Ben Robertson met up with Victor Crone to discuss how he he finally reached Melodifestivalen as a solo artist… via Los Angeles, Nashville, and Tallinn.
As Melodifestivalen returns from the town of Luleå with its population of 75,000, Ben Robertson ponders if it is worthwhile for such small cities to spend their taxpayers money on something as frivolous as hosting Melodifestivalen.
Ewan Spence brings you the Insight News podcast with all the weekend results, lifting Ben’s MelFest curse, why Ukraine has a lot of layers, and the Italian charts loving Sanremo.
It might not be Super Saturday, but this weekend is still packed with National Finals looking to select artists and songs for this year’s Eurovision Song. John Lucas looks over tonight’s shows in the latest edition of the ESC Insight newsletter…
Ben Robertson speaks to Mariette as she enters Sweden’s Melodifestivalen and attempts to make it four direct qualifications to the Final out of four.
There’s more to Eurovision songs than love and peace – 2020’s National Final season has given us more songs than usual that give us something to think about. Ellie Chalkley takes us on a journey into one particular song with a multi-layered message – BLCK SQR by FO SHO.
