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In-depth discussion, commentary, editorial and thoughts on the Eurovision Song Contest. We've a website for words, a podcast for audio, and now we have Bluesky for talking to you all through the year.
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Eurovision Insight Presents... Eurovision Uncovered: The Ticking Clock
Eurovision Uncovered, the pressure if performing a the Song Contest, Season 1 sharing image (James Stephenson)
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In the second episode of Eurovision Uncovered, James Stephenson finds out what it takes to perform on the world's biggest stage and explores just how much pressure the Eurovision Song Contest puts them under. escinsight.com/2025/11/12/e...
In the second episode of Eurovision Uncovered, James Stephenson finds out what it takes to perform on the world's biggest stage and explores just how much pressure the Eurovision Song Contest puts them under. escinsight.com/2025/11/12/e...
Eurovision Insight Presents... Eurovision Uncovered: The Ticking Clock
Eurovision Uncovered, the pressure if performing a the Song Contest, Season 1 sharing image (James Stephenson)
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November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In the second episode of Eurovision Uncovered, James Stephenson finds out what it takes to perform on the world's biggest stage and explores just how much pressure the Eurovision Song Contest puts them under. escinsight.com/2025/11/12/e...
Broadcasters from Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania are returning to #Eurovision. @bensvision.bsky.social asks what lies behind their decisions to return to the Song Contest, why now was the right time, and what Eurovision offers to today's public service broadcasters? escinsight.com/2025/11/10/t...
Three Nations, One Stage: Bulgaria, Romania, and Moldova Return to Eurovision
Promotional card for the return Bulgaria, Romania, and Moldova to Eurovision, with Victoria, Bulgaria 2021 entry (EBU / Thomas Hanses)
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November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Broadcasters from Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania are returning to #Eurovision. @bensvision.bsky.social asks what lies behind their decisions to return to the Song Contest, why now was the right time, and what Eurovision offers to today's public service broadcasters? escinsight.com/2025/11/10/t...
James Stephenson and Sem Anne van Dijk crunch the numbers behind Eurovision songs and discover what makes the difference on the Song Contest stage, and which song is the most average song from the last decade. escinsight.com/2025/11/05/e...
We Did The Maths to Find Eurovision’s Most Paint-by-Numbers Song
Olly Alexander, UK 2024 (EBU / Corinne Cumming)
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November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
James Stephenson and Sem Anne van Dijk crunch the numbers behind Eurovision songs and discover what makes the difference on the Song Contest stage, and which song is the most average song from the last decade. escinsight.com/2025/11/05/e...
In the first episode of Eurovision Uncovered, a brand-new podcast for @escinsight.com, James Stephenson explores how the #Eurovision songs we love get made - and whether every unique song has the same chance of making it to the world’s biggest Song Contest. escinsight.com/2025/10/29/e...
Eurovision Insight Presents... Eurovision Uncovered: It All Starts With A Song
Eurovision Uncovered, Season 1 sharing image (James Stephenson)
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October 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In the first episode of Eurovision Uncovered, a brand-new podcast for @escinsight.com, James Stephenson explores how the #Eurovision songs we love get made - and whether every unique song has the same chance of making it to the world’s biggest Song Contest. escinsight.com/2025/10/29/e...
Whether Israeli broadcaster KAN is included or excluded from the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, the Contest will be damaged. Its non-political stance weakened, the entry list diminished, a fractured community... @bensvision.bsky.social explores the possible outcomes. escinsight.com/2025/10/02/e...
October 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Whether Israeli broadcaster KAN is included or excluded from the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, the Contest will be damaged. Its non-political stance weakened, the entry list diminished, a fractured community... @bensvision.bsky.social explores the possible outcomes. escinsight.com/2025/10/02/e...
Why is the EBU having to vote on Israel's KAN entering the Eurovision Song Contest? What would happen if they are excluded, and what would happen if they are included? @bensvision.bsky.social explores two likely versions of our future. escinsight.com/2025/10/02/e...
No Matter November's Eurovision Vote, It's Going To Get Ugly
Discussing the Eurovision vote to exclude KAN and Israel from Eurovision 2026, illustrated byKobi Marimi, Israel 2019 (photo: esc.tv)
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October 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Why is the EBU having to vote on Israel's KAN entering the Eurovision Song Contest? What would happen if they are excluded, and what would happen if they are included? @bensvision.bsky.social explores two likely versions of our future. escinsight.com/2025/10/02/e...
