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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

Portugal struggling to mark an impression

Filipa Azvedo appears to be wearing a bridesmaid's dress with a black cummerbund. She worries me. She is trying very hard, but to my...

Slightly disturbing Dutch news

Sieneke didn't attend her press conference citing "a bad throat". We were told that she's been advised to speak as little as possible. Which...

My Bone

I'm strangely liking the Slovenian entry Narodnozabavni Rock even though it's clearly as wrong as marmite mixed with gravy, curry and vodka. Perhaps because...

Shang-a-lang! Ding Dong!!!

There are many who scoff when I say that the Netherlands entry is going to do well. Catherine hates it so much she was...

Sweet Peeps

Let's look at the positives of my Slavic relatives in Ukraine. The singer has a very powerful voice and can certainly belt it out...

Sweden – sorry its a bit late but……

The bad news with Sweden is that she does that singing thing. And by that I mean the song. I just don't get it....

On a wingnut and a prayer

Switzerland have had a very poor record in this contest since Annie Cotton's third place back in 1993. They managed a top ten finish...

Portu-Gull – Back to making up numbers

I'm one of the people who perversely liked this before coming to Oslo. Mostly I think because I instinctively like things that other people...

Women draped all over Marcin like a bad rash

When you're feeling tired and not quite in the mood there are some songs that will just lift you and send you off with...

Vocals so ropy that sailors couldn’t tie knots

I'm well aware that this is viewed as a leading contender by many, but I just can't settle to it. Milan Stanković - our...