Ben Robertson takes a look at the semi-final draw, posts a novel prediction, and rounds up the latest happenings in our newsletter.

Two live shows, twenty qualifiers, and one very big spreadsheet. Ewan powers up his Digital Nate Silver to analyse the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 semi-final draw and makes a prediction for the likely line-up to escape from Tuesday and Thursday night.

We have a final count on countries at Eurovision 2014 (37), results from Belarus, Finland, and lithuania, and news from around the continent as National Final season continues… It’s your latest Eurovision Insight podcast, with music from Elena Sinyavskaya.

Block out November 15th, JESC 2014 has a confirmed date.

It’s the first podcast of 2014, and there’s a bundle of results, running orders, and news headlines to go through, with a musical mash-up from Dan Mei to finish.

As the dawn of 2014 finally works its way around the world, the ESC Insight team would like to wish you all a Happy New Year!