It's going to be a long month leading up to the EBU's vote to exclude Israeli broadcaster KAN from the Eurovision Song Contest. @ascottreid.bsky.social has some tips on understanding the social media messaging that will flood the Eurovision community. escinsight.com/2025/09/29/f...
September 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It's going to be a long month leading up to the EBU's vote to exclude Israeli broadcaster KAN from the Eurovision Song Contest. @ascottreid.bsky.social has some tips on understanding the social media messaging that will flood the Eurovision community. escinsight.com/2025/09/29/f...
In the lead-up to the vote on whether Israel’s broadcaster, KAN, will remain in Eurovision, the community has been inundated with information – and not all of it has been accurate. @ascottreid.bsky.social has a few tips to help you separate the truth from the noise. escinsight.com/2025/09/29/f...
Fighting False Information And Rumours Around Eurovision's Israel Vote
The Social Media Song, San Marino 2012 (image: EBU/YouTube)
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September 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
In the lead-up to the vote on whether Israel’s broadcaster, KAN, will remain in Eurovision, the community has been inundated with information – and not all of it has been accurate. @ascottreid.bsky.social has a few tips to help you separate the truth from the noise. escinsight.com/2025/09/29/f...
No other organisation has committed to a report and vote on Israel's inclusion in the way that the EBU has over KAN's Eurovision entry. The EBU is under considerable scrutiny over its decision. Read more on @escinsight.com escinsight.com/2025/09/24/h...
September 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
No other organisation has committed to a report and vote on Israel's inclusion in the way that the EBU has over KAN's Eurovision entry. The EBU is under considerable scrutiny over its decision. Read more on @escinsight.com escinsight.com/2025/09/24/h...
The Eurovision Song Contest is currently deciding on the inclusion or exclusion of Israel via its public service broadcaster KAN. How are other global organisations working in the arts, sports, or on the political stage, addressing the same issue? Here's what we found. escinsight.com/2025/09/24/h...
How Global Organisations Deal With Israeli Inclusion
The Eurovision Song Contest trophy, illustrating an article on the inclusion or exclusion of Israel from international events (photo: EBU/esc.tv)
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September 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The Eurovision Song Contest is currently deciding on the inclusion or exclusion of Israel via its public service broadcaster KAN. How are other global organisations working in the arts, sports, or on the political stage, addressing the same issue? Here's what we found. escinsight.com/2025/09/24/h...
Guest writer @escapetothecymru.bsky.social explains what feels like an unpopular opinion in the community this week… why she quite likes the new @eurovision.tv logo. escinsight.com/2025/08/20/e...
The New Eurovision Logo Is What We Need, Even If It’s Not What We Want
Eurovision Song Contest, 70th Anniversary Logo (image: EBU)
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August 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Guest writer @escapetothecymru.bsky.social explains what feels like an unpopular opinion in the community this week… why she quite likes the new @eurovision.tv logo. escinsight.com/2025/08/20/e...
Back in May, we wrote about our nine expectations for Eurovision 2026 in Austria. One was 'it's hard to look beyond Vienna." How do you think we'll get on with the other eight? escinsight.com/2025/05/19/e...
Nine Things We Expect From Austria And Eurovision 2026
Kaleen, Austria 2024 (photo: Corinne Cumming/EBU)
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August 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Back in May, we wrote about our nine expectations for Eurovision 2026 in Austria. One was 'it's hard to look beyond Vienna." How do you think we'll get on with the other eight? escinsight.com/2025/05/19/e...
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Between this and Eurovision, today has really been the morning of rebrands, huh?
MSNBC is being rebranded to MS NOW.
The new acronym stands for ‘My Source (for) News, Opinions (and the) World.’
The new acronym stands for ‘My Source (for) News, Opinions (and the) World.’
August 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Between this and Eurovision, today has really been the morning of rebrands, huh?
With the announcement of a new logo, font, and brand identity for the Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU is evolving the Contest for the next generation. What impact will this change have, how will the community react, and why is change the only constant at Eurovision? escinsight.com/2025/08/18/e...
Exploring The Positive Impact Of Brand Eurovision And The EBU's New Logo
Promotional image for an article on the new Eurovision Song Contest logo and branding (image: EBU)
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August 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
With the announcement of a new logo, font, and brand identity for the Eurovision Song Contest, the EBU is evolving the Contest for the next generation. What impact will this change have, how will the community react, and why is change the only constant at Eurovision? escinsight.com/2025/08/18/e...
