So-called ‘fan favourites’ provoke a wide range of opinions from Eurovision fans and pundits, ranging from adoration to outright contempt. But how and why has the F-word become such a loaded term?

Here at ESC Insight we like to bring you the most specific Eurovision coverage possible, so we senout our specially recruited Senior Physics Correspondent to find out more about Moldova’s astrophysical themes.

The final ‘technical’ rehearsals today as the Big Five and Sweden put the final touches to their performances ahead of hitting the red carpet. Lisa-Jayne Lewis (Eurovision Ireland) and Monty Moncrieff (On Europe) join Ewan Spence for today’s Insight podcast.

Even the most hardened Eurovision pundit sometimes needs to break out of the press centre. As the all-day rehearsals start to wind down, it’s time to step outside and discover what other entertainment the city of Stockholm has to offer…

Hugh Goldsmith – former MD of RCA and founder of Innocent Records – supported this year’s selection process for the BBC’s Eurovision entry. Ewan Spence sits down with him to talk about his career, fan databases, the cheapest music video in the world, and this year’s entry at Eurovision for the United Kingdom.

Once upon a time, the Eurovision Song Contest stage was a mere platform on which artists sang for their shiny silver supper into a microphone with a hazardously trippable cord trailing out of it. Jasmin Bear explores the power of the platform.