ESC Etc

What was that? You need to hear how Cesco and Anthony felt about each and every song that competed in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö? You're in luck! The boys are sliding in to your podcast feed with a deep dive into every entrant to wrap up their coverage of this year's competition. What did they think of the performances, stagings, and placements? How have their feelings about the songs shifted over the season? It's all in here, baby! It's an everything, everywhere, all at once episode to cap off a year that gave us incredible music, unprecedented drama, and trauma we'll be unpacking for years. Thanks for holding our hands through it. You're our favorite! No. Not them. You. Specifically you. You're just the best! Visit our website for more deliciously queer ESC coverage: https://escetcblog.com/ The boys at ESC Etc. have been curating two playlists. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist is totally comprised of songs that have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest and tickled our pickles for one reason or another. ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist is songs from anywhere and everywhere else that just so happen to churn our butter that week. We'd love for you to check them out at the links below. Certified bops each and every one. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-esc-playlist/pl.u-kv9lDWlsKmx16) ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5NGLqlsluTMe17ShgNS3cG?si=v5zMC207Qm-dEo35Wfo7Jg) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-etcetera-playlist/pl.u-xlyNYKYFaqj5e) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6InRQyUwscHf4ZYa1u33Ud?si=v6Yad2wyQoqijgjX3BQIwA)

I'm sure it will come as no shock to you that Anthony and Cesco had a LOT to say about the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. So much, in fact, that they had to split their annual wrap up into parts! In this slice, they will be talking about the show as a whole. They cover the highs (Loreen, Petra) and the lows (dafuq was that Martin Österdahl tribute number?) as they try to wrap their brains around the complete batshittery of this year's contest. What worked and what didn't? What mistakes were made? Were there even any mistakes the EBU managed not to make? They boys are emotional wrecks and they have some stuff they need to work through with y'all. Buckle up, buttercups! Let's try to heal together. Visit our website for more deliciously queer ESC coverage: https://escetcblog.com/ The boys at ESC Etc. have been curating two playlists. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist is totally comprised of songs that have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest and tickled our pickles for one reason or another. ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist is songs from anywhere and everywhere else that just so happen to churn our butter that week. We'd love for you to check them out at the links below. Certified bops each and every one. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-esc-playlist/pl.u-kv9lDWlsKmx16) ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5NGLqlsluTMe17ShgNS3cG?si=v5zMC207Qm-dEo35Wfo7Jg) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-etcetera-playlist/pl.u-xlyNYKYFaqj5e) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6InRQyUwscHf4ZYa1u33Ud?si=v6Yad2wyQoqijgjX3BQIwA)

You. Come closer. Sit down. Hold Cesco and Anthony's hands. We'll sit in a circle and they will share their 10 personal favorite Eurovision Song Contest songs of 2024. Let's share this space together as we patiently wait for the big show. Let's have deeper than expected conversations about queer identity. Let's gaze into each other's eyes and live in this charged moment that only comes once a year. This moment right before Eurovision week where anything is still possible. Then the boys will whisper their favorite lyrical and musical moments of the season into your ear and add their favorite song and biggest heartbreaker to the playlists that they curate for you. Ah. Don't you feel better? Good. We love you. You're a vision. Namaste.  Visit our website for more deliciously queer ESC coverage: https://escetcblog.com/ The boys at ESC Etc. have been curating two playlists. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist is totally comprised of songs that have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest and tickled our pickles for one reason or another. ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist is songs from anywhere and everywhere else that just so happen to churn our butter that week. We'd love for you to check them out at the links below. Certified bops each and every one. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-esc-playlist/pl.u-kv9lDWlsKmx16) ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5NGLqlsluTMe17ShgNS3cG?si=v5zMC207Qm-dEo35Wfo7Jg) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-etcetera-playlist/pl.u-xlyNYKYFaqj5e) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6InRQyUwscHf4ZYa1u33Ud?si=v6Yad2wyQoqijgjX3BQIwA)

