Podcasts about Eurovision Song Contest

Swedish band ABBA – made up of Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, and Anni-Frid – conquered the global record charts in the 1970s, and became one of the most successful music groups of all time, conservatively selling more than 150 million albums worldwide. After winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, the quartet would release a string of smash hit songs that made them household names across Europe, the Americas, Australia, and even parts of Asia. The group disbanded in 1982, but found renewed success in the 90s and 2000s thanks to their inclusion in cult-movie soundtracks, the record-breaking compilation album ABBA Gold, and a blockbuster musical adaptation – and eventual Hollywood film – Mammia Mia. Now, more than 50 years after the group's debut, the Great Pop Culture Debate wants to determine the Best ABBA Song of all time. Songs discussed: “Dancing Queen,” “Thank You for the Music,” “Waterloo,” “Voulez-Vous,” “Super Trouper,” “Money, Money, Money,” “Lay All Your Love On Me,” “Mamma Mia,” “Gimme Gimme Gimme,” “Chiquitita,” “The Winner Takes It All,” “Take a Chance On Me,” “S.O.S.,” “The Name of the Game,” “Knowing Me, Knowing You,” and “Fernando.” Join host Eric Rezsnyak and GPCD panelists Curtis Creekmore, Derek Mekita, and Kate Racculia as they discuss 16 of the most beloved songs by ABBA. Play along at home by finding the listener bracket here. Make a copy for yourself, fill it out, and see if your picks match up with ours! For the warm-up to this episode, in which we discuss even more ABBA songs we love that didn't make the bracket, become a Patreon supporter of the podcast today. Looking for more reasons to become a Patreon supporter? Check out our Top 10 Patreon Perks. Want to play along at home? Download the Listener Bracket and see if your picks match up with ours! Sign up for our weekly newsletter! Subscribe to find out what's new in pop culture each week right in your inbox! Vote in more pop culture polls! Check out our Open Polls. Your votes determine our future debates! Then, vote in our Future Topic Polls to have a say in what episodes we tackle next. Episode Credits Host: Eric Rezsnyak Panelists: Curtis Creekmore, Derek Mekita, Kate Racculia Producer: Bob Erlenback Editor: Eric Rezsnyak Theme Music: “Dance to My Tune” by Marc Torch #abba #abbasong #music #70smusic #1970s #disco #eurovision #sweden #popmusic #mammamia #dancingqueen #voulezvous #fernando #thewinnertakesitall #knowingmeknowingyou #supertrouper #thenameofthegame Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Grand Final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured 21 songs with non-English lyrics, the most to appear since the language rule was abolished in 1999. In this episode, we'll explore the history of the language rule and why language diversity has returned to the Contest. Lingua Franca Summary The introduction of the Language Rule at Eurovision (4:17) The End of the Language Rule (17:17) What may be contributing to language diversity at Eurovision? (27:29) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/eurowhat.bsky.social). Join the EuroWhat AV Club! If you would like to help financially support the show, we are hosting the EuroWhat AV Club over on Patreon! We have a slew of bonus episodes with deep dives on Eurovision-adjacent topics. Eurovision Podcast Podcrawl What is the Eurovision Podcrawl? It's where the Eurovision podcast community picks a topic ("a year when a country first hosted Eurovision") and we all publish our episodes in our own styles. At the end of an episode, we'll point to the podcast with the next episode, and so on, through the summer! Here's the crawl: ESC Insight: France 1959 (https://escinsight.com/2025/06/18/eurovision-insight-podcast-the-eurovision-podcrawl-starts-in-cannes-1959/) Wind Machine Podcast: Austria 1967 (https://windmachinepodcast.com/2025/06/30/episode-103-1967-podcrawl-oh-vienna-and-the-barefooted-mistress-of-puppets/) The EuroWhat? Podcast: Yugoslavia 1990 (https://www.eurowhat.com/274) Niall Points: Latvia 2003 (https://niallpoints.com/2025/07/eurovision-podcrawl-riga-2003-dont-cry-gemini-lets-be-gay/) 12 Points from America: Belgium 1987 (https://12pointsfromamerica.com/2025/08/episode-264-eurovision-pod-crawl-a-look-at-eurovision-1987/) That Eurovision Site: Denmark 1964 (week of August 25) Douze Points: Azerbaijan 2012 (week of September 8)

