We speak to Zoë Jay who has just published “Be Creative, Be Friends and Share Cultural Experiences”: Genre, Politics, and Fun at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, to understand how politics flows through the EBU’s signature children’s competition.
We now know who will open and close Junior Eurovision 2023 and the position of every song in-between. Does it matter? Ben Robertson crunches the numbers and gives his opinion.
Most songs at Junior Eurovision are bilingual, in the nation’s national language and English. But, if you force the artists to choose just one, which language do they pick? Ben Robertson asked the question.
Eurovision has a forever slogan, lots of National Selection tickets are going on sale, France gives us our first song, and more, in the latest Insight News podcast.
With today’s news that “United By Music” will be the slogan for the Eurovision Song Contest for many years to come, Ben Robertson points out the smartness in this decision.
Dr Paul Jordan (aka Dr Eurovision) joins Phil Dore to talk about the long-running feud between Armenia and Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest. Along the way they discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Armenian Genocide, and the controversial hosting of Eurovision 2012 in Baku.
