While the internet does not have its own vote on Eurovision (they all vote in their own country) the opinions and flow of chatter on the social networks could have an impact on the voting tonight. Where will the “Social” douze points go?

It’s all down to the live show tonight, as 43 countries sing for victory. Ewan Spence commentates on the Grand Final of Eurovision 2011 in the ESC Insight traditional alternative commentary. start to play the before the show starts, and when the countries sing, the podcast beeps, so pause until the end of the song.

Ewan Spence previews the 2011 Eurovision Grand Final with Keith Mills (All Kinds of Everything), John Kennedy O’Connor (ESC Insight) and Chris Higgins (World of Chig)

Austrian viewing figures, Ameerican Cliches, British Myths and a look round the press room in a quick round up of web news in the world of the Eurovision Song Contest tonight.

We’re getting close to the finale of the 2011 Song Contest, and we’ve got another great panel for the daily chat show, including last year’s BBC3 Commentator Paddy O’Connell and the always controversial Jon Jacob from Thoroughly Good Me.

So, what do we make of the Thursday show? To be honest it was a bit bland. The songs that we expected to go through did go through and the failures decided it would be a good night to fail. The main “shock” or at least the headlines will be the loss of Dana International, […]