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EBU suspends Belarus

At a meeting today the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Executive Board agreed to suspend Belarus Member BTRC. In a statement, the broadcasting body said:...

More Eurovision COVID reports cut guest list for afternoon event

With the (largely pointless) 'Turquoise Carpet' Eurovision opening event just hours away, reports came today that more delegations will not take part. Yesterday a member...

Bulgaria – Wise words from an old man?

Victoria gets three goes at this - aren't I lucky? My dad comes into the room and says: "It sounds like someone is in pain."...

Monty looks at Georgia, Albania, Portugal and Bulgaria

Goedemorgen Oneuropeans, and welcome to Day 7. A week already! It’s the final second rehearsals for the semi-finalists, and a short day today after...

Monty looks at Austria, Poland, Moldova, Iceland and Serbia

Here's the remaining five of today's second rehearsals. Austria – first rehearsal report here I didn’t see much of this I’m afraid, as I was in...

Moldova – Gangnam Style? Any Style?

Mrs Trellis from North Wales writes into us: Dear Madam, can you play one song to the tune of another? ... and it's taken...

Day 5 – Romania, Azerbaijan, and most of Ukraine

Romania – first rehearsal report here Roxen’s put the work in and tightened up the parts of this that needed work. There are some much...

The Fanning Verdict Eurovision 2021: Romania

Roxen didn’t have a good day when first she came to the Ahoy stage, so the Romanian delegation was looking to see this change....

Romania – Have I missed the point here?

I came in half way through the first rehearsal and my first thought was "I don't know how this is going to get a...

Day 5 – Australia – Cyprus

Day 5 continues with the next 4 countries to rehearse. Australia – no first rehearsal report She’s not there, we know that, but I had left...