Sam Ross

Fighting False Information And Rumours Around Eurovision's Israel Vote The Social Media Song, San Marino 2012 (image: EBU/YouTube)

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...

YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest AWS - Viszlát Nyár (LIVE) | Hungary 🇭🇺 | Grand Final | Eurovision 2018

Hey, American #Eurovision fans!

The post-2016 full shows are still geoblocked, but performances that don't have rights issues have started to show up on YouTube in the US - no VPN needed!

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna watch Viszlát Nyár again:

Here in Chicago for #SporcleCon, and it appears that the first intellectual challenge of the weekend was "how to get the coffee machine to work". (I got there eventually.)

Episode 264: Eurovision Pod Crawl! A Look at Eurovision 1987 12 Points from America · Episode

The Eurovision Pod Crawl has made its way to us! This week, the team (including Danny!) have a lot to say about Eurovision 1987. Oh what a year this is.

Why Start A Eurovision Podcrawl? THe Bael 2025 Press Room, promoting the Eurovision Podcrawl (photo: Ewan Spence)

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...

YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel Tom Lehrer - Smut - LIVE FILM From Copenhagen in 1967

Growing up, I was fed on a steady diet of Mel Brooks, Monty Python, and Tom Lehrer. (Probably explains a lot about me today, to be honest.) So sad to have lost an icon of musical satire (and a damn fine mathematician, to boot.) youtu.be/iaHDBL7dVgs?...

New Details of “Eurovision Murder Mystery” Released as Grant Awarded - Eurovoix Further details of 'Eurovision Murder Mystery' a proposed crime series focused around the Eurovision Song Contest, have been released.

Some possible names for the #EurovisionMurderMystery

Dies Like a Phoenix
Die on the Wings of Love
What's Another Fear
Give That Wolf a Revolver
Teresa & Maria (were murdered)
Poison Cake

YouTube video by Misja Eurowizja OGAE Second Chance 2025 | OFFICIAL RECAP

Who do you think will win the OGAE Second Chance contest?

And if it's a different answer - who do you think *should* win?

Hoyo Somali Food Producer Hoyo empowers Somali mothers by creating jobs in their area of expertise while sharing the joy of sambusa, a delicious Somali pastry and other Somali foods.

I will say, I had Hoyo Sambusa at my wedding, and they were spectacular. Thrilled to see these tasty triangles get such a huge platform!
www.hoyosambusa.com

Today's one of the best days of the Minnesotan year...unveiling this year's New State Fair Foods!

Tag yourself...I'm Grandma Doreen’s Dessert Dog.

www.mnstatefair.org/new/food/

#MNStateFair

Don't really feel like celebrating today, but hey, nice to have a long weekend. Happy Belated Canada Day, y'all!

My Minnesotan husband and I served cookie salad to my New Jerseyan family last year for the first time. I saw, in their eyes, a level of fear and wonderment I previously thought solely reserved for a child watching the animatronic band at Chuck E Cheese for the first time.

Swiss chocolatier Läderach to open first Minnesota shop The chocolate company will bring its wares to the Mall of America later this summer.

In today's local "shut up and take my money" news... bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...

Cover for Eurowhat 272: Fan Media. A table with a sound mixing board, headphones, and a notebook with pen.

🪞NEW EPISODE🪞

#Eurovision has a unique ecosystem: fan media channels have a work relationship with the EBU in covering the Contest. But is that relationship working?

We discuss the state of fan media with dudepoints, Niall from niallpoints, and Derek from 12 Points: www.eurowhat.com/273

A particularly rotund rabbit, hanging out in a patch of grass.

Question for the universe. If a particularly round bird is a borb, then what's the proper term for this perfectly spherical friend who visited my lawn this morning? Robbit? Bon-bon?

YouTube video by ESC Insight [The Eurovision Podcrawl] ESC Insight visits Cannes 1959 (Trailer)

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!)

I mean, was it a sample, or just the same notes?

YouTube video by eurodani87 EUROVISION 2012: Ultra Nate - My Love [Swiss Preselection]

I mean, to be fair, that song was a BOP. youtu.be/wCkpsb2ngwQ?...

Which National Finals Made The Best Choice For Basel? Abor & Tynna performing Baller for Germany 2025 (photo: Alma Bengtsson/EBU)

With many broadcasters going down the route of a National Selection for Eurovision, there's always a sense to judge purely on the finishing position. Yet there's more to the Contest than the podium. Let's highlight some of the deeper cut successes from the 2025 season. escinsight.com/2025/05/30/w...

a purple background with a white logo for minnesota Alt: The logo of the PWHL in white against a purple background, with the words "Minnesota Win!" underneath.

YES @pwhlfrost.bsky.social!!!!!!!!! Back-to-back Walter Cup Winners, absolute legends! #pwhl #mnfrost #Minnesota

Ottawa, you put up one helluva fight, cheers to you.

ESC Insight's Reader Survey For 2025 The stage in Basel is ready (photo: Ewan Spence)

We're taking time over the summer months to look back at our coverage of Basel 2025 and what we can do to improve it for TBC 2026. You can help us by letting us know your favourite articles and podcasts, what you want to see more of, and what you think of ESC insight escinsight.com/2025/05/19/e...

YouTube video by Elina Nechayeva Wasted Love (Tuulde Läinud Armastus) - ELINA NECHAYEVA (LIVE Cover Ringvaade)

Not a lot of #Eurovision veterans could adequately cover "Wasted Love."

Elina Nechayeva, however...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaKQ...

a black and white duck is swimming in a pond ALT: a black and white duck is swimming in a pond

Always bittersweet to come home from Eurovision, but the fact that the baggage claim at MSP makes a little loon call instead of buzzing annoyingly to let you know that your luggage is arriving helps soften the blow.

Eurovision Insight Podcast: Our Final News From Basel, Sunday 18th May JJ wins Eurovision 2025, Austria 2025 (photo: Corinne Cumming/EBU)

That, as they say, is a wrap. Let’s close it out with one last podcast from Basel. @ewanspence.co.uk welcomes @dudepoints.fun, @escinsider.bsky.social, Erik, Liz and Madline to join us to look back at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest before we all leave Switzerland. escinsight.com/2025/05/18/e...

13 different kinds of coffee found in Vienna’s coffeehouses - Vienna Würstelstand We've captured, in strangely beautiful pop art photography, 13 coffee creations that have survived, and are still served in many of the coffeehouses around Vienna.

Don't mind me, I'm just going to spend the next 12 months or so committing this list to memory: viennawurstelstand.com/article/13-d...

SONG 16: FINLAND 🇫🇮

Crazy song facts - if you listen SUPER closely, there is a reference to sex in this

#Eurovision #Finland

Finland closes the show tonight...brings us to a climax...seriously, how can a country known for being so cold get so hot? #Eurovision

This is the first all-German language entry from Germany since 1998, when a language-rule was still in place at #Eurovision!

SONG 14: ISRAEL 🇮🇱

Note to future Erik: Put a joke here that is very funny and that makes everyone happy

#Eurovision #Israel

Luxembourg came back last year after a long absence, and their song this year "La poupée monte le son", directly references the country's winning song from 1965. In 2025, though, the dolly's taking control of her own life.
#Eurovision