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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 2017 – Voting order

The voting at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest includes two elements. A vote from a jury (they watched the show on the Friday evening)...

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...

Portugal – Festival da Canção – First semi-final Results

Sometimes I feel sorry for a country at Eurovision. And that's almost always the case with Portugal. They don't make it easy though, there's...

Isaiah not first choice for Australian Eurovision job

SBS Head of Eurovision Delegation, Paul Clarke, has revealed that Isaiah Firebrace was not the first choice to sing for Australia this year. Speaking after...

Montenegro – From the sublime to the gloriously gay

Rarely has there been such an abrupt mood change at the contest, and this may well play to Slavko Kalezić's chances. It's like he took...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Latvia

Line by Triana Park There are some Eurovision songs that come alive once they get to the stage with the energy of live performance. Line...

Blimey Hendrik, you’re running through them quickly

Sweden had literally just got off the stage and then Georgia is ushered on. This 25-minute turnaround is going to keep everyone on their...

This is love for Greece at Eurovision

Greece has picked its Eurovision song, and so the starting gun has sounded on the crazy. It's once again time for the most patriotic...

Oh you’ve got me IRE up you LAND of the horse...

So, it appears that we're not going to have a My Lovely Horse moment for the Irish at Eurovision this year because, dear friends,...

A Nordic Soiree and a bijou vada at the Eurovision Village

Good morning Oneuropeans! What’s this? I’m in the press centre before 9.30am! What’s happened to my hectic party schedule? Well, I was knackered, to...