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.         AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Interview with JVF (Jessika, Victorio and Fabrizio Faniello) (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025) Interview with Kristy Spiteri (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025) FanVision Song Contest 2025: Interviews with Baby Danka (OGAE Poland) FanVision Song Contest 2025: Interview with Krista Sujak (OGAE Malta) FanVision Song Contest 2025: Interview with Jonathan (EC Germany)  Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal National Final Update for Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forrotti  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests Kirsty Spiteri (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025) Interview with Kristy Spiteri (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025): On Sat. 08 Feb 2025 Miriana Conte and her song "Kant" (now "Serving") was selected by the jury and Maltese public to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contetest 2025 in Basel in May. Miriana successfully placed Malta in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest ranking 17th at the end of the voting sequence. Earlier on in February 2025, Radio International conducted interviews with all the contestants at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and more. This week, Radio International will broadcast an interview with Kristy Spiteri who took part in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The song she competed with is called "Heaven Sent" which came second in the Grand Final of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 after Miriana Conte's "Serving".        JVF (Jessika, Victorio and Fabrizio Faniello) at the  Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Interview with JVF (Jessika, Victorio and Fabrizio Faniello) (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025): The Trio JVF consits of Jessika Muskat, Victorio Gaucchi and Fabrizio Faniello formed for the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 to compete with the good mood song "Festa (No Time for Siesta"  which reached Number 5 in the Grand Final of the competition. All three singers previously participated in the Malta National Final to Eurovision in their own rights. Jessika represented San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 together with her then singing partner Jennifer Brening performing the song "Who we are". Jessika had previously attempted to represent Malta every year from 2008 to 2017 and in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Precious Time". Fabrizio Faniello represented Malta twice at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001 and 2006 and Victorio previously entered the Malta Eurovision Song Contest back in 2009 with Dorothy on the song called "Promises".  JVF successfully could qualify for the Grand Final of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 out of Semi Final 1 and after the Voting sequence in the the Grand Final JVF's fun act reached Number 5. Radio International's JP had the pleasure to chat with all three artists during the rehearsals of the TV Show which you can hear on the show this week.  You can watch all the interviews Radio International did at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025  by visiting the Radio International YouTube Channel - or check out our complete coverage of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest - click here.     Eurovision Weekend - FanVision Song Contest 2025:  The Eurovision Weekend 2025 took place in Malta from 11 - 13 July 2025 following the victory of Martina Fennech in FanVision 2024 representing Malta. The FanVision Song Contest is part of the Euroision Weekend, where artists representing different Eurovision Fan Clubs, the OGAEs) performing covers of the Eurovision Song Contest. Artists from 11 Eurovision Fan Clubs from across Europe tooks part in the contest: Austria, Denmark, EC and OGAE Germany,  Italy, Malta, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland. Over the next few weeks Radio International will broadcast the interviews with the participating artists and their songs.      Congratulations to David Schuler who represented OGAE Germany winning the FanVision Song Contest 2025 with the song  "Tous l'Univers" which was the Swiss Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry by Gjon's Tears coming third.    Eurovision Weekend 2025 - The FanVision Song Contest Scoreboard 1.    (160)   OGAE Germany - David Schuler - Tous l'Univers (CH 2021) 2.    (157)   OGAE Switzerland - Francisco Ribeiro - Roi (FR 2019) 3.    (128)   OGAE Malta - Krista Sujak - It's my time (UK 2009) 4.    (118)   OGAE Poland - Baby Danka - Rim Tim Tagi Dim (CR 2024) 5.    (118)   OGAE Italy - Jessica Lipari - Tattoo (SWE 2023) 6.    (118)   OGAE Slovakia - Blazey "Bado" Fabian - Miss Kiss Kiss Bang (GE 2009) 7.    (117)   OGAE Slovenia - Zorica Prtovic - 1944 (UKR 2016) 8.    (107)   OGAE Austria - Elisabeth Sutrich - Mon Amour (FR 2024) 9.    (092)   OGAE Norway - Claus Michael Fasting - Amar Pelos Dois (POR 2017) 10.  (083)   EC Germany - Jonathan Perez Esquinas - Sugar (MOL 2021) 11.  (070)   OGAE Denmark - Mikal Johansen - Higher Ground (DEN 2018)        Radio International already broadcast the interview with the winner David for OGAE Germany and this week listen to the interviews with Baby Danka representing OGAE Poland singing "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" (Croatia 2024 performed by Baby Lasagna). Then an interview with Jonathan representing Eurovision Club (EC) Germany performing his cover of "Sugar" original by Nathalia Gordienko (Moldova 2021) and  Krista Sujak represented OGAE Malta performing a cover of "My Time" originally performed by Jade Ewan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 coming 5th.     The Eurovision Spotlight - BACK TO THE 80s - The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with Marcus Keppel-Palmer: Taking a little break from the Eurovision Magical Numbers as the Summer Spotlight, Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer rejoins JP in the studio to take a look back at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 which was staged in Dublin, Ireland with Switzerland winning for a second time with Celine Dion and and the song "Ne partez pas sans moi". Marcus will tell us all about that particular Eurovision Song Contest and also plays some great songs from this contest.  Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar:Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forrotti gives us already some updates of the National Finals regarding the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....   For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

Ein Land, das noch nie beim Eurovision Song Contest teilgenommen hat, aber eine ESC-Geschichte hat: Schottland wird immer wieder als eigenständiges ESC-Land vorgeschlagen. Quasi ein Scoxit von UK beim Eurovision Song Contest. Aber ist das realistisch? Wie reichhaltig ist die Geschichte Schottlands beim ESC? Und warum ist es falsch, "Great Britain 12 Points" zu sagen? Wir und Ewan Spence von ESC Insight versuchen, Antworten zu geben.Die Geschichte Schottlands ist vielfältig und der Verbleib im Vereinigten Königreich nicht unumstritten. Entsprechend farbenfroh ist auch die Geschichte Schottlands beim Eurovision Song Contest.Ewan Spence, der erste Eurovision-Podcaster der Welt, war in der Episode 06.01 bei Merci, Chérie zu Gast. Der erste Schotte auf der ESC-Bühne war Kenneth McKellar beim Song Contest 1966. Den Song Contest 1972 wollte Monaco nicht übertragen, die BBC sprang ein und der  Eurovision Song Contest fand in Edinburgh mit schottischer Beteiligung (allerdings für Monaco) statt. Dazwischen war die kurze "goldene Epoche" Schottlands beim Song Contest: Die Songwriter von "Puppet on A String" und "Congratulations" waren Schotten, die (Co-)Siegerin Lulu ist Schottin. Danach war 15 Jahre Sendepause. Erst mit Rikki 1987 und Scott Fitzgerald 1988 waren wieder Schotten auf der Bühne. Und Scott war der letzte schottische Solist seit dem.Aber dann kam der Song Contest 2020 aus Edinburgh - wenn auch nur fiktiv bei Netflix. Besprochen haben wir den Film in der Episode 02.14 im Corona-Jahr 2020.Mit Ewan Spence spricht Marco nicht nur über den Song Contest, sondern auch über die derzeitige Politik in Schottland und die Auswirkungen des Brexits auf die Musikindustrie und die Wirtschaft UKs.Anschließend plaudern Alkis und Marco über die Spotify-Charts des ESC 2025.In der Kleinen Geschichte am Schluss erzählt Marco von einem ungewöhnlichen Berufswunsch eines ESC-Teilnehmers.  Creators: Marco Schreuder & Alkis Vlassakakis & Sonja RiegelMerci Chérie Online:www.MerciCherie.atFacebook: MerciCheriePodcastInstagram: mercicherie.atTikTok: @merci_cherie_podcastbluesky: @mercicherie.atBitte bewertet uns und schreibt Reviews, wo immer ihr uns hört.

Videos, in denen abgemagerte Geiseln in Gaza zu sehen sind, haben international für Entsetzen gesorgt. Netanjahu hatte das Internationale Komitee vom Roten Kreuz (IKRK) um Hilfe bei der Versorgung der Geiseln gebeten. Die Hamas bekundete, einen Einsatz erlauben zu wollen – unter Bedingungen. Weitere Themen: · Wie geht es jetzt weiter zwischen der Schweiz und den USA? Das ist die grosse Frage nach den Zollankündigungen von Donald Trump. Der Bundesrat will weiter verhandeln und hofft, dass er die 39 Prozent Zölle abwenden kann, bevor sie am Donnerstag in Kraft treten. Es wird bereits darüber diskutiert, in welchen Bereichen die Schweiz den USA noch mehr bieten könnte – zum Beispiel mehr Investitionen in den USA oder tiefere Pharmapreise. · Die Schweiz kann Gross-Anlässe: Das hat sie in den letzten Wochen gezeigt. Zuerst der Eurovision Song Contest in Basel und dann die Fussballeuropameisterschaft der Frauen – beides Anlässe, die für Offenheit, Vielfalt und Akzeptanz von beispielsweise sexuellen Minderheiten stehen. Verändern diese Anlässe auch das Bild der Schweiz im Ausland und kommen jetzt andere Touristinnen und Touristen zu uns? · Lange war es still um den bekannten «Mystery Park» in Interlaken. Nun ist der Park, der zuletzt unter den Namen «Jungfraupark» lief, verkauft worden. Das berichten die Tamedia-Zeitungen. Die neuen Besitzer wollen aus der Anlage einen sogenannten «Zukunftscampus» machen. · Kleine Plüschmonster erobern gerade die Welt: Labubus heissen sie, Gestalten mit spitzen Ohren, grossen Augen und breitem Grinsen. Begonnen hat der Labubu-Hype in China und inzwischen zeigen sich Kinder, junge Erwachsene und Stars überall mit ihren Labubus – auch hier in der Schweiz.

