The United Kingdom's Sam Ryder chats to host Steve Holden about performing Space Man.

At the Opening Ceremony of the Contest, Mahmood and Blanco speak about representing their home country of Italy and Greece's Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord stops for a chat too.

Rob Lilley speaks to Croatia's Mia Dimšić and Nadir Rustamli from Azerbaijan.

And creative specialists Dan Shipton and Marvin Dietmann reveal how they put together the staging for six of this year's acts.

Find Steve Holden (@steve_holden_ldn), Samya Hafsaoui (@samyahafsaoui) and Rob Lilley (@rslilley) on Instagram.

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