What glitters? What sparkles? What entertains about ten million Brits on a Saturday night? What has a producer-led running order and a weirdly underwhelming trophy? Indeed, it’s the BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing.’ Ellie Chalkley looks at the flagship Saturday night show and what lessons it could teach the UK’s Eurovision entry.

Eurovision fans can often see connections to their beloved Contest in everything, so is it any surprise that our resident American, Samantha Ross, sees shades of the Song Contest in the US Election Cycle?

Today’s announcement by the EBU confirms the countries entering the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017. The 43 nations represented will gather in Kyiv for the two Semi-Finals on May 9th and May 11, with the Grand Final on Saturday May 13th. What else do we know?

With 41 countries announced for Eurovision, we have our first confirmed artist name, more National Final dates, and the final pieces for Junior Eurovision are falling into place. Ewan Spence brings you the latest news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest.

We have one artist for Kyiv, many more for Valletta and selections opening up across Europe! The newsletter reviews them all and assesses how the impact of changing rules on Associate member entry into Eurovision may change the future of Eurovision.

Our sister site ESC Buzz has seen a major update this week to help you find all the news about the Eurovision Song Contest as quickly as possible. Ewan Spence talks about the changes.