Once upon a time, the Eurovision Song Contest presented you with every language in Europe. Now it feels like the English Song Contest, with some special guest spots for the French. Jasmin Bear listens to the 2016 line-up and wonders where the anglification of the Contest will end.

Eesti Laul moved from a concert hall in the centre of Tallinn to the basketball arena on the edge of town. The move to the bigger space meant far more than just a chance to fill more seats as Ben Robertson investigates.

In the first of our series of HoD interviews, John Lucas chats to Evi Papamichael of Cyprus about choosing Minus One, internal vs public selection, the new voting system and why participating in Eurovision matters to smaller broadcasters.

Christer Björkman tells us that schlager is dead. His assertion is based on the failure of a few songs he helped select to make it to the Melodifestivalen final this year. Well he’s talking rubbish. Schlager is alive and well and here are The Schlagerboys to put on their sparkly academic hats tell us why.

For many Eurovision fans, the BBC's 'You Decide' show was the first National Final they would be attending. For others it was the return to an event last seen in 2010. Ewan Spence looks back to find out how successful it was, and how much work still needs to be done.