It’s Eurovision Grand Final Day! Or, as most of the world knows it, Eurovision Day! Eurovision Insight Podcast: Grand Final Preview From Basel, Saturday 17th May Dude Points is joined by Erik and Liz from the 12 Points for America podcast to discuss the Grand Final. Each of them will talk about the songs that have moved them, admired them, or even …

As the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest approaches, the community media teams who have been following the Song Contest all year round are joined by the mainstream media as they bring the Contest to a much wider audience. Yet these journalists have been working other beats and have other specialities throughout the year? How do they go abo…

Every performance at the Eurovision Song Contest comes not only from the artists but also from many collaborations behind the scenes that all work together to bring the best experience possible to those watching. That includes the Creative Director; their ability to reflect and project moods, emotions, meaning, and more to the audience can lift per…

And with that, we have our 26 for Saturday. The St. Jakobshalle stage is ready… before we reach the Grand Final ramp-up, let’s take a moment to review Semi Final 2. Eurovision Insight Podcast: Semi Final 2 Review From Basel, Friday 16th May In today’s podcast, Dude and Ewan discuss the importance of representation, the joy of big dumb songs, and st…

We lost five songs from Tuesday’s Semi Final, and now it’s time to find out the final six songs that will not make Saturday’s Grand Final. Settle in to discuss who’s through, who’s not, and the impact of the Big 5 performances this evening. Eurovision Insight Podcast: Semi Final 2 Preview From Basel, Thursday 15th May On today’s podcast, Dude Point…

Eurovision Insight Podcast: Meet The Semi Final 2 Artists …with Dude Points (DudePoints.fun). Join Dude Points as she chats with some of the artists performing in Semi Final 2; featuring Australia’s Go-Jo, Montenegro’s Nina Žižić. Denmark’s Sissal, and a bonus interview with Germany’s Abor & Tynna. Stay up to date with all the discussions, news, an…

Fifteen artists took to the stage in Basel’s St. Jakobshalle. Only ten could qualify for Saturday night’s Grand Final. There’s lots to talk about, and not a lot of time to do so. Nevertheless, lets talk about the immediate highs and lows in the hour after the curtain came down. Eurovision Insight Podcast: Semi Final 1 Review From Basel, Wednesday 1…

With the move to 100 percent televoting in the Semi Finals, tonight is the night for 15 acts at the Eurovision Song Contest. Ten will qualify for Saturday’s Grand Final, for the other five this will be the end of their competitive journey. What can we expect to see tonight, who should be worried, and what else can we expect beyond or fifteen? Join …

Eurovision Insight Podcast: Meet The Semi Final 1 Artists …with Dude Points (DudePoints.fun). Join Dude Points as she chats with some of the artists performing in Semi Final 1; featuring Portugal’s Napa, Norway’s Kyle Alessandro, Croatia’s Marko Bošnjak, and a bonus interview with the United Kingdom’s Remember Monday. Stay up to date with all the d…

As the team pack their bags and begin their journeys to Basel, some of us jumped on a podcast to put our fortune-telling abilities to the test. Eurovision Insight Podcast: One Last Round Of Predictions For Basel 2025 Fin Ross Russell, Dude Points, Martin Bishop and Anton Rasegård sit down to make some predictions ahead of Eurovision 2025 in Basel. …

The Eurovision Song Contest has never shyed far from experimenting with new technology and ways to engage the audience. With the announcement of a Eurovision Experience in Roblox joining the field for 2025, Ewan Spence sits down with RTE’s Suzanne Kelly to discuss bringing the Contest to the Roblox world. The Roblox Eurovision Experience does not s…

As Eurovision 2025 draws closer, what does it mean for a small Nordic district to welcome Europe’s biggest cultural event in their own unique way? In this episode of Chat Over Coffee, ESC Insight’s Ben Robertson sits down with Jessica Havulehto, the so-called KAJ Coordinator and local organiser in Vörå, the home district of Sweden’s representatives…

