Melodifestivalen’s Semi Final has yet another voting change this year as SVT try and find the right balance for this penultimate show of the Melfest circus. Here we explain the changes and try to model the final outcome.

We have news on ticket sales, the power of Loreen, the Eurofest arts projects in Liverpool, and more, in the latest Insight News podcast.

Finland has chosen to send the Finnish language to the Eurovision since 2015. Many Finns have blamed their poor Eurovision history on the inaccessibility of their language to the continent, but is that true? And can Käärijä shake off that expectation? Ben Robertson investigates.

T-shirts from your favourite acts? Photo ops? Two dance floors and an acoustic set by a former participant? An after party in the same building until 4 am? All of this and more happened at UMK this year, and made it the most fun National Final Ben Robertson has ever attended.

UMK this year is the most anticipated National Final in the Eurovision community. But what has happened so viewing figures viewing figures for YLE’s showcase have more than tripled in four years. Ben Robertson investigates.

2012 Eurovision winner Loreen is back at Melodifestivalen with argaubly the most anticipated song of the Eurovision season. But what can one expect from Loreen’s performance, song and staging? Let us explain.