With two weeks to go until the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, are you all set for November 30th? It’s game time, let’s get ready to rumble, and all that. But before we board the flights to Kyiv, here’s a look back at some of our previous JESC coverage to get you in the mood.

Quite a few on-screen elements of the Eurovision Song Contest went through a number of changes during for the 2013 Contest, including the contentious decision to allow the SVT producers to (partially) set the running order of the songs in the semi-finals and grand final. Why is this rule likely to stay in place for 2014, even if it does damage the perception of a fair Song Contest? What are the arguments for it to be applied, and why should the EBU consider giving this year’s product team from DR complete control over the running spots for all 26 finalists?

More countries for JESC, more submission deadlines and NF dates, and music from The Red Army Choir. It’s time for this week’s Eurovision Insight podcast.

Sometimes you come across a Eurovision article that makes you stop and think about the wider impact that our Song Contest can have. One such article was Garrett Mulhall’s editorial on Eurovision Ireland today, “How Conchita Wurst At Eurovision 2014 is Life Saving”. We felt it deserved a wider audience, so with Mulhall’s permission, we’re reprinting it here for ESC Insight readers.

On the podcast this week, news from Kiev as JESC gets ever closer, more NF submissions and dates, and a very special cover from Maja Keuc and Josh James (nee Dubovie).

Rule changes, countries withdrawing, National Final dates, and music from ‘Dermot and Dave’. All that and more on this week’s Insight Podcast.