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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...

Armenia – last by no means least

With national final season over, Saturdays feel empty, so let's give thanks to the Armenians who kept their song back to this week. Artsvik waited...

Isaiah not first choice for Australian Eurovision job

SBS Head of Eurovision Delegation, Paul Clarke, has revealed that Isaiah Firebrace was not the first choice to sing for Australia this year. Speaking after...

Could Eurovision ban Russia?

Eurovision 2017 looks set to tackle yet another difficult issue. The host nation may well deny entry to the performer lined up to sing...

A beautiful mess for Eurovision

Last year, Poli Genova  gave Bulgaria their best ever result at Eurovision. The pressure was on. This morning, Bulgarian national broadcaster BNT revealed that...

Julia carries the flame for Russia

Rumour had it Russia planned to sit out Eurovision 2017 - and then, on the eve of an organiser's meeting in Ukraine, Channel One...

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...

Every year until someone dies …

What question has occupied Eurovision minds more than any other of late? The winner of Melodifestivalen, how can Lithuanian TV take eight weeks to...

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...

Norway – JOWST grabs Norwegian Eurovision ticket

JOWST (aka Joakim With Steen) will try to 'Grab the moment' when he performs for Norway at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. NRK combined points...