As the confetti settles from 2024’s Benidorm Fest, Ellie Chalkley looks back on a wonderful experience at Spain’s National Final.
Norway have chosen the group Gåte to represent them in Norway, thanks in part to the voting system being switched there to a 60/40 split empowering the public. Should Eurovision follow Norway’s lead?
This year we have six song heats for Melodifestivalen rather than seven. Does removing a song from the heats change the results in Melodifestivalen. We investigate the numbers.
With Royal Caribbean Cruises coming on board as a Eurovision sponsor, what does this say about the rising cost of the fan experience? Phil Dore has some thoughts…
Ewan Spence and Ben Robertson attended the Semi Final draw for Eurovision 2024 ; here, they talk over the details and importance of the result before talking to Steve Rotheram (Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region), Ebba Adielsson (Eurovision Exec Producer), and Christer Bjorkman, (Eurovision Contest Producer).
The Allocation Draw not only decides what Semi Final the songs compete in, it also decides what day the different delegations arrive in Malmö. Which countries have had the most unlucky run in getting early draws?