Once more, we go around the songs. Once more, we decide on hit, miss or maybe. And once more, a reminder that discussing art is subjective. With that, let’s gather around the podcast microphone before we head to Basel. Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury #7 with SamsnSamantha Ross (12 Points From America) and Jamie Halliwell (BlueSky). Austra…

Artist welfare is becoming an ever-more important part of the Eurovision Song Contest. How can delegations support their artists through multiple sources of pressure during the Song Contest rehearsals and live shows, performances through the preview season, dealing with online reviews and critique, and more? Performance coach Francesca Aaen joined …

Hold on to your hats, we’ve got six songs to get through this week on the Jury. Gina Jones and Phil Dore sit with to Ewan Spence in the musical court to talk in-depth about the three minutes each national broadcaster will bring to Basel in May. Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury #6 with Gina Jones (BlueSky) and Phil Dore (BlueSky). Albania: …

Once more, we head into the jury viewing room with a bag of hits, misses, and maybes. We’ll be awarding some of those to the five songs that join us before they make their way to Basel. Let’s discuss, debate, and decide on our personal scores. Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury #5 with AJ Clay (The Keep Watching podcast) and Scott Reid (Blue…

With the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest just four weeks away, the community’s excitement around Basel is tinged with memories of Malmö. Over the last twelve months, countless discussions and changes have reshaped the Contest. We’ve invited Bakel Walden, the current chair of the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group, back on the ESC Insight podcast.…

Before our Eurovision songs reach Basel, they have the opportunity to step in front of the Juke Box Jury team. Hits, misses and maybes are on offer after we talk about the tracks from… Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury #4 with Matthew Ker (The Song Doctor) and Michelle Kittens (That Eurovision Site). Spain: Esa Diva, by Melody United Kingdo…

It’s Round Three of Juke Box Jury, and five more songs heading to Basel 2025 to represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest make a stop in the Insight Studios to face two returning judges. Hits, misses, and maybes are all on offer. And will we think this week’s winner has a chance of winning the Song Contest? Let’s find out. Eurovision I…

We carry on looking at the sogs heading to Malmö for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. They all might be fighting for the hits, misses, and maybes, but the journey is just as important as the result. Join us now… Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury #2 with MJ Brayford (ESC Phoenix) and Fin Ross Russell (Island Life Productions). Azerbaijan: R…

As the National Final season ends, the Review Season begins. Which means, at least for ESC Insight, it’s time to welcome back Juke Box Jury. We’ll be with you right up to the start of the rehearsals in Basel, as we talk about this year’s songs over seven shows. Who will pick up the hits, the misses, and maybes? Let’s find out. Eurovision Insight Po…

And with that, the National Finals are over. As we publish the latest Insight News podcast we’re waiting on France to declare its entry to the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. The community’s reaction is in the spotlight this week, as are the artists’ reactions. Other delegations are working the PR machines to get as much love inside the community and…

With one weekend of National Finals to go, the Eurovision playlist for Basel 2025 is almost full of the songs of every nation. Yet the global nature of the Song Contest has been brought into sharp focus with international songwriters contributing throughout the shows and cultural norms being challenged across borders. Eurovision Insight News Podcas…

Welcome To Eurovision Wars Eurovision Wars is a series of podcasts exploring geopolitical themes as they emerged on the Eurovision Song Contest stage. You can listen to Seasons 1 and 2 in full on Spotify, covering such topics as the Russia-Ukraine War, and the long-running dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia. For Season 3, the podcast moves to i…

A single National Final last week, a slice of Icelandic vibes between two Super Saturdays. Of course, there was the small matter of Måns Zelmerlow in his Melodifestivalen heat to set tongues wagging in the community. Michelle Kittens (That Eurovision Site) joins us on the News Pod this week to discuss a roller-coaster week that moves through the Se…