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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.”

This is back in with a shout now

You know the phrase that you can't make a silk purse out of a Sow's ear? Claudia has just proved that you really really...

Macedonia and Malta dance and sing alone

I was so busy enjoying my lunch I forgot to blog about Macedonia. Well – meh. I love this song, it’s one of my...

Macedonia (FYR) after lunch…

We're back after a hearty lunch of cheese, and sausage rolls ... Jana entertains us on stage but to me it just doesn't work. She...

Austria: Nathan’s pulling a moony

Nathan Trent is up next and he’s pulling a moony. No, he’s not getting his arse out (he's not even singing the word when it...

Oh Nathan …

Quite honestly we've had four dirges this morning from two different semi finals, and then we get this. Nathan Trent is a total class apart from anything...

Sorry Tijana who are you?

Tijana appears to have stolen the intro to "About you now" for the first 15 seconds, and then veers away just before a plagiarism...

Serbia – a bit out of her depth

Serbia is the first song in the second semi-final, but we’re not neatly compartmentalised for today’s order, so we’re straddling the two. This is my...

First night in Kyiv – Slavko got me drunk!

Slavko got me drunk! Well, not him personally – I did see him, but I didn’t even speak to him. But his Montenegrin party...

Latvia – They have rectified Penisgate

In Penisgate news, the Latvians have clearly listened to us and they have coloured the penis in and it now LOOKS like what it's...

Latvia: lovely boots and not a willy in sight

Triana Park complete the first semi-final with an energetic performance. She looks great, with a multi-length hairdo, chopped with sharp edges, in yellow and...