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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.”

Eurovision Countdown 2017 – Part 3

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Eurovision Countdown 2017 – Part 4

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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...

HELLO EUROPE!!!

tap tap tap – ANYONE there? Well it seems to have all gone a bit ... not making anyone's mind up and the calendar says...

Navi Band bound for Kiev

Belarus picked its Eurovision song tonight in a selection show that absolutely was in no way rigged. Navi Band will take their folk rock-tinged 'Historyja...

Slovenia – EMA – First semi Final Results

Slovenian broadcaster RTVSLO has kicked off its search for a song to represent the country in Kiev at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. Once...

Ukrainian Final result – Report to come!!!

Full report and songs to come but in the mean time - Have some results!! ;)  

Svala keeps it in the family for Eurovision

When Svala performs 'Paper' at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, one person cheering her on will know exactly what she's going through. Her father - Bo...

Who sings when at Eurovision 2017

It's that time of the year again. Eurovision is in the air and the organisers have decided the running order for the two semi-finals...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Montenegro

Space by Slavko Kalezić Have you seen this one yet? If not, brace yourself, it’s glorious! Slavko is not the kind of artist you could...