One of the most recognisable performers at this year’s Song Contest is Austria’s Conchita Wurst. During the weekend of Eurovision in Concert, ESC Insight’s Ewan Spence caught up with the singer to find out more….

There’s a thriving community of Eurovision fans out on Tumblr and Twitter, including the ‘next generation’ who are just discovering the Contest in the last few years. One of the passionate voices is singer and dancer Emily Herbert. Keeping an eye on the Song Contest world at Only-Eurovision, the question to the teenage Contest fan, as always, is “Why Eurovision?”

Elaine Dove and Garrett Mulhall (Eurovision Ireland) catch up with Ewan after Eurovision in Concert for this week’s Juke Box Jury podcast. On the turntable this week are Montenegro, Georgia, Latvia, and Belgium.

Every year the cry of ‘plagiarism’ goes up around a couple of songs at Eurovision… but what if we were to take those songs as inspiration for a musical journey to introduce new artists, rediscover old favourites, and have some fun? Welcome to our first ‘Not Quite A Copycat’.

Lots of news out of Eurovision in Concert this weekend, and it’s the focus of this week’s ESC Insight newsletter, along with more thoughts on how to fill up the month of April as the Contest gets closer.

It’s previews-a-go online and in the real world as thoughts turn to the songs for May, the music in Amsterdam, and Linda Martin’s London appearance. As for some tunes… how about a medley of winning songs from the Greeks on this week’s Inisight podcast.