What is a podcrawl and how can it benefit the Eurovision community? @ewanspence.co.uk writes about its origins and the importance of the crawl. escinsight.com/2025/07/30/w...
Why Start A Eurovision Podcrawl?
THe Bael 2025 Press Room, promoting the Eurovision Podcrawl (photo: Ewan Spence)
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July 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
What is a podcrawl and how can it benefit the Eurovision community? @ewanspence.co.uk writes about its origins and the importance of the crawl. escinsight.com/2025/07/30/w...
Our next port of call on the summer's Eurovision Podcrawl sees us visiting Riga in 2003 in the company of Niall and Tomas! Relive the magical and memorable night over on @niallpoints.com
It's our turn on the Eurovision Podcrawl, so it's all aboard to the Magical Rendez-vous that was Riga 2003!
Join @niallfulton.uk and @tomas.niallpoints.com as they bring you (many) fun facts and some good old fashioned Eurovision drama with the good, the bad and whatever the heck Austria sent!
Join @niallfulton.uk and @tomas.niallpoints.com as they bring you (many) fun facts and some good old fashioned Eurovision drama with the good, the bad and whatever the heck Austria sent!
niallpoints: Eurovision Podcrawl - Riga 2003 | Don't Cry Gemini, Let's Be Gay!
It’s the 4th stop on the official Eurovision Podcrawl! Hello to all of our regular listeners and a big and warm welcome to everyone joining us through the podcrawl! In this episode Niall and Toma...
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July 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Our next port of call on the summer's Eurovision Podcrawl sees us visiting Riga in 2003 in the company of Niall and Tomas! Relive the magical and memorable night over on @niallpoints.com
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Needing your Eurovision podcast fix over the summer? The community has got together to make sure you've new content from your favourite show (and your potentially new favourite shows) with the Eurovision Podcrawl. Your trip this weekend is Zagreb! linktr.ee/eurovisionpo...
July 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Needing your Eurovision podcast fix over the summer? The community has got together to make sure you've new content from your favourite show (and your potentially new favourite shows) with the Eurovision Podcrawl. Your trip this weekend is Zagreb! linktr.ee/eurovisionpo...
The Eurovision Podcrawl's next stop is Zagreb! Join the Eurowhat team to talk about another first time hosting broadcaster of the Song Contest. And when you;re done, check in with the other stops on the Podcrawl by @escinsight.com and @windmachinepodcast.bsky.social.
😻✈️ NEW EPISODE ✈️😻
It's our turn on the Eurovision Pod Crawl! This episode about Zagreb 1990 has everything: Eurocat, iconic performances, the European Year of Tourism, CIA documents, political upheaval, and a wild year of transition for the map of Europe. www.eurowhat.com/274
It's our turn on the Eurovision Pod Crawl! This episode about Zagreb 1990 has everything: Eurocat, iconic performances, the European Year of Tourism, CIA documents, political upheaval, and a wild year of transition for the map of Europe. www.eurowhat.com/274
July 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Eurovision Podcrawl's next stop is Zagreb! Join the Eurowhat team to talk about another first time hosting broadcaster of the Song Contest. And when you;re done, check in with the other stops on the Podcrawl by @escinsight.com and @windmachinepodcast.bsky.social.
Throughout the summer, the Eurovision podcast community is collaborating on our "Eurovision Podcrawl" as we visit countries and broadcasters hosting for the first time. We're still with @windmachinepodcast.bsky.social in Vienna 1967 before moving on next week! windmachinepodcast.com/2025/06/30/e...
July 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Throughout the summer, the Eurovision podcast community is collaborating on our "Eurovision Podcrawl" as we visit countries and broadcasters hosting for the first time. We're still with @windmachinepodcast.bsky.social in Vienna 1967 before moving on next week! windmachinepodcast.com/2025/06/30/e...
Two weeks ago, the Eurovision Podcrawl started and we opened up by visiting 1959 for France's first hosting. The next stop on the crawl is 1967 with the @windmachinepodcast.bsky.social. you might already know them, or might be new to your ears, but the first ESC trip to Austria suits the mood!