What's that? On the horizon. That loud, sparkly thing right over there? It's Eurovision, y'all! Duh! Anthony and Cesco are so excited that they have no time for small talk. They dive directly in to the final batch of songs from the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, including the Big 5 (Italy, Germany, France, the UK, and Spain) and defending champion Sweden. Which national final had another one of the boys' biggest heartbreakers? How deep are these unapologetic cumsluts for Swedish pop going to dive into Melodifestivalen? Which song is Cesco's national anthem? I would tell you, but then you might not listen, and if that's the case why did I work so hard editing? Hold on to your butts, folks! We're almost at the finish line!  Visit our website for more deliciously queer ESC coverage: https://escetcblog.com/ The boys at ESC Etc. have been curating two playlists. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist is totally comprised of songs that have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest and tickled our pickles for one reason or another. ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist is songs from anywhere and everywhere else that just so happen to churn our butter that week. We'd love for you to check them out at the links below. Certified bops each and every one. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-esc-playlist/pl.u-kv9lDWlsKmx16) ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5NGLqlsluTMe17ShgNS3cG?si=v5zMC207Qm-dEo35Wfo7Jg) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-etcetera-playlist/pl.u-xlyNYKYFaqj5e) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6InRQyUwscHf4ZYa1u33Ud?si=v6Yad2wyQoqijgjX3BQIwA)

Cesco and Anthony are back for more EuroShenanigans, trust and believe, y'all! First off, though, they discuss Lisa Frankenstein and earthquakes. Unrelated. Unless the universe just wanted to punish us for how we neglected such a rad movie. Anyhoo. Then they dive into the fourth batch of songs from the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. They chat about Latvia, San Marino, Georgia, Belgium, Estonia, Israel, Norway, and the Netherlands, which are all competing in the second half of the second semifinal, and related national finals. Who (else) does Anthony have a crush on? Who gave Cesco a fundamental building block of his sexuality? Dive in and find out! Visit our website for more deliciously queer ESC coverage: https://escetcblog.com/ The boys at ESC Etc. have been curating two playlists. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist is totally comprised of songs that have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest and tickled our pickles for one reason or another. ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist is songs from anywhere and everywhere else that just so happen to churn our butter that week. We'd love for you to check them out at the links below. Certified bops each and every one. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-esc-playlist/pl.u-kv9lDWlsKmx16) ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5NGLqlsluTMe17ShgNS3cG?si=v5zMC207Qm-dEo35Wfo7Jg) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-etcetera-playlist/pl.u-xlyNYKYFaqj5e) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6InRQyUwscHf4ZYa1u33Ud?si=v6Yad2wyQoqijgjX3BQIwA)

Anthony and Cesco are thirsty. Oh. Wait. I mean, Anthony and Cesco are thirsty to chat about the songs competing in the first half of semifinal 2 at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024! But before they do, Anthony exposes his trailer trash country boy side and they chat about the simple joys of playing board games. Then it's time to get to ESC as they talk about the songs representing Malta, Albania, Greece, Switzerland, Czechia, Austria, Denmark, and Armenia alongside some of the best songs from national finals that fell by the wayside. Which one of these is Anthony's ride-or-die for the season and who does Cesco want to step on his neck? You've gotta listen to find out! Visit our website for more deliciously queer ESC coverage: https://escetcblog.com/ The boys at ESC Etc. have been curating two playlists. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist is totally comprised of songs that have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest and tickled our pickles for one reason or another. ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist is songs from anywhere and everywhere else that just so happen to churn our butter that week. We'd love for you to check them out at the links below. Certified bops each and every one. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-esc-playlist/pl.u-kv9lDWlsKmx16) ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5NGLqlsluTMe17ShgNS3cG?si=v5zMC207Qm-dEo35Wfo7Jg) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-etcetera-playlist/pl.u-xlyNYKYFaqj5e) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6InRQyUwscHf4ZYa1u33Ud?si=v6Yad2wyQoqijgjX3BQIwA)  

You know Cesco and Anthony's bodies were ready to dive back into the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024! They chat about the Nickelodeon tell-all docuseries Quiet on Set and the new season of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World before they turn their attention to the second half of the first semi. They go over Australia, Azerbaijan, Finland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Moldova, Portugal, and Slovenia's entries and some of the highlights that fell by the wayside in the national finals, including one of the biggest heartbreakers of the season and a song about cum-guzzling. These contests truly contain multitudes, y'all! Go Tiffany! Visit our website for more deliciously queer ESC coverage: https://escetcblog.com/ The boys at ESC Etc. have been curating two playlists. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist is totally comprised of songs that have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest and tickled our pickles for one reason or another. ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist is songs from anywhere and everywhere else that just so happen to churn our butter that week. We'd love for you to check them out at the links below. Certified bops each and every one. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-esc-playlist/pl.u-kv9lDWlsKmx16) ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5NGLqlsluTMe17ShgNS3cG?si=v5zMC207Qm-dEo35Wfo7Jg) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-etcetera-playlist/pl.u-xlyNYKYFaqj5e) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6InRQyUwscHf4ZYa1u33Ud?si=v6Yad2wyQoqijgjX3BQIwA)

