On today's Alloracast, James and Dude have another Top 5 from Thursday's performances to analyse, as the competition begins to take real shape ahead of Saturday's final.

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James and Dude look at last night's Top Five from the first batch of fifteen performers, and see which songs surprised and which were surprise omissions. They'll also look forward to tonight's third show, in the daily Alloracast!

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Ciao from Sanremo, this is Alloracast! Join ESC Insight's bleary-eyed James Stephenson and Dude Points as they look back at the first night of the Festival, and look ahead to tonight's show.

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Will the bookies' favourite win? Which songs break Sanremo's traditional formula? Why will a politically charged song from a former winner be a major talking point? Which is "the wedding song to end all wedding songs?"James Stephenson and Dude Points report from the Sanremo rehearsals on today's Alloracast.

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Allora! Join James Stephenson and Dude Points in Italy every day this week as they enter the wild world of the Festival della Canzone Italiana to find out what's going on in Sanremo.

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On this episode of Eurovision Uncovered, James Stephenson explores how the Eurovision Song Contest has been shaped by the values of its fans - and the pressure its under to turn the volume down.

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In a special interview for Eurovision Uncovered, James Stephenson meets Eurovision 2025 Head of Contest Christer Björkman to chat about producing the show, the processes he follows, and what's in store for Eurovision's future.

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Ahead of the third running of the Contest, ESC Insight’s Phil Doré chats to Amund Sjølie Sveen, artistic director of Pan-Arcticvision, about the challenges and the rewards of this song contest.

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