The currency of pop is attention. This is even more true for the Eurovision Song Contest, where victory and defeat ride on the ability of a single 3 minute song to stand out amongst an evening of giddy light entertainment thrills. Ellie Chalkley looks at the history and impact of the novelty song.

As everyone settles into Kyiv after a few days, Sharleen Wright looks at the experiences and what you can expect if you are travelling to the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

Half of our Eurovision scores are decided by juries in each competing nation. But who are our jurors this year? Ben Robertson looks into the 209 names revealed so far and digs a little behind their backgrounds.

For those of us heading to Kyiv over the next couple of weeks, Alison Wren has whittled everything down into a top 42 things to know list before you arrive in Ukraine!

Well, it’s been a roller coaster National Final season, April this year has had more politics than all the other Aprils added together, but we’re all ready to gather under the Eurovision 2017 banner. Before she puts on her delegation badge, Samantha Ross looks over the Class of 2017 to discover what sort of Song Contest we’re going to have in Kyiv.