As the artists go through their final rehearsals before performing their Eurovision numbers to the public from the Liverpool Stage, Harriet Robinson asks how we individually rank our favourites and why the jurors and viewing audience have to take a different approach.

As Peter Urban prepare for his 25th and final Eurovision commentary, Ewan Spence sits down to talk about his love of music, interviewing musical legends, and receiving diplomatic letters from Kazakhstan. There’s the small matter of his favourite Eurovision moments and what the Song Contest means to him.

This year’s contest is not the only time that Liverpool and Eurovision have become closely connected. Gordon Roxburgh goes into the archive to find Liverpool’s musical contributions to the Song Contest.

In some countries, it costs just a few cents to vote. In Estonia it costs nearly two Euros. What is the rationale behind the high cost and how does that cost change the competition in Estonia?

The Beatles! Yes, who else? Err… Atomic Kitten? Who else? Liverpool has a long and rich history of contributing to popular music. Roy Delaney explores its sonic history and the names worth knowing.

29-year-old Finnish artist Käärijä grabbed a viral sensation when his Eurovision entry ‘Cha Cha Cha’ got released. But before that point his life story has been far from plain sailing…and one which influenced the three minutes of Eurovision fame we will witness in Liverpool.