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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

Switzerland

The Swiss entry is chosen by one of the four main broadcasters in turn. The Swiss took part in (and won) the first ever contest in 1956. Overall Switzerland has won twice.

10 February – Take me away with you

What to do with your life once you've been a Eurovision performer? Well, you could try again. But then you risk doing worse on...

29 December – Don’t hesitate to unveil your good and bad...

Contests come and go, and sometimes songs that you took an interest in seem to pass out of memory, even though they may have...

3 August – I got so much on my mind, and...

Winners. There have only been a small proportion of acts that have done that at our favourite TV show. They're a rare commodity. And...

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Romania You know that phrase about the kitchen sink. Well I think Romania have got one of them as well, although it was difficult to...

11 December – Tomorrow we’ll have gardens for picking bouquets of...

What do you do if your country doesn't pick you to represent them at our favourite TV show? You find someone else who will....

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 38 – Switzerland

It’s a return to the sad and introspective numbers now for our weeping Bear from Switzerland. Marius ponders the male relationship with crying and...

5 August – The coffee I made yesterday is still hot

It's a scary fact that there will be participants in our favourite TV show who were born after 2000. Does that make you feel...

S*itzerland… Back to usual form

Well Melanie comes on stage in one dress, then uses the back of her dress as a batfink style cape… her wings are, quite...

Filling in the gaps of love

Right then, so I've had a quick check up of the vids of other tunes, and this is the things I discover. They weren't half...
Gossip

Eurovision Babylon – Scalping, scams and suspect behaviour

Dirty dancing Confidence in your song is essential at Eurovision. Over-confidence tends to go down like a cup of cold sick. Swiss singer Luca Hänni...