17 June – You came to me one night
What's the right language for a Eurovision song? It's a vexed question. Be true to your own language, and you get admired for sticking...
Eurovision 2003 – Second Rehearsals Part One
Netherlands
Well she has been practicing!!. The more that I look at this, the more that I get the sense that this could well be...
LIVE BLOG – Semi Final 1 – First dress rehearsal
Join us live here from 16:00 local time (2pm, UK/Portugal - 3pm Western Europe) to hear what we make of the first dress rehearsal...
Slovenia in hot Voda after EMA 2020
Slovenia, known for their high-quality finals, didn't disappoint with EMA 2020.
Twelve songs took to the stage after a staged "accident" for one of their...
1 December – A new day is hungry for the sun...
You have to feel for those countries that don't make a Grand Final. After all, many of them are singing songs they were given,...
4 July – The most beautiful gardens are hidden in love
Some think semi-finals are a 21st Century thing. But they go way back, well to the 1990s. In 1996 so many countries wanted to...
I have a problem with Slovenia
They have an absolutely super song. They have a very attractive singer with a lacy dress and big headphones. They have a good looking...
A day of rest and sunshine
Being one to actually want to sample the host city of wherever I am, I left the other three OnEuropers in the press centre...
Slovenia: desperate times call for desperate measures
Slovenia should work better. It has some of the elements of a much better, more cotemporary song. She sings and performs it very well....
Joker out are up next – I might go all gooey
The boys are very, very happy - the feedback has been implemented. They were *more* energetic if that was possible! But they are happy,...