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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.”

Want to know who qualified for the final?

It's all over now bar the shouting - we have the line-up for Saturday evening's big show. Eighteen songs battled it out for ten...
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Live Blog – Second Semi Final

Ten more acts are poised to fight it out to secure a place in the Grand Final of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. We'll...

Who’s going through? I’ll only pick 10 tonight…

Made it to the press centre! Who do I think will make it? I think it's really difficult to call tonight, if anyone gets...

Guess who also performed in Crimea …

This afternoon, Twitter was on fire with suggestions that the Bulgarian entrant in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest had visited Crimea - putting him in potential...

So, People of Europe – Who’s qualifying then?

My ten would be (based on last night) ... Bulgaria FYR Macedonia Austria Belarus Hungary Israel Serbia Netherlands Norway Estonia  But what say you, based...

A Grand Day Out

Good morning OnEuropeans! I've not been here much in the last couple of days. The main reason being I - *gasp!* - LEFT the...
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Live Blog – Second semi-final – dress rehearsal

We're back live this evenings after a day out and about - Chernobyl, since you ask. And it's our first chance to watch all...

Eurovision 2017 – Qualifiers from the first semi final

Ten songs have qualified tonight - some predictable, a few surprises - but that's the joy of Eurovision. Shortly after the show ten winners of...
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LIVE Blog: Eurovision 2017 – First semi final

Tonight at 21:00 CEST/20:00 UK/Portugal, contestants from 18 countries will compete for ten spots in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final.  You can...

My 11 qualifiers

I've just come into the bubble for the day, dear reader, after spending a day away, enjoying some of Kyiv proper. A lovely afternoon...