It's September 1st, and the Eurovision Song Contest community is celebrating the start of the season. Mark Taylor runs the numbers on why you shouldn’t get too excited about this single day in the calendar.

Good things come to those who wait, the old adage goes. Keith Andrew looks back at the BBC’s stewardship of 2023’s Eurovision Song Contest and finds something wonderful.

Just put on a big National Final and we'll find the best song for the UK at Eurovision. Unfortunately, it's not that easy. Ewan Spence lays out what steps would need to be taken for the United Kingdom to have a successful Melodifestivalen-styled National Selection.

“It’s all political, isn’t it?” The short yet surprising answer is yes, but the politics at the Eurovision Song Contest may not be what the general public understands political nature to be. Dr Jamie Halliwell looks at part of the politics of our Song Contest.

When Eurovision comes to Sweden it usually means innovation is on the cards. Ben Robertson looks at Sweden's selection show Melodifestivalen to try and find the ideas that SVT might want to bring to the table this year.