The Official Eurovision Song Contest Podcast

The Official Eurovision Song Contest podcast is back and presenter Steve Holden returns with a preview of the new season. The Contest lands in Liverpool in May 2023 and over the next seven months, we'll be hearing from Eurovision acts past and present, the brand new Class of '23 and the people helping to organise the world's biggest live music event.You can find Steve on Twitter (@stevehreports) and Instagram (@Eurovisionholden) if you want to get in touch. Who do you want to hear from - or what do you want to ask us? Let us know. The first full episode of the new season drops very soon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

W're back! Three of this year's Grand Finalists join presenter Steve Holden to discuss their experience at this year's Eurovision Song Contest.Sweden's Cornelia Jakobs reflects on her fourth place position with Hold Me Closer, and being 'in the right place at the right time'.Czech Republic's We Are Domi are back in Prague after opening the show with Lights Off. And Iceland's Systur reveal their love for Sam Ryder and their massive personal link to the Eurovision movie.Plus, Eurovision encyclopedia Sam Ross crunches the numbers on this year's Contest.Find Steve (@steve_holden_ldn) on Instagram. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ukraine has won the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.Kalush Orchestra and their song Stefania came in first place, with the United Kingdom and Spain in 2nd and 3rd places.Steve Holden chats to Ukraine's Head of Delegation, Oksana Skybinska, just a few moments after her country's win.She explains what the victory means to Ukraine, and her hopes for the Contest in 2023.Find Steve (@steve_holden_ldn) on Instagram. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Steve Holden chats to the reigning Eurovision Song Contest champions Måneskin about their amazing year since winning for Italy.Damiano, Victoria, Thomas and Ethan discuss memories of the night they won in Rotterdam, their travels around the world and supporting the Rolling Stones. They're returning to the Eurovision stage to perform their new single Supermodel at the Grand Final. Find Steve (@steve_holden_ldn) on Instagram. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final has arrived and presenter Steve Holden hosts a massive episode of the podcast.He's joined by 2011 champion Eldar Gasimov, 2021 Swiss entry Gjon's Tears, Swedish commentator Edward af Sillén, Ukraine's Head of Delegation Oksana Sybinska and Denmark's 2022 entry REDDI.Choreographer Kyle Hanagami discusses creating Chanel's routine to Slo-Mo and British DJ Zoe London talks about Måneskin's influence with her best friend - BBC Radio 1 host Jack Saunders.Previous Eurovision stars Cesár Sampson (Austria), Hovig (Cyprus), The Roop (Lithuania), SuRie (United Kingdom) and Lake Malawi (Czech Republic) remember the one hour before they went on stage for the final.Steve also catches up with Eurovision Backstage host Samya Hafsaoui and Eurovision's walking encyclopedia Samantha Ross for one final time.Find Steve (@steve_holden_ldn) on Instagram. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We now have all 25 acts confirmed for the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final and host Steve Holden gets some instant reaction from all 10 qualifiers of Semi Final 2.He speaks to Emppu and Aki from Finland's The Rasmus, Sheldon Riley from Australia, Cornelia Jakobs from Sweden, WRS from Romania, Konstrakta from Serbia, Stefan from Estonia, Nadir Rustamli from Azerbaijan, Jérémie Makiese from Belgium, Ochman from Poland and We Are Domi from the Czech Republic. Eurovision YouTuber Alesia Michelle and blogger Madlen Tutelian are back to share their thoughts on the qualifiers and non-qualifiers.And Steve chats to Rosa Linn's manager Tamar Kaprelian, an Armenian-American singer who represented Armenia herself in 2015. Find Steve (@steve_holden_ldn) on Instagram. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Presenter Steve Holden gets exclusive reaction chats with all 10 qualifiers from Semi Final 1. He speaks to Amanda from Greece, Systur from Iceland, Monika Liu from Lithuania, MARO from Portugal, S10 from the Netherlands, Roman from Moldova's Zdob și Zdub, Rosa Linn from Armenia, Marius Bear from Switzerland, plus the delegation heads of Norway and Ukraine.Eurovision YouTuber Alesia Michelle and blogger Madlen Tutelian share their thoughts and the qualifiers and non-qualifiers. Also joining Steve is Portugal's Head of Delegation - Carla Bugalho - who was one of the organisers of the Lisbon Contest in 2018. Find Steve (@steve_holden_ldn) on Instagram. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's been 10 years since Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest with Euphoria.In this special episode of the podcast, the singer chats to host Steve Holden to discuss her memories of that winning night in Baku when she came first for Sweden.She talks about the iconic performance, the legacy of the song and the doors it opened for her.Find Steve (@steve_london_ldn) on Instagram. