Welcome to the latest episode of the Eurovision Masterpiece Collection. There’s more to our favourite singers than their Song Contest entries, so join David Horton as he highlights some of the best music away from the Eurovision stage. In our latest musical moment, David’s audience picks out three favourites from Eurovision legend Loreen. Loreen fi…

As the Eurovision Song Contest moves forward and Basel 2025 comes into view, the events leading up to, during, and after the Song Contest’s third visit to Malmö continue to echo around the community. Bakel Walden, the current chair of the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Group, returns to the ESC Insight podcast and joins Ewan Spence to talk about…

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…

This weekend will see the second edition of the Pan-Arcticvision Song Contest. Ten performers taking to the stage, looking for the votes of the watching TV audiences from around the world, all to foster a sense of belonging and identity. The story of the Contest starts with the Faroe Islands and the difficulty it has being represented on the intern…

Welcome to the Eurovision Masterpiece Collection. There’s more to our favourite singers than their Song Contest entries, so join David Horton as he highlights some of the best music away from the Eurovision stage. In our latest musical moment, David picks out three favourites from 2019’s winner, Duncan Laurence. His breakthrough appearance in The N…

Content Warning This podcast episode includes discussions of violence, including sexual violence. This Is 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, an…

Welcome to the Eurovision Masterpiece Collection. There’s more to our favourite singers than their Song Contest entries, so join David Horton as he highlights some of the best music away from the Eurovision stage over the next few months. In our first musical snack, David picks out his personal favourites from Anna Bergendahl. Starting out on TV4’s…

Welcome to September, the semi-official start of the Eurovision Song Contest season. With the “songs performed in public after September 1st” eligibility date passed, the music can begin. And while we don’t have any Eurovision or National Final songs yet, we do have an artist. We also have the impact and fallout of the 2024 season to consider. This…

Not every actor in a film takes part in the promotional side of things, although with the rise of big budgets and social media, it’s common for everyone on the cast, and many of the higher echelons of the crew, to hit the road and sell the show. That wasn’t always the case. With the premier of The Divide taking place at SXSW some thirteen years ago…

Today, we’re going for a historical moment as I talk to the team behind 2011’s ‘Attack The Block’, where a teenage street gang have to defend themselves from predatory alien invaders on a council estate in South London. It’s an interview as part of the promotional cattle call, so everyone lined up for the interview gets ten minutes from walking in …

One of the most recognisable names in the world of the Eurovision Song Contest is Austria’s Conchita Wurst. In the weeks before her victory for Austria with ‘Rise Like A Phoenix’, I caught up with the singer to find out more about their public and personal sides. We discussed attitudes, dreams, songs, Shirley Bassey, and Austria’s entry into Eurovi…

During 2013’s Edinburgh Fringe, I invited an up-and-coming writer and their director into the studio to talk about a little show called ‘Fleabag.’ Directed by Vicky Wood, and written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, this small show took place in the depths of the Underbelly. It remains the gold standard of Fringe legends… from a theatrical da…

In 2017, I spoke to Vint Cerf at the IEEE Tech For Humanity conference. Cerf and Bob Kahn developed TCP/IP, the communications protocol that lies at the heart of the Internet. Without that, nothing works, hence why many call Cerf and Kahn the fathers of the Internet. When he joined Google, after he was talked out of working as an Archduke, he was g…

Gene Cernan flew in space three times, walked in space twice, and as the commander of Apollo 17 was the last man to walk on the moon in 1972. Documentary film-maker Mark Craig approached Cernan to make a film about his life, his time as an astronaut, and his impact on the history of the world. In this episode of The Interview, director Mark Craig a…

You might have heard the mention at the end of our final podcast from Malmö 2024, but for those who didn’t, that was the 1000th podcast from ESC Insight. It’s a milestone certainly worthy of celebration, but at the end of a long Eurovision season, we wanted to do something a little bit more than “thanks for listening.” Which brings us to today, and…

There’s lots to look back on, and over the summer months, we’ll be sure to do that. But for now, here are our highlights from the Grand Final, the week in Malmö, and the 2024 season as we bring the curtain down. Eurovision Insight Podcast: Our Final News From Malmö, Sunday 12th May Ewan Spence, Fin Ross Russell, and Dude Points are joined by Samant…

