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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

Turkey – lots of movement and costume shenanigans

As I need to get away, this'll be a very short sharp single listen assessment. It's very much an ESC song of the 2000s,...

Krazy Mad Gurts

Hacksaw: Ooh Belgium. I've long thought of this as a potential dark horse riser. But watching it on the screen in the PFC, It's...

I feel a Eurovision bandwagon start to trundle …

You know how every year at Eurivision, there's a song you don't expect that picks up a head of steam as the week goes...

Poor Eesti

Nick: This is where it gets confusing - it's Estonia again, and boy what a long ten minutes they present. It's only three? It...

Hungarians get the Eurovision blues

Phil: I have just witnessed the first goose bump moment of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest from an unlikely source. The Hungarian lady, who's...

And-orra to the wonning?? I should possibly think so

Phil: Much to my shock, this has everything. Nice boys singing a grungy song, 3/4 length trousers, shouting OI in all the right places...

Maltese Eurovision team over-egg 2007 pudding

Phil: Oh deary me Olivia, you've borrowed the 'How to cock up a decent song' book from the Dutch delegation, haven't ya? The song -...

Why this Norwegian Eurovision song is thoroughly average

Embed from Getty Images Nick: Every year seems to have its own overused style, and this year's seems to be intros that could be the...

Entertainment in a bottle

Nick: Good heavens! It's one of those moments when you meet someone for the first time and they feel like an old friend within...

The Czechs might sneak up on you

Phil: Despite my preconceptions about this song - it's a decent "real" rock song from Kabat - one of the few actual music bands...