Culling the Despacito clones, paying tribute to Lars Ulrich, and Waylon might have a new album out. Ewan Spence brings you another seven days of Eurovision action in the News Insight podcast.

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take an important step forward, as live musical instruments will return to the stage. Ellie Chalkely explores the history of live music at the Song Contest, how JOWST opened the way, and why Netta Barzilai will lead the charge into the fourth era of Eurovision music.

Ed Sheeran puts his foot in it, the Balkan Ballad of Ewan’s dreams arrives, and the script calls for ‘a lawyerly voice’. Time for another seven days of Eurovision news from Ewan Spence and ESC Insight; plus music from Slavko.

We all know the feeling when our favourite Eurovision act returns to the Contest. But what about when your favourite band starts out on the journey and reaches their first National Final? David Elder opens up about his love for potential German act voXXclub.

Another week of Eurovision news in one bite-sized podcast from Ewan Spence and ESC Insight. This week, horny vikings, Israeli rules lawyers, and Excel breaks in Latvia; plus music from The Experiment.

In this week’s action-packed national selection round-up, John Paul Lucas details the latest results from Denmark, Italy, United Kingdom and more…