Our Statistical Analysis Of The Eurovision 2014 Semi-Final Draw
Two live shows, twenty qualifiers, and one very big spreadsheet. Ewan powers up his Digital Nate Silver to analyse the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 semi-final draw and makes a prediction for the likely line-up to escape from Tuesday and Thursday night.
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Who Actually Won The Eurovision Song Contest This Year?
The musical moments have been nominated, and our retrospective of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest is almost at an end. But not before Ewan asks one final question... "Who actually won Eurovision this year?"
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ESC Insight’s Top Musical Moments of 2013 (Part 2)
Continuing our look back at the Eurovision music of 2013, it's the turn of our Editorial team (and a typically late Irishman) to nominate our musical moments of the year as we look back on a pretty good year of music from the Song Contest.
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Some Insights Into JESC For The Older Fans
With two weeks to go until the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, are you all set for November 30th? It's game time, let's get ready to rumble, and all that. But before we board the flights to Kyiv, here's a look back at some of our previous JESC coverage to get you in the mood.
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If The EBU Trust DR, They Should Give Them Full Control Over The Running Order
Quite a few on-screen elements of the Eurovision Song Contest went through a number of changes during for the 2013 Contest, including the contentious decision to allow the SVT producers to (partially) set the running order of the songs in the semi-finals and grand final. Why is this rule likely to stay in place for 2014, even if it does damage the perception of a fair Song Contest? What are the arguments for it to be applied, and why should the EBU consider giving this year's product team from DR complete control over the running spots for all 26 finalists?
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