As another year comes to a close, its time for us here at ESC Insight, along with some friends of the parish, to look back through the musical tapestry of 2017 to bring you our favourite musical moments. Insight’s core team pick today, and our contributors will be here for part two tomorrow.
It’s your post-Christmas round up of Eurovision Song Contest news from Ewan Spence on the Insight News podcast. Listen to the latest names going to Lisbon, the excited entrants to the National Finals, what tickets are available, and some German stompy-folk-rock from voXXclub.
Ed Sheeran’s ‘Perfect’ was a top 20 hit in March 2017, faded away, and then topped the charts nine months later as the Christmas Number One. Ewan Spence investigates the lessons from Ed Sheeran’s team that will be needed to win the Eurovision Song Contest.
In the final ESC Insight newsletter of 2017, John Lucas rounds up the latest news from across the continent and presents the official ESC Insight Christmas Playlist…
The ESC Insight crew are enjoying their last few days on Île de Bezençon before National Final season starts, revelling in their favourite Eurovision related songs and stories. In the last episode of this series, Ellie finally gets her chance to have her favourite Eurovision songs assessed. Stay up to date with the Eurovision Song Contest at escinsight.com.
Recorded earlier this year, Lisa-Jayne Lewis talked with Creative Producer Nicoline Refsing about how to put ideas and concepts on to a stage and TV screen.














