ESC Insight eBook 2026


Nine Things We Expect From Bulgaria And Eurovision 2027
DARA wins the 70th Eurovision Song Contest for Bulgaria, at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria (Photo Credit: Corinne Cumming/EBU)

As the confetti settles around in Vienna, the board at Bulgarian broadcaster BTN will be waking up with not only Dara’s victory on their mind, but also the challenge of organising 2027’s Eurovision Song Contest. The ESC Insight team look into the future…

Eurovision Insight Podcast: Our Final Podcast From Vienna
ESC Insight 2012 Album Cover

As the glitter falls to the floor and the sequins are harvested for next year, James Stephenson and Samantha Ross look back at Vienna and the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

16 Facts and Stats From The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest

As the rankings of every juror and every televote have been released by the European Broadcasting Union, the ESC Insight team breaks down all the statistics you need to know from the 70th edition from Vienna.

The Arena And The Livng Room: Eurovision’s Two Audiences
rand Final Performance: Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen performing Liekinheitin for Finland during the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna 2026 on 15 May (Photo Credit: Alma Bengtson/EBU)

The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the last true live television spectacles. In 2025, 166 million people watched the Song Contest worldwide — an extraordinary figure in an era where audiences increasingly consume entertainment on demand. There are now very few programmes that genuinely feel unmissable in the moment. Fifteen years ago, that kind […]

The Model Predicts Finland to Win Eurovision 2026
The Model Eurovision Prediction (James Stephenson)

The Model was designed to predict what would happen if the Eurovision Song Contest was held today. Today, it’s the day of the Grand Final – and Finland is the favourite to win.

The Spotter’s Guide to Eurovision 2026: The Grand Final
The trophy of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest on the Wiener Stadthalle stage, for Vienna 2026 (Photo Credit: Corinne Cumming/EBU)

It’s been a long road, friends, but tonight we finally see the culmination of months, even years of work. Following two competitive Semifinals, we have winnowed the field down to twenty-five acts, and only one will raise the crystal microphone high this evening.

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