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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.”

Claudia Faniello gets breathless for Eurovision

It was wall-to-wall Borgs and Vellas at the Maltese national final. And that paid off for Claudia Faniello who topped the scoreboard with 'Breathlessly'. It's...

Easy come, easy go for Australian Eurovision track record

Australia has certainly shown beginners' luck at Eurovision. A respectable debut and then - on only their second try - the huge continent in...

Russian media suggests Ukraine may clip Armenian Eurovision wings

With news just out that Ukrainian authorities have taken a hard line on a Eurovision contestant who crossed illegally into Crimea, several Russian news...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Israel

I Feel Alive by Imri Ziv Israel has experienced a revival of fortunes over the past couple of years at Eurovision. I’m still not quite...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Spain

Do It For Your Lover by Manel Navarro Every year we head to Eurovision with the passionate Spanish fans fervently supporting their artist and convinced...

Bulgaria – Favourites should look like this

Once again, those gathered in the press centre were only treated to 40 seconds of a rehearsal from the hall as a teaser, and from this...

Macedonia (FYR) after lunch…

We're back after a hearty lunch of cheese, and sausage rolls ... Jana entertains us on stage but to me it just doesn't work. She...

Lithuania have a witch on stage …

... it's the only possible explanation for this song methinks. Rumour has it that she would not have her photo taken with an Irish...

Who’s going through? I’ll only pick 10 tonight…

Made it to the press centre! Who do I think will make it? I think it's really difficult to call tonight, if anyone gets...