In dieser Folge wird's international und energiegeladen, denn wir haben Marcus & Martinus zu Gast! Die beiden norwegischen Superstars haben Schweden beim Eurovision Song Contest 2024 vertreten, waren auf großer Europatour und haben gemeinsam mit 1000 Tänzer:innen im ZDF Fernsehgarten für ein unvergessliches Spektakel gesorgt.Wir sprechen mit den Zwillingen über ihre musikalische Reise, wie wichtig Tanz und Show für ihre Auftritte sind – und natürlich über ihre Eindrücke vom ESC, der Tour und dem Mega-Flashmob in Deutschland.Und ganz am Ende wird's persönlich: In einem kleinen Spiel testen wir, wer wen besser kennt – Marcus oder Martinus?Themen dieser Episode:

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.             AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Interview with Björn Holmgren (Melodifestivalen 2025, Heat 3 Västeros) Interview with Miguel Bonello (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025) FanVision Song Contest 2025: Interviews with Francisco Ribeiro (OGAE Switzerland) FanVision Song Contest 2025: Interview with Mikal Johansen (OGAE Denmark) FanVision Song Contest 2025: Interview with Claus Michael Fasting (OGAE Norway)  Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision's Magical Numbers (Vol 2) with Alasdair Rendall Eurovision News with Javier Leal courtesy of www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal National Final Update for Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forrotti  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests   Björn Holmgren (Melodifestivalen 2025, Heat 3 in Västeras, Sweden) Interview with Björn Holmgren (Melodifestivalen 2025, Heat 3):  Melodifestivalen 2025: Sweden's national final is called Melodifestivalen and is the biggest one in the world of the Eurovision Song Contest. KAJ won Melodifestivalen 2025 and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel coming 4th. Radio International went to some of the heats of Melodifestivalen and conducted interviews with the artists which all have been broadcast on the show but one. Björn Holmgren did not advance out of Heat 3 with the song "Rädda mig". You can see the Complete Coverage of Melodifestivalen 2025 - Heat 3 by clicking here. This also concludes the series of Melodifestivalen 2025 Interviews on Radio International.  Miguel Bonello (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025) Interview with Miguel Bonello (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025): On Sat. 08 Feb 2025 Miriana Conte and her song "Kant" (now "Serving") was selected by the jury and Maltese public to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contetest 2025 in Basel in May. Miriana successfully placed Malta in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest ranking 17th at the end of the voting sequence. Earlier on in February 2025, Radio International conducted interviews with all the contestants at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and more. This week, Radio International will broadcast an interview with Miguel Bonello who took part in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The song he competed with in Semi Final 2and is called "Breaking the Cycle" which unfortunately did not advance into the Grand Final of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025.  You can watch all the interviews Radio International did at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025  by visiting the Radio International YouTube Channel - or check out our complete coverage of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest - click here.       Eurovision Weekend - FanVision Song Contest 2025:  The Eurovision Weekend 2025 took place in Malta from 11 - 13 July 2025 following the victory of Martina Fennech in FanVision 2024 representing Malta. The FanVision Song Contest is part of the Euroision Weekend, where artists representing different Eurovision Fan Clubs, the OGAEs) performing covers of the Eurovision Song Contest. Artists from 11 Eurovision Fan Clubs from across Europe tooks part in the contest: Austria, Denmark, EC and OGAE Germany,  Italy, Malta, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland. Over the next few weeks Radio International will broadcast the interviews with the participating artists and their songs.    Congratulations to David Schuler who represented OGAE Germany winning the FanVision Song Contest 2025 with the song  "Tous l'Univers" which was the Swiss Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry by Gjon's Tears coming third.   Eurovision Weekend 2025 - The FanVision Song Contest Scoreboard 1.    (160)   OGAE Germany - David Schuler - Tous l'Univers (CH 2021) 2.    (157)   OGAE Switzerland - Francisco Ribeiro - Roi (FR 2019) 3.    (128)   OGAE Malta - Krista Sujak - It's my time (UK 2009) 4.    (118)   OGAE Poland - Baby Danka - Rim Tim Tagi Dim (CR 2024) 5.    (118)   OGAE Italy - Jessica Lipari - Tattoo (SWE 2023) 6.    (118)   OGAE Slovakia - Blazey "Bado" Fabian - Miss Kiss Kiss Bang (GE 2009) 7.    (117)   OGAE Slovenia - Zorica Prtovic - 1944 (UKR 2016) 8.    (107)   OGAE Austria - Elisabeth Sutrich - Mon Amour (FR 2024) 9.    (092)   OGAE Norway - Claus Michael Fasting - Amar Pelos Dois (POR 2017) 10.  (083)   EC Germany - Jonathan Perez Esquinas - Sugar (MOL 2021) 11.  (070)   OGAE Denmark - Mikal Johansen - Higher Ground (DEN 2018)     Radio International already broadcast the interview with the winner David for OGAE Germany and this week listen to the interviews with Francisco representing OGAE Switzerland singing "Roi" (France 2019 performed by Bilal Hassani). Then an interview with Mikal Johansen representing OGAE Denmark performing his cover of "Higher Ground" original by Rasmussen and  Claus Michael Fasting represented OGAE Norway with the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 "Amar pelos dois" originally performed by Salvador Sobral.    The Eurovision Spotlight: The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 - Eurovision's Magic Numbers:   With  the start of the Summer 2025 the Eurovision Spotlight Team Members decided to continue where the left off last year at the end of summer with Eurovision's Magic Numbers. Enjoy this unique way of featuring the songs of the Eurovision Song Contest on the show. The Irish Master of Speech Dermot Manning will be continuing the series this week.  Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar:Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forrotti gives us already some updates of the National Finals regarding the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....     For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

