Dr Paul Jordan takes a look at the issue of language in the songs of Eurovision, from the fourteen songs in this year's selection and back through the history of the Song Contest.

Continuing our look at the discography of the Eurovision Song Contest in our quest to find the perfect song, Steven Newby not only takes in the songs at #50-#41, but looks at the lower reaches of the charts for the songs that didn't make it. Who do you think will be the lowest scoring song of Eurovision history?

With seven weeks until we jet off to the coast of the Caspian Sea, wouldn't it be a nice idea to do something unique, that has never been tried before... a retrospective on the last fifty six editions of ‘Europe’s Favourite Television Show’. Relax, though, there's a new angle that tells us something new about the Contest. Which song is closest to perfection?

There is an undeniable sense of patriotism and national pride tied into the Eurovision Song Contest. But what happens if the person representing a country doesn’t quite fit into the stereotypical mold of what a Turk, a Norwegian, a Ukrainian, or any other nationality is 'expected' to be? Is Eurovision about bringing people of all nations together, or is it about showing off a constructed image of what a country is expected to look like?

With hundreds of Eurovision Song Contest fans  heading to Stockholm for the Melodifestivalen final, the national final season is nearly over. How did national finals become such a part of the build up to Eurovision and why some more than others? Dr Paul Jordan investigates...