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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.”

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Italy

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Eurovision Countdown 2017 – Part 6

Every few days between now and the Big Show, OnEurope's pundits continue to share ill-informed ideas about what's going to win the 2017 Eurovision...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Israel

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Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Ireland

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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...

Broadcaster confirms Russia ‘out’ for 2017 Eurovision

After weeks of back and forth, the question of Russia taking part in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest has been decided: Julia Samoylova won't sing...

Kiev restricts Eurovision alcohol sales

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Eurovision Countdown 2017 – Part 5

Every few days between now and the Big Show, OnEurope's pundits continue to share ill-informed ideas about what's going to win the 2017 Eurovision...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Iceland

Paper by Svala There’s a fiendishly difficult Eurovision pub-quiz question that you can leave your contributions to in the comments below: name all the family...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Hungary

Origo by Joci Pápai Look, I’ll be honest with you. I’ve been to Budapest and I liked it. It’s cheap as chips, they do really...