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The podcast that beats into the heart of Eurovision! Kylie and John are two 30-something nerds who have been fans of the Eurovision Song Contest for many years, and discuss the national final season, review each year's contest, look back at past contests and also the odd random game.

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    Eurovision 2024 - Semi 2 Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 11:48


    The morning after Semi 2, we made our immediate reactions to the results.

    Eurovision 2024 - Semi 2 Predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 20:55


    The team attempt to predict the ten qualifiers for Semi-final 2.

    Eurovision 2024 - Semi 1 Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 12:05


    The morning after Semi 1, we made our immediate reactions to the results.

    Eurovision 2024 - Semi 1 Predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 29:22


    The team attempt to predict the ten qualifiers for Semi-final 1.

    Eurovision 2024 Review - Automatic Finalists

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 33:08


    The fifth of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, the team look at the songs that have automatically qualified for the Grand Final, and also reveal their pre-show top 10s. The songs reviewed in this episode: France: Slimane – "Mon amour" Germany: Isaak – "Always On The Run" Italy: Angelina Mango – "La noia" Spain: Nebulossa – "Zorra" United Kingdom: Olly Alexander – "Dizzy" Sweden: Marcus & Martinus – "Unforgettable"

    Eurovision 2024 Review - Semi 2 (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 41:21


    The fourth of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, the team look at the songs in the second half of Semi-final 2. The songs reviewed in this episode: Latvia: Dons – "Hollow" San Marino: Megara – "11:11" Georgia: Nutsa Buzaladze – "Firefighter" Belgium: Mustii – "Before The Party's Over" Estonia: 5Miinust X Puuluup – "(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi" Norway: Gåte – "Ulveham" The Netherlands: Joost Klein – "Europapa"

    Eurovision 2024 Review – Semi 2 (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 39:30


    The third of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, the team look at the songs in the first half of Semi-final 2. The songs reviewed in this episode: Malta: Sarah Bonnici – "Loop" Albania: Besa – "Titan" Greece: Marina Satti – "Zari" Switzerland: Nemo – "The Code" Czechia: Aiko – "Pedestal" Austria: Kaleen – "We Will Rave" Denmark: Saba – "Sand" Armenia: Ladaniva – "Jako"

    Eurovision 2024 Review – Semi 1 (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 37:21


    The second of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, the team look at the songs in the second half of Semi-final 1. The songs reviewed in this episode: Iceland: Hera Björk – "Scared Of Heights" Slovenia: Raiven – "Veronika" Finland: Windows95Man – "No Rules!" Moldova: Natalia Barbu – "In The Middle" Azerbaijan: Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov – "Özünlə apar" Australia: Electric Fields – "One Milkali (One Blood)" Portugal: Iolanda – "Grito" Luxembourg: Tali – "Fighter"

    Eurovision 2024 Review - Semi 1 (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 39:25


    The first of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, the team look at the songs in the first half of Semi-final 1. The songs reviewed in this episode: Cyprus: Silia Kapsis – “Liar” Serbia: Teya Dora – “Ramonda” Lithuania: Silvester Belt – “Luktelk” Ireland: Bambie Thug – “Doomsday Blue” Ukraine: Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil – “Teresa & Maria” Poland: Luna – “The Tower” Croatia: Baby Lasagna – “Rim Tim Tagi Dim”

    Junior Eurovision 2023 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023 43:32


    The team review the 2023 Junior Eurovision Song Contest which will take place in Nice, France.

    Eurovision 2023 Final Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 39:50


    The team mull over the final results a couple of days after the show, and decode some of the crazy semi-final outcomes.

    Eurovision 2023 Final Predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2023 17:19


    The team try to predict who will win the Grand Final of Eurovision 2023, who is likely to be top 10, and who might end up last.

    Eurovision 2023 Semi 2 Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2023 11:16


    The afternoon after Semi 2, we made our immediate reactions to the results.

    Eurovision 2023 Semi 2 Predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 23:31


    The team attempt to predict the ten qualifiers for Semi-final 2.

    Eurovision 2023 Semi 1 Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 15:22


    The afternoon after Semi 1, we made our immediate reactions to the results.

    Eurovision 2023 Semi 1 Predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 30:10


    The team attempt to predict the ten qualifiers for Semi-final 1.

    Eurovision 2023 Review – Automatic Finalists

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2023 40:35


    The fifth and final show reviewing the songs competing in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, the team look at the songs that have automatically qualified for the Grand Final. The songs reviewed in this episode: France: La Zarra – “Évidemment” Germany: Lord Of The Lost – “Blood & Glitter” Italy: Marco Mengoni – “Due vite” Spain: Blanca Paloma – “Eaea” United Kingdom: Mae Muller – “I Wrote A Song” Ukraine: TVORCHI – “Heart Of Steel”

    Eurovision 2023 Review – Semi 2 (part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2023 46:06


