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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Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury 2025 #1
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.
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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.
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The Swiss Shake Up As The Delegations Meet In Basel
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, […]
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Eurovision Insight News Podcast: Waiting For Some Odd Shaped Balls
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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The Rule Change That Subtly Changed Melodifesivalen And Let KAJ Win
KAJ’s surprise victory at Melodifestivalen 2025 was fueled by a rule change allowing songs to be released earlier, sparking viral momentum and capturing both public and jury support against all odds.
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Melodifestivalen Shows We Need A Revolution In Compassion
The introduction of the new Code of Conduct for the Eurovision Song Contest reminds us that the Song Contest is “a space to show the world as it could be… where everyone involved shares a common desire to respect one another…” The reaction to the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2025 shows just how far away […]
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Forget The UK’s Eurovision Past And Just Remember Monday
Will the BBC find success for the UK at Eurovision with the jury? Gina Jones looks at Remember Monday’s competitive potential.
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Eurovision Insight News Podcast: Losing The Televote
Why there are so many Colors at Eurovision, what does it mean to lose your National Final televote, how OFCOM impacts the Song Contest, and more, in the latest Insight news podcast.
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How Can You Rule If A Song Is Suitable For The Eurovision Song Contest?
Not every song is suitable for Eurovision. Ewan Spence explores the complicated question of art at the Eurovision Song Contest and how a subjective and emotional subject clashes with the hard and fast broadcasting rules of the EBU.
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ESC Insight Presents…..Eurovision Wars: One Last Thing…
How are the tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan reflected in the Contest, how close was controversy in the Serbian selection to disrupting Malmö 2024, and how should the EBU decide which countries should be represented by their national broadcaster at the Song Contest? All that in the season closing podcast of Eurovision Wars
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