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Thursday, August 21, 2025
ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

Faraway in an English country garden

With our arena correspondents having wandered off to see other bits of Moscow, I'm left playing catch-up once again. Embed from Getty Images I'm not struck...

Azeri it happens

Ah much better. Our first qualifier of the day. An effective opening with a dancer wrestling with a red sheet leads into effective sequence...

Now this is more like it – again – Azerbaijan

Julie Wright - she of Euronet/DotEurovision/ESCNation fame - told me weeks ago that this was going to do well, and I dismissed her shenanigans...

Azeri Rumour

This is OnEupean public service broadcasting at its best. Listening to idle gossip, so you don't need to. Anyway, that party that Mr. Roy told...

The Azeris don’t quite understand this contest, yet

Phil: Oh dear God no - This one doesn't look silly at all, does it? Yes, yes, a million times yes! Vocally this is...

The last couple …

Just had a quick peekey at the Azeri press conf. Both lads themselves had identical tea cosy hats and cool shades on, looking every...

Azeris with wings

Phil: Oh Dear God! - The angel has wings that move in a Lordi Stylee ... It is hideous ... It is a total...

Hairy Fairy Azeri

Heck to betsy who thought this would look cool! I know it's supposed to be wings, but from where I sit, ten yards form a...