Eurovision, unplugged, unpolished, unapologetic
12.5 C
Vienna
Friday, October 3, 2025
ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

Austria – Have we just seen a contender?

ORF have done a thing! Whenever I say things like that, my heart usually sinks and I hide behind the sofa crying mercilessly. This time,...

I balkanika this, but not a lot!

Balkanika next up for Serbia and I really like this song. The staging is pretty much as I would have expected with the old...

Money well spent Malta

Christabelle from Malta now, and they’ve brought four LED screens which are clustered onstage around a mini raised stage where Christabelle starts dressed tastefully...

FYR Macedonia reveals it all

Well, I believe we told the delegation on Tuesday that the dress that revealed a bit too much was somewhat revealing ... and we...

First semi first dress musings

So there we just had the first semi final dress rehearsal and the sea references are laid on thick and fast from the outset,...

Aw! Lithuania makes you want to love her for a lifetime

All the charm that Mikolas was missing is present with Ieva from Lithiania. She’s sat on the stage to start, her voice fragile and...

Armenia #BeardEnvy

Armenia now, and the outright winner were this the Eurovision Beard Contest. Unfortunately, it’s not, and the Contest he’s in seems, sadly, beyond his...

Russia – I’m not sure if it’s a deliberate ploy

...but this is either trolling on the highest level, or a grave miscalculation from Russia. First of all Yulia is sitting atop a MOUNTAIN on...

Montengro: serving turquoise bubble-wrap realness

You wouldn’t think you could bugger up a solid, Balkan ballad but Montenegro are doing their best to. Vanje is wearing the oddest jacket;...

Norway: that’s how you coast through a second rehearsal

For a song that’s coming up the ranking with the bookies, I’ve seldom seen such a lack of enthusiasm amongst fans as for Alexander...