As Eurovision has distanced itself from live music, where can performers find opportunities to stretch their creative legs and experiment? Samantha Ross takes a moment to reflect on where artists can find little bastions of freedom in their otherwise-regimented three minutes on stage.

Day five of rehearsals finds the artists from the first semi final tightening up their stage shows, while the journalists in the Press Centre take to mainlining Swedish Fika to get through the marathon days...

Loreen, Måns, Ira? What connects these three artists is their record label, Warner Music Sweden. Jasmin Bear investigates how this relationship came to be, and how this teamwork is helping both in their ultimate goal.

The OGAE Poll for 2016 ended just as rehearsals kicked off here in Stockholm. What can we learn from the combined opinions of 43 member Eurovision fan clubs from across the globe, what can we read between the lines and how can we use this to predict the final results? Ben Robertson breaks down the data.

Many Eurovision fans would be much happier to have a star representing their favourite country than an unknown quantity. But name recognition and experience alone are no guarantee of success, as some countries this year may be about to learn the hard way...