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

Icelandic rock

Nick: Back in 1977, when I was still young, Rick Wakeman made a concept album on the Legend of King Arthur. It was big...

Evridiki channels Saint Carola of Stockholm

Nick: Looks like the real wallpaper's arrived... the Commodore 64 look has gone, to be replaced by a particularly attractive animated doiley and some...

The sideways strut lives on

To me, it's more obviously out of the Alf Poier school than it was on Thursday, now that I've got used to it a...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

Last 3 songs reviewed on leeched wireless

In brief , cos I'm hungry. Denmark - Underneath the make up, DQ's blatant attempt to get the pink vote and all the other "stuff"...

Croat – zzzzzzz – ia

I have to confess that I didn't have huge expectations of this one, and I haven't been surprised - except possibly by the sheer...

Denmark – heard it all before

We've moved! For the rest of the evening, we are parked in the adventure playground that is the press centre. As I speak, his...