Not everyone has the time and date of Eurovision burned into their memory, so just to make sure you don’t miss one of the world’s favourite TV shows, here are all the times for the semi-finals and grand final of the 2012 Contest.
Karina Westerman and Steven Newby sit in judgement over Macedonia, Hungary, Latvia, Iceland, and Slovenia’s Eurovision entries for 2012 in this week’s Juke Box Jury.
If there’s one Eurovision item in the last week that the team at ESC Insight love more than anything, it’s Pippin Barr’s web browser game Epic Sax Game.
The Epic Sax game is here! That would normally be enough, but there’s more news from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest, along with music from Alim Qasimov, in this weeks Eurovision Insight news podcast.
There is an undeniable sense of patriotism and national pride tied into the Eurovision Song Contest. But what happens if the person representing a country doesn’t quite fit into the stereotypical mold of what a Turk, a Norwegian, a Ukrainian, or any other nationality is ‘expected’ to be? Is Eurovision about bringing people of all nations together, or is it about showing off a constructed image of what a country is expected to look like?
Elaine Dove and David Elder start the new season of Juke Box Jury as we work through the songs of Eurovision 2012. This week Albania, Finland, Moldova, The Netherlands, and Turkey.
And for a moment, I thought we had all the songs for this year’s Eurovision. Ah well, we got nearly all of them, a running order, and lots to look forward to in April and May. It;s time for the regular Insight podcast!
With hundreds of Eurovision Song Contest fans heading to Stockholm for the Melodifestivalen final, the national final season is nearly over. How did national finals become such a part of the build up to Eurovision and why some more than others? Dr Paul Jordan investigates…
More tickets, less Armenia, more OAP’s, less schlager, more confirmed songs, and one less week to go till Eurovision 2012. with music from Buranovskiye Babushki, it’;s you weekly Insight podcast
With action from Estonia, Lithuania, Sweden, and Spain, it’s another busy night as we approach the end of the National Final season. With heartbreak and heroics around Europe, who will be sent to Baku? Let’s find out.
Tickets go on sale, JESC venue and dates announced, five national final winners,, two presentations, the last few semi finals… and Engelbert Humperdinck at the wrong speed. It;s your weekly Insight podcast.