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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

A semi final overview

My word my head feels good considering it was battered and barraged by all that Georgianess last evening. So full of bonhomie am I...

The Georgian Party

Just stumbled in from the Georgian party and now a huuuuge slew of us want that fair state to win - desperately. And let...

Latvia at Eurovision 2007 – WTF meets OMG

Latvian popular music is a broad church, and the Bonaparti lads here produce a performance infused with WTF and OMG. They wander on set one...

Turkey – too slick?

Nick: In spite of the screens flashing up "SHAKE IT!" every so often, it's perfectly clear that Kenan Doglu isn't in any way attempting...

Slovenia getting under my skin

Well, OK, I was a bit to the point in my first review of the Slovenian song this year. Actually, this is starting to get...

Intermission

A little bit of maths under pressure here. In the semi-final, 42 televotes will each distribute 58 points among 28 candidates. The mean average...

The Belgians bring the 70s back to Eurovision

Still loving it. It's a pity that Europe only gets to see the final result and not the preparations for this, because it's been...

Oh my god, this song is totally about me

Ah, this is more like it... it's late in the evening at the rock club and the old hero of rock takes the stage...

Hungary – brought to you in association with the word “really”

From one potential strong scorer (and I've deposited some money with the Bank of William Hill accordingly), we move straight to another. It's such...

Andorra – saving the Eurovision world, song by song

In every Thingyvision Thing Thong, there is one thong that arrives when everyone's a wee bit jaded, and instantly grabs the attention. Something that...