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Thursday, August 21, 2025
ONEUROPE: Eurovision Song Contest news

I want, I want a cucumber

It's time for a random video, since we've not had one for a while. Yes, it's my column and I'll do what I want....

Please make it stop

This month, Nick Deller of this parish claims to have gone, and I quote “Stylish” on us…. he’s chosen something from a National Final...

But to hug and to kiss and to tug into bliss

Happy Valentine's Day. Are you awash with cards in red envelopes and more roses than you know what to do with? If you're an...

Is that barrel being scraped?

For our second dredging of Europe's weed-covered canals, we go back to a time where most of Europe - but not seemingly Norway -...

Together we could be the biggest choir

In a strange twist, I've picked a song from the same year as yesterday's birthday girl. There they were, locked in song, with only...

Now you remind me of something I’ll never have

Random time again, and I've gone back to 2017. It was a year when there were some surprise non-qualifiers. You might not think that today's...

He squats in Hollywood

OK, so my choice yesterday might have been a bit left field. What with it being in glorious black & white, and featuring what...

Video Vault – At least it’s not My Pet Parrot…

In this episode of the Video Vault Phil asks the question "Why on Earth have Ireland not won this thing a million times" and...

27 February – Your silky sheets and breakfast on blue balconies

I've picked a random video today for your enjoyment. It's definitely a song I enjoy although I realise it could be a song that...

Hitting all the notes – but in random order

It was 2000, a brave new world - and just for a change we were in Stockholm for Eurovision. Belgium did their usual thing and...