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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 – Poland

Poland – Flashlight by Kasia Moś Poland has become something of a barometer of the divide between a jury and a public vote. Famously the...

Eesti Laul Semi Final 1 Results

The results of the first Eesti Laul Semi Final are shown below. Ten songs competed for five spots in the final with the outcome decided...

Iceland Semi Final 1 result

The first semi Final of Songslippers fluffykittens.... as only we call it, happened on the 25th Feb.  Results are thus :

Hello? – Rotherham Grand? – Your lounge singer has turned up…

... Omar looks like he has a ten-year residency at said hotel, and is lazily singing his way through this song. But no amount...

That UK then? – Never knowingly undersold but always hammered…

So, according to Mo I have to give you MOAR words of wisdom on the UK Final. Firstly, I have to say that me and...

Every year until someone dies …

What question has occupied Eurovision minds more than any other of late? The winner of Melodifestivalen, how can Lithuanian TV take eight weeks to...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Serbia

In Too Deep by Tijana Bogićević There’s probably nothing new to be said about the various stage of love at Eurovision. It’s a perennially popular...

Serbia – a bit out of her depth

Serbia is the first song in the second semi-final, but we’re not neatly compartmentalised for today’s order, so we’re straddling the two. This is my...

Depends what Brendan is dying to try……

You know in a production meeting somewhere in the bowels of Donnybrook 4, sometime between Louis Walsh o'clock and today, someone said: "I'll tell...

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...