With the spotlight now on some subtle, but significant, changes to the way the televote and jury vote will be combined in Malmo, there's a fair bit of confusion. Guest writer and statistics extraordinnaire John Egan gives us the lowdown on what has changed and what the implications are for our favourite contest results in 2013.

John Egan is a New Zealand-based fan of the Contest, and something of a nerd. Oh, and a social scientist. After talking Ewan through some statistics on the running order, he had some unfinished business with the running order and its effect on the result. What insight does Egan have for us, or is he all sixes and sevens?

With the first draw for the semi finals made, it's time to look at the countries that will be facing and voting for each other on the 22nd and 24th of May in our host city of Baku. And that means introducing Eurovision to the world of sabermetrics.