Denis McEvoy loves his country, and loves the Eurovision Song Contest. But he's not happy with the current approach to the Song Contest from national broadcaster RTÉ. What's gone wrong for Ireland in the past, is there hope for 2016 and beyond?

How do you tell a story in three minutes? Derek Sillerud looks at one of the building blocks of short form storytelling and how twelve basic types explain how we all relate to the countries and songs that enter the Eurovision Song Contest.

Ben Robertson travelled to Albania for its National Final, Festivali i Këngës, that gave us the first selected song for Eurovision 2015. Going backstage for all three nights, he discovers a world of a traditional contest clashing with contemporary culture.

As the year draws to a close, ESC Insight looks back on our musical highlights of 2015. First, up the core web team talk about their favourites.

Continuing ESC Insight's look back at the year, some of our many contributors from the last twelve months talk about their musical moments that made 2015 a great year for Eurovision music!