Quite a bit has happened since we last checked in on Eurovision news. Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl will be stepping down, there's a new head of the Reference Group, and we know which cities have made bids to host next year's competition. Good to Go Summary Eurovision Host City: Innsbruck vs Vienna (1:00) Martin Österdahl Steps Down (4:48) Have you joined the Eurowhat AV Club? (10:43) 17 Participants so far for Eurovision 2026 (11:59) Eurovision YouTube: Non, Stop Hits (and Geoblock?) (21:17) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/eurowhat.bsky.social). Join the EuroWhat AV Club! If you would like to help financially support the show, we are hosting the EuroWhat AV Club over on Patreon! We have a slew of bonus episodes with deep dives on Eurovision-adjacent topics. Eurovision Podcast Podcrawl What is the Eurovision Podcrawl? It's where the Eurovision podcast community picks a topic ("a year when a country first hosted Eurovision") and we all publish our episodes in our own styles. At the end of an episode, we'll point to the podcast with the next episode, and so on, through the summer! Here's the crawl: ESC Insight: France 1959 (https://escinsight.com/2025/06/18/eurovision-insight-podcast-the-eurovision-podcrawl-starts-in-cannes-1959/) Wind Machine Podcast: Austria 1967 (https://windmachinepodcast.com/2025/06/30/episode-103-1967-podcrawl-oh-vienna-and-the-barefooted-mistress-of-puppets/) The EuroWhat? Podcast: Yugoslavia 1990 (https://www.eurowhat.com/274) Niall Points: Latvia 2003 (https://niallpoints.com/2025/07/eurovision-podcrawl-riga-2003-dont-cry-gemini-lets-be-gay/) 12 Points from America: Belgium 1987 (week of August 11) That Eurovision Site: Denmark 1964 (week of August 25) Douze Points: Azerbaijan 2012 (week of September 8)

Send us a textFor five decades - Steve Jones has enjoyed a National portfolio in both television and radio. Having Presented the successful "Pyramid Game" on ITV, he has enjoyed a radio career from BBC Radio 1 and 2, Radio Clyde, LBC and Talksport.In this weeks edition of Radio Greats, Steve sits down with Luke to talk about his five decade career on the radio, from a career in music, before landing a job at BBC Radio 1. How he got rejected from Capital, but went onto be a launch presenter for Radio Clyde, and how he worked with the likes of Richard Park and Donald Dewar, moving down to London to join Radio 2 and fronting Early Breakfast and covering the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest, before embarking on a TV career with The Pyramid Game and joining LBC and Talksport.A Big Thanks to Andy Walmsley, Robin Carmody, Fred Bunzl, Radio Rewind and Aircheck Downloads for the use of content.You can watch Steve in preparation for Radio Clyde's launch here https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/T0158/74958728?fbclid=IwY2xjawL0qhNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBPZVVtWFhKY3FSZERERm5yAR4JZM6bSk8BToukcBzz0kwhBuw5puiYmalvNWlQbCC2C-r9JspAd_sb8lc-GQ_aem_DAD-9p_PLl5g0enqn--SnA

Im «Best-of Doppelpunkt» präsentiert Radio 1-Chef Roger Schawinski Auszüge aus Gesprächen mit drei interessanten Persönlichkeiten, welche im ersten Halbjahr 2025 bei ihm zu Gast waren. Dieses Mal mit Alfred Heer, Zürcher SVP-Nationalrat, Edi Estermann, Medienchef vom diesjährigen Eurovision Song Contest in Basel und Frank Urbaniok, Professor für forensische Psychiatrie und Autor vom Buch «Migration und ihre Schattenseiten». Songs: Mezcal - Niña Dioz, Voyage - Zoë Më, Hot 'N Cold - Katy Perry

Der Sieg von JJ beim Eurovision Song Contest 2025 bringt den Musikwettbewerb 2026 in dessen Heimatland Österreich. Dabei war der ESC vor gar nicht allzulanger Zeit schon einmal dort zu Gast. Gerade einmal zehn Jahre ist es her, dass Österreich zuletzt einen ESC in Wien ausgetragen hat. Die Stadt Wien bewirbt sich genauso wie Innsbruck nun darum, auch den ESC 2026 zu sich zu holen. Marcel Stober und Thomas Mohr blicken zurück auf den Contest in der Wiener Stadthalle, auf ihre persönlichen Lieblingstitel und auf die deutsche Kandidatin Ann Sophie. Beide öffnen auch ihre persönlichen Archive, denn sie waren 2015 schon vor Ort. Thomas Mohr berichtete für die ARD-Hörfunkwellen vom ESC 2015, Marcel Stober war damals als freiwilliger Helfer für den Österreichischen Rundfunk ORF in der Stadt. Ganz ohne Blick auf das Aktuelle geht es im Podcast aber natürlich nicht. ESC-Chef Martin Österdahl ist im Juni nach fünf Jahren zurückgetreten. Bei einigen Fans galt Österdahl als umstritten - viele Änderungen am ESC fielen in seine Amtszeit. Kommissarisch wird er nun durch ESC-Direktor Martin Green vertreten. Ein Nachfolger für Österdahl steht noch nicht fest. Folgt uns gerne auf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eurovision_de und besucht uns online auf https://www.eurovision.de. Mehr ESC gibt's auch in der ARD Mediathek: https://1.ard.de/eurovision. Moderation: Marcel Stober & Thomas Mohr Mit einem Beitrag von: Holger Ponik, Ilka Petersen Eine Produktion des NDR.

It's July (or Dzuli), so it's time for a summer playlist courtesy of the Eurovision Song Contest's songbook. The Eurovangelists are joined by world traveler Garrett Palm of Agents of Travel to talk about the breeziest songs in ESC history as picked by your hosts and put together the ideal poolside playlist. Jeremy warns against nachos abroad, Dimitry reveals a secret superstar, Garrett wonders if Swedish anatomy might be a little different, and Oscar bets it all on Baccara. Listen to Garrett's podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/agents-of-travel/id1639815514Watch all our picks on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddeJ6rtS_Vo&list=PLd2EbKTi9fyVubunfE3I7cRhQOv4nEBnEThis week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4p2HFnL4hEdOvWHqVRLYTF The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompée.The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O'Connell.Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Instagram and @eurovangelists.com on Bluesky, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Head to https://maxfunstore.com/collections/eurovangelists for Eurovangelists merch. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!

