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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.”

Tijana looks good at 10am in the morning mind…..

Well having just got here I am treated with Serbia. My first impression is that it feels very familiar and Tijana doesn't appear to be...

Monty’s Semi Summary Part 1

It’s the same every year. I always regret not already being in the host city for the first week. Last year it was all...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – United Kingdom

Never Give Up On You by Lucie Jones The coincidence of being British, and of alphabetical order, means that I always get to finish my...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Ukraine

Time by O. Torvald O. Torvald, aside from having the most unusual name for a band, are a group of some local standing with 5...

Ruslana, Jamala and ONUKA to feature at Eurovision 2017

The acts that will open each heat of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest have been named, along with details of who will perform during...

Eurovision is not the same unless there is a cock!

Being a technical god is fraught with issues - I missed her last run through but thankfully she came back and had another go. Triana...

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...

Armenia – I may have been doing something else.

The first time I heard this today I said "Who is this?" - Maybe I wasn't paying attention, maybe they didn't engage me, maybe...

Gravity you say Hovig?? – Is that your chances floating away?

As with so much today, this promised a lot. From a songwriting factory in Sweden should have come a Eurostomper in the old mode,...

Definitely a blank Czech

They might be calling themselves Czechia nowadays but Czech Republic - as I insist on calling them - still can't find that elusive thing,...