Eurosong Fever breaks out in the RTE ring, details from Hungary, Latvia, Spain, Poland and Macedonia. Plus news from around the Eurovision world and some thoughts on the BBC’s approach to 2014, finishing with a bit of an Inception horn and a mashup from Robin Skouteris, all on this week’s Insight podcast
With an UK Eurovisionannouncement due on Monday, there’s just one weekend left to start a good rumour, and we can help. With new ideas, credible rumours, and (perhaps) the perfect Eurovision combination ever, meet ‘The BBC Eurovision Song Contest Generator’!
Friend of the Parish Roy Delaney loves this time of year. Anyone who loves the sheer joy of the ‘not quite up to standard’ songs that crash theNational Finals, the curious slices of promotional video, and a bit of nude-nudge wink-wink gossip will already be following Delaney’s blog Eurovision Apocalypse. But we have a question for the Bristol based clone of Insight’s Editor… “Roy, Why Eurovision?”
Politics crossed borders on Saturday night and invaded the Eurovision stage, not for the first time, and certainly not for the last, as the Ukrainian flag was highlighted by a number of artists and performers. Reporting from Riga, Ben Robertson asks them why?
Following the ESC Insight trip to Latvia at the weekend, newsletter editor Ben Robertson rounds up the latest news of our Song Contest from across the continent.
During Dziesma 2014, we strapped a time-lapse camera to one of the stage monitors. Stand by for three hours in three minutes…
