With today's news about the format of the Semi Finals and the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest, Ben Robertson and Ewan Spence talk about the key points and how they will impact the performers, the production team, and the public. Voting from the first Grand Final Song, the automatic qualifiers perform live in the Semi Finals, the Rest Of The World gets more time to vote, and more, all discussed over a coffee.

[powerpress] The Eurovision Song Contest's Reference Group guides the Contest, overseeing its development and format, financing, brand awareness, and, of course, the Contest alongside the host broadcaster and the core team at the EBU. In 2023, Dr Frank-Dieter Freiling retired as Chair after thirteen years, and Bakel Walden was voted to take his place at the head of the Reference Group. With two decades of experience in broadcasting, he is currently the Director of Development and...

Looking around any Eurovision Song Contest press centre in the last two decades, you'll likely spot a baseball hat with the word "Boy" written in comically large letters. Under that hat is Aftonbladet journalist Tobbe Ek. A graduate of Stockholm University, he joined Aftonbladet in 2005. While he is now known for his entertainment reporting, many more roles, desks, and assignments led him to Melodifestivalen and Eurovision. The business of journalism has evolved since Ek left the...

This week feels like it is more about the internal selections rather than the National Finals, with just two songs from the latter and rather a lot more from the former. Let’s round them all up in this week’s NewsPod. Eurovision Insight News Podcast: One Final To The Tune Of Another Someone tries to sing for San Marino, someone tries to sing for Spain, someone tries to sing the same song twice, and more… Stay on top of all the Eurovision discussions as the season continues by listening to...

We've had our Super Saturday of song selections (and a pair of internal selections released their songs), which means the playlist for May has nearly doubled since our last pod. Let's check in on all this week's happenings. Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

We talk a lot about the songs of the Eurovision Song Contest here, we look at how the Song Contest allows cultures to be shared, and how the Contest is used as a live environment for testing new broadcast technologies. It's the latter that's the subject of today's Chat Over Coffee podcast. Liverpool's hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest was a golden opportunity for the BBC's Research and Development team to use the live environment for one of their many projects. How does an R&D...

John Travolta isn’t coming back to Sanremo, Microsoft is supporting UMK, and The Roop is looking to return to the Contest. Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Our hoped-for hosts arrive, the BBC serves up some cryptic clues, and the Norwegian televote split continues the voting discussion. Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Ewan Spence and Ben Robertson attended the Semi Final draw for Eurovision 2024 ; here, they talk over the details and importance of the result before talking to Steve Rotheram (Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region), Ebba Adielsson (Eurovision Exec Producer), and Christer Bjorkman, (Eurovision Contest Producer). Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Bambie Thug says hello, Romania says goodbye, and some of us are off to Malmö. all that and more as Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Malmö 2024 will be bathed in the Eurovision Lights. Bold Scandinavia is behind the visual theme of our Contest this year. How did they decide on this look, what happened during the pitching process, and what happens next? Ewan Spence sits down with Design Director Sidney Lim to find out what lies behind the clean and simple building blocks of the Contest. Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Finland takes Sweden, the United Kingdom takes the draw, Ukraine calls on Verka, and more... Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Our first big wave of national selection results, two new names for Malmo, someone decided to let Russell Crowe join in…, and more! Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Following a run of success at Eurovision, will 2024 be Norway's year? Ewan Spence sits down with Stig Karlsen, NRK's Head of Delegation, to talk about Norway at the Song Contest. How much of a surprise was Alessandra's worldwide success? Was it a difficult decision to invite Keiino and Margaret Berger back to MGP? Why is the public getting more say in the final decision? All that and more in our latest Chat over Coffee interview podcast.

Norway’s returning meme, the new stage is seen, a UK artist is very keen, and more… Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Once the holidays are over, the Eurovision Song Contest National Finals step up a gear. One of those will be Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, DR's selection show for Denmark's entry to Malmö 2024. Ewan Spence sat down with Erik Struve Hansen to talk about his love of Eurovision, the need to change Melodi Grand Prix, and the changing face of music at the Song Contest. Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Who’s going to Eurovision, what is it going to look like, where it will be, and more... Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

You may have heard the story of how the Portuguese Revolution of 1974 used their Eurovision entry as a signal to start overthrowing the government. But are there other examples of Eurovision artists involved in revolutions? The answer turned out to be—more often than you might think. Samantha Ross joins Phil Dore to talk about not just Portugal, but also the Belarus' pro-democracy protests and Ukraine's Orange and Euromaiden Revolutions, as well as the Eurovision acts who got...

Ben Robertson and Samantha Ross join Ewan Spence to talk about the 37 broadcasters confirmed for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

The Junior Eurovision trophy returns to France, nobody returns to Melodifestivalen, a Chaos Gremlin returns to Sanremo, and more... Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Junior Eurovision is over for another year, and once more the ESC Insight podcast gathers to talk about another French victory, the strong performances from Spain, Armenia, and the UK, and what happens next for Junior. With Ben Robertson are Thomas Duseaux (France 12 points podcast), GJ Kooijman (@eurovisionpod), and Adrian Bradley (@adebradley). The ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

It’s the night before Junior Eurovision 2023 from Nice. ESC Insight’s Ben Robertson is joined by Tomas Davitt (Eurovision Tom), Melanie Otto (ESC United) and Joe Bleasdale (ESC Bubble), with their impressions of the first dress rehearsal, staging surprises, and trying to call the winner. Ben Robertson and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

As the ESC Insight team, and the rest of the community gather in Nice for Junior Eurovision 2023, Ben Robertson is joined by Max Doughty (That Eurovision Site), Tim Jumawan (That Eurovision Site), Daniel Stridh (ESC Discord), and Neil Farren (Eurovoix) to preview the Contest, talk about their expectations, the hopes for the Contest, and some early predictions… Ben Robertson and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Eurovision has a forever slogan, lots of National Selection tickets are going on sale, France gives us our first song, and more... Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Dr Paul Jordan (aka Dr Eurovision) joins Phil Dore to talk about the long-running feud between Armenia and Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest. Along the way they discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Armenian Genocide, and the controversial hosting of Eurovision 2012 in Baku. Phil Dore and the ESC Insight team bring you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest. Join us at www.escinsight.com.