As the Eurovision Finale approaches, we explore a range of different show dimensions set to influence this year’s result. Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Malmö, Saturday 11th May Fin Ross Russell & Dude Points are joined by 12 Points From America’s Erik Nelson to preview the 2024 Eurovision Grand Final. They discuss the best of the big …

Between Swedish musical numbers, surprise results and a schlager-filled finale, there was so much to enjoy as the Eurovision 2024 Semi Finals concluded. Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Malmö, Friday 10th May Fin Ross Russell & Dude Points are joined by 12 Points from America’s Liz Capouch to reflect on a surprise-filled Semi Final Two. …

With even more great songs, staging and skits, we’re excited to present our podcast preview of Semi Final Two. Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Malmö, Thursday 9th May Fin Ross Russell and Dude Points are joined by Eurovision Bulgaria’s Madlen Tutelian to preview Semi Final Two. They discuss sensual Slimane, the double feature of Spanish…

Nicoline Refsing has a long and storied career at the Eurovision Song Contest, working with numerous artists at Eurovision and Junior Eurovision, as well as taking on the 2014 Contest in Copenhagen as Creative Director and Content Producer. This year, she is working with Dons to bring ‘Hollow’ to the Malmö Arena stage. How does the collaborative pr…

Eurovision Insight Podcast: Meet The Artists, Eurovision in Concert (Part 2) …with Dude Points (DudePoints.fun). Join Dude Points as she chats with the artists at this year’s Eurovision In Concert; featuring Kaleen, Aiko, Nutsa Buzaladze, Gåte, and cameos from Cornald Mass and Mustii. Stay up to date with all the discussions, news, and reviews as t…

As fifteen brilliant artists brought their a-game to the Malmö Arena, only ten could qualify for Saturday night’s Grand Final. We showcase the successful acts whilst giving a shout out to our treasured unsuccessful ones. Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Malmö, Wednesday 8th May Following an electric first Semi Final, Fin Ross Russell and…

Stephen Neal is a Live Multicamera Studio Director for BBC Studios. His day job is directing The One Show, but every year he puts on his Eurovision hat as the UK Transmission Director for our Song Contest. He started his Eurovision Transmission role in 2013, and as the Contest returns to Malmö, Ewan sits down with Stephen to talk about his work bri…

Semi Final One is here and with fifteen countries competing for a spot in Saturday night’s Grand Final as well as the United Kingdom and Germany performing alongside hosts Sweden, there’s lots to unpack and go through in today’s podcast. Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Malmö, Tuesday 7th May Fin Ross Russell & Dude Points are joined by …

Eurovision Insight Podcast: Meet The Artists, Eurovision in Concert (Part 1) …with Dude Points (DudePoints.fun). Join Dude Points as she chats with the artists at this year’s Eurovision In Concert; featuring Windows95 Man, Silvester Belt, Hera Björk, Nebulossa, and Bambie Thug. Stay up to date with all the discussions, news, and reviews as the show…

Welcome back to Malmö as we kick off our coverage of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. With as many exciting new additions as show aspects that stayed the same, there’s plenty to catch you up on as we head into this year’s contest. Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily News From Malmö, Monday 6th May Fin Ross Russell and Dude Points sit down with Saman…

Eurovision Insight Podcast: Meet The Artists, London Eurovision 2024 …with Dude Points (DudePoints.fun). Join Dude Points as she chats with the artists at this year’s London Eurovision Party; featuring Stand Uniqu3 (UK JESC 2023), Michael Rice (UK 2019), Natalia Barbu, Dons, Marcus & Martinus, Tali, 5miinust and Puuluup, and Isaak. Stay up to date …

We have five songs left from the Eurovision 20204 songs that we will be reviewing, so one last time, let’s bring in the hits, the misses, and the maybes. Eurovision Insight Podcast: Juke Box Jury #7 with Matthew Ker (Majiker) and Dude Points (DudePoints.fun). France: Mon amour, by Slimane. Georgia: Firefighter, by Nutsa Buzaladze. Australia: One Mi…