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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

7 October – I don’t wanna say goodbye

Do you think that contests are coming and going quicker than ever? Yes, we're now in October, but it doesn't seem five minutes since...

15 May – No, nothing can touch me

Two birthdays for the price of one. Always a bonus, don't you think? But as you'll gather, a fair number of twins have taken...

Names named for Belarusian ‘competition’

Each year, Belarusian telly stages a 'national final' and pretends the result isn't prearranged to please 'Europe's last dictator' Alexander Lukashenko. As fans we get...

Unnnh… uhh? What? Cheese??!

Right, so I've had my little lie down as advertised. It was a very good lie down, involving a trip out to the Koelner...

Romaniafestivalen? Those Romanians look North

It's true.  The Romanians are starting their selection on 21st January. They have looked at the MF (or mello.. ugh) and gone, "you know...

12 April – Because I want to stay all night

As we saw yesterday, Eurovision throws up performances as well as songs. Do they detract, or does a song need some form of gimmick...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown – Hungary

Origo by Joci Pápai Look, I’ll be honest with you. I’ve been to Budapest and I liked it. It’s cheap as chips, they do really...

Live Blog – Eurovision 2018 second semi final

It's time for 'Fanning's Folly II - This time it's personal' - and another one of those fancy little live blogs that OnEuropean visitors...
Ilya Prusikin

Russian Eurovision singer’s homophobic ‘parody’

The lead singer of Little Big - the group representing Russia at this year's Eurovision Song Contest - faces a backlash after video of...

Hacksaw calling

Afternoon! Them other lummoxes have shuffled off for lunch, so I guess it's time for me to fill you in on what's really happening -...