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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

UK

The United Kingdom entry is chosen by the BBC. The UK first took part in 1957 and has won five times.

Bonnie’s here!

The home (for me) entrant Bonnie Tyler is here! I've not seen her yet but guess who was the first to meet her? It's...

The Hump meets the press

Just  a final comment from yesterday: we made The Hump’s press conference where he was witty and endearing, and we chatted to Arlene Philips...

I love Arlene Phillips!

Here's something I never thought I'd ever say, but she's really good value!  Had a nice chat with her at the UK press conference...

Toto and Gigliola talk Eurovision 2012 – Part 1

Excuse the radio silence peeps but I've had an enforced sojourn to Newcastle and Cambridge where I was somewhat less well off than back...

UK Yay….

Oh yay, that's more like it!  Englebert's voice must have acclimatised to the ahem, altitude... Staging of this is just beautiful and the last minute was...

Patriotism

Well who would have thought a septuagenarian from Leicester would have me moist? I had a tear in my eye watching The Hump’s rehearsal just...

A warmed-up Hump

That, my children, is more fucking like it!! - Clearly the second rehearsals are where he "kicks it into gear" It looks and feels...

Engelbert brings good and bad

Typical of my country at anything, let alone the Eurovision - there was lots of good things, and lots of bad things too. Good news...

Travelling with the stars

So, dear readers, we left you yesterday at Heathrow about to board out glamour jet to Baku. We had already rubbed shoulders with Mr...

Hump count = 1

Well here we are at the airport with a bottle of champagne and already the Hump Count is 1. We bumped into Mr Humperdinck checking in, and I...