The BBC has announced plans for the UK’s first televised National Final since 2010, and still the fans aren’t happy. Guy Freeman and his team are on a multi-year plan to build ‘Brand Eurovision’ and 2016 is just one more step forwards. There’s a lot of progress on show… but there are still many dangers.

Previously you read how Norway has had its share of ups and downs, Portugal could really use a break at some point, and Denmark needs to grow up. This week Derek Sillerud take a look at four more archetypes and see how they fit into the Eurovision spectrum.

We have another song and two more performers for our Song Contest in May! There’s also news on concerts, selections, events and clubs as the ESC Insight podcast catches up with the Eurovision news from the last week.

Denis McEvoy loves his country, and loves the Eurovision Song Contest. But he’s not happy with the current approach to the Song Contest from national broadcaster RTÉ. What’s gone wrong for Ireland in the past, is there hope for 2016 and beyond?

How do you tell a story in three minutes? Derek Sillerud looks at one of the building blocks of short form storytelling and how twelve basic types explain how we all relate to the countries and songs that enter the Eurovision Song Contest.

Ben Robertson travelled to Albania for its National Final, Festivali i Këngës, that gave us the first selected song for Eurovision 2015. Going backstage for all three nights, he discovers a world of a traditional contest clashing with contemporary culture.