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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

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...

Latvia First Rehearsal

I am predisposed to liking this song, principally because the first lyric was the OnEurope anthem - but they seem to have gone back...

Monty reviews Montenegro, Iceland, Greece and Latvia

Montenegro As an opener this was always going to be a bit of an oddity, but I’m surprised – and disappointed – we aren’t seeing...

Nice but dull

Well, according to all reports, the German on the bus trip that the Latvians went on the other day said it wont get through...

*yawn* Night all (contains some mention of Latvia, Denmark and Ireland)

So it seems it's all been a bit earnest since we went out in Dorf for sausage and mash and salmon and hearty goulash...

What in God’s name were the Latvians thinking?

It was all looking so promising for a few minutes there, but now we're back to the dirges. The Latvians have called their song What...

A big handful of rehearsals from Nick

Interesting set of rehearsals so far, I think. Apart from Poland, virtually everyone seems to have been in fairly good voice and terrible clothes,...

Eurovision 2009 – A view from afar

Now, to my Jaded eye (do you see what I did there?), none of these looked half bad - until the last 30 seconds...

Latvia – Traffic Jam or Strawberry

Phil: It seems they may have become unstuck with the contest down old Riga way with this. Apparently its a song called 'Traffic Jam'...