A data-driven perspective on the world's favourite song contest
A plethora of other (awesome) websites have been crunching much of the data from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Rather than cover the same terrain, we have decided to “make the road by walking”: endeavouring to focus on other aspects… Read more#Eurovision 2021 Grand Final Surprises
Wasn’t it great to have the Eurovision back? And aren’t we all indebted to the EBU and Dutch host broadcasters for delivering three great shows (six if one includes the jury rehearsals)? We are all winners! But Måneskin, they are… Read moreThe #Eurovision 2021 Grand Final medallists
Let’s start with the awesome stuff! Kudos Congratulations Måneskin for winning the 65th Eurovision Song Contest. This is Italy’s third victory—but their first where televoting was an aspect of the scoring system. Italy’s 524 votes included 206 jury votes and… Read moreFirst thoughts on the 2021 #Eurovision Grand Final
I learnt French from Céline Dion. No, really. To be fair, I had previously completed the equivalent of three years of secondary level French as a teenager. However, our teachers weren’t stellar: we learnt one tense (indicative) and another quasi-tense… Read moreLearning a language, the self-directed Eurovision way