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Tuesday, October 7, 2025
ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

Switzerland – Well the bouffant has gone….

Thankfully sense has prevailed here and Rykka has got rid of the blue perm and has straightened her hair but, sadly, even this isn’t...

Poland…. What do you say when words are not enough…

….you clearly wear a red jacket with some lovely black shoulder pads and look like something from Sergent Pepper! – Except without the talent. They...

United Kingdom – We’ve seen a hell of a lot worse

My fears for this have partly been eased.  I’ve sat through Electro Velvet, Humperdink, Bonnie, Josh and I’ve cried a river of tears and...

UK in actually quite good shocker!

And finally the United Kingdom. And it works! The stage is very like the (somewhat cheap) promo video, two drummers, the buys centre stage...

and Spain to close – yay!

Spain draws it all to a close for the day. I couldn’t place this before the rehearsal; I could see this anywhere from first...

San Marino – mmmm Wordy…

Sir Hat now on stage in a lovely purple  suit and doesn’t at all look like making me an offer I can’t refuse!! He’s backed...

The Netherlands…. DANGER!!

There is a 13 second gap in this song where Douwe and his team have decided to get the crowd to sing along.  Stopping...

Ukraine – 1944 = fifteen-love

Ukraine is one of the rehearsals I’ve been most looking forward to. The song has really grown on me from an initial sniffiness about...

Apparently Slovenia has been on stage

Where’s my effing coffee!! sips Ahhhhhhh Is it wrong that if you mix blue and red together you get beige? – That is the best way to...

Somebody tell Slovenia the word she’s looking for is purple

Slovenia: can ManuElla mix her blue and red together as clunkily as she’s spelled her name? I know that’s the first thing on your...