Welcome To The All-New ESC Insight!
Ewan Spence takes you behind the scenes to talk about the new look for ESC Insight, the principles, the constants, the changes, and introduces you to Ross Barber - the designer who made it all possible.
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Knowledge: A Eurovision Resource The EBU Must Treasure
The European Broadcasting Union's four main competitive events are a rich source of knowledge and skill that can be shared with its members. Vital skills useful for covering national and international events can be learned through involvement with the Eurovision family, and the hosting of the Contest is a unique learning opportunity in the modern broadcasting world. Since Vienna 2015 it seems that principle may have been forgotten by some.
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ESC Insight Asks: Who From Junior Should Be Promoted To First Team Action?
The ESC Insight team look back through Junior Eurovision to look forward, who else do we want to see from Junior Eurovision grace the larger Eurovision stage in a not-too-distant May?
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ESC Insight Asks: Should Pop And Politics Mix?
Eurovision - as we are frequently reminded - is about music, not politics. Well, that’s the theory. But in reality is it ever truly possible to totally separate the performers onstage from the implications of their nationality? Or is it inevitable that the political situation in a given country always has the potential to in some way colour your perception of their entries? John Lucas asks the question and all of ESC Insight tries to answer
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Trust, Transparency, And No National Final: The BBC’s New Eurovision Process
The biggest ever song search! Eurovision community involvement! The public has 'the final say'! Suddenly the BBC has delivered what many in the United Kingdom and beyond have asked for. There again, perhaps not. Ewan Spence wonders if anything has actually changed at all.
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