A momentous week for the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest ends with Sam Ryder climbing to #2 in the UK singles chart!

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A momentous week for the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest ends with Sam Ryder climbing to #2 in the UK singles chart!
France will be represented in Turin by a song in Breton – a language we’ve seen on the ESC stage only once before. We take a look at five memorable songs in smaller languages that had their chance at reaching the Eurovision stage, but that stumbled at the final hurdle!
The top end of the 2021 scoreboard had a familiar feel as some of Eurovision’s oldest participating countries had their moment to shine – but not for the first time!
If you’re feeling uncomfortable about some of the things surrounding this year’s contest, you’re not alone. And that’s OK!
Tonight should have been the grand final of the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. Instead, we fans are still coming to terms with the loss of “our” contest – and doing a pretty good job under the circumstances!
The BBC has revamped the format of its national selection for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest – but will this make a difference to the UK’s international fortunes, or does it just mean making the same mistakes in a different order? Martin takes a look at the three songs and six performers in the running.
So you’ve won the Eurovision Song Contest. What next? We look at five times the host nation took the opportunity to show off a bit of niche local flavour – in one form or another.
Eurovision royalty has left us. It’s the end of an era. Read our tribute to Lys Assia, winner of the very first contest, who has died at the age of 94.
Katie Boyle, four-time host of the Eurovision Song Contest, has died at the age of 91. We salute the long and eventful life of an ESC legend.
As the 2017 final approaches, Martin’s thoughts turn to the ways in which we fans experience this whole Eurovision Song Contest thing.
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