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Friday, October 3, 2025
ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

I come bearing news from the OAKA Arena

Treble are going nowhere. The performance is pretty much what you saw in the Dutch national final and the preview video, but they sound...

Two out of three ain’t bad

Netherlands is awful and NOS should consider doing us a favour and withdrawing like they promised in 2005. This song has the potential to...

Show me your F

Hurrah! After two hours in the accreditation tent this morning, I now have a laminated piece of plastic. It's in a classy shade of...

Kate Ryan Air – Boy was she, well …

... impressive, I think is the word that we should be looking for, but unfortunately that's the word she seems to be struggling for...

OH LORDI!!

Lordi are ace - Lordi are going to win - Lordi have pissed all over Kate Ryan's fireworks by using their 38,000 Euro's worth...

And on to Ireland and Cyprus

Ireland are sort of... he looks alright, actually. Seems very confident and comfortable, the mix of the song is a bit beefier and meatier...

The Albania and the Belgium

The internet connection that I'm leaching from in the hall seems to be down at the mo, so I can't interact with my public,...

I ran out of the hall because …

... it's 4.25 on day one, and Ireland were rehearsing - that in itself was a terrifying experience, but to follow that, we have...

Belgium – another five minutes of ‘pyro’

Well, The sound check was a bit rubbish, and it has, unfortunately, continued in that vein. The stage has fluorescent boxes on it, which...

Albania – nice set … again …

Oh well! It's a nice set - again! This was a wee bit - well - late really - poor old Luiz was having poor sound...