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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 – 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...

Netherlands – Sorry for quickness – have been unwell :/

Netherlands is much of a muchness. I appreciate the sentiment behind it and I appreciate it's written by the girls' father for their dying...

Day Six begins with Armenia…. worryingly

It's a very good place to start. The start of the song has lots of camera cuts - indeed death by a thousand cuts, no...

Ireland … trying to try?

So, Brendan, what attracted you to the multi-billionaire Louis Walsh? Cos it certainly wasn't the promise of a solo career and a place in the...

Well, my ten qualifiers from tonight …

In a little less than - checks watch at time of writing - twelve hours, we'll know whether the list that I am about...

Ukrainian TV to appeal Eurovision fine

Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC plans to appeal against a fine imposed by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) following its handling of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. Following...

Lindita wins Eurovision ticket, Eneda takes pot shot

As Eurovision tradition dictates, Albania have given us the first song for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. Lindita Halimi triumphed at the Festivali i Kenges 55...

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...