Dr Barbara Barreiro Leon discusses with CNN the implications of the EBU General Assembly’s decision.

By Elise Morton, featuring Dr Bárbara Barreiro León. Conceived in 1960s Czechoslovakia, Vladimir Putin ordered the competition’s return and the US has now confirmed its participation – is this domestic theatre or international outreach?

Interview with Barbara and Maria (The Eurovisionphiles) for TVE after JJ’s victory (Austria) at the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland.

Interview with Dr Barbara Barreiro Leon one day before the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel, Switzerland.

The purpose of this course, coordinated by Dr Barbara Barreiro Leon, is to study the different representation methods offered by the Eurovision Song Contest through not only its history, but also analysing the most recent examples of the festival, focusing especially on the new millennium, with the arrival of new countries into the contest.

Guest lecture at the University of Groningen, examining Ukraine’s recent history since its entry into the ESC in 2023. Kateryna Pavlenko (Go_A, ESC 2021) attended as a special guest.

Film & Visual Culture Lecturer Dr Barbara Leon outlines five key themes of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and explains the wider context. https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/23147/

Interview for the show Deuze Points: The Eurovision Show to talk about my research on Eurovision and predictions regarding the 2024 edition ahead of Eurovision week.

El viernes, invitada por la asociación Cauce del Nalón, pronunció en la Casa de la Buelga, en Ciaño, la conferencia “Identidades culturales y su representación en la Cultura Popular: Bad Bunny y Eurovisión”. https://www.lne.es/cuencas/2023/12/24/barbara-barreiro-profesora-cultura-visual-96212904.html

La gran final de Eurovisión tuvo todos los elementos que se esperaban de un evento como este: números musicales, un gran intervalo y puestas en escena que desafiaron el propio diseño del escenario. Pero, sobre todo, tuvo uno de los momentos de más tensión que se recuerdan cuando se anunció el ganador final.