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.

Everyone at the Eurovision Song Contest has something in common… the accreditation badge hanging from their necks. Jon Jacob investigates the power offered by the plastic in ‘Letters From Stockholm’.

The longest day today with all of the second semi-finalists on stage, plus the debut of Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Ewan Spence is joined by Ellie Chalkley (ESC Insight) and Brandon McCann (ESC Daily) on the Insight Daily podcast

There is an ingrained expectation at the Eurovision Song Contest that pop music is a constructed affair –  rock and indie acts at Eurovision provide a bit of cognitive dissonance – how do we judge these songs against the big pop productions? Many sub genres of rock, country, rap and indie prize the authenticity of […]

Six days into rehearsals, many of the journalists are feeling no wiser about the potential winners than we did at the start. With the betting odds in constant flux, what conclusions can we draw at this crucial stage?