Eurovision, unplugged, unpolished, unapologetic
7.2 C
Vienna
Friday, October 3, 2025
ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news
Contests 2017 Page 31

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.”

Hungary – A Dal Results

It feels like we've been doing this forever. Or at least since Christmas, But the time has come for us to part ways. A...

Guess who feels alive at Eurovision this year

Imri Ziv has the answer to all your questions. That's if all your questions are about the song he will sing for Israel at...

Julia carries the flame for Russia

Rumour had it Russia planned to sit out Eurovision 2017 - and then, on the eve of an organiser's meeting in Ukraine, Channel One...

tl;dr Russia out of Eurovision this year

On 22 March, the Ukrainian Security Service barred Russia’s entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest from entering Ukraine. They told Julia Samoylova that she...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Portugal

Amar Pelos Dois by Salvador Sobral If you’re still with me in this marathon, and have been paying attention, you’ll have noticed that even before...

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...

Desire… Fire… Liar… Tryer… Deep-fat fryer…

Now you see, love, I'm not the only one that can rhyme fire with desire in about 95 different ways. I also must remember that...

French finale

Our last to reveal is France, and I’ve been longing to see this since Alma was announced. I really adore this song, and have...

Norway – This could be in trouble… maybe?

Mr Hacksaw has just said  "ooh it looks better in the hall than it does on the television" - which is another unfortunate thing...

A Grand Day Out

Good morning OnEuropeans! I've not been here much in the last couple of days. The main reason being I - *gasp!* - LEFT the...