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ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

If all you saw was a girl in a wheelchair, what...

It was little more than a week ago that Russia's Channel One announced Julia Samoylova as its choice for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. At...

Ukrainian government bans Russian Eurovision singer

UPDATE: The EBU have called everyone's bluff and said Julia may perform via satellite link, read more here. The Government of Ukraine has banned the Russian...

Serbia – knee deep in Eurovision

Serbian TV being one of the last to show its hand, seems to have listened to everything else that has been produced this year...

France – When a remix is a bad idea

So, the French have decided to shoe-horn some English into a perfectly decent song. I have a feeling their hand was forced by the...

Fusedemarc win after a long long long time in Lithuania

In a final that we have largely ignored - principally because we didn't understand it - Fusedmarc seem to have won the Lithuanian selection...

Robin wins in Sweden – A split decision?

After their usual mammoth process, Melodifestivalen, the Swedes have chosen Robin Bengtsson to represent them in Kiev. Robin won with 146 points, as you can...

FYR Macedonia – At last a good one!

FYRoM hasn't exactly set the Eurovision scoreboard on fire over the last few years, but things could well change with this little ditty. Jana has...

Azerbaijan – they’ve been at the rhyming dictionary again

In a happy little ditty, Dihaj sings about her Skeletons (and no, not Jack Skellington - which would be more happier!) I think it sounds decent enough...

Slavko’s Eurovision space filler

You know how sometimes you hear a song and it's exactly what you expected? Such is the song from Montenegro. 'Space' by Slavko Kalezić is...

Israel – Reverting to type

Full disclosure. I'm hearing this song on the train to work! Israel have released Imri Zivs track "I feel alive" to an unsuspecting public. As...