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Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Kyiv, Sunday 30th April Written by on April 30, 2017 | 4 Comments

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ESC Insight has arrived in Kyiv, and the next two weeks will be full of opinions, thoughts, and editorial around this year’s Song Contest. But to start with, let’s go back to basics and set the scene for the Contest year with Ewan and Sharleen. What has been left behind in the National Finals, what are we looking forward to, and some thoughts on the juggernaut that is Francesco Gabbani.

Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Kyiv, Sunday 30th April

Welcome to Kyiv! ESC Insight has arrived in Ukraine ahead of the first rehearsals. Ewan and Sharleen sit down to look back at the National Final season, and a few points to watch for in the next two weeks backstage at the Eurovision Song Contest.

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British Academy (BAFTA) nominated broadcaster and writer Ewan Spence is the voice behind The Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast and one of the driving forces behind ESC Insight. Having had an online presence since 1994, he is a noted commentator around the intersection of the media, internet, technology, mobility and how it affects us all. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, his work has appeared on the BBC, The Stage, STV, and The Times. You can follow Ewan on Twitter (@ewan) and Facebook (facebook.com/ewanspence).

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4 responses to “Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Kyiv, Sunday 30th April”

  1. Love hearing all the news from the ground!

  2. Martin says:

    You guys are going to devastated if Italy DON’T win this year – I love it too but I still wonder how this entry in Italian, with limited time to describe what this is all about (maybe a few words by the commentator during the 45 second postcard in the Final) to the non-fan public who will see this solely as a fun and happy performance with a simple dance between a man and a man in a gorilla suit. THAT could be the killer – we all know what this is about and why the gorilla is there but Joe Bloggs who watches this once a year doesn’t.

    I think that a lot of ‘this is going to win easily like Fairytale’ has been built up over the couple months since Sanremo – remember that Eurovision bubble? I have no issue about “Occidentali’s Karma” winning but I do not think that it is as cut and dried as everyone in Eurovision fandom is making out. It would not surprise me that an act in one of the SFs will suddenly grab everyone’s (ie. mainstream media) imagination there, that will carry on 2-4 days into the Final and they will have the momentum at the right time…

    Or your scenario might happen and this is all a complete waste of time!

  3. Shevek says:

    Modern, longevity, eurovision moment? Swden and Romania are classy eurovision moments it seems. To each his own. The bubble is terribly conservative.

  4. Howard Atkinson says:

    I see what Sharleen means about Portugal, but I (respectfully) disagree.

    I don’t understand the obsession some people seem to have with every song having to be ‘modern’ and needing to reflect the current charts. In a contest of 42 songs, there is (or should be) room for everything, including contemporary sounds, but also rock, chanson, folk, even yodeling if you absolutely insist 🙂 . My problem is that there are actually too many songs that sound ‘modern’ in a mainstream, bland, radio-friendly way – and they are more or less interchangeable.

    In the end, it is still down to that three-minute performance and how you can capture a live TV audience. A ‘modern’ song can, of course, do that. But if Eurovision loses its ability to surprise with moments like Jamala, Lordi, and this year maybe Salvador Sobral or Naviband, then it will have lost the very thing that makes it special.

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