It’s American Song Contest time! Sharleen previews the first 11 artists to take to the stage with the chance of winning the first ever trophy for the USA.

Ahead of it debut season on NBC, Sharleen Wright looks at the origins of the American Song Contest, what to expect, and how it all works.

The EBU has all the songs, we’re still waiting for the final tracks, and America is almost ready for its first Song Contest, in the latest Insight News podcast.

It’s time for 2022’s ‘hit, miss, or maybe’ as Juke Box Jury returns. In the first episode Monty Moncrieff and Chris Halpin join Ewan Spence to judge this year’s Eurovision songs from Sweden, Switzerland, Albania, Romania, and North Macedonia.

In this episode of The Question, the panel discuss the ever-changing differences between the taste of the jury and public votes. Have the juries overstayed their welcome? Is there a right way to judge contest entries? And what role do the diasporas have to play?

Anders Bagge’s emotional rollercoaster played out before millions of viewers has made this beloved teddybear – an icon on Swedish TV – one of the hot favourites to win Melodifestivalen. Ben Robertson tells us the Anders Bagge story, and why this year there’s an extra hurdle in place that makes victory a step harder to achieve.