Anders Göranzon har varit polis i tre decennier och har under sitt yrkesliv sett delar av det svenska samhället som få andra gjort. Han har jobbat med ungdomsrån, med grov organiserad brottslighet och han har nästan blivit skjuten i en konfrontation med en rånare. Efter den stora omorganiseringen av Polisen lämnar Anders Göranzon kåren och börjar jobba med säkerhet i den privata sektorn. Han blir säkerhetsansvarig för Eurovision Song Contest i Malmö 2024 då Israel är i krig med Hamas. En dag hamnar han i möte med en kostymklädd man – chefen för den israeliska säkerhetstjänsten. I boken "Vad hände med Sverige? Om 30 års polisarbete med organiserad brottslighet" sammanfattar han sitt yrkesliv. Programledare: Kim Malmgren Gäst: Anders Göranzon Producent: Arvid Hallberg Ansvarig utgivare: Karin Olsson

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.           AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Interview with Senhit (San Marino 2011 and 2021) done at Eurovision 2025 in Basel Interview with Marie Claire (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025) FanVision Song Contest 2025: Interview with Contest Winner David Schuler  representing OGAE Germany with "Tout l'Univers" (Switzerland 2021) Interview with Loredana Pace (Eurovision 2025 - Malta's biggest Eurovision Fan)  Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision's Magical Numbers (Vol 2) with Dermot Manning Eurovision News with Javier Leal in for Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal National Final Update for Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forrotti  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests Senhit (San Marino 2011 and 2021) at the Eurovision 2025 Media Centre   Interview with Senhit (San Marino 2011 and 2021):  At the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel Radio International's JP bumped into Senhit while taking the tram in Basel but also had the pleasure to meet Senhit in the Media Centre of the Eurovision Song Contest and conducted a little update interview why she was in town at Eurovision. Senhit represented San Marino twice at the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2011 it was with "Stand By" which failed to qualify San Marino for the Grand Final of Eurovision 2011 reaching number 16 in Semi Final 1. Her second attempt was "Adrenalina" with which Senhit qualified San Marino for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contes 2021 coming 22nd in Rotterdam. Listen to this interview on the show this week.     Marie Claire (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025) Interview with Marie Claire (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025): On Sat. 08 Feb 2025 Miriana Conte and her song "Kant" (now "Serving") was selected by the jury and Maltese public to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contetest 2025 in Basel in May. Miriana successfully placed Malta in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest ranking 17th at the end of the voting sequence. Earlier on in February 2025, Radio International conducted interviews with all the contestants at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and more. This week, Radio International will broadcast an interview with Marie Claire who took part for the first time in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest. The song she competed with in Semi Final 1 is called "Wildflower" which unfortunately did not advance into the Grand Final of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025.  You can watch all the interviews Radio International did at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025  by visiting the Radio International YouTube Channel - or check out our complete coverage of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest - click here.       Eurovision Weekend - FanVision Song Contest 2025:  The Eurovision Weekend 2025 took place in Malta from 11 - 13 July 2025 following the victory of Martina Fennech in FanVision 2024 representing Malta. The FanVision Song Contest is part of the Euroision Weekend, where artists representing different Eurovision Fan Clubs, the OGAEs) performing covers of the Eurovision Song Contest. Artists from 11 Eurovision Fan Clubs from across Europe tooks part in the contest: Austria, Denmark, EC and OGAE Germany,  Italy, Malta, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland. Over the next few weeks Radio International will broadcast the interviews with the participating artists and their songs.    FanVision 2025 Song Contest Winner:  David Schuler (OGAE Germany)     Congratulations to David Schuler who represented OGAE Germany winning the FanVision Song Contest 2025 with the song  "Tous l'Univers" which was the Swiss Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry by Gjon's Tears coming third. Listen to the interview we did with the singer before the show but also then the reaction interview after the victory. The results of the contest will appear on the show next week.       Loredana Pace - Malta's Biggest Eurovision Fan (OGAE Malta) Interview with Loredana Pace - Malta's Biggest Eurovision Fan:  If you watched the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Grand Final you saw a young lady being interviewed  by the hosts during the show as well a video footage was played all across Europe showing Malta's biggest Eurovision fans at their home. Radio International's JP went to Malta for the Eurovision Weekend 2025 and met also Loredana for an interview which you can hear on the show this week. Enjoy the bubbly, lively happy nature of Loredana.      The Eurovision Spotlight: The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 - Eurovision's Magic Numbers:   With  the start of the Summer 2025 the Eurovision Spotlight Team Members decided to continue where the left off last year at the end of summer with Eurovision's Magic Numbers. Enjoy this unique way of featuring the songs of the Eurovision Song Contest on the show. The Irish Master of Speech Dermot Manning will be continuing the series this week.  Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar:Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forrotti gives us already some updates of the National Finals regarding the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....   For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here 

Der Laber-Podcast zum Eurovision Song Contest

Während dem Eurovision Song Contest fuhr ein Karaoke-Tram durch Basel. Nun teilt die BVB mit, dass dieses bis Ende Jahr auf den Basler Schienen bleiben soll.

Marc Dietrich war mit dem enorm erfolgreichen Schweizer Trio Peter, Sue & Marc zwischen 1971 und 1981 viermal beim Song Contest und erreichte zwei Mal den vierten Platz. Das Leben von Marc Dietrich war sehr abenteuerlich. Nach seiner Musikkarriere begann der begeisterte Berner einen Weinhandel, geriet in Burnout, half der Stadt Bern bei der Straßenreinigung und trat im Theater auf. Wir trafen Marc Dietrich in München bei der Gala der OGAE Germany. Bereits 1971 traten Peter, Sue und Marc das erste Mal beim Eurovision Song Contest mit "Les illusions de nos vingt ans" an, 1976 dann mit "Djambo Djambo". 1979 taten sich Peter, Sue & Marc mit den Musik-Performern Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri zusammen und sangen "Trödler und Co" und hatten interessante Begegnungen mit dem israelischem Zoll wegen ihrer ungewöhnlichen Instrumente. 1981 dann der Abschied der Gruppe mit "Io senza te".Nach der Trennung der Gruppe machte Peter Reber fast endlose Reisen und später mit Musik weiter. Sue Schell hat sich nach ihrer Sookarriere mit Esoterik beschäftigt und Marc Dietrich machte einen Weinhandel auf, bis es nicht mehr ging. Im Interview mit Marco erzählt Marc von seinem abenteuerlichen Leben nach der Trennung von Peter, Sue & Marc.Die traditionellen Fragen am Schluss beantwortet Marc Dietrich natürlich auch. Vom Song Contest 2024 hört er noch Nemo mit "The Code" immer noch gern. Und sein Eurovision-Lieblingssong aller Zeiten ist... er kann sich nicht entscheiden. Aber dann doch: "Eres Tu" von Mocedades aus dem Jahr 1973.Anschließend sprechen Sonja und Marco noch über den Rücktritt des Executive Supervisors des Eurovision Song Contests, Martin Österdahl.In der Kleinen Geschichte am Schluss erzählt Alkis von einem politischen Beitrag, der sich mit dem Zypernkonflikt beschäftigt.  Creators: Marco Schreuder & Alkis Vlassakakis & Sonja RiegelMerci Chérie Online:www.MerciCherie.atFacebook: MerciCheriePodcastInstagram: mercicherie.atTikTok: @merci_cherie_podcastbluesky: @mercicherie.atBitte bewertet uns und schreibt Reviews, wo immer ihr uns hört.

