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A Hot Mess Of Bergendahl: ESC Insight's Glossary Of The Eurovision World
Eurovision logo (Moscow 2009)

We're about a week into ESC Insight's coverage of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, and we hope you've been enjoying our podcasts, interviews, and editorials on the goings-on so far. But we realize that a community can often develop its own individual lexicon, and we'd hate to leave our listeners and readers out of the loop! So, courtesy of the ESC Insight Team, here's a quick run-down of some of our favorite terms.

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Eurovision 2014: By the Numbers
ESC 2014 DR on a bus shelter

We’ve been here in the Press Centre for a few days now, with the first rough rehearsals coming across our screen. Before the Semifinals next week, Samantha takes a quick look at some of the facts and figures on who we’ll all see on stage this year and how they got there!

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Not Quite a Copycat: Retrofitting the Inspirational
Roy Delaney

If you've been following this small series you'll have noticed that we're not here to shout "Plagiat!" at the top of our voices, but instead steer you gently towards other music of a similar vein that you may not have got your ears around before. It's the turn of Roy Delaney to point out some of the tunes that even the artists who sing them didn't imagine they were subconsciously lifting.

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Not Quite A Copycat: The Uncanny Musical Valley
Barton Hollow, by The Civil Wars (album cover)

Using the music of the 2014 Song Contest as a springboard, what tracks are just a single step to the side of this year's three minute wonders? Following on from Sam's selection of songs inspired by the 2014 performers, it's the turn of ESC Insight's Ewan Spence to flip through his box of vinyl to inspire a Eurovison related playlist to start your week.

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Not Quite a Copycat: A Musical Journey Starting At Eurovision
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (photo: Grace Potter homepage)

Every year the cry of 'plagiarism' goes up around a couple of songs at Eurovision... but what if we were to take those songs as inspiration for a musical journey to introduce new artists, rediscover old favourites, and have some fun? Welcome to our first 'Not Quite A Copycat'.

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