Ben Robertson was on the ground in Friends Arena to speak to Melodifestivalen’s manager Christel Tholse Willers about the removal of App voting during the live broadcast.

Results from the last National Finals, the majority of countries have declared their songs, and we know ORF’s plans for the postcards. Hosted by Ewan Spence, with music from Christer Bjorkman.

Without doubt Melodifestivalen is one of the biggest National Finals going on the Eurovision circuit. However what you see on stage is only half the story. The parties, the sponsors and the whole circus of extra events surrounding Melodifestivalen each week make it unique from any other show. Ben Robertson investigates the glitz and glamour behind Melodifestivalen.

The ESC Insight team had the pleasure of witness Eurovision from one of its forgotten corners when we attended the selection process for Moldova. Ben Robertson reports on what Eurovision is really like in one of Europe’s lesser known nations.

Ben Robertson releases the latest ESC Insight newsletter reviewing the weekly dramas in the Eurovision world and advises us all why it is not the worst year in Eurovision history…yet

We know now ‘Electro Velvet’ is the UK entry, but what rumours and speculation did we pass along the way? Roy Delaney looks back at a year of rumours, guessworks, missed opportunities, and an entry that was hiding in plain sight.