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Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2025 #2
Katarsis, Eurovizija.lt National Final (photo: Ewan Spence)

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.

Nine Thoughts About Eurovision 2025’s Semi Final Running Order
VÆB, Iceland 2025 (photo: esc.tv / RUV)

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.

Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2025 #1
Katarsis, Eurovizija.lt National Final (photo: Ewan Spence)

In the first Juke Box Jury podcast of 2025, Dudepoints and Matt Baker join Ewan Spence to judge the Eurovision songs from Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Armenia, and Finland.

The New Eurovision Reference Group, And Its Geographical Diversity

The newly elected Eurovision Reference Group is overwhelmingly Western European, with no guaranteed representation from the contest’s eastern half. As Eurovision champions diversity and inclusion, questions must be asked about whether its leadership reflects the full breadth of the continent it looks to unite.

The Swiss Shake Up As The Delegations Meet In Basel
St Jakobshalle in stadium mode, 2023(cc Wikimedia / RouteMedia)

It’s March 17, and representatives from all 37 participating countries land in Basel, marking this key milestone in the Eurovision Song Contest season. The Heads of Delegation meeting has always been the official cut-off point—the day the EBU has all the paperwork and the delegations are locked in. There’s no turning back. But this year, […]

Eurovision Insight News Podcast: Waiting For Some Odd Shaped Balls
ESC Insight 2012 Album Cover

Why are we getting ready to watch some grown men chase an odd-shaped ball around a rugby field, the big deadline wooshes past us, and some surprising weekend results have energised the final lap of National Finals. Scott Reid and Ewan Spence go over this week’s talking points on the Insight News podcast.

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