ESC Insight’s Ongoing Coverage Of Eurovision 2026
As Vienna 2026 approaches, you can find links to our coverage across the 2025/26 Eurovision season.
“Goldener Saal” in Vienna’s Musikvereinsgebäude (cc: Wikimedia / Bwag)
Articles and Editorials From The 2025/26 Season
- New Questions Over Voting: A Closer Look At The Eurovision 2025 Televote
- How Many Votes Are Cast At The Eurovision Song Contest?
- Animating a Performance: How Graphics Can Help Contribute to a Eurovision Winner
- Which National Finals Made The Best Choice For Basel?
- How Many Votes Did Each Song Receive In The Televote?
- Blurred Lines & Steady Progress: The Last Five Years of Race at Eurovision
- Why Start A Eurovision Podcrawl?
- Exploring The Positive Impact Of Brand Eurovision And The Song Contest’s New Logo
- The New Eurovision Logo Is What We Need, Even If It’s Not What We Want
- How Global Organisations Deal With Israeli Inclusion
- Fighting False Information And Rumours Around Eurovision’s Israel Vote
- No Matter November’s Eurovision Vote, It’s Going To Get Ugly
- We Did The Maths to Find Eurovision’s Most Paint-by-Numbers Song
- Three Nations, One Stage: Bulgaria, Romania, and Moldova Return to Eurovision
- You’ll Be Back: Why Artists Keep Coming Back to the Eurovision Song Contest
- Eurovision’s Voting Reform Overhaul: Is It Enough To Save The Contest?
- Pan-Arcticvision – Eurovision’s Scrappy, Anarchic Rival In the North
- The Hottest, Fieriest Melodifestivalen We’ve Known?
- What Real Eurovision Voting Reform Should Look Like
- The Vote in Geneva and the Future of our Song Contest
- Pan-ArcticVision 2025 review
- Something Died Last Thursday… And It’s Never Coming Back
- So, What Do Eurovision Fans Do Now?
- Why Northern Europe Skips Junior Eurovision
- 11 Moments that Made Junior Eurovision 2025 Unique
- Last Call: The Light That Casts A Shadow Over 2025
- Why So Many Eurovision Fans and Journalists Are Neurodivergent and Why That Makes Perfect Sense
- Coming to a City Near You – But Will Fans Embrace the Eurovision Live Tour?
- Hey Ho! Let’s Go: Chasing the Legend of ‘Trenulețul’ from Bucharest to Chișinău
- Welcome to Moldova’s Biggest Ever Television Production
- Eurovision’s Heart is Beating – If You Know Where to Look
- A Salute To Europe: Moldova Is On Duty
- Five Withdraw, Three Return: So Who Wins From That?
- More Changes To Melodifestivalen’s Voting Process
- Why Junior Lerin is Exactly What Melodifestivalen Needs
- What Is It Like to Lose a Eurovision National Final?
- The Eurovision Tour Is No More
- Melodifestivalen, The National Final Where Entertainment Matters
- The Sanremo 2026 Starter Pack: Artists, Scandals, and the Return of Political Pop
- The Wife Guys of Sanremo
- The Generation Gap Between Sanremo’s Amadeus and Carlo Conti
- Half Excel, Half Imagination: UMK’s Quirky Confidence And Rebellion
- The Responsibility Of The Sanremo Artistic Director
- Fanning the Flames: Israel and UMK’s Difficult Balancing Act
- Twenty Years of Delulu: The Lilla Al-Fadji Story
- Can Look Mum No Computer break the UK’s Eurovision Curse?
