With less than a week to go until the Heads of Delegation meeting, we’ve now heard 26 of the 41 songs that will compete in this year’s Contest. But it’s the as yet unreleased Russian entry that still has the favour of the bookies…
The last ‘Super Saturday’ of National Finals is over, Uraine withdraws, ticket sale issues, and Norway have started looking for their 2020 entry. Meanwhile in Sweden, Tobbe Ek tries to understand the success of Melodifestivalen. All that and more in the latest Insight News podcast.
This Saturday the final four acts for Sweden’s Melodifestivalen will be chosen…but what’s the point asks Ben Robertson. Why does Sweden have this extra week of competition in their already marathon selection show for Eurovision?
A live show ticket package? 1000 Euro… Cost of shared accommodation for a fortnight? 1200 Euro…. Flights from Australia to Tel Aviv? 1300 Euro…. The chance to be at the worlds’ greatest song contest? Priceless. But, is it worth it? Sharleen Wright examines the costs of Eurovision 2019.
More Eurovision songs selected (some of them are even getting to go), a traffic cone stands in for something, and Sharleen Wright has a Eurovision Thought about the cost of 1000 True Fans in the latest Insight News podcast.
Italy will be represented by Mahmood at Tel Aviv 2019 with ‘Soldi’, and that is an important and courageous step both for the singer and for the ideals of the Eurovision Song Contest. Ellie Chalkley explains why.
