Sam and Steven head into the press centre scrums with cameras and microphones to meet Bonnie Tyler, Cascada, Amandine Bourgeois, Marco Mengoni, Robin Stjernberg, and ESDM in our final ‘Shorts’ episode of 2013.

The problem with Eurovision is when you wake up after a busy night partying at the EuroClub and you have to check who you’re with. Hopefully it’s not the same face that haunted you after Baku….

The Eurovision Song Contest has long been known to enjoy a popular following with lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) audiences, but what role does the Contest itself play in advancing LGBT equality and rights beyond the dazzle of the stage and the frazzle of the voting? Monty Moncreiff explores the issues.

It was touch and go, but Lys Assia has made it to Malmö for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. ESC Insight’s senior interviewer Terry Vision caught up with the Grand Dame of the Contest to find out how she’s doing.

ESC Insight have washed themselves clean from the blood bath committed at last nights 2nd semi, stumbled out of the hotel room with the sunglasses on and are trawling through the top stories in Eurovision world for one more day.

Looking back at the non-qualifiers at last night, and some initial thoughts on the SVT led running order. Jacques Happe, Monty Moncrieff, and Ewan Spence, discuss all that and more on the daily podcast.