying...

So, How how much is excess baggage from Bucharest?

"Hello, is that TVR? This is the Bucharest branch of B&Q ... You've placed an order for a metric tonne of kitchen sinks to...

Good job Claudia can inhale the wind because…..

It's the only thing that is keeping her from suffocating (being breathless and all). The first thing I did when I saw this performance...

Pony Tail or Pony Club? – You choose….

This song is a total oxymoron. On the one hand it should be somewhat "filthy" and suggestive. Lyrically it's all about being somewhat naughty...

Oh our Nathan is a cheeky scamp…

So, when you turn to the big book of Eurovision and see the word "winsome", you'll find a pic of Mr Trent. He starts...