ESC Insight’s Coverage Of Vienna And The Eurovision Song Contest 2026
As Vienna 2026 approaches, you can find links to our coverage across the 2025/26 Eurovision season.
Following Austria’s victory in Basel, the Eurovision Song Contest returned to the capital city of Vienna after ten years away. With a rich musical history and the Song Contest’s seventieth anniversary, this was an opportunity for the Contest to reflect on its past and look ahead to its future.
ESC Insight followed the Contest’s story from JJ’s win to Dara lifting the glass microphone trophy.
“Goldener Saal” in Vienna’s Musikvereinsgebäude (cc: Wikimedia / Bwag)
The Guide Books
Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Guidebook
Our sixteenth guide book to the Eurovision Song Contest once more proved a popular download in both PDF Format and in an Amazon Kindle-suitable file format.
Our guide books feature each country performing at that Contest, as well as National Final details and historical results, it provided the popular mix of information and opinion we’re proud of to everyone. It is also a handy reference for those covering the Contests.
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..
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?
- Felecia’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 Living Room: Eurovision’s Two Audiences
- 16 Facts and Stats From The 2026 Eurovision Song Contest
- The Bangaranga Story: How Bulgaria Came From Behind To Become Our Biggest Ever Eurovision Winner
- Nine Things We Expect From Bulgaria And Eurovision 2027
Podcasts
ESC Insight’s core product is our audio podcast. It runs throughout the year, with summer-month requirements, weekly during the ‘on-season’ of January-April, and daily when we reach the host city.
For most of the year, it runs as a magazine-style show, with news headlines, short discussions, and musical performances. During the time in Vienna, it switched to the discussion panel format, hosted by ESC Insight’s Dude Points, featuring contributors from ESC Insight and other noted Eurovision voices.
The shows are available to stream direct from ESC Insight or via RSS. You can find the show in the major Podcast services such as Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. We are featured in the key podcast applications… Castbox, iHeart Radio, Overcast, Player FM, PodChaser, and PodHero. You’ll find even more links over at PodNews’ podcast library.
‘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
Daily coverage from the Sanremo Music Festival
- 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
Daily coverage from Vienna
- 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
FM/AM/SW/DAB Radio Coverage
ESC Insight works year-round with Radio Six International to provide worldwide distribution for our radio packages through online, FM, AM, and Shortwave frequencies to more than twenty stations.
ESC Insight makes available a number of worldwide radio syndication packages designed to give the smaller community and local radio stations around the world Eurovision content in the run-up to the live shows. These radio-edited packages are not available online. The 2026 season saw our radio packages broadcast on stations based in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, New Zealand, Taiwan, and Singapore.
This year ESC Insight offered:
- A radio-specific preview package that profiled every song entering this year’s Contest.
- A discussion show from the Press Centre at the Sanremo Music Festival.
- A discussion show from backstage in the Press Room in the week of the Contest.
- Interview packages collated from interviews conducted throughout the year.
Europe’s Heartbeat
We also produce an ‘out of season’ music show. Europe’s Heartbeat (europesheartbeat.com) is a syndicated radio programme broadcasting new music, lost classics, and forgotten hits from across the European continent, including a significant number of Eurovision songs and artists. The show can be heard on stations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, New Zealand, Taiwan, and Singapore.
Eurovision Audience Poll
Following its introduction in Liverpool 2023, the Eurovision Audience Poll has become a marquee moment in the Song Contest community. This project gauges the opinion of the general public before each of the three live shows are broadcast to millions around the world. Members from six different Eurovision community sites, ESC Insight, 12 Points From America, Merci Chérie Podcast, That Eurovision Site and ESC Gabe, collaborated to survey people leaving the arena after seeing the first public rehearsals of the three shows. More details can be found at eurovisionaudiencepoll.com.
Patreon
Launched in 2018, ESC Insight’s community continues to contribute towards the site through small monthly donation. Organised through the popular membership platform Patreon, donations start from as little as $1 a week. Patreon supporters have access to additional editorial posts, informal podcasts talking about breaking news, and standalone podcast series.
- More details can be found at patreon.com/escinsight.
Thank You To Our Readers And Listeners
ESC Insight aims to deliver a unique and thoughtful experience for our readers, and we continue to strive to deliver a unique experience that provides in-depth editorial, discussion, and commentary around the Eurovision Song Contest for our existing readers, and those who have yet to discover us.
Onwards To The Next Seventy Years!
That wraps up the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, and we’re starting to plan our coverage for the 2026/27 season. If you’ve any comments on our coverage, let us know in the comments or get in touch.