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Türkiye

The Turkish entry was chosen by TRT. Ukraine first took part in 1975, but dropped out in 2013. Türkiye has won once.

7 March – My loneliness knocked on my silent door again

Do you ever think of what might have been when you see someone on the Eurovision tage? Do you think of what it beat...

The best of the rest …

OK, so there are other songs, and they've all been pretty good today, actually. Russia looks like a real contender. He's confident without being too...

15 January – A minute with you makes me happy

Much as I hate to say it, but Sweden has been involved in more than its fair share of good contests over the years....

Same Difference

This week we've had wings galore on bees, on seagulls on what I presume were meant to be angels (Bulgaria) so it's only fitting...

28 March – Do you hear my aggrieved silence the moment...

Do you miss Türkiye/Turkey? They weren't always every juror's favourite, but they did bring a little extra something to the contests they took part...

This is your replacement Oneurope service

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible. Apologies for my infrequent posts.  I can only blame my current employer and the lack of...

16 May – Sing with me, my children

It's always sad when a country decides to sit out our favourite TV show. And today's sad enough, when our favourite TV show isn't...

Ankara, we have a problem …

Mr Roy didn't spot the English verse, and we didn't spot it particularly, and we're 30 yards away which worries us, because if we...

12 February – Lovely petrol, sweet petrol I need you now,...

What's the oddest subject of a Eurovision song you can think of? Many things have been covered, mostly about falling in love with someone,...

Turkey 2011 – A Gerry Anderson production

Someone at TRT has been getting the Joe 90 re-runs out again, looking at it and thinking "What can we do with the sixth...