Think you know how many votes were really cast at Eurovision 2025? Discover how Italy’s unique transparency laws might hold the key to revealing the true numbers behind the Contest’s public vote, and what that means for the future of Eurovision.

With many broadcasters going down the route of a National Selection for Eurovision, there’s always a sense to judge purely on the finishing position. Yet there’s more to the Contest than the podium. Let’s highlight some of the deeper cut successes from the 2025 season.

Prior to Eurovision Week, Austria’s Johannes ‘JJ’ Pietsch was tipped to win because of his remarkable vocals. During Eurovision Week, ‘Wasted Love‘ gained a new dimension with its staging, led by Creative Director Sergio Caen. He burst to prominence last year when he developed the dark and gothic staging for Ireland’s Bambie Thug. Austria’s JJ […]

We now have data from some countries about how many voters there were at Eurovision 2025? Can we extrapolate that data and try and guess how many votes were cast in the entire Eurovision Song Contest. ESC Insight gives it a go.

Following Eurovision 2025, questions are being raised around the televote and the potential for multiple votes to be cast. Ewan Spence and Sharleen Wright ask what this means for the future of the Song Contest.

JJ has won the Eurovision Song Contest title with ‘Wasted Love’, but there’s more than one way to win at the Song Contest. DWB’s Greig Watts picks out where some of our favourite artists this year have found success.