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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.”

Georgia – They had a final you know!

So, that country down in the deep south ... of Europe, Georgia, gave us a treat for eye and ear on Friday 20th January....

Georgian National Final Results and mp3

Hear the song The full results and a link to watch the show online are below. You can listen to the song in our Eurovision Streaming...

Calling DR Shufflepop to Denmark….

The ten "lucky" entrants that DR chose to fight for the right to represent them at the shuffle-pop-olympics are shown below. There...

Hungary – Heat 1 Results are now live!!

It is that time of year again when Hungary wakes from its slumbers and gets A Dal fever (Ted).  As we have already explained...

Lithuania – Sub Group A – Heat 2 Results

Yup its true - It's time for Sub group A, Heat 2 in Lithuania.  We have another fab 13 for you to choose from...

Demy to the wonning at Eurovision?

What to do at Eurovision when you don't want to risk a win - and inherit all the costly hosting responsibilities - but you...

Lithuania – Subgroup A – Heat 1 – Subsection a –...

So, we've finally got our first set of results from Eurovizijos Atranka - the process to pick the Lithuanian song. (the first of many). Just...

Lithuania – Do you really need the olympics to choose a...

As someone once said, it's not a sprint, it's a marathon, and despite shortening the course this year, LRT have decided on another huge...

Montenegro name Slavko Kalezic as Eurovision hopeful

It seems you can never have enough X-Factor rejects at Eurovision. Montenegro is the latest nation to confirm singer and song for Kiev and...

Armenia picks Artsvik for 2017 Eurovision

While the rest of us have been busy maxing out our cards on Christmas tat, Armenian telly viewers solved that vexing question. Who to...