With today’s confirmation of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu returning to select Finland’s song for Malmö 2024, Ben Robertson sets the scene for the hottest ticket in Eurovision’s National Selection season.

Phil Dore is joined on the Eurovision Wars podcast by Dr Jamie Halliwell and Julie Hasseris to continue exploring Russia and Ukraine’s history at the Song Contest and the impact of the rising political tensions in the two countries.

Should the Big 5 rule exist? One Swedish journalist has questioned its existence in modern Eurovision, and it is easy to argue that the timing might never be better to get rid of the protectionist rule once and for all.

Ben Robertson tuned into two Junior Eurovision selections over the weekend. The gulf between them is huge, but the gulf between them on the Junior Eurovision scoreboard is even wider.

We discuss the broadcasters who are in, thinking about attending, or have decided that 2024 is not their year. All that and more in the latest news podcast…

We love to discuss which artists would have been better choices from National Finals or Internal Selections. But what if the artists stayed the same, but chose another song? The ESC Insight team and some friends of the parish look at some different choices that could have changed the Song Contest.