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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.”

Switzerland didn’t get shown but …

The Andrex puppy has been weaving their magic on this one and no mistake. Miruna, your lead singer, is standing on top of a...

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...

Just in case you are new to this

....and have been under a rock for the last billion years and are going "So, Mr Phil, how's tonight work then?" - Lemme try...

Russia and Ukraine may face sanctions over Samoylova-gate

Two countries may face exclusion from the Eurovision Song Contest. In an interview with a German news portal, the head of the group that...

Ukrainian Final result – Report to come!!!

Full report and songs to come but in the mean time - Have some results!! ;)  

Slovenia: beam me up, Omar

Omar from Slovenia is up now. I’ve already commented in my Countdown how I think he’s got an uphill struggle, and he’s not really...

Armenia – I may have been doing something else.

The first time I heard this today I said "Who is this?" - Maybe I wasn't paying attention, maybe they didn't engage me, maybe...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Finland

Blackbird by Norma John The Finnish final once again didn’t fail to delight. There’s more than plenty to pick over for those, like me, compiling...

Why your song didn’t win Eurovision – Part 3. The...

9th – Australia – 173 points Pretty Simple really.  He and his delegation thought they had it in the bag “cos Australia” – sadly, how...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Belgium

Belgium – City Lights by Blanche Like Azerbaijan, Belgium’s 2017 entry is another to whip out to demonstrate the direction Eurovision is travelling. The BBC...