The final steps of this year's journey finally arrive. Share the moment with Ewan Spence and Lisa-Jayne Lewis in ESC Insight's Alternative Commentary track for the first semi-final from the Globen Arena.

Reviewing the jury performances from the first semi-final of Eurovision 2016. Ewan Spence is joined by Kylie Wilson (ESC Pulse) and Daniel Gould (Sofabet) to run through the chances of the eighteen contenders.

Grab a bottle of your favourite tipple and pour yourself a large glass of it. You will thank us for it. Jon Jacob needs to have a quiet word in your ear about something in today's episode of 'Letters From Stockholm'.

The final 'technical' rehearsals today as the Big Five and Sweden put the final touches to their performances ahead of hitting the red carpet. Lisa-Jayne Lewis (Eurovision Ireland) and Monty Moncrieff (On Europe) join Ewan Spence for today's Insight podcast.

Hugh Goldsmith - former MD of RCA and founder of Innocent Records - supported this year's selection process for the BBC's Eurovision entry. Ewan Spence sits down with him to talk about his career, fan databases, the cheapest music video in the world, and this year's entry at Eurovision for the United Kingdom.