Eurovision Babylon – Scalping, scams and suspect behaviour
Dirty dancing
Confidence in your song is essential at Eurovision. Over-confidence tends to go down like a cup of cold sick. Swiss singer Luca Hänni...
Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Latvia
When did the Latvians lose their Eurovision way? Back in their upstart days, we had rocky little numbers from Brainstorm. As recently as 2015,...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Part 13 – Finland
After a few years using UMK as a showcase for new artists it felt inevitable last year that Finland would have to do an...
Eurovision 2019 – The rehearsal schedule
The OnEuropeans are packing their bags and haggling with the Post Office over exchange rates to make sure they've enough set by for cake,...
Greece – They’ve got it going on
And by it, I mean everything. Because that's what the Greeks had on stage today. Literally everything. It was like fire sale at the...
Georgia – You could almost hear the gear change from here
After the totally dour and insipid, we got the inspired staging of Georgia. This was nowhere on Saturday and then he hit the stage...
Fancy a Eurovision flutter?
Each year a handful of countries arrive at the Eurovision Song Contest, weighed down by expectation. They're already under pressure to perform as early...
German designer tipped for 2019 Eurovision job
Israeli press reports suggest the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Broadcaster KAN have picked the consultancy led by Florian Wieder to take care of...
Eliot Vassamillet named as Belgian Eurovision hopeful
Eliot Vassamillet (Has he been named after a Swedish Outdoor store?) has become the latest name confirmed for the 2019 Eurovision stage. He'll represent...
Portugal kicks off 2019 Eurovision song search
The last item of order on a busy Saturday evening came courtesy of Portuguese broadcaster RTP. A traditional late evening slot was handed to...