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Accessibility At The Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Accessibility At The Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Disability is a common experience, which covers a range of experiences.The United Nations (UN) estimates up to 15% of the world’s population is disabled at any given time. Some people have a time-bound level of disability due to illness or injury; others have persistent or chronic conditions that at an ongoing level impede the ability to live their lives; and others yet have chronic conditions…

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ESC Insight Asks: Why The Junior Eurovision Song Contest?

Nicklas Nørgaard Content creator on YouTube platform Neon Pavillion, including Junior Eurovision-related content. The Junior Eurovision Song Contest is one of the few things that the children of Europe can call their own. It is a fabulous celebration of European culture, seen through the eyes of young people. There is something special about this Contest that makes me tune in to watch it every…

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Returning to Yerevan: A Decade Of Junior Eurovision Experiences

Armenia was my first ‘on the ground’ Junior Eurovision Song Contest experience. I chose to go because I held a lot of curiosity about the Caucasus region, and the Song Contest was the perfect excuse rather than the main focus. I can state hand on heart that prior to 2011, I was no fan of the ‘kids show’. But within the event walls I really liked what I saw. Despite the presumptions of pushy…

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Eurovision Insight Podcast: Junior Eurovision 2021 Preview

We discuss what makes Junior Eurovision special, the atmosphere in Paris, the efforts of the French broadcaster and what moments you can not miss on the Junior Eurovision stage. Eurovision Insight Podcast: Junior Eurovision 2021 Preview With Ben Robertson and Nicklas Nørgaard, Tim Jumawan (That Eurovision Site) and Nisay Samreth (eurovision-fr.net) Christmas is coming, as is Junior Eurovision and…

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Eurovision Insight Podcast: Gloria Euphoria

Turns out that the flame that lit the community up and started National Final season was burning bright in Norway. But this week is not all about Fred, Tom, and Alexandra; there’s a lot more Eurovision news this week! Eurovision Insight Podcast: Gloria Euphoria KEiiNO return, Laura and Koit set up some fan fiction, and some Swedish humour about being in the middle. Ewan Spence and the ESC Insight…

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Running Order Analysis of Junior Eurovision 2019

I was fortunate enough to be in town for the Opening Ceremony in Katowice this afternoon. As press we were shepherded up to the gods of the Silesia Theatre to watch proceedings take place. We got to hear the Gromee written common song for the competition as well as local boy band 4Dreamers.

There was also the Gift Ceremony, where each act gave a gift from their home country to a randomly drawn…

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ESC Insight's Reader Survey For 2018

ESC Insight's Reader Survey For 2017

It’s been just under a week since the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, and the ESC Insight team has caught up on enough sleep to look back at another successful year. Hopefully you’ve caught up as well, as we’d like your help with our annual Reader Survey. We like to use the summer months to improve ESC Insight, and we’d love you feedback to help guide us.

To do that, we need to…

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Testing Eurovision's Rules Of Momentum With The Lisbon 2018 Results

Netta Barzilai’s ‘Toy’ has delivered Israel’s fourth Eurovision victory–congratulations Netta! Now the show is over the communty has been given access to a fair amount of voting data. And we can use that to test our two rules of Eurovision momentum. Let’s jump right in!

The First Rule: From Semi Final To Grand Final

Rule one notes that whichever top qualifier comes closes to doubling its score…

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