With many broadcasters going down the route of a National Selection for Eurovision, there’s always a sense to judge purely on the finishing position. Yet there’s more to the Contest than the podium. Let’s highlight some of the deeper cut successes from the 2025 season.

Prior to Eurovision Week, Austria’s Johannes ‘JJ’ Pietsch was tipped to win because of his remarkable vocals. During Eurovision Week, ‘Wasted Love‘ gained a new dimension with its staging, led by Creative Director Sergio Caen. He burst to prominence last year when he developed the dark and gothic staging for Ireland’s Bambie Thug. Austria’s JJ […]

We now have data from some countries about how many voters there were at Eurovision 2025? Can we extrapolate that data and try and guess how many votes were cast in the entire Eurovision Song Contest. ESC Insight gives it a go.

Following Eurovision 2025, questions are being raised around the televote and the potential for multiple votes to be cast. Ewan Spence and Sharleen Wright ask what this means for the future of the Song Contest.

JJ has won the Eurovision Song Contest title with ‘Wasted Love’, but there’s more than one way to win at the Song Contest. DWB’s Greig Watts picks out where some of our favourite artists this year have found success.

As the confetti settles around in Basel, the board at Austria broadcaster ORF will be waking up with not only JJ’s victory on their mind, but also the challenge of organising 2026’s Eurovision Song Contest. Ewan Spence looks at some areas that could be addressed.