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Some of the team behind Norway's Subwoolfer join host Steve Holden to talk about the Contest's infamous yellow wolves,San Marino's Achille Lauro chats about his song Stripper and - more importantly - his mechanical bull, Roberta. France's Alvan & Ahez discuss bringing Breton to the Eurovision stage and Rob Lilley catches up with Sheldon Riley from Australia. And Corinne Cumming, one of Eurovision's official photographers, tells us about her amazing job behind the scenes. Find Steve (@steve_holden_ldn) on Instagram. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As we get a first glimpse of the Big 5, host Steve Holden catches up with Spain's Chanel.He also chats to Serbia's Konstrakta, Malta's Emma Muscat and Israel's Michael Ben David.Rob Lilley also hangs out with Georgia's Circus Mircus and Denmark's Reddi as Samya Hafsaoui gives her view from the Eurovision stage.The Contest's walking encyclopedia - Sam Ross - also has more brilliant, geeky trivia.Find Steve Holden (@steve_holden_ldn), Samya Hafsaoui (@samyahafsaoui), Rob Lilley (@rslilley) and Sam Ross (@samross125) on Instagram. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The rehearsals are in full swing and host Rob Lilley catches up WRS from Romania, Jérémie Makiese from Belgium and Cornelia Jakobs from Sweden. LUM!X & Pia Maria, representing Austria, drop in for a chat too. Rob also explores the arena's stage and finds out what puts the green in the green room. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We've arrived in Turin! Joining the podcast after their first rehearsals are Ronela from Albania, Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine, Intelligent Music Project from Bulgaria and Roman from Zdob și Zdub, who are representing Moldova with the Advahov Brothers.And Stefan from Estonia drops in to have a chat too. Find hosts Steve Holden (@steve_holden_ldn) and Samya Hafsaoui (@samyahafsaoui) on Instagram See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The United Kingdom's 2021 act James Newman joins host Steve Holden to discuss his 'nil points' at the Contest in Rotterdam.From the class of 2022, we're also hearing from Malik Harris from Germany, MARO from Portugal and this year's youngest competitors, LPS from Slovenia. Plus, Christoph and Daniela from German podcast ESC Schnack talk about their country's hits and misses, and Samantha Ross from 12 Points From America has loads of Eurovision facts. Find Steve on Instagram (@steve_holden_ldn) and Twitter (@stevehreports). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Steve Holden and Samya Hafsaoui speaks to Eurovision's Head of Contest Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen, the man who helps put together the shows' running order and tells acts what they can and can't do on stage.We're also chatting to Andrea from North Macedonia, Marius Bear from Switzerland and Andromache, who's representing Cyprus.And Natalia Anderson from Tuneful TV talks about how to run a YouTube reaction channel.Find Steve on Instagram. He's @steve_holden_ldn. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Host Steve Holden speaks to Vladana from Montenegro and Rosa Linn from Armenia, as well as Systur from Iceland. Croatian radio presenter Monika Lelas tells us what it's like to announce her country's 12 points on the Grand Final night, and Denis and José from ESC Plus talk about the high hopes for Spain this year.You can find Steve on Instagram and TikTok as @steve_holden_ldn. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A special episode from the Amsterdam pre-party! Hosts Steve Holden and Samya Hafsaoui hang out with S10 from the Netherlands, Brooke from Ireland, The Rasmus from Finland, Citi Zēni from Latvia, Monika Liu from Lithuania, We Are Domi from Czech Republic and Ochman from Poland. Plus, Dutch podcaster GJ Koojiman talks us through the Dutch Eurovision renaissance.Find Steve and Samya on Instagram (@steve_holden_ldn / @samyahafsaoui). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joining host Steve Holden for this first episode are Norway's 2019 participants KEiiNO, the Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest Martin Österdahl and Icelandic podcaster and culture writer Júlía Margrét Einarsdóttir. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the official Eurovision Song Contest podcast. 40 countries will compete in Turin... but who will win? Our official podcast will take you behind the scenes in the run-up to the event in Turin and will offer exclusive backstage access. We'll be hearing from this year's contestants, the people putting on the show and speaking to some Eurovision legends. Join music reporter and presenter Steve Holden as he guides you through this year's Contest. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.