Episode 103 - 1967: “Podcrawl!, Oh Vienna, and The Barefooted Mistress Of Puppets” is now available for your ears as part of the Eurovision Podcrawl in all the spots including our website windmachinepodcast.com
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July 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Two weeks ago, the Eurovision Podcrawl started and we opened up by visiting 1959 for France's first hosting. The next stop on the crawl is 1967 with the @windmachinepodcast.bsky.social. you might already know them, or might be new to your ears, but the first ESC trip to Austria suits the mood!
The Eurovision Podcrawl started last week, as a wide group of ESC podcasters start a join series across all our sites to look at a country's first hosting of the Song Contest. We'll let @niallpoints.com set the scene... www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_4M...
TRAILER: The Eurovision Podcrawl | ESC Insight | Cannes 1959
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June 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Eurovision Podcrawl started last week, as a wide group of ESC podcasters start a join series across all our sites to look at a country's first hosting of the Song Contest. We'll let @niallpoints.com set the scene... www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_4M...
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Something fun for you all now that Eurovision 2025 is well over.
Join us and tune into the #Eurovision Podcrawl! Niall and I will be discussing one of my personal favourite editions!
But first go and have a listen to episode 1 hosted by @escinsight.com as they teleport back all the way to 1959!
Join us and tune into the #Eurovision Podcrawl! Niall and I will be discussing one of my personal favourite editions!
But first go and have a listen to episode 1 hosted by @escinsight.com as they teleport back all the way to 1959!
We’re so excited to be part of the Eurovision Podcrawl this summer!
We’ll be heading to Riga in a few weeks time, but for now enjoy as @escinsight.com travel to Cannes!
We’ll be heading to Riga in a few weeks time, but for now enjoy as @escinsight.com travel to Cannes!
Join us on The Eurovision Podcrawl, as @ewanspence.co.uk @dudepoints.fun and @frossrussell.bsky.social head to Cannes to talk about Eurovision 1959; the first time France hosted, the BBC sent their best, Volare returned, and more! escinsight.com/2025/06/18/e... (and here's a trailer!)
June 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Something fun for you all now that Eurovision 2025 is well over.
Join us and tune into the #Eurovision Podcrawl! Niall and I will be discussing one of my personal favourite editions!
But first go and have a listen to episode 1 hosted by @escinsight.com as they teleport back all the way to 1959!
Join us and tune into the #Eurovision Podcrawl! Niall and I will be discussing one of my personal favourite editions!
But first go and have a listen to episode 1 hosted by @escinsight.com as they teleport back all the way to 1959!
Join us on The Eurovision Podcrawl, as @ewanspence.co.uk @dudepoints.fun and @frossrussell.bsky.social head to Cannes to talk about Eurovision 1959; the first time France hosted, the BBC sent their best, Volare returned, and more! escinsight.com/2025/06/18/e... (and here's a trailer!)
[The Eurovision Podcrawl] ESC Insight visits Cannes 1959 (Trailer)
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June 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Join us on The Eurovision Podcrawl, as @ewanspence.co.uk @dudepoints.fun and @frossrussell.bsky.social head to Cannes to talk about Eurovision 1959; the first time France hosted, the BBC sent their best, Volare returned, and more! escinsight.com/2025/06/18/e... (and here's a trailer!)
@frossrussell.bsky.social looks at the Eurovision Song Contest’s recent record of entrants to ask if things have improved for people of colour entering the Song Contest over the last five years. escinsight.com/2025/06/12/b...
Blurred Lines & Steady Progress: The Last Five Years of Race at Eurovision
Claude, Netherlands 2025 (photo: Corinne Cumming/EBU)
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June 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
@frossrussell.bsky.social looks at the Eurovision Song Contest’s recent record of entrants to ask if things have improved for people of colour entering the Song Contest over the last five years. escinsight.com/2025/06/12/b...
We've estimated the televotes cast for each Eurovision song. @bensvision.bsky.social explains why; " The results ...should not be something that, now many weeks after the Grand Final, are shrouded in such mystery and deliberately obtuse rankings that tell only half the story."
How Many Votes Did Each Song Receive In The Televote?
Lucio Corsi from Italy performed Volevo Essere Un Duro in the Grand Final of Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland (Photo: Corinne Cumming/EBU)
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June 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We've estimated the televotes cast for each Eurovision song. @bensvision.bsky.social explains why; " The results ...should not be something that, now many weeks after the Grand Final, are shrouded in such mystery and deliberately obtuse rankings that tell only half the story."