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Double Dutch? Choosing the Right Language for Eurovision
Dr Paul Jordan

Dr Paul Jordan takes a look at the issue of language in the songs of Eurovision, from the fourteen songs in this year’s selection and back through the history of the Song Contest.

Counting Down To Eurovision Perfection: #50 – #41
Lenny Kuhr

Continuing our look at the discography of the Eurovision Song Contest in our quest to find the perfect song, Steven Newby not only takes in the songs at #50-#41, but looks at the lower reaches of the charts for the songs that didn’t make it. Who do you think will be the lowest scoring song of Eurovision history?

Let’s Go Azerbaijan: Visas, Hotels and Money

With a few weeks till we all travel to Eurovision, ESC Insight brings you a three part series on travelling to the coast of the Caspian Sea. First, our resident travel guru Sharleen Wright talks about best way to travel to and in Azerbaijan – from visas and currency, to hotels and transport.

Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2012 #3
Juke Box Jury 2012 Album Cover

Andrew Main and Donald McNaughton are on duty as they join Ewan Spence to look over Estonia, Greece, San Marino, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Ireland, in this week’s Juke Box Jury selection from Eurovision 2012.

Eurovision Insight Podcast: A little Jazz with your News?
ESC Insight podcast album art (with border)

Announced guests at the preview aparties, a new series on the Insight website, and some rather familiar formats on TV. With music from Aziza Mustafa Zadeh.

Counting Down To Eurovision Perfection: #100 – #51

With seven weeks until we jet off to the coast of the Caspian Sea, wouldn’t it be a nice idea to do something unique, that has never been tried before… a retrospective on the last fifty six editions of ‘Europe’s Favourite Television Show’. Relax, though, there’s a new angle that tells us something new about the Contest. Which song is closest to perfection?


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