There's more to Albania's Eurovision selection than giving us something to watch over the holidays. Phil Dore talks to author Nicholas Tochka on the roots of Albania's Festivali i Këngës.

Should the Big 5 rule exist? One Swedish journalist has questioned its existence in modern Eurovision, and it is easy to argue that the timing might never be better to get rid of the protectionist rule once and for all.

We love to discuss which artists would have been better choices from National Finals or Internal Selections. But what if the artists stayed the same, but chose another song? The ESC Insight team and some friends of the parish look at some different choices that could have changed the Song Contest.

It's September 1st, and the Eurovision Song Contest community is celebrating the start of the season. Mark Taylor runs the numbers on why you shouldn’t get too excited about this single day in the calendar.

Good things come to those who wait, the old adage goes. Keith Andrew looks back at the BBC’s stewardship of 2023’s Eurovision Song Contest and finds something wonderful.