United by music: Lessons from Eurovision 2023

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Ce samedi soir 13 mai aura lieu à Liverpool la finale de 67e édition de l'Eurovision. L’Eurovision, une institution de la culture européenne (d’où le nom) est tout un symbole ! Même le Royaume-Uni, pourtant sorti de l’Union européenne depuis le Brexit, ne parvient pas à s’en déta ...  Show more

Last year’s Eurovision Song Contest was a demonstration of the extraordinary political and diplomatic potency of this curious annual circus. For many of the same reasons, this year’s Eurovision will be as well. What has it meant to Ukraine to be the Eurovision champions this past ...  Show more

Eurovision decided to ban Russian participation this year on the grounds that it might bring the contest into disrepute, following the invasion of Ukraine. Dean Vuletic, author of Postwar Europe and The Eurovision Song Contest, spoke to Tom Sutcliffe, ahead of tonight's first sem ...  Show more

Going underground once again, Ukraine took to the metro to decide their Eurovision entry. Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil were the eventual winners of Vidbir, stealing all of the televotes. But what about the rest? Michael and Io review some of the songs that didn’t quite get there ...  Show more