John Lucas and the ESC Insight team take you through the first Semi Final of Eurovision 2023 and the moments you need to watch out for in the latest edition of our Spotter’s Guide.
Fin Ross Russell and John Lucas sit down to preview Semi Final 1. They discuss ESC Insight’s collaboration on this year’s inaugural Eurovision Audience Poll, the participants on tonight’s show and the Soloveiko Song Bird Trail that has taken over Liverpool.
Antifascist punk legends don’t appear at Eurovision every year. But with the contest still reeling from the destruction that Russia’s escalated invasion of Ukraine has brought to last year’s winning country, Catherine Baker asks if Eurovision is ready for Let 3.
The results of the Eurovision Audience Poll for the first Semi Final are in. Finland take first place with 42%, Sweden second with 15%, and Norway third with 10%.
Every Eurovision Song Contest has innovated on the success of previous years, but the BBC’s hosting of the Contest in Birmingham 1998 saw more innovation than most. Keith Andrew looks back at a Contest that helped define Eurovision for the 21st century.
Fin Ross Russell is joined by Ross Middleton and Samantha Ross to talk through the unique events of the last 12 months, the changes for this year’s competition and the spell-binding Izyum to Liverpool installation at Liverpool Cathedral.
