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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

Eurovision Rehearsals

Stay in touch with everything happening in Rotterdam in the run up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. The OnEurope crew will be in the virtual press centre and telling you what’s going on.

Romania – Roxen is going to have to perform major surgery...

Those of you that have read this blog often enough over the years know that I rarely hold back on what I think and,...

Bulgaria – Wise words from an old man?

Victoria gets three goes at this - aren't I lucky? My dad comes into the room and says: "It sounds like someone is in pain."...
Eurovision 2021

The Fanning Verdict – Eurovision 2021 – Day Three

It's a wet and windy start to the week at the Fanning Mansion, but I'm wrapped up warm inside with access to the virtual...

Netherlands – history, culture, and staggering beauty

Netherlands – first rehearsal report here The first thing I notice is that Jeangu’s ditched the harness that was under his jacket. He’s now just...

Greece – Still Chromakey issues here.

The Greeks are sticking with the chromakey effects as they did on Tuesday but in the recorded run through they have stopped Stefania looking...

Israel: Nice performance, shame about the song

Eurovision is seen by some (in particular the UK popular press) as a bit of camp nonsense. It's an image organisers embrace on one...

OnEurope’s Golden Fork awards – Day 4

As was tradition and has now become a tradition again (yeah, that's a thing, ok?), we do a rundown of the day in our...

Finland – it’s noisy, you might like it

No time to enjoy a post-lunch lull (a bit of leftover pizza and a couple of little halloumi filled pastries, thank you very much,...

Week 1 Day 1 Morning 1 – Nick’s View

So I'm back in Virtual Eurovisionia for the first time since I bade farewell to Actual Wien in 2015, and it appears that I'm...

Australia first up on day 7

My problems with this are two-fold. First, the song is essentially Sheldon bleating for three minutes that he is different and that he hides behind...