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Eurovision Insight Podcast: In-Depth With ESC 2015 Scriptwriter Gregor Barcal Written by on May 18, 2015

I thought the EBU offered a handbook called ‘How To Do The Song Contest’ with ‘Don’t Panic’ written on it…

The man behind @esc2015cp is Gregor Barcal, the scriptwriter for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. The Eurovision world has been following the online accounts of ORF’s Creative Producer for this year’s Song Contest over the last year. What does it take to help drive the Contest forward? How can one voice make a difference? And how can you build a career that gives you an opportunity to contribute to one of the world’s biggest TV shows.

After a lot of diary juggling, Barcal graciously took an hour out of his schedule to sit down to record another of our ‘In-Depth Insight’ podcasts looking at the driving forces behind the Song Contest.

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Eurovision Insight Podcast: In-Depth With ESC 2015 Scriptwriter Gregor Barcal

Gregor Barcal is the Creative Producer and Script Writer of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. Ewan Spence spends an hour with one of the driving forces behind this year’s show to find out more about his career, how ESC is created, and if there are any rhyming couplets planned…

In-Depth Insights are long-form interviews that allow us to find out much more the people who contribute to the Eurovision Song Contest, and we will be running a number of hour long podcast episodes in the run up to to the Grand Final on May 23rd!

Rhyming Couplets For Eurovision 2015? (image: Gregor Barcal)

Rhyming Couplets For Eurovision 2015? (image: Gregor Barcal)

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About The Author: Ewan Spence

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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