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Thursday, September 4, 2025
ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

I thought we were skeletal today?

I've seen worse services than this on a Bank Holiday in Cambridgeshire. Oh well, anyway. Let's get another three slated. Starting with Latvia, who I...

A midday catch up

Well, I lied about no more cheese. My cider-addled body was craving carbs this morning and I had to succumb to an emergency cheese...

blitzo schitzo

Well I'm back with Hercule Poirot and the Celestial Toymaker to look at today's rehearsals. It's first rehearsal of semi final one so it must...

So that’s Day 1 done then?

Let me catch up with the vids at eurovision.tv - I know other sources of video footage are available, but I kind of trust...

Rosé’s thoughts on Day One so far..

Thanks to the guys already in Baku sending back the rehearsal clips, excellent work. Not going to try to describe each one as there are...

Riigi gets to Bakoo Bakoo

So I made it here at last.  It’s a long story involving 60 qapik and a bike race, but I’ve arrived at the heart...

Albania after Lunch

Firstly, I hear there is FREE CAKE and FREE TEA in the press working area? - Is there a Mrs Doyle in the press...

Albania by Monty

What a load of balls! No, I don’t mean the song, I mean the unusual headgear Rona is sporting, fashioned out of a variety...

Albano – no Albania, always getting the two confused

Now, there seems a theme here - along the lines of a lot of wailing for the last 45-60 seconds of a song and...

Don’t go building proper roads in Tirana just yet.

Hmm every so often we get complete classics like Montenegro 2008, Belgian 2006 and Albania 2010 and I'm then forced to tell Europe that...