It is no secret that Julia Samoylova, this year’s Russian artist, is a wheelchair user. Vienna 2015 showed that the organisers of the Eurovision Song Contest do not always plan appropriately in terms of accessibility for disabled persons. John Egan has explored some of the key venue features to see if Lisbon 2018 has done any better.

It's been a long and winding road, but tonight we finally arrive at the first Semi Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. With nineteen hopefuls set to be whittled down to ten qualifiers, John Lucas presents a guide to what you can expect from the show...

In the first of two articles, John Egan takes a look at momentum in the Eurovision Song Contest. Today the focus is on what sort of momentum qualifying is required for either victory or a top 10 result.

The jury voting at the Eurovision Song Contest is designed to be a counter to the public televote. But jurors still watch the same show, with the same barrage of songs, as the public. Guest writer Nicky Teare looks at Eurovision's jury system and how jurors can change their mind.

The Eurovision Song Contest has a wealth of trivia and facts that are added to every year. ESC Insight's Jeopardy champion Samantha Ross takes a look at the numbers that drive Lisbon 2018.