Navigating geopolitics in Eurovision 2024
For OnEurope (and many of the small but select group who hang out around these parts), The Eurovision Song Contest is celebrated both for...
Eurovision 2024 enthusiasm wanes in Germany, soars in Sweden
With the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest just days away, a recent UK YouGov Eurotrack survey reveals intriguing trends in viewership and public perception across...
LIVE BLOG: Semi Final 2: Dress Rehearsal 2
Welcome one, welcome all to the live blog for the Evening rehearsal of the second semi final. Yes, it's the one with "them" in...
Semifinal 2 Technical Rehearsal – view from the arena
So round we go again. I gather the stream was a bit 1996 but hey, these things happen.
An opening VT revisits Tattoo in a...
LIVE BLOG: Semi Final 2: Dress Rehearsal 1
It's a first run through the second semifinal, and I'm here to mutter inanely as it all takes place long distance.
I regret that due...
Petra and Malin: “We both love the craziness”
At today's media conference, presenters Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman shared their experiences of last night's Eurovision Song Contest semifinal. They discussed the anticipation...
The first bit between bits
So obviously you know all there is to know about Semifinal 1 by now. An assortment of stuff happened (some of it various shades...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 37/37 – United Kingdom
As tradition is, and because it;s the last one alphabetically, we move to the home country, United Kingdom. Olly Alexander has been pilloried by...
Eurovision Countdown 24 – United Kingdom according to Mo
After one year of ‘getting it’, the BBC has returned to entering songs that offend nobody.
Songs that sound great and fit in just fine...
Live blog of Semi Final One Evening show.
So here we are again - as happy as can be! - The Eurovision starts in earnest with the first Semi Final Evening rehearsal. ...