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    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      OutlookJude Webber
      From Sex Pistols to post-punk ballad for Eurovision

      The man once known as Johnny Rotten hopes his band can represent Ireland at this year’s contest

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
      UK being lined up to host 2023 Eurovision Song Contest

      Organisers accept that it would be too dangerous for Ukraine, this year’s winner, to host the competition

    • Friday, 27 May, 2022
      John Gapper
      Abba’s history of pop hits is always repeating itself

      The Swedish band’s live avatar show in London is the latest way of reviving a timeless catalogue

    • Friday, 15 May, 2020
      ReviewAlbums
      Various artists: Eurovision 2020: The Album — who would have won?

      The FT’s pop critic gives his verdict on which of the 41 nations would have triumphed at this year’s cancelled event

    • Saturday, 9 May, 2020
      FT Magazine
      When AI takes on Eurovision: can a computer write a hit song?

      Bizarre lyrics, atonal melodies and a ‘koala synth’; Nic Fildes enters the world of algorithm-inspired Europop

    • Monday, 22 January, 2018
      Life & Arts
      Why are we still in love with Abba?

      As a new exhibition celebrates the legacy of the Swedish supergroup, Peter Aspden gets lost in the songs, the sequins and the spangled jumpsuits

    • Wednesday, 18 May, 2016
      Serhii Plokhii
      Ukraine sings to a tune of new national pride

      All of Europe became a hostage of the hostilities created by annexation, writes Serhii Plokhii

    • Sunday, 15 May, 2016
      World
      Australia comes runner-up in Eurovision

      Dami Im’s power ballad ‘Sound of Silence’ narrowly misses out on top spot

    • Friday, 13 May, 2016
      European companies
      Ukraine’s Eurovision song set to stir up past tensions with Russia

      Entry risks stirring already tense relations with Russia

    • Friday, 29 May, 2015
      FT Magazine
      Oh Vienna: observations from the 60th Eurovision Song Contest

      Glorious glitterfest, celebration of harmony — or soundtrack for a fading continent? The FT has a ringside seat

    • Thursday, 15 May, 2014
      World
      Putin ally labels Eurovision contest as ‘ethno-fascism’
    • Friday, 9 May, 2014
      World
      The stars on our TV screens fly the flag for European culture

      Eurovision shows Europe is thriving culturally if not politically, says Ludovic Hunter-Tilney

    • Friday, 9 May, 2014
      The World blogWorld
      The hidden threats in Russia’s Eurovision song
    • Thursday, 10 April, 2014
      Business blogEmma Jacobs
      Singing about social media
    • Friday, 30 August, 2013
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Pop and circumstance

      Unanimity and Eurovision – a trip back to 1990s Britain

    • Friday, 31 May, 2013
      ReviewLife & Arts
      ‘Birds’ and ‘Borgman’ signal sea change in Dutch culture

      Cannes and Eurovision entries hailed as turning point

    • Friday, 17 May, 2013
      Brexit
      UK’s sceptical view of Eurovision reflects attitude to Europe
    • Friday, 17 May, 2013
      FT Magazine
      Eurovision: unhinged melodies

      An in-depth look into the spangly vortex that is the infamous song contest, held this year in Malmö

    • Friday, 12 October, 2012
      Life & Arts
      Is pop going polyglot?

      Is the music industry getting less Anglocentric?

    • Wednesday, 23 May, 2012
      The World blogWorld
      Reporting Back: Courtney Weaver on Azerbaijan
    • Tuesday, 22 May, 2012
      World
      Rights clamour drowns Eurovision harmony
    • Tuesday, 22 May, 2012
      beyondbricsCourtney Weaver
      Azerbaijan tourism: Eurovision edition
    • Tuesday, 22 May, 2012
      FT AlphavilleDavid Keohane
      Eurozone exposures charted (a.k.a. Malta’s sorrow)
    • Wednesday, 9 November, 2011
      Tech blogTim Bradshaw
      Index Ventures doubles down on Europe with huge new growth fund
    • Friday, 28 May, 2010
      Eurozone economy
      Europe changes its tune for one night
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