We’re all familiar with the names of our favourite performers and bands at the Song Contest, but it’s called the Eurovision Song Contest… not the Eurovision Performers Contest. What is the National Final season like for the other side of the team; the writers, lyricists, composers, and songwriters? ESC Insight invited Matthew Ker to tell us about Eurovision 2016 from his point of view.

Ben Robertson reviews another week of Eurovision news with headlines including new music, National Final dramas and the announcements coming soon. Catch up this week’s Robertson’s Reflection all about how the new Eurovision voting pattern will change the pace of the Grand Final.

How much impact will this new voting system have on the Eurovision Song Contest result? Will we have new winners, new qualifiers, and new last placed songs? How might these ‘pre-determined countries’ make up a missing televote? Ben Robertson piles through the maths minefield to find out.

Performers turning down Eurovision, Donny Montell not on top, and a new stage! It was already a busy week of Eurovision before the voting system changed! Ewan Spence brings you all the Eurovision Song Contest news from the last seven days for ESC Insight, with music from Hogni Egilsson.

Once more the Eurovision Song Contest is changing its voting system. The presentation of the votes will be the biggest visible change, but it’s the changes to the jury and public scoring systems that will have the biggest impact on the Contest. Ewan Spence looks forward to what we can expect to see in May, and what’s happening behind the scenes.

The Eurovision Song Contest has been an ever-changing beast, reflecting the changes in society, entertainment, and politics, since it was launched in 1956. Change is the only constant at the Song Contest, so what’s coming over the next decade? ESC Insight looks to answer that question….