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Lithuania – Do you really need the olympics to choose a...

As someone once said, it's not a sprint, it's a marathon, and despite shortening the course this year, LRT have decided on another huge...

Austria… Nathan Trent? – That doesn’t sound very Germanic

So, awaking from my slumbers here at OnEurope Towers I find the internet a glow with pre-Christmas cheer and the fact that ORF have...

Hungary – A Dal? – It’s like the MF from the...

It seems that the test of strength that is A Dal is back. Hungarian Broadcaster DUNA has today announced an exact facsimile of last...

BELGIUM – Thank you for being a friend, driving down the...

What? Not that Blanche? Not even the one from Corrie? One must fire one's researcher! <<Googles* "Blanche Belgium Eurovision 2017">> Ah ... It ... um ... appears that...

La Bella Italia? – Mostly

If you have been reading these missives, and I know plenty of you have, you’ll have noticed that I’ve drawn comparisons between ages and...

The UK at Eurovision … We used to be good once

For the fourth part of my look at the woes of the Big 5 we focus on the country of my birth, Estonia ......

France – Variations of an enigma

So, to the third of our Big Five anthology. This is the one that perplexes me the most. With Spain and Germany I knew what...

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Nothing to see here - just seeing if all of my auto posts are working! Surfen Surfen Durch die welt... if you will

10 October – We need more songs about street furniture

We've got a song today from one of those countries that kindly declines an invitation to participate in Europe's favourite TV show. There aren't...

Germany Germany over all? – well … only the twice for...

In the second of our occasional series.  Webmaster Phil looks at another of the so-called Big 5, Germany, and their recent form (or lack...