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.           AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Interview with Susanne Georgi (Andorra 2009) and Francesca Aean (Stars Academy, Andorra) Interview with Stefan Galea (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025) Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision's Magical Numbers (Vol 2) with Ross Bennett Eurovision News with Javier Leal courtesy www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal National Final Update for Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forrotti  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests Susanne Georgi (right) (Andorra 2009) and Francesca Aean  (Stars Academy, Andorra)   Interview with Susanne Georgi (Andorra 2009) and Francesca Aaen:  Since Luxembourg's return to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2024 Luxembourg's broadcaster engaged Susanne Georgi and Francesca Aean to voval coach the singers that are competing in the National Final of Luxembourg called The Luxembourg Eurovision Song Contest. Susanne Georgi owns Stars Academy in Andorra and prepares many young artists for music events such as the Eurovision Song Contest. Together with her sister Susanne had a major European Pop Hit in 1995 as Me & My called "Dub-I-Du". In 2007 they participated in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (Danish National Final to Eurovision) reaching Number 6 with the song "Two Are Stronger than One". Susanne moved to Andorra and got married there and in 2009 she represented Andorra at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "La teva decisió (Get a Life)", sadly failing to qualify for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest and marking Andorra's last ever entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. Susanne founded Stars Academy in Andorra and together with her working partner Francesca Aean have been coaching many singers including the young artists that competed in the national final in Luxembourg in 2024 and 2025. At the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel JP had the pleasure to meet Susanne and Francesca and conducted an interview aimed at her part in the Luxembourg Delegation. Listen to this interview on the show this week.   Stefan Galea (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025)   Interview with Stefan Galea (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025): On Sat. 08 Feb 2025 Miriana Conte and her song "Kant" (now "Serving") was selected by the jury and Maltese public to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contetest 2025 in Basel in May. Miriana successfully placed Malta in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest ranking 17th at the end of the voting sequence. Earlier on in February 2025, Radio International conducted interviews with all the contestants at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and more. This week, Radio International will broadcast an interview with no stranger to the listener of Radio International - Stefan Galea who successfully qualified for the Grand Final of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 out of Semi Final 2 and then placed 15th with the song "Lablab (Talk Talk)". Stefan previously participated in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest in 2016, 2023 and 2024 as well as competing in the Maltese National Final of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009. That was when Radio International's JP first interviewed the young singer :). You can watch all the interviews Radio International did at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025  by visiting the Radio International YouTube Channel - or check out our complete coverage of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest - click here. Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forrotti gives us already some updates of the National Finals regarding the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....   For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

1990 was the European Year of Tourism. The map of Europe was also changing, as the fall of the Berlin Wall and the movement toward what would become the European Union started to redefine the concept of borders. We'll be taking a look at how the 1990 Contest in Yugoslavia reflected this new era in Europe, as well as how the 2025 Contest mirrors those reflections 35 years later. Yugoslavia 1990 Summary #EurovisionAgain, again (1:55) A Brief History of Mascots and Postcards (4:14) The European Year of Tourism (10:20) How Yugoslavia Handled Tourism (15:21) Yugoslavia at Eurovision (18:53) The Year between Lausanne and Zagreb (22:47) The 1990 Eurovision Song Contest (28:12) After the Year(s) of Tourism (43:43) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/eurowhat.bsky.social). Join the EuroWhat AV Club! If you would like to help financially support the show, we are hosting the EuroWhat AV Club over on Patreon! We have a slew of bonus episodes with deep dives on Eurovision-adjacent topics. Eurovision Podcast Podcrawl What is the Eurovision Podcrawl? It's where the Eurovision podcast community picks a topic ("a year when a country first hosted Eurovision") and we all publish our episodes in our own styles. At the end of an episode, we'll point to the podcast with the next episode, and so on, through the summer! Here's the crawl: ESC Insight: France 1959 (https://escinsight.com/2025/06/18/eurovision-insight-podcast-the-eurovision-podcrawl-starts-in-cannes-1959/) Wind Machine Podcast: Austria 1967 (https://windmachinepodcast.com/2025/06/30/episode-103-1967-podcrawl-oh-vienna-and-the-barefooted-mistress-of-puppets/) The EuroWhat? Podcast: Yugoslavia 1990 (hey, that's this one!) Niall Points: Latvia 2003 (week of July 28) 12 Points from America: Belgium 1987 (week of August 11) That Eurovision Site: Denmark 1964 (week of August 25) Douze Points: Azerbaijan 2012 (week of September 8)

