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Broadcaster confirms Russia ‘out’ for 2017 Eurovision

After weeks of back and forth, the question of Russia taking part in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest has been decided: Julia Samoylova won't sing...

14 February – Far away, like the man in the moon,...

One thing that can sometimes help your song along is a great bit of choreography. Some songs are crying out for it, where obviously...

Where are we? Oh yes, Baku on a hazy Sunday afternoon

So we're motoring through the back end of semi two now aren't we? Bosnia & Herza-give her a new dress have given me my biggest...

Turkey’s looking ship-shape

I saw Turkey from the screens in the press centre. The bouncy Can is reining it in a bit and the restraint does him...

20 July – Is this the end of this crazy love?

The running order is always an interesting topic of debate. Is there a best spot to perform in if you want to win? Are...

29 October – I only knew that her name was Julie

The country that was Yugoslavia made 27 appearances in our favourite TV show. As we know, it's successor states have had varying fortunes since...

21 January – Go and explore inside your inner universe

We have some interesting matching of nations. Latvia and Burkina Faso. Ukraine and Congo-Brazzaville. And there's today's singer. Maybe not quite as exotic, but...

Hoisting the Flag (For You)

Well, it's a busy old morning in Eurovisionia. I saw just the one run through of Czech Republic, and it was interesting. A huge...

Belarus – Now this is more LIKE IT

See what I did there? We got a slice of pop in a sea of boredom, and ZENA was a breath of fresh air. She sill...

And so to Bosnia…..

There is a school of thought that they have now overdone it - by that I mean they are dressed in white suits, looking...