Ukraine won Eurovision that year ... “There’s a lot of novelty acts this year,” said Paul Jordan, an expert on the contest known as Dr. Eurovision. “I think it’s kind of reflective ...

Songs that could win Eurovision and the novelty acts to look out for Sweden, Finland and Ukraine lead the field, but with some impressive songs waiting in the wings and the bizarre array of ...

Soft power-a-go-go. There was no President Zelenskyy address – ruled unduly political by the Eurovision mandarins, a decision that felt questionable even before Ukraine’s 2023 entry, ...

Ukraine won Eurovision that year ... “There’s a lot of novelty acts this year,” said Paul Jordan, an expert on the contest known as Dr. Eurovision. “I think it’s kind of reflective ...

More recently, Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra won in ... Bands and singers with a jokey central conceit often appear at Eurovision, but only one novelty act has won since 2000: Lordi, a heavy ...

Claude comes into the contest with a little advantage, as he's known throughout Europe for his massive 2022 hit Ladada. But he's had to pick up a new skill for Eurovision: Choreography. "I'd only ever ...

Verka Serduchka – “Dancing Lasha Tumbai” (Ukraine, 2007) Russian’s cookie-baking grannies, Norway’s banana-obsessed wolves, our very own flag-flying trolley dollies. The Eurovision of ...

On February 25, 2022, Eurovision banned Russia a day after its invasion of Ukraine. At the time state broadcasters from participating countries like Iceland, Finland, Norway, and The Netherlands ...