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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.”

Ukrainian government bans Russian Eurovision singer

UPDATE: The EBU have called everyone's bluff and said Julia may perform via satellite link, read more here. The Government of Ukraine has banned the Russian...

My take on the Ukraine/Russia Eurovision saga…

So as you all know by now, Russia has picked up her toys, stamped her tiny feet, won’t broadcast the contest and is therefore...

Azerbaijan – My lovely horse

Dihaj is first up after a short break - and if you've been following the bookies, this song was fancied to turn in a...

You keep me hanging on

The team is busy bringing you Eurovision in all its glory - sending their thoughts from the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev. So let's take...

Oh Nathan …

Quite honestly we've had four dirges this morning from two different semi finals, and then we get this. Nathan Trent is a total class apart from anything...

Belarus is the right song at the right time

If you, dear viewer, have noticed my writings over the last hour or so, the last four songs are a touch challenging when all performed...

So, who’s going to win then?

And so we're here, it's the Grand Final! What a Eurovision it's been so far. Will we get the icing on the cake with...

Nay Mr Wilkes – TVE aren’t that bad

In this editorial piece, Phil Colclough, Webmaster of OnEurope shares his thoughts about Spain and their fall out of love with Eurovision. It generally starts...

Calling DR Shufflepop to Denmark….

The ten "lucky" entrants that DR chose to fight for the right to represent them at the shuffle-pop-olympics are shown below. There...

Ukraine – Second semi final results

The second heat took place yesterday. Two more acts won places in the final that is slated for 25 February. Next week, the line-up...