Every Eurovision song starts as just three minutes of music, but in the weeks before the Contest, we discover they are something more. Ben Roberson explores this quieter stretch of time before the Song Contest ramps up in May.
In the sixth Juke Box Jury podcast for 2025, Ewan Spence is joined by Gina Jones and Phil Dore to preview this year’s Eurovision Song Contest songs from Albania, Ireland, Malta, Georgia, Croatia, and Switzerland.
With the curtain coming down over PrePartyES, the previews section of the Eurovision Song Contest season ends. Dudepoints looks back to ask “What do the pre-parties bring to the Eurovision season?”
In a career that had spanned nearly four decades, the BBC’s Colin Berry was best known in Europe as the official spokesperson for the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest for 25 years. Luke Davies looks back on a broadcasting life well lived.
Ewan Spence is joined by AJ Clay and Scott Reid in the fifth Juke Box Jury episode for 2025. This week we preview the songs from Cyprus, Greece, Portugal, Italy, and San Marino.
It started with a sauna song and a TikTok dance. Now, three Finland-Swedish musicians have their entire continent singing along in their dialect. But how are KAJ’s hometown region celebrating their rise to fame when all eyes are on them in May. Now we have some of the answers.














