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Saturday, October 4, 2025
ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news
Miki

Spain – Into the groove

The Press Centre was rammed with the Spanish press. We started with a series of cubes representing different rooms. Miki gets up and heads downstairs...

La France – Lucky star

Obviously the thing you'll want to know about is the hair. The choice of wig has been big news in certain Eurovision circles. The...
Paenda

Austria – Cry baby

Paenda was the last act from the semi-finals for today - after a break we'll be seeing the Big Five and Israel. The background was...

Sweden – Sooner or later

Earlier in the day, we were told Sweden and Austria would switch places. This wasn't the case and John's massive pair of hair straighteners...
Leonora at Eurovision 2019

Denmark – High flying adored

Leonora was dressed pretty much as she always has in shirt and braces. There had been camera issues in the first rehearsal, so everyone was...
Esther

Romania – Drowned world

With lunch out of the way, we launched back into Romania's underwater world. Esther had toned down the severe look today: her hair was...
Carousel

Latvia – True blue

Carousel do a good job of a song that feels out of place in this semi-final. Or the contest in general. There was a little...
Luca Hanni

Switzerland – Ray of light

Luca Hanni changed very little from the first rehearsal, though the lighting had been been modified and some of the camera shots improved. The...
Anna Odobescu at the second rehearsal for Eurovision 2019

Moldova – Sky fits heaven

Having put all their money into the sand/snow art, means Moldova have to rely on long shots. At the first rehearsal, many assumed the...
Sarah McTernan at Eurovision 2019

Ireland – This used to be my playground

Despite (apparently) dealing with a tooth infection, Sarah was all smiles on her pop art stage singing her heart out for Ireland today, and...