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Portu-Gull – Back to making up numbers

I'm one of the people who perversely liked this before coming to Oslo. Mostly I think because I instinctively like things that other people...

Screechy Preachy

Nick: I nearly got up in time for Azerbaijan. Yay me! But not quite. I gather my team aren't feeling that one so much. I'm...

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...

The Swedes are through

Sweden is the last rehearsal today. I'm tired, so I'll keep things short. It will qualify. Nick: Someone next to me just said "Right, are...

Sun broke

Yes we're starting and Moldova's sunstroke have taken to the stage. Except no one could possibly get sunstroke in Oslo at the moment as...

What did we learn at the second 2010 Eurovision semi-final?

Well.... We learnt that fanboy favourite countries are not guarenteed a slot in the final (at last!) and that real people can see through those...

So, what did we learn after last night then?

Well firstly, before we crack into this one, a personal rant (something that I actually don't do all that often on here). For all the...

My qualifiers – but what about yours?

Moldova Slovakia Finland Serbia Bosnia Belgium Albania Greece Iceland Malta But we'd be interested to hear your ten qualifiers to see if we can get an OnEurope-wide opinion of what's going through or not...

Could this be any more Finnish?

Finland has pulled out all the stops to disguise the Finnish origins of their song. No they haven't. This could not be more Finnish if...

We’re back, missus!

Phew. What a relief. The UK delegation were heading off for an afternoon of Passion, while we were doing Peace. That's lucky. We went...