Keeping The Party in The Eurovision Pre-Parties
With the curtain coming down over PrePartyES, the previews section of the Eurovision Song Contest season ends. Dudepoints looks back to ask “What do the pre-parties bring to the Eurovision season?”
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Remembering Colin Berry, Eurovision’s Iconic Spokesperson
In a career that had spanned nearly four decades, the BBC’s Colin Berry was best known in Europe as the official spokesperson for the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest for 25 years. Luke Davies looks back on a broadcasting life well lived.
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Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2025 #5
Ewan Spence is joined by AJ Clay and Scott Reid in the fifth Juke Box Jury episode for 2025. This week we preview the songs from Cyprus, Greece, Portugal, Italy, and San Marino.
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Vörå’s Big Plans For Celebrating Eurovision
It started with a sauna song and a TikTok dance. Now, three Finland-Swedish musicians have their entire continent singing along in their dialect. But how are KAJ’s hometown region celebrating their rise to fame when all eyes are on them in May. Now we have some of the answers.
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Eurovision Chat Over Coffee, with Eurovision Reference Group Chair Bakel Walden
Controversial songs, broadcaster representation, psychological support for artists, and more. Bakel Walden, the current chair of the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group, returns to ESC Insight to talk with Ewan Spence about the state of the Song Contest as Basel 2025 draws ever closer.
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The New Paths To Winning Eurovision In 2025
Who is in the driving seat to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2025? What is their path to victory in Basel? How will the geo-political state of the world affect the contest? Fin Ross Russell explores how to make that happen, and why Alika’s ‘Bridges’ points out the path to victory.
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Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2025 #4
In the fourth Juke Box Jury podcast for 2025, Ewan Spence is joined by Matthew Ker and Michelle Kittens to preview this year’s Eurovision Song Contest songs from Spain, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Estonia, and Austria.
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What 100,000 Eurovision Simulations Tell Us About Basel
There are few things that the Eurovision Song Contest community loves more than sharing their prediction. Who will win? Who is making it out of the Semi Finals? Who is going to surprise? Who will be the shock? How This Is Going To Work Some make their predictions based on their own assessments of the […]
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Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2025 #3
In the third Juke Box Jury episode previewing Eurovision 2025, Ewan Spence is joined by Ellie Chalkley and Coinneach MacLeod to judge the Eurovision songs from Belgium, The Netherlands, Montenegro, Norway, and Iceland. Follow Eurovision 2025 with ESC Insight at www.escinsight.com.
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KAJ And The Renaissance Of Finland’s Swedish Culture
Finland’s Ulla Rajala looks at the power of KAJ’s victory at Melodifestivalen and what it means for Swedish culture in Finland.
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Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2025 #2
In the second Juke Box Jury episode ahead of Basel 2025 Ewan Spence is joined by MJ Brayford and Fin Ross Russell to judge the songs from Azerbaijan, Czechia, Serbia, France, and Denmark.
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Nine Thoughts About Eurovision 2025’s Semi Final Running Order
With the running order set for Basel’s Semi Finals, the community has much to talk about. Ben Robertson offers a few observations on two of the biggest playlists of the year.
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