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Eurovision Insight News Podcast: Losing The Televote Written by on March 6, 2025 | 1 Comment

Martin Bishop joins Ewan Spence to discuss the Eurovision incidents and issue this week. Follow this year’s Song Contest by adding our Eurovision RSS Feed to follow us in your favourite podcast application, or click here to follow us on iTunes and never miss an episode.

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With one weekend of National Finals to go, the Eurovision playlist for Basel 2025 is almost full of the songs of every nation. Yet the global nature of the Song Contest has been brought into sharp focus with international songwriters contributing throughout the shows and cultural norms being challenged across borders.

Eurovision Insight News Podcast: Losing The Televote

Why there are so many Colors at Eurovision, what does it mean to lose your National Final televote, how OFCOM impacts the Song Contest, and more… Ewan Spence and Martin Bishop discuss the week’s hot topics in the Insight News podcast.

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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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  1. Mark says:
    March 13, 2025 at 12:55

    “Well played Malta but it doesn’t seem it’s very good for the contest overall”
    Thank you for this summing up Ewan, which says it all for me.
    If this tactic works, then more countries will be at it next year.