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Eurovision Rehearsals

Stay in touch with everything happening in Rotterdam in the run up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. The OnEurope crew will be in the virtual press centre and telling you what’s going on.

OK… breath… calm down…

Fuck. Just… Fuck I’m British. I’m also objective with this contest and if the UK is rubbish I am the first one to write it...

Today in Parliament Day “gamillion” – are we nearly done yet?

So, Friday is a very short day in rehearsal land it would appear.  Here is what we think about the fag-end of Semi Final...

This could be Rotterdam – or anywhere

Goedemorgen, Oneuopeans! Hoe gaat het? It’s not Rotterdam, though. It’s East London. Not far from, erm, RotterdEast Ham, if you will. And but a skip...

Azerbaijan – like a lacklustre audition for an erotic revue

“Let’s go!” cries Efendi, right at the point when her Mata Hari is supposed to bang. She barely even manages to rally herself and...

Albania – stunningly dramatic

Albania now, and hopefully it’ll be a bit warmer in the Ahoy arena for Anxhela Peristeri than it was outside in Tirana in December...

Norway – Has he managed to escape yet?

The more I look and listen to that Norwegian song, the more I have grown to like it.  At first I was all "oooh...

Italy, with gorgeous new outfits

Italy – first rehearsal report here It’s only 9.30 in the UK. It’s still early for such an assault on the senses, but my, is...

Day two in Turin

It's been a day of throuples, bands named after dogs, life as a meme, talking family love, first meetings, Moon-grown bananas and an office...

Mr Nick’s view from the side of the stage….

So under the "No vids, no pics, sit down and write" rule the EBU have put in place this year there is no live...

‘The Sound of North Macedonia’

First off, Vasil deserves to be here on merit along, no matter what other people think. Sadly though the song itself seems to be...