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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

Netherlands

The Dutch entry is chosen by AVRO/TROS. The Netherlands has taken part since the first contest in 1956 and has won five times.

Netherlands calm and steady

Netherlands up now. This is a gentle number, and to my mind a little on the pleasant but dull side, but it is very...

Tuesday’s child is full of grace – did you miss me...

Well since everyone else had Thursday off, I did too. Plus I spent all yesterday afternoon shut up with librarians and that's never good...

Netherlands, The – The cheap version of Ovi and thing….

It's Paula and Ovi on the cheap!! - Instead of having pianos and fire they have.... guitars and no seats!! - Again, recession bites...

Rosé refreshed!

Wifi back, refreshed with a beer-ette and nourished with a Swedish salad.. Rosé's back folks, for a bit anyway, I am flagging to be...

Netherlands flying a little bit higher

Anouk is onstage now doing her second rehearsals. She's alone on the satellite stage with her backing singers on the main stage. She's got...

Rehearsals, live in my own living room

With a good chunk of the team in place in Malmö it’s day one of rehearsals. The assembled press of Europe are crammed into...

My contest and other giants

What a day I've had.  It's been a day of highs and higher highs.  We finally got to see what some of the fuss...

And after all that bollocks

Netherlands, The. This is now back in there, Anouk sings the song really well and there is no business on stage, although after the Giant...

Toto and Gigliola talk Eurovision 2012 – Part 1

Excuse the radio silence peeps but I've had an enforced sojourn to Newcastle and Cambridge where I was somewhat less well off than back...

Indiana Joan gives it some welly

Couple of dodgy notes at the start from Indiana Joan there (as she has been christened, it seems!) but basically a sound performance, and...