- FELICIA’s Money Shot: Her System Upgrade
- The Model: Sweden’s Felicia Leads First Forecast of Eurovision 2026
- The Host Country Should Always Perform Last In The Grand Final
- The Model: Finland First as the Eurovision Race Develops
- Five Jurors To Seven: The Statistical Impact Of Two Younger Jurors At Eurovision
- The Model: Finland in Front for Eurovision – But No Further Ahead
- Five Things To Know About The Eurovision Song Contest Asia
- The Model: Finland’s Eurovision Chances Grow as Running Orders Revealed
- The Model: The Eurovision State of Play as Pre-Parties Begin
- “I’m Not a Princess”: How Leléka Balances Both Sides of Herself at Eurovision
- The Model: Finland the Eurovision Favourite With 25 Days to Go
- Creating His Own Universe: How Søren Torpegaard Lund Stays True to Himself at Eurovision
- The Model: Finland at the Front as Artists Head for Eurovision 2026
- The Model: 10 Things The Model Could Get Wrong at Eurovision 2026
- Vienna’s Eurovision: A Big Contest In A Big Tourist Destination
- How Eurovision Voting Changes From Semi Final To Grand Final
- The Model: Finland the Favourite on the Eve of Eurovision Week
- The Bias Of The Eurovision Audience Poll: A Statistical Review Of Our Survey
- Eurovision 2026: By The Numbers
- The Death of the English Monopoly: Why Europe Sings In Their Native Languages Again
- The Model Predicts Semi-Final One of Eurovision 2026
- The Spotter’s Guide to Eurovision 2026: Semi Final One
- United By Music Or Divided By Values: Attending Eurovisions Academic Conference
- The Model Predicts Semi-Final Two of Eurovision 2026
- The Spotter’s Guide to Eurovision 2026: Semi Final Two
- Finland’s Lucky Number 17: The 2026 Grand Final Running Order Analysis
- How Effective Is The Televote’s Move To A Ten-Vote Maximum At Eurovision?
- The Lampenius Rule: Live Instruments Return To The Song Contest
- Viva La Bangaranga: Thoughts On Grand Final Day
- The Spotter’s Guide to Eurovision 2026: The Grand Final
- The Model Predicts Finland to Win Eurovision 2026
- The Arena And The Livng Room: Eurovision’s Two Audiences
- 16 Facts and Stats From The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest
- Nine Things We Expect From Bulgaria And Eurovision 2027
Podcasts
‘Inside The Model’ Podcast
- Eurovision Insight Podcast… Introducing ‘Inside The Model’
- Eurovision Insight Podcast… Inside The Model: The Race to Eurovision 2026 Begins
- Eurovision Insight Podcast… Inside The Model: Finland Flies into First
- Eurovision Insight Podcast… Inside The Model: Krista Siegfrids Makes Her Eurovision Prediction
- Eurovision Insight Podcast… Inside The Model: The Eurovision Running Order is Revealed
- Eurovision Insight Podcast… Inside The Model: Eurovision 2026 Preview in Amsterdam
- Eurovision Insight Podcast… Inside The Model with vocal coach Zoe Stibi
- Eurovision Insight Podcast… Inside The Model: 10 Things The Model Could Get Wrong at Eurovision 2026
Eurovision Uncovered Podcast
- Eurovision Insight Presents… Eurovision Uncovered: It All Starts With A Song
- Eurovision Insight Presents… Eurovision Uncovered: The Ticking Clock
- Eurovision Insight Presents… Eurovision Uncovered: It Takes a Village
- Eurovision Uncovered Meets Christer Björkman: “There are Challenges in Almost Every Act”
- Eurovision Insight Presents… Eurovision Uncovered: A Show Shaped by Us
Other Podcasts
- Alloracast! Daily News From Sanremo, Monday 23rd February
- Alloracast! Daily News From Sanremo, Tuesday 24th February
- Alloracast! Daily News From Sanremo, Wednesday 25th February
- Alloracast! Daily News From Sanremo, Thursday 26th February
- Alloracast! Daily News From Sanremo, Friday 27th February
- Alloracast! Daily News From Sanremo, Saturday 28th February
- Alloracast! One Last Thing from Sanremo
- Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Vienna, Monday 11th May
- Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Vienna, Tuesday 12th May
- Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Vienna, Wednesday 13th May
- Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Vienna, Thursday 14th May
- Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Vienna, Friday 15th May
- Eurovision Insight Podcast: Our Final Podcast From Vienna
Podcast Interviews
- Eurovision Chat Over Coffee, with Pan-ArcticVision’s Amund Sjølie Sveen
- Eurovision Uncovered Meets Christer Björkman: “There are Challenges in Almost Every Act”
- Eurovision Uncovered Meets Leléka: Not Your Ukrainian Princess
- Eurovision Uncovered Meets Søren Torpegaard Lund: Creating His Own Universe
Publications
The Junior Eurovision 2025 Guidebook
Our free guidebook to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 provided details on this year’s artists, songs, selection process, and each nation’s history at Junior Eurovision. It is available in PDF, or ePUB formats supported by popular eBook readers..
The Vienna 2026 Guidebook
The Guide Book will be released early in May 2026.