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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.”

Final day of rehearsals!

Ok, so we’re off with the final day of press rehearsals, and it’s the hosts and the Big 5: we’ve seen these now so...

From the sublime to Spain

I can't actually tell you how much of a clunky downshift this song is and, as per previous articles on this very website, the...

Italy to the wonning!

Yet again, if this doesn't win, then there is a problem with the whole voting system. Perfect, absolutely perfect. It has all of the classic...

Ukraine – too pretty to be gnarly?

Ukraine started on time - which is always good. They have only had a couple of runs, but not a lot has changed. The lead...

A Nordic Soiree and a bijou vada at the Eurovision Village

Good morning Oneuropeans! What’s this? I’m in the press centre before 9.30am! What’s happened to my hectic party schedule? Well, I was knackered, to...

Three things that bother me with Israel

IMRI still has not learned how to say the word "alive" towards the end of the song - pretty fundamental as it's the title of...

Israel: ending with almost a bang

And last for the day is Israel, and Imri Ziv. Imri is a hottie, and no mistaking. In fact, he’s so hot that he’s...

It’s amazing what a couple of days rest can do for...

That's more bloody like it Estonia! After a complete dog's breakfast on Wednesday - where it was universally panned - broadcaster EER has gone away, realised...

Estonia: lost in the press centre

I can’t be arse with Lithuania. I’m sorry, but that’s just how it is. What a big stinky heap of crap. Estonia, however, I am...

Lithuania have a witch on stage …

... it's the only possible explanation for this song methinks. Rumour has it that she would not have her photo taken with an Irish...