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.         AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Interview with Gunvor (Switzerland 1998) done at the OGAE Germany Convention 2025 Interview with Destiny (Junior Eurovision Winner 2015, Malta and Eurovision 2021, Malta) (done at Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025)  Interview with Matthew Cilia (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025) Interview with Jerry Heil (Ukraine 2024) done at MelFstWknd 2025 Eurovision Spotlight:The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer Eurovision News with Javier Leal courtesy www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal National Final Update for Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forrotti  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests Gunvor (Switzerland 1998) at OGAE Germany Convention 2025 Interview with Gunvor (Switzerland 1998): In January 2025, OGAE Germany had their annual convention in Munich, Germany and four Eurovision acts were invited to perform a mini concert to the many fans that had arrived from across Germany and abroad. On the guest list was Bojana Stamenov (Serbia 2015), Marc Roberts (Ireland 1997),  Renanta Domkovska (Poland 1998), Marc Dietrich was Peter, Sue and Marc (Switzerland 1971, 1976, 1979 and 1981) as surprise guest and Gunvor (Switzerland 1998). The Interview Team of Radio International had the pleasure to conduct interviews with all the artists which you will hear on the shows throughout the summer of 2025. This week we start broadcasting the interview with Gunvor who in 1998 represented Switzerland with the song "Lass ihn" which ranked 25th at the end of the Voting Sequence in the Final. Listen to the interview on the show this week.  Jerry Heil (left) and Alyona Alyona (Ukraine 2025) Interview with Jerry Heil (Ukraine 2024):   During the Melodifestivalen 2025 Grand Final Week the OGAE of Sweden organised the fantastic MelFestWknd 2025 in Nalen of Stockholm where national and international media could meet the attending artists. On the guest lists among other were also Jerry Heil who represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 together with Alyona Alyona with the song "Teresa and Maria" coming 3rd in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.  Marc and JP from Radio International ad the pleasure to obtain an UpDate Interview with Jerry Heil you can hear on Radio International this week.  Destiny (Malta 2021 and Junior ESC Winner 2015, Malta)   Interview with Destiny (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025): During the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 earlier on in February 2025 JP bumped into Destiny who represented Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands with the song "Je me casse" which came 7th in the Grand Final. In 2020, Destiny was selected by X-Factor Malta to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "All of My Love". The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was cancelled due to the Corona Pandemic and Destiny got the chance to represent Malta at Eurovision 2021. Already previously she won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "No, not my Soul". At the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Destiny coached some of the participating artists and JP took the chance of an interview which you can hear on Radio International this week.    Matthew Cilia (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025)     Interview with Matthew Cilia: On Sat. 08 Feb 2025 Miriana Conte and her song "Kant" (now "Serving") was selected by the jury and Maltese public to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contetest 2025 in Basel in May. Miriana successfully placed Malta in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest ranking 17th at the end of the voting sequence. Earlier on in February 2025, Radio International conducted interviews with all the contestants at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and more. This week, Radio International will broadcast an interview with Matthew Cilia who participated in Semi Final 1 of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 but unfortunately did not qualify for the Grand Final. His song in the competition is called "Control".  The Radio International Interview Team interviewed Matthew during the rehearsals which you can hear on the show this week.  You can watch all the interviews Radio International did at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025  by visiting the Radio International YouTube Channel - or check out our complete coverage of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest - click here.   The Eurovision Spotlight - The Eurovision Song Contest 1982: Taking a little break from the Eurovision Magical Numbers as the Summer Spotlight, Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer rejoins JP in the studio to take a look back at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 which was staged in Harrogate, United Kindom with Germany winning for the very first time with Nicole and the song "Ein bisschen Frieden". Marcus will tell us all about that particular Eurovision Song Contest and also plays some great songs from this contest.    Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Javier stands in for Nick and will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forrotti gives us already some updates of the National Finals regarding the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....   For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.             AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Interview with Marc of Peter, Sue and Marc (Switzerland 1971, 1976, 1979 and 1981) done at the OGAE Germany Convention 2025 Interview with Dario Bezzina feat Zeppi l-Muni (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025) Interview with KEiiNO (Norway 2019) done at MancHagen 2025 Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision's Magic Numbers (Vol 2) with Chris Poppe Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal National Final Update for Junior and Eurovision Song Contest with Alain Forrotti  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests   Peter, Sue and Marc (Switzerland 1971, 1976, 1979 and 1981) Marc Dietrich with JP and Marc (Jan 2025) Interview with Marc of Peter, Sue and Marc (Switzerland 1981): In January 2025, OGAE Germany had their annual conventon and one of the surprise guests was Marc Dietrich being one thrid of the Swiss group Peter, Sue and Marc who represented Switzerland four times at the Eurovision Song Contest. Their first participation was in 1971 with the song "Les illusion de nos vingt ans" placing Switzerland at Number 12. Then they returned five years later to the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 performing the song "Djambo, Djambo" bettering their results by reaching Number 4. Three years later, in 1979 they tried it again with the help Pfuri, Gorps and Kniri in "Troedler und Co" coming 10th and their final participation was in 1981 with their best results of their four participations reaching Number 4 with "Io senza te".  Radio International's Marc and JP had the pleasure of an interview with Marc Dietrich about their particpations in Eurovision and their career. This interview will be broadcast on the show this week. You will certainly enjoy it.    KEiiNO (Norway 2019) at MancHagen 2025 Interview with KEiiNO (Norway 2019):  Our final interview Radio International has left to broadcast from the recent edition of MancHagen Eurovision 2025 PreParty is an interview that Radio International's  Salman did with KEiiNO to catch up with the sympathetic group from Norway that became the fans' favourite in 2019 when they reached 6th place with "Spirit in the sky" in Tel Aviv, Israel. Since then, KEiiNO have gone from strength to strength and toured the Eurovision World extensively as well as releasing new material and also competing again in the Norsk Meldodi Grand Prix which is Norway's national final to the Eurovision Song Contest. Salman caught up with the trio and sent in an interview which Radio International is sharing with the fans this week.    Dario Bezzina feat Zeppi l-Muni (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025)     Interview with Dario Bezzina feat Zeppi l-Muni (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025): On Sat. 08 Feb 2025 Miriana Conte and her song "Kant" (now "Serving") was selected by the jury and Maltese public to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contetest 2025 in Basel in May. Miriana successfully placed Malta in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest ranking 17th at the end of the voting sequence. Earlier on in February 2025, Radio International conducted interviews with all the contestants at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and more. This week, Radio International will broadcast an interview with Dario Bezzina feat Zeppi l-Muni who successfully qualified for the Grand Final of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 out of Semi Final 2 and then placed 9th with the song "Għażliet" You can watch all the interviews Radio International did at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025  by visiting the Radio International YouTube Channel - or check out our complete coverage of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest - click here.   The Eurovision Spotlight: The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 - Eurovision's Magic Numbers:  With the summer solstice marking the start of the Summer 2025 the Eurovision Spotlight Team Members decided to continue where we left off last year at the end of summer with Eurovision's Magic Numbers. Enjoy this unique way of featuring the songs of the Eurovision Song Contest on the show. Chris Poppe will be continuing the series this week.  Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forrotti gives us already some updates of the National Finals regarding the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and and....   For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

Eurovision has a unique ecosystem where the EBU and various blogs, podcasts, video channel, and other fans have a work relationship in covering the Contest. But is that relationship working? We discuss the current state of fan media with dudepoints, Niall from niallpoints, and Derek from 12 Points (all with good points). Fan Media Summary How was your venue covering Eurovision 2025? (4:23) What is the distinction between fan media and "real" media? (11:27) The EBU / Fan Media Ecosystem (17:18) How does fan media view fan media? (23:44) What are you looking forward to in 2026? (46:54) The Eurovision Pod Crawl and other plugs (52:45) _Cover photo by Fernando Lavin on Unsplash _ Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/eurowhat.bsky.social). Join the EuroWhat AV Club! If you would like to help financially support the show, we are hosting the EuroWhat AV Club over on Patreon! We have a slew of bonus episodes with deep dives on Eurovision-adjacent topics. Eurovision Podcast Podcrawl What is the Eurovision Podcrawl? It's where the Eurovision podcast community picks a topic ("a year when a country first hosted Eurovision") and we all publish our episodes in our own styles. At the end of an episode, we'll point to the podcast with the next episode, and so on, through the summer! Here's the crawl: ESC Insight: France 1959 (https://escinsight.com/2025/06/18/eurovision-insight-podcast-the-eurovision-podcrawl-starts-in-cannes-1959/) Wind Machine Podcast: Austria 1967 (https://windmachinepodcast.com/2025/06/30/episode-103-1967-podcrawl-oh-vienna-and-the-barefooted-mistress-of-puppets/) The EuroWhat? Podcast: Yugoslavia 1990 (week of July 14) Niall Points: Latvia 2003 (week of July 28) 12 Points from America: Belgium 1987 (week of August 11) That Eurovision Site: Denmark 1964 (week of August 25) Douze Points: Azerbaijan 2012 (week of September 8) Special Guests: 12 Points from America, Dude Points, and Niall Fulton.

