Fin Ross Russell is joined by Alex Andrumic and Natalia Anderson to try and answer the question of success at the Song Contest in The Eurovision Question podcast.
As the continent’s biggest National Final moves from the Avicii Arena to Sweden’s National Football Stadium, Ben Robertson looks at why tickets for this year’s show have been so hard to sell, and what the production team does to mitigate the effect of this.
National Final results, country updates, and this week’s show diary, in the latest Insight News podcast.
Not just one but two naughty English language words make an appearance in today’s third heat of Melodifestivalen. Ben Robertson looks at why Swedes can’t help but keep swearing – and in English – at their Eurovision National Final.
Both Elsie Bay and The Rasmus sing about Jezebel, the former queen of Israel, in their prospective Eurovision entries. Ben Robertson dives into the lyrics and see similarities and differences in how the two songs portray the character known as “the archetype of the wicked woman”
Turin’s opening ceremony, our first look at the stage, Estonia channels Johnny Cash, and more, in the latest Insight News podcast.













