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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.”

Manel does it for Spain (and your lover) at Eurovision

Manel Navarro will sing for Spain at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. Despite a wobbly live performance, he won the Spanish national final,...

Eesti Laul Semi Final 1 Results

The results of the first Eesti Laul Semi Final are shown below. Ten songs competed for five spots in the final with the outcome decided...

Melodifestival Semi Final 2 Results

The results of the second Semi Final of Melodifestivalen is shown below. It took place earlier this evening at the Malmö Arena in Malmö. Two are...

A Dal Semi Final 2 results

This second semi-final saw nine entries compete for four places in the final. In the first round of voting, three qualifiers were decided by a...

The granddaddy of them all? oh Italy!

Webstream The Festival della canzone italiana di Sanremo (in English: Italian song festival of Sanremo) is the most popular Italian song contest and awards, held...

If the Objective is Eurovision, is this way to achieve it...

Webstream Alternative stream After months of 'casting' shows, six fairly average Spanish Eurovision songs are lined up to bring the usual disappointing result and leaving fans...

A million years for Sweden? More Melodi for your money

So, fresh from my 100% hit rate last week, I'm back to pass judgment on the next seven Swedish hopefuls. Saturday night is music...

Levina’s eurovision life just got perfect

Berlin-born Levina will sing for Germany at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine. After a long and often torturous selection show, it all came...

France – Now then this is more like it … maybe

Now, France 2, this is more like it.  I don't like your strategy of sneaking it out on a Thursday afternoon when I was...