It's a family affair: Eurovision's 'Eurofans' find solace in songs in times of controversy

The Eurovision Song Contest takes place in May, but for true fans, the Eurovision season starts much earlier.

"For us Eurofans, Eurovision starts in September," João Vargas (source in Portuguese) tells Euronews, since it's in September that the songs from the different countries start to come out. Then come the national finals: "We have Albania, which starts in December, so for us it starts there. And it's interesting to follow basically 30, 40 national finals, Saturday after Saturday, from December until May," he tells Euronews.