With the first song of the Eurovision season and the first act in Melfest and numerous deadlines and dates approaching, catch up on the Eurovision news here in our Newsletter. Editor Ben Robertson uses the Robertson’s Reflection column this week to outline the rationale behind why Swedish TV would want to argue for an earlier start time to the Song Contest.

The mythical date has been passed, and the ‘on-season’ of Eurovision 2015/16 is under way. The first podcast of the year kicks off with the basics, who’s entered so far for Adult and Junior, National Final dates, and a blast from the past with music from Ultra Nate.

Read the latest ESC Insight Newsletter with the updates at the official start of the Eurovision 2016 season, news on some hot songs for Junior Eurovision in Bulgaria and our Robertson’s Reflection column live from Guy Sebastian’s visit to Stockholm.

While the Press Center in Stockholm won’t open for another nine months, Eurovision ‘on-season’ technically starts on September 1… today! As we wait for more news on participating nations and their flagbearers for 2016, we wanted to ask a simple question. What are you most looking forward to for this upcoming year?

While the Press Center in Stockholm won’t open for another nine months, Eurovision ‘on-season’ technically starts on September 1… today! As we wait for more news on participating nations and their flagbearers for 2016, we wanted to ask a simple question. What are you most looking forward to for this upcoming year?

This week’s newsletter has all the news about the upcoming selection deadlines across Europe, the best parties to relive the Contest and some Junior Eurovision National Finals. We also have Editor Ben Robertson critique the Swiss selection process in Robertson’s Reflection.