So now we know the UK's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Bonnie Tyler will be flying the flag, and the 61 year old Welsh singer will be hoping to improve on last year's result from Engelbert Humperdinck.

There's a lot of it about in Eurovision land this year - no sooner has a song been selected for the Contest it gets accused of being a plagiarised version of another song. This is an incredibly serious claim to put towards anyone in the industry, and Ewan thinks we need to calm down and think about the differences between plagiarism and musical creativity.

John Egan is a New Zealand-based fan of the Contest, and something of a nerd. Oh, and a social scientist. After talking Ewan through some statistics on the running order, he had some unfinished business with the running order and its effect on the result. What insight does Egan have for us, or is he all sixes and sevens?

In 2003 the Eurovision Song Contest took its first (and for the moment only) trip to Lativia and Dr Paul Jordan attended the Contest in Riga. Ten years later, he looks back at arguably the last 'old school' Contest, the political background, and the controversies.

Eurovision fans go to National Finals. Some of them jump on a plane to head round Europe because it's fun. But what do you do when you are half way round the world, almost a day behind, and the Contest is calling across the sea to you? ESC Insight's Samantha Ross knew exactly what to do...