With one week to go until the 2025 Women's Euros get underway in Switzerland, Ellen White and Ben Haines have teamed up with host of the Radio 2 breakfast show, and star of the Lionesses squad announcement video, Scott Mills!Scott tells us about his experience visiting the Lionesses at St. George's Park plus gives Ben some advice about travelling around Switzerland after his time in Basel at the Eurovision Song Contest. Plus there's a special feature as Lionesses, Keira Walsh and Niamh Charles face off in a game of Dad Jokes, but who will crack first? With Ellen acting as the referee, this game is no laughing matter…01:00 - Scott Mills makes his Football Daily debut! 03:50 - Scott's top tips for Switzerland. 08:20 - Scott and Ellen chat to Keira Walsh and Niamh Charles at St. George's Park. 13:00 - Keira and Niamh face off in a special edition of Dad Jokes.

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.         AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Interview with the Alchemist (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025) Interview with Picked Jacks (San Marino 2023) done at MancHagen 2025 Interview with Margret Berger (Norway 2013) done at the London Eurovision Party 2025 Interview with Maria Sur (Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2023 and 2024) done at the London Eurovision Party 2025  Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision's Magic Numbers (Vol 2) with Dermot Manning - Number 5 Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests Picked Jacks (San Marino 2023) at MancHagen 2025   Interview with the Picked Jacks (San Marino 2023):  At the recent edition of MancHagen 2025 in view of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 the organisers also invited acts that already were on the satge of the Eurovision Song Contest previously such as Picked Jacks who represented San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool with the song "Like an animal" which unfortunately did not qualify for the Grand Final and remained in Semi Final 2 at Number 16. Radio International's Salman met and interviewed the group at MancHagen 2025. You can hear this interview on the show this week.    Margret Berger (Norway 2013) with Salman  at the London Eurovision Party 2025 Interview with Margret Berger (Norway 2013): It was in 2013 when Margret Berger represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "I feed you my love" coming 4th in Malmö, Sweden. That particular song contest was won by Emmelie de Forest from neighbouring Denmark with the song "Only Teardrops". In the run up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Margret was invited to the London Eurovision Party 2025 where the rowing reporter of Radio International Salman had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Margret Berger which you can hear on the show this week. Maria Sur (Melodifestivalen 2023 and 2024)   Interview with Maria Sur (Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2023 and 2024): In 2023 a newcomer to Melodifestivalen in Sweden came from Ukraine and started her career in Sweden. Already her first Melodifestvalen entry was a success. Maria Sur qualified from the Heat into the Grand Final where she finished 9th with the song "Never give up".  In 2024, Maria Sur returned to Sweden's biggest music competition to select the entry to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. The song in the running was "When you're gone" coming 7th in the Grand Final of Melodifestivalen 2024, coming second in her Heat.  Maria Sur was invited to perform a the London Eurovision Party 2025 where the Radio International rowing reporter Salman had the pleasure to interview Maria once again and you can hear it on the show this week.    The Alchemist at Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025   Interview with The Alchemist (Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025): On Sat. 08 Feb 2025 Miriana Conte and her song "Kant" (now "Serving") was selected by the jury and Maltese public to represent Malta at the Eurovision Song Contetest 2025 in Basel in May. Miriana successfully placed Malta in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest ranking 17th at the end of the voting sequence. Earlier on in February 2025, Radio International conducted interviews with all the contestants at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and more. This week, Radio International will broadcast an interview with a new act to the competition. It is the Maltese group The Alchemist who successfully qualified for the Grand Final of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025 out of Semi Final 2 and then placed 9th with the song "Rubble and Stone" You can watch all the interviews Radio International did at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2025  by visiting the Radio International YouTube Channel - or check out our complete coverage of the Malta Eurovision Song Contest - click here.     The Eurovision Spotlight: The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 - Eurovision's Magic Numbers:  With the summer solstice marking the start of the Summer 2025 the Eurovision Spotlight Team Members decided to continue where we left off last year at the end of summer with Eurovision's Magic Numbers. Enjoy this unique way of featuring the songs of the Eurovision Song Contest on the show. Radio International's Irish Voice - Dermot Manning will be starting the new series this week.  Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and Alain Forrotti gives us already some updates of the National Finals regarding the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and more ....   For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

We are opening the Patreon vault to share our discussion of Amazon's 2024 documentary I Am: Celine Dion, which chronicles the singer's rise to fame, her prolific career, and her struggles with Stiff Person Syndrome. Here's Amazon's description of the film: Directed by Academy Award nominee Irene Taylor, I Am: Celine Dion gives us a raw and honest behind-the-scenes look at the iconic superstar's struggle with a life-altering illness. Serving as a love letter to her fans, this inspirational documentary highlights the music that has guided her life while also showcasing the resilience of the human spirit._ If you were wondering why Celine was not able to make an in-person appearance in Basel, this documentary does a fantastic job of explaining why that was the case. I Am: Celine Dion Summary What is I Am: Celine Dion about? (2:29) Who is this movie for? (9:38) Would you recommend this movie? (16:58) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/eurowhat.bsky.social). Join the EuroWhat AV Club! If you would like to help financially support the show, we are hosting the EuroWhat AV Club over on Patreon! We have a slew of bonus episodes with deep dives on Eurovision-adjacent topics.

In der neuen Ausgabe der Speakeasy-Bar beantworten wir wieder Fragen aus dem Publikum. Politisches, Ökonomisches und Kulturelles wechseln sich dabei ab: Wir setzen uns mit dem Solidarismus von Rudolf Diesel auseinander, der typisch ist für die Soziologie eines Ingenieurs. Diesel entwickelte nicht nur den berühmten Motor, sondern auch eine Gesellschaftstheorie, die alle Widersprüche des Kapitalismus auflösen wollte. Wir sprechen auch über Engels' These vom „absterbenden Staat“ und fragen uns, ob man im Sozialismus noch länger repressive Staatsorgane benötigt. Außerdem geht