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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

Netherlands

The Dutch entry is chosen by AVRO/TROS. The Netherlands has taken part since the first contest in 1956 and has won five times.

So the Dutch aren’t boycotting then….

(and yes I know they were always going to join the party!) ...in fact, after all their talk and bluster and stuff they have actually...

12 December – Slow down, brother, slow down, brother

We often say here that anyone can win our favourite TV show. They can have a dismal record, and then everything slots into place...

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...

30 November – No more cheating

A prop is always a good thing to make your song stand out just that little bit more than the rest. The question is:...

1 April – It’s there when I get up in the...

It's no April Fool that some countries have probably done a lot worse than they've deserved to over the years. I'm thinking of those...

Plumbing the nether regions

Phil: This, again, is everything you thought it would be and then considerably more so. The Toppers have the suits with lights on that flash...

Dutch Eurovision performer may face criminal charge

Swedish police have released a statement regarding the Dutch entrant at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. Joost Klein will likely be charged with making...

Oh flaming NL….

Visions in gold lame at all the parties, some say they turn up to the opening of an envelope ... except the envelope opening...

3 June – As long as we two rhyme

There are some times when I wish that more than one country could win our favourite TV show. No always because there are two...

The second half of a the second half

Fecund we are with musical joy this half. Many manners of pop noise stroked our lugs, and here's a couple of quick relations as...