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Friday, September 5, 2025
ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

Semi-final 1: Final dress rehearsal

So we've hit 3pm local time and there's no feed into the press centre. Luckily, come 3.14 it starts! Views of 2013, then Ms de Forrest...

There’s a UK buzz a-brewing…

It's hectic in here today. Not only have we had rehearsals and press conferences but we were all kicked out if the arena at...

UK breaking news, things are falling into place!

So impressions of the automatic finalists. Germany is as it was, no worse and certainly no better. There's nothing to add here. It's just very...

Riigi goes to Kopenħagen – Tuesday

I'm back here at my most favourite place in the world. No, not the Saku brewery. But the press centre here in cool cloudy...

Ooh a free drink-ette at last but no hangover!

Hello internet!! Rosé here and much less hungover than yesterday although just as tired. Finally a free drink at the Irish party at The...

Spain… It’s raining notes…….

.... the one's she's dropped at all the wrong moments. She went up for the first 2 high notes and whilst she got makes...

Italy … Dress change and she’s shouting at me again (in...

This is back in the frame now - She too has had some practice and she's shouting at me again and I like it...

Denmark…….

Bit ropey vocally but again competent. It seems they have done away with the massive Presidential Basim banner, maybe a tad too much or...

I didn’t see France because

I was being rushed out of the arena in order to avoid the exploding hot dog stand... Yes thats right, the UK rehearsal finished...

UK – This is better AND Right….

Germany was poor, this was brilliant. Molly even waved at me and my companion, I nearly fainted with excitement! She held back from hitting...