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2017

The 62nd Eurovision Song Contest took place in Kiev in Ukraine.

In case you wonder why we use Kiev and not Kyiv, back in 2010, Reuters editor Robert Bessler responded to a reader’s query about the spelling.

“Kiev is not the Russian spelling. It is the commonly accepted English language spelling of the name,” he explained. “We are not writing in Ukrainian, we are writing in English, so we use commonly understood English names for cities – hence Munich rather than Muenchen, Cologne not Koeln, Rome not Roma, etc.”

If all you saw was a girl in a wheelchair, what...

It was little more than a week ago that Russia's Channel One announced Julia Samoylova as its choice for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. At...

Russian media suggests Ukraine may clip Armenian Eurovision wings

With news just out that Ukrainian authorities have taken a hard line on a Eurovision contestant who crossed illegally into Crimea, several Russian news...

Ukrainian government bans Russian Eurovision singer

UPDATE: The EBU have called everyone's bluff and said Julia may perform via satellite link, read more here. The Government of Ukraine has banned the Russian...

Armenia – last by no means least

With national final season over, Saturdays feel empty, so let's give thanks to the Armenians who kept their song back to this week. Artsvik waited...

Isaiah not first choice for Australian Eurovision job

SBS Head of Eurovision Delegation, Paul Clarke, has revealed that Isaiah Firebrace was not the first choice to sing for Australia this year. Speaking after...

Could Eurovision ban Russia?

Eurovision 2017 looks set to tackle yet another difficult issue. The host nation may well deny entry to the performer lined up to sing...

A beautiful mess for Eurovision

Last year, Poli Genova  gave Bulgaria their best ever result at Eurovision. The pressure was on. This morning, Bulgarian national broadcaster BNT revealed that...

Julia carries the flame for Russia

Rumour had it Russia planned to sit out Eurovision 2017 - and then, on the eve of an organiser's meeting in Ukraine, Channel One...

Serbia – knee deep in Eurovision

Serbian TV being one of the last to show its hand, seems to have listened to everything else that has been produced this year...

Every year until someone dies …

What question has occupied Eurovision minds more than any other of late? The winner of Melodifestivalen, how can Lithuanian TV take eight weeks to...