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Why You Must Not Get Too Excited About September 1st
Duncan Laurence and the Eurovision 2019 trophy (Thomas Hanses/eurovision.tv)

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.

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Changing Eurovision’s Delicate Balance Between Jury And Televote
Kaarija backstage, Finland 2023(EBU / Chloe Hashemi)

Should we change the balance between the jury and the televote after Loreen lifted the Eurovision 2023 trophy ahead of Käärijä? Mark Taylor lays out your options but asks you to consider the risk.

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Ranks, Points, And How The United Kingdom Performed At Eurovision 2023
United Kingdom 2023, Mae Muller (photo: EBU / Sarah Louise Bennett)

Maybe everyone voted the United Kingdom 11th and that's why Mae Muller scored so low? Mark Taylor compares the rankings of the songs next to the points scored at Liverpool 2023 to highlight the competitive performance of 'I Wrote A Song', and what this suggests as a way forward.

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A Deeper Look At Eurovision’s Running Order
Mae Muller (photo: BBC / EBU)

Mae Muller will be performing last in Eurovision 2023’s Grand Final. Now Mark Taylor goes in-depth to address the question of singing last, and the impact of the running order.

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How To Win Eurovision 2019: The Paths To Victory
Eurovision Song Contest Trophy 2018 (Thomas Hanses/EBU)

With Semi-Final 1 ahead of us, the contenders for the glass microphone awarded to the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 are becoming clear. Ewan Spence takes a look at the various paths to victory that the top songs are taking.

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