Anthony and Cesco are back, bay-bee! They are gay and seated for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 season! After catching up on their lives and chatting about some of their favorite movies from the first part of the year (Poor Things, yay! Oppenheimer, meh!), the boys start digging into the songs competing in the first half of the first semi final, including Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland, Serbia, and Ukraine. Anthony is typically grumpy about the state of affairs. Can Cesco pull him out of this hole? Ha! I said hole. Then they add songs to their ESC Etc. ESC and ESC Etc. Etc. playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. Let the ESC Etc. podcast about the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest begin! Please be forewarned that a superhero robot was brought in to apply AI for this episode in a failed experiment to enhance the audio. Please forgive any sonic anomalies. We have given Rob the pink slip and he won't return for the next episode. Thanks for your understanding. Our website for more deliciously queer ESC coverage https://escetcblog.com/ The boys at ESC Etc. have been curating two playlists. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist is totally comprised of songs that have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest and tickled our pickles for one reason or another. ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist is songs from anywhere and everywhere else that just so happen to churn our butter that week. We'd love for you to check them out at the links below. Certified bops each and every one. ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-esc-playlist/pl.u-kv9lDWlsKmx16) ESC Etc. - The ESC Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5NGLqlsluTMe17ShgNS3cG?si=v5zMC207Qm-dEo35Wfo7Jg) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/esc-etc-the-etcetera-playlist/pl.u-xlyNYKYFaqj5e) ESC Etc. - The Etcetera Playlist on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6InRQyUwscHf4ZYa1u33Ud?si=v6Yad2wyQoqijgjX3BQIwA)

Your favorite EuroDaddies, Cesco and Anthony, are back to help brighten up that gloomy part of the year between Christmas and the New Year with a new episode! It'll give you something to listen to while you recover from food comas or shop the post-holiday sales. You're welcome, kiddos. They chat about some of their favorite watches over the past few weeks, including Mask (the Cher one), Hannah Waddingham's Christmas special, The Sapphires, the new Godzilla film, and May December before diving into this week's topic, which is the 2023 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. They discuss their relationship with the mini-me of ESC before going through their top 3 faves this year. Before they run off to drop their New Year's balls, they add songs to the ESC Etc. ESC (now including JESC!) and Etc. Playlists. See y'all in 2024! 

As the fog rolls out on Samhain, Anthony and Cesco are back to bring some Eurovision shenanigans to your spoopy season. They catch up on what they've been up to since we last met and extol the cozy virtues of autumnal vibes. They then talk about their hopes for six upcoming national finals, with an emphasis on the Nordic region because, well... duh. Have you met them? What are these countries doing right? What could they improve? What can we all do to make this Eurovision season a better, more loving place? Then they add a few tracks to the ESC Etc. playlists before they fly off into the night on their broomsticks. Happy Halloween, boos and ghouls! 

The boys chat about the massively underrated Drag Race Sverige (aka Sweden), the messy brilliance of Ted Lasso season 3 and the flawlessness of Hannah Waddingham, and how they might just be too old to properly appreciate Heartbreaker.  Then, like the cumsluts for Swedish pop they are, they dive headfirst into the wonderful, wild, wacky world of Melodifestivalen. They take a look at the yearly Swedish music festival that ultimately chooses who will represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest. They delight in everything from the divas on parade to the accents that sound vaguely like Kermit the Frog to the incredible music to the way the Swedish crowd flops their balloons around. That's not a euphemism. Then Cesco chooses five Mello songs he considers to be important. Not the best or his favorites, necessarily, but five songs that have had an impact on the contest. Get your maypoles ready, folks! Midsommer may be over, but things are starting to heat up round these parts. And before we're all overtaken by schlager fever, Cesco and Anthony add songs to the ESC Etc. playlists. Consider this your MelFest 101, ladies, gays, and theys!

Cesco and Anthony visit August: Osage County in late July (where they discuss how the stage version is far better than the movie) and then Barbieland (neither of them has seen the film yet, but hoo boy do they have hella gay opinions about Miss Barbara). They do not, however, make a stopover in Oppenheimer-ville. Life's too short. Then they dive into the first ever cancelled contest from 2020 that was lost to the shmandemic. What was it like not having the Gay Olympics to look forward to that year? Which songs from national finals did they root for before it was all snatched away and which competitors were their favorites? What content did they fill the infinite existential void with? And, most importantly, who would have won if the contest had happened? Using incredibly scientific methodology, they determine who would have been the (unofficial) official winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with help from listeners who sent in their top tens! Their ESC Etc. playlists expand and they say goodbye feeling confident in the fact that they solved one of the greatest Eurovision what-ifs of all time! Huzzah! 

Cesco and Anthony welcome Tom Zohar, noted twitterer and Anthony's hubby, to the pod to discuss the 2020 film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. First they chat about their favorite things of the week including the documentary Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed and The Horror of Delores Roach. Then they dive in, gushing over Iceland, praising all things Rachel McAdams, giving Will Ferrell some severe audio side-eye, and discussing the high highs and low lows of the film that got millions of Eurofans through a bleak year without the Contest. Finally, some real bangers are added to the ESC Etc. ESC & Etcetera playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. Do they play Ja Ja Ding Dong? You'll have to listen and find out!

The boys discuss the deep lesbian love of Hitchcock's Rebecca and the giallo insanity of Wan's Malignant. Then they get controversial by sharing their top 5 should-have-been-Eurovision-winners. Who would they give that crystal microphone to? Why would they snatch it away from the real winners? What do they think gives them the right to play Eurogod?!? Then they add two of their picks to their ESC Etc. ESC playlist and two songs featuring queer icons to their ESC Etc. Etc. playlist as they bid adieu to 2023's exceptionally odd Pride Month.

Cesco and Anthony discuss some recent reality TV favorites. Spoiler alert: Sweden is involved. Then they put on their big boy pants and wade into a fiery pit of hot takes as they count down their top 5 (very subjective) Eurovision winners of all time. Spoiler alert: Sweden is involved. But, knowing them, are you honestly surprised? They then add to their curated ESC Etc. playlists. And with that, off-season is officially underway!

The boys welcome their first guest to the pod! Our fabulous friend Liliana was lucky enough to attend the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool live and in person, so she agreed to join us to chat about it. We spill some tea about what it was like to be there on the ground and kiki about our feelings on the 2023 show. Lastly, we add to our ever expanding, and hella good, ESC. Etc. playlists! 

The boys get ambitious and discuss all 37 songs from Eurovision 2023! From San Marino to Sweden, they discuss each country's entry and how it performed at this year's ESC. Then they add their biggest growers of the season to the ESC Etc ESC playlist and another song to the ESC Etc. Etc. playlist. There will be laughter. There will be tears. Will they survive to see off-season? You'll have to listen to find out!

Cesco and Anthony drop an extra episode this week as a thank you to everyone who has spent part of their Eurovision 2023 with them. They reveal their personal favorite top 10s of the season and express their undying gratitude! Happy Eurovision week!

Anthony and Cesco take a look at the last 6 of the 37 entries in Eurovision 2023. That's the Big 5- France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom- and last year's winner, Ukraine. Plus Anthony took a trip took Vegas and what happened there didn't stay there because he has a big mouth. Then the boys add track to the ESC Etc. playlists. It's Eurovision Week, y'all! Čiūto Tūto!

Anthony and Francesco look at all of the songs in the second half of Eurovision Song Contest 2023's second semi including Poland (bejbeh), Slovenia, Georgia, San Marino, Austria, Albania, Lithuania, and Australia. Anthony also extols the virtues of Schmigadoon... er... Schmicago and the boys add new songs to the ESC Etc. playlists. Čiūto tūto, y'all!

Francesco and Anthony take a look at the 1st half of the second semi of ESC 2023. This includes Denmark, Armenia, Romania, Estonia, Belgium, Cyprus, Iceland, and Greece. Then they throw a few more tracks onto the ESC Etc. playlists. Which are shaping up to be hella good, beeteedubs.

Francesco and Anthony take a look at the second half of the first semi final, including  Azerbaijan, Czechia, Finland, Israel, Moldova, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Sweden, including their personal faves of the season. They also discuss songs that didn't make it out of the national finals and add songs to the ESC Etc. playlists on Spotify and Apple Music.

Anthony and Francesco hit the ground running as they discuss the songs from the first half of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest's first semifinal, along with favorites that didn't advance out of the national finals. They cover Croatia, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, Norway (so much Norway!), Portugal, and Serbia. They also add to the ESC and Etc. playlists.

Anthony and Francesco introduce themselves, dive deep into their love of Eurovision, share three movies to watch to get to know them, and add songs to the ESC and Etc playlists.