18 October – Bom bom
What's your favourite type of song? One where a singer stands still on stage, with a dark backdrop, and belts out a big beefy...
EBU posts statement on Russian invasion of Ukraine
Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, a number of news reports suggested the European Broadcasting Union should consider suspending membership of Russian broadcasters,...
Ukraine – I’ve *literally* run out of words
Literally run.out.of.words. Melovin starts this performance in a piano - yes *in* the piano itself, surrounded by some sort of rib cage effect. He...
Ukraine II
If Portugal put me in a coma, The Ukraine snapped me out of it by slapping me round the face and going "Top 4...
Alina Pash will not go to Eurovision
After a week or so of the usual Ukrainian Eurovision rumbles, the winner of Vidbir won't get to sing at the 2022 Eurovision Song...
Mo’s Eurovision 2023 Countdown: Ukraine
TVORCHI bring a very different sound to Eurovision when compared with Kalush. This is Gangsters' Paradise-era Coolio with added drama, very US R&B, going...
Vidbir 2023 – Bombproof but will the songs be?
Ukraine TV (Suspline) are, somehow, managing to have a national final with televoting and jury. They are going to be hosting it in, I...
Ukraine: Is this the winner hiding in plain sight?
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Kalush Orchestra are the winners hiding in plain sight. It is not the best song...
Show me your F
Hurrah! After two hours in the accreditation tent this morning, I now have a laminated piece of plastic. It's in a classy shade of...
Ukraine – Is she going to show me your mum?
She does sound like she is singing that in the first couple of rehearsals but man, we like that lots. There is lots of...