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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

1 March – Blues, ballad or folk, children’s songs are allowed...

Back in the day, when there was no free language rule, some took it upon themselves to bend the rules as much as possible....

Claude’s C’est La Vie sparks Dutch hopes

He’s young, he’s soulful, and he’s got a Eurovision hit on his hands. Claude could be the comeback story of 2025. After last year’s messy...

Norwegian wood … well, I would

The gentleman to the left: Who does she remind me of? Name me some fat Norwegian singers? The gentleman to my right: Merethe Troan The gentleman...

Boy wonder Rybak is bak!

So the Rybak opens the second semi final and the Norwegian package is pretty much ready to go. We missed the first run-through, but...

Fourth Semi results in Norway – Magnus Bokn goes over the...

The Fourth semi final in NRKs search for their finalists for NMGP 2020 has taken place.  Remember we've already had heats from East ,...

Day 5 – Norway to Israel

Norway – first rehearsal report here Continuing with another delegation that is highly prepared and Norway’s Tix delivers three excellent runs through. Like Lithuania and...

1 September – Keep on moving

The free language rule can be a bit of a challenge sometimes. Do you stay true to your country's culture and only sing in...

19 March – The moon looks away, and we are everything

Do you miss countries singing in their own languages? Or do you like the songs in English so you know what the performers are...

Poland can’t cool me down

It’s not Margaret. Do I have to write anything more? Ok then. Almost all of the viewers won’t even now that Margaret ever existed,...

The Poles have made my words dry up!

Poland appears after a short hiatus for us to calm down after Demy.  Kasia and her very dodgy rhyming dictionary (Fire, desire, higher and...