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            <title><![CDATA[Drama at Eurovision 2026 - Bulgaria wins]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[With "Banagaranga", Bulgarian Dara charmed all of Europe and won Eurovision - but it was a nail-biter until the very end. "I am still in shock," Dara said after the victory. For Felicia, things went worse than expected, and Sweden finished twentieth overall.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 19:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Linda Lampenius on Eurovision: Revenge]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Finland is the favorite to win Eurovision this year. Linda Lampenius' fiery violin duet with Pete Parkkonen has the audience in awe even before the final. But we don't take anything for granted. It's 180 million TV viewers who will decide on Saturday, says Lampenius.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:32:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Denmark and Norway both advance to Eurovision final]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[There will be a Nordic clash at Eurovision as both Denmark and Norway advanced to the final from the second semi-final. Sweden's Felicia and Finland's Linda Lampenius are already in the final after advancing two days earlier.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 19:11:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Felicia's Spotify success ahead of the Eurovision final]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sweden's "My System", performed by Felicia, is in second place among the most-streamed Eurovision Song Contest entries on Spotify.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 08:55:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Felicia advances to the Eurovision final - relief]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Felicia has advanced to the final of Eurovision. She has always been tipped to advance - but the anxiety was still there, she says. "It feels incredibly good, like a relief," the Swedish star tells TT's correspondent.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:06:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Felicia one of the favorites for Eurovision semi-final]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Tonight, Felicia must qualify for the Eurovision final in Vienna. According to experts and bookmakers, there should be no problem - "My system" is third on the list of favorites in the semi-final, after Finland and Greece.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:21:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Felicia sang too well, got questions about playback]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Felicia made it through Monday's Eurovision Song Contest rehearsal without any problems. Now, Aftonbladet reports that people have contacted the Swedish team to ask whether the singer lip-synced.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 20:34:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Felicia's biggest competitors in the Eurovision first semi-final]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Will Felicia advance from the first semi-final of Eurovision? Everything suggests she will, but among her biggest competitors are Greece, Israel - and of course Finland.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 05:59:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Five talking points ahead of this year's Eurovision]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Eurovision Song Contest is coming up next week in Vienna, Austria. Here are five things to talk about from this year's competition.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 05:57:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Linda Lampenius will play the violin live for Finland at Eurovision in Vienna]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Finnish violinist Linda Lampenius will play the violin when she performs Finland's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Dagens Nyheter reports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:20:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lampenius to ESC after win in Finland]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Finland will be entering a name familiar to Swedish speakers in the Eurovision Song Contest this spring: the Swedish-speaking Finnish violinist Linda Lampenius.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:24:23 GMT</pubDate>
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