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Eurovision Insight News Podcast: Waiting For Some Odd Shaped Balls Written by on March 14, 2025

Ewan Spence welcomes Scott Reid to look back at the last week of National Final Selections in 2025. 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.

And with that, the National Finals are over. As we publish the latest Insight News podcast we’re waiting on France to declare its entry to the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest.

The community’s reaction is in the spotlight this week, as are the artists’ reactions. Other delegations are working the PR machines to get as much love inside the community and to try and create the all-important buzz with the general public. With the submission deadline now passed, what can we expect over the next few weeks?

Eurovision Insight News Podcast: Waiting For Some Odd Shaped Balls

Why are we getting ready to watch some grown men chase an odd-shaped ball around a rugby field, the big deadline wooshes past us, and some surprising weekend results have energised the final lap of National Finals. Scott Reid and Ewan Spence go over this week’s talking points on 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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