We're up to 38 entries for Eurovision (and 17 for Junior Eurovision), more dates, submission deadlines, and all the rest of the news from the Song Contest world. Plus a musical flashback to the eighties with Michael Szpak.

We have a host city, a venue, and enough countries to run a Song Contest. What else has happened in the last two weeks? Ewan Spence brings you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest in the latest ESC Insight Podcast.

Just like that, we start again. The September 1st deadline is past, broadcasters get ready to listen to over 10,000 songs, and the exciting road to finding one three-minute winner in May has begun. Ewan Spence brings you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest (with a garnish of X-Factor).