Just put on a big National Final and we'll find the best song for the UK at Eurovision. Unfortunately, it's not that easy. Ewan Spence lays out what steps would need to be taken for the United Kingdom to have a successful Melodifestivalen-styled National Selection.

“It’s all political, isn’t it?” The short yet surprising answer is yes, but the politics at the Eurovision Song Contest may not be what the general public understands political nature to be. Dr Jamie Halliwell looks at part of the politics of our Song Contest.

When Eurovision comes to Sweden it usually means innovation is on the cards. Ben Robertson looks at Sweden's selection show Melodifestivalen to try and find the ideas that SVT might want to bring to the table this year.

Whilst all eyes were on the Song Contest from the Liverpool Arena just half an hour away met some of the finest Eurovision scholars to discuss everything about and surrounding the Song Contest. Here were the discussion points there.

With seven wins and a three-in-a-row run in the nineties, Ireland once ruled the Eurovision Song Contest. Yet in the 21st century, it has never managed to recapture that magic. Joey Hunter looks back at the recent history, the legends, and the modern-day woes of Ireland.