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Oh, Sweet People: Ukraine’s Political Tensions With The Eurovision Song Contest

Ben Robertson meets up with journalists as well as Eurovision artists past and present to look at the reasons behind Ukraine’s withdrawal from Eurovision as well as seeing what the future lies for one of Eurovision’s most successful modern nations.

Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury #6
Juke Box Jury 2015 Album Cover

Regular judge Ben Morris (Minipops) and debutant Richard Taylor (Eurovoix) join Ewan Spence for Juke Box Jury to rate Slovenia, Ireland, Macedonia, Italy, and The Netherlands.

Newsletter: OGAE’s Secretive Election
Ben Robertson

Newsletter Editor Ben Robertson as always reviews the latest news and views from the world of Eurovision before giving us his weekly editoral in Robertson’s Reflection. This week he aims at the biggest Eurovision fan club OGAE arguing for a better electoral process for their new International board.

Eurovision Insight Podcast: In-Depth With Sietse Bakker
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Sietse Bakker is the Eurovision Song Contest’s Event Supervisor, but his route to that role starts at the turn of the century. Ewan catches up with him to talk through that journey in the first in-depth Insight interview of 2015.

Wren’s Wien: Burst Out Of Vienna’s EuroBubble

We all know that Eurovision can sometimes be a little bit too much, and it’s ok for us to be a tourist once in a while. This week’s edition of Wren’s Wien looks at where you can go for a little bit of culture outside Vienna’s city limits.

Every Song A Story: Themes And Symbols
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In the concluding ‘Every Song A Story’ video essay, Ewan looks at themes and symbols that can be repeated throughout Eurovision, both on stage, and in the official promotional videos. How can a delegation increase connections and emotions with the audience in the three minutes on stage, and in the weeks beforehand?


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