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Yesterday at the Games – Apologies first

Yes, that cheeky Ewan scamp from ESCInsight drafted me in, at no notice I hasten to add, to do his alternative commentary for the...

Nick “does” 2025 – Austria

AUSTRIA – Wasted Love - JJ Dearest reader, it has been brought to my attention that my marks appear a little, shall we say, eccentric...

Opa! Greece brings back Eurovision national final

Greek broadcaster ERT has officially confirmed that it will be choosing its entry for the 2025 contest through a televised national final—something the country...

Party Central

It's been a disappointing few hours out at the satellite city of this year's Eurothing. When we left you, Spain had refreshed our spirits...
Rotterdam cheese

41 countries on EBU Eurovision list

After much speculation, Hungary and Montenegro have been confirmed as no-shows for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. Ukraine and Bulgaria are back. There are...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 20 – Italy

Zitti E Buoni by Måneskin Måneskin turned this year’s Sanremo on its head. It’s not unusual for a competing song to gain momentum across the...

San Marino – it’s all about the money

When details emerged of the marathon process to pick a song for San Marino at Eurovision, it all sounded a bit ... weird. Why...

Lovely Belgradia

But you don't want to know about them sonsg now, does one. You want to know what Belgrade is like. Well it's nice actually....
Shekels

Israeli stalemate over Eurovision Song Contest funding

Israeli broadcaster IPBC (KAN) has one day left to pay a €12 Million security deposit to the European Broadcasting Union if it is to...

Seconds out – Round Two of “mello” – Results now known

In the Snickers that is Melodifestivalen, we are now at the second heat. To confirm the format which I did not do last week,...