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Jade Ewen, Your Country Needs You Andrew Lloyd Webber has reached the final in his search to find a singer for his Eurovision song. On Saturday evening, Mark Evans, twins Francine & Nicola and Jade Ewen will compete to be the UK’s Eurovision entrant for …

Norway – deep fjords, liberals. Sweden – flatpack furniture, Volvos. Finland – icy lakes, goths. Iceland – geysers, expensive drinks. Our Nordic neighbours have never seemed what you’d call hilarious. They can’t have much to laugh about, can they? All that’s about to change, with …

Madonna’s new tour has an exciting gypsy section, making her the Gypsy Queen of Pop. All very good, but how about seeing the real Queen of the Gypsies? Legendary Macedonian singer Esma Redzepova – crowned Queen of the Gypsies in 1976 – will play a …

Some say there are over 100,000 Poles now living in London. You may be getting to know their pierogi or drinking their wódkas – but just how much do you know about Polish pop music? The UK’s first Polish pop music festival – PKO BP …

Imagine a TV show combining all the whirl and sparkly outfits of Strictly Come Dancing with the foreign glamour and international pop-geopolitics of Eurovision… Doesn’t that sound amazing?! Imagine no more, as The Eurovision Dance Contest sashays onto our screens on September 1st! Dancers from …

Serrbia win! Hurrah for Serbia. Marija gave a fabulous performance and Molitva is a brilliant song. What deserving winners! The first ballad to win in ages, and the first fully non-English song to win for quite a while. Here’s to Belgrade 2008.

Last night’s semi-final was all kinds of excitement with lots of surprises, and tomorrow’s Eurovision final is shaping up to be an amazing, exciting show. If you’re planning on watching tomorrow, then why not download our handy PDF scoresheet to keep tabs on your favourites? …

Helsinki has gone Eurovision bonkers over the past week, in advance of tonight’s semi-final. Helsinki’s Esplanadi park has become a European Market for the duration of Eurovision. Participating countries are displaying their culture, tourism and food. Helsinki’s best karaoke club has been holding a massive …

Und, finalement…here are the remaining songs from Eurovision. France, having upped their effort considerably this year, send a jaunty guitar pop song called L’Amour a la Francaise. The song, sung partly in French and English, plays with cliches and ideas about love, the French way. …

It’s Eurovision week, and Helsinki is buzzing. These are the first batch of songs automatically into the final, either because the countries came in last year’s top 10 or pay for the whole thing (hi UK, France, Spain and Germany!) Bosnia & Herzegovina send a …