    The fourth of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, the team look at the songs in the second half of Semi-final 2. The songs reviewed in this episode: Poland: Blanka – “Solo” Slovenia: Joker Out – “Carpe Diem” Georgia: Iru – “Echo” San Marino: Piqued Jacks – “Like An Animal” Austria: Teya & Salena – “Who The Hell Is Edgar?” Albania: Albina & Familja Kelmendi – “Duje” Lithuania: Monika Linkytė – “Stay” Australia: Voyager – “Promise”

    Eurovision 2023 Review – Semi 2 (part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 36:00


    The third of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, the team look at the songs in the first half of Semi-final 2. The songs reviewed in this episode: Denmark: Reiley – “Breaking My Heart” Armenia: Brunette – “Future Lover” Romania: Theodor Andrei – “D.G.T. (Off And On)” Estonia: Alika – “Bridges” Belgium: Gustaph – “Because Of You” Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou – “Break A Broken Heart” Iceland: Diljá – “Power” Greece: Victor Vernicos – “What They Say”

    Eurovision 2023 Review – Semi 1 (part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2023 52:18


    The second of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, the team look at the songs in the second half of Semi-final 1. The songs reviewed in this episode: Switzerland: Remo Forrer – “Watergun” Israel: Noa Kirel – “Unicorn” Moldova: Pasha Parfeni – “Soarele şi Luna” Sweden: Loreen – “Tattoo” Azerbaijan: TuralTuranX – “Tell Me More” Czechia: Vesna – “My Sister's Crown” Netherlands: Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper – “Burning Daylight” Finland: Käärijä – “Cha Cha Cha”

    Eurovision 2023 Review – Semi 1 (part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2023 57:18


    The first of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, the team look at the songs in the first half of Semi-final 1. The songs reviewed in this episode: Norway: Alessandra - "Queen of Kings" Malta: The Busker - "Dance (Our Own Party)" Serbia: Luke Black - "Samo mi se spava" Latvia: Sudden Lights - "Aijā" Portugal: Mimicat - "Ai Coração" Ireland: Wild Youth - "We Are One" Croatia: Let 3 - "Mama ŠČ!"

    Junior Eurovision 2022 Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 36:39


    The team react to the results of this year's Junior Eurovision and discuss the potential future of the contest.

    Junior Eurovision 2022 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2022 119:51


    The team review the 2022 Junior Eurovision Song Contest which will take place in Yerevan, Armenia.

    10th Anniversary Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 114:05


    This month marks the 10th anniversary of the very first episode of the ESC Pulse podcast. To celebrate, the team take a look back at the first year covered live on the podcast: the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest! We'd like to thank everyone who has either listened or have been a part of this podcast over the past ten years. Here's to ten more!

    Eurovision 2009 Review (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2022 88:50


    Part two of our podcast where the team are joined by Rob Urry-Tuttiett to review the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest which took place in Moscow, Russia.

    Eurovision 2009 Review (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 110:44


    Part one of our podcast where the team are joined by Rob Urry-Tuttiett to review the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest which took place in Moscow, Russia. Non-qualifier discussion starts at 18.09 Grand Final discussion starts at 45.37

    Eurovision 1964 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 117:38


    The team are joined by Ann Squires of ESC Armchair to review the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark.

    2023 UK Host City Discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 45:07


    The UK is hosting Eurovision 2023 on behalf of Ukraine, and the team discuss the seven candidate cities in the running to host.

    Eurovision 2022 - Final Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 112:00


    The team mull over the final results a couple of days after the show, decode some of the crazy semi-final outcomes and touch on some of the voting controversies in the aftermath.

    Eurovision 2022 - Final Predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2022 47:59


    The team try to predict who will win the Grand Final of Eurovision 2022, who is likely to be top 10, and who might end up last.

    Eurovision 2022 - Semi 2 Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 33:03


    The morning after Semi 2 ended, we made our immediate reactions to the results, and go into a discussion about the final running order.

    Eurovision 2022 - Semi 2 Predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 36:19


    The team attempt to predict the ten qualifiers for Semi-final 2.

    Eurovision 2022 - Semi 1 Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 34:48


    Right after Semi 1 ended, we made our immediate reactions to the results.

    Eurovision 2022 - Semi 1 Predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 35:22


    The team attempt to predict the ten qualifiers for Semi-final 1.

    Eurovision 2022 Review – Automatic Finalists

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 77:15


    The last of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we have Ann Squires of ESC Armchair joining us as our fifth special guest judge as we look at the songs that have automatically qualified for the Grand Final. The songs reviewed in this episode: France: Alvan & Ahez - "Fulenn" Germany: Malik Harris - "Rockstars" Spain: Chanel - "SloMo" United Kingdom: Sam Ryder - "Space Man" Italy: Mahmood & Blanco - "Brividi"

    Eurovision 2022 Review – Semi 2 (part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 111:31


    The fourth of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we have Ciaran Urry-Tuttiett of The Eurovision Showcase joining us as our fourth special guest judge as we look at the songs in the second half of Semi-final 2. The songs reviewed in this episode: Ireland: Brooke - "That's Rich" North Macedonia: Andrea - "Circles" Estonia: Stefan - "Hope" Romania: WRS - "Llámame" Poland: Ochman - "River Montenegro: Vladana - "Breathe" Belgium: Jérémie Makiese - "Miss You" Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs - "Hold Me Closer" Czech Republic: We Are Domi - "Lights Off"

    Eurovision 2022 Review – Semi 2 (part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 77:39


    The third of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we have AJ from EuroBuzz joining us as our third special guest judge as we look at the songs in the first half of Semi-final 2. Note - this episode was recorded before the news about Israel's security situation. The songs reviewed in this episode: Finland: The Rasmus - "Jezebel" Israel: Michael Ben David - "I.M" Serbia: Konstrakta - "In corpore sano" Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli - "Fade To Black" Georgia: Circus Mircus - "Lock Me In" Malta: Emma Muscat - "I Am What I Am" San Marino: Achille Lauro - "Stripper" Australia: Sheldon Riley - "Not The Same" Cyprus: Andromache - "Ela"

    Eurovision 2022 Review – Semi 1 (part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022 66:21


    The second of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we have Paul Klur of Bruce Reviews Music joining us as our second special guest judge as we look at the songs in the second half of Semi-final 1. Note - this episode was recorded before Israel Calling. The songs reviewed in this episode: Portugal: Maro - "Saudade, saudade" Croatia: Mia Dimšić - "Guilty Pleasure" Denmark: Reddi - "The Show" Austria: LUM!X & Pia Maria - "Halo" Iceland: Systur - "Með hækkandi sól" Greece: Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord - "Die Together" Norway: Subwoolfer - "Give That Wolf A Banana" Armenia: Rosa Linn - "Snap"

    Eurovision 2022 Review – Semi 1 (part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 77:41


    The first of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we have Arianna aka @Arianna483 joining us as our first special guest judge as we look at the songs in the first half of Semi-final 1. Note - this episode was recorded before the running order announcement and Moldova's revamp. The songs reviewed in this episode: Albania: Ronela Hajati - "Sekret" Bulgaria: Intelligent Music Project - "Intention" Latvia: Citi Zēni - "Eat Your Salad" Lithuania: Monika Liu - "Sentimentai" Moldova: Zdob și Zdub & Frații Advahov - "Trenulețul" Netherlands: S10 - "De diepte" Slovenia: LPS - "Disko" Switzerland: Marius Bear - "Boys Do Cry" Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra - "Stefania"

    National Finals 2022 - Episode 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 75:47


    It's the final episode covering the 2022 national finals and the team reminisce over the highlights of the past few weeks, as well as discussing the songs selected in Germany, Denmark, Romania, France and Serbia. They also preview the last batch of national finals in Iceland, Portugal and Sweden.

    National Finals 2022 - Episode 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022 54:51


    It's been a particularly dark week but the team try their best to keep spirits up by discussing the songs selected in Australia and Finland. They also preview national finals in Germany, Denmark, Serbia, France and Romania, as well as semi-finals in Iceland, Portugal and Sweden.

    National Finals 2022 - Episode 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 88:19


    A more quiet week to look forward to but surely the drama will only get worse. The team discuss the songs selected in Croatia, Malta, Norway, Poland, San Marino and Slovenia. They also preview national finals in Australia and Finland, as well as semi-finals in Iceland and Sweden. The listeners send in some questions on topics such as "what makes a bad Eurovision?".

    National Finals 2022 - Episode 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 61:15


    We're not fans of salad this week. Or bananas. The team discuss the songs selected in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine. They also preview national finals in Croatia, Malta, Norway, Poland, San Marino and Slovenia, as well as the third semi-final in Sweden.

    National Finals 2022 - Episode 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 95:44


    The team discuss the songs selected in Ireland, North Macedonia, Israel and Italy. They also preview national finals in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, as well as semi-finals in Norway and Sweden.

    National Finals 2022 - Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 100:29


    The team kick off the 2022 National Final season and discuss the songs selected so far. They also preview national finals in Ireland, North Macedonia, Israel and Italy, as well as a LOT of semi-finals in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Slovenia, and Sweden.

    Italy Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 136:58


    The team are joined by Emilia Giacometti from Eurosong.hr to discuss Italy's history in Eurovision and we count down who the listeners voted as their favourite Italian entries.

    Junior Eurovision 2021 Reactions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 41:34


    The team discuss the results of this year's Junior Eurovision. Digressions include passport stamps and Top Of The Pops.

    Junior Eurovision 2021 Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 77:14


    The team review the 2021 Junior Eurovision Song Contest which will take place in Paris, France.

    Eurovision 1976 Review (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2021 67:23


    Part two of a two-part review where the team is joined by Ciaran Urry-Tuttiett of The Eurovision Showcase to review the 1976 contest which took place in Den Haag, The Netherlands.

    Eurovision 1976 Review (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 105:09


    Part one of a two-part review where the team is joined by Ciaran Urry-Tuttiett of The Eurovision Showcase to review the 1976 contest which took place in Den Haag, The Netherlands.

    Eurovision 2021 Final Predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2021 27:36


    The team try to predict who will win the Grand Final of Eurovision 2021, who is likely to be top 10, and who might end up last. Taken from our YouTube livestream.

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