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Video Vault

The OnEurope Video Vault is a Room 101 for Eurovision. A place to hide away those guilty pleasures and outright horrors. Things you secretly love and things you openly loathe. Don’t suffer in silence. Get in touch and tell us what you want to see locked away forever.

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 -...

Video Vault – Einmal noch etwas?

Now, dear reader, I appreciate that we should put something HIDEOUS in the OnEurope Eurovision Video Vault, but for this once Nick isn't peering...

When Sweden do things well…

... they really really do do them well. It's 1980, they put on a massive Melodifestivalen with at least 7 winners in it* and even...

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...

Love? Well not that much it seems

So, it's the late mid-80's and you've not won since 1983.  Luxembourg botched 1984 with Sophie Carle (who could have got in here on...

Ring Ring…. No it’s not ABBA….. it’s Deller….

So the OnEurope hotline goes off... Ring Ring Ring "Yes?? Sorry Nick? - You wan't me to put *what* into the Vault?? - Because it fill...

OnEurope Video Vault 2020 – Episode 17

In this episode, Phil doubts the invention of the phonograph was a good idea.... https://youtu.be/sdHAhsy04HU

What kind of motion?

Back in 2001 when some of you weren't even BORN, I was preparing to attend my second Eurovision Song Contest. The interwebs was in its...

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...

Video vault… No Mr Bond, I expect you to sing!

In This week's video Vault Phil reveals that all that glistens is not a gold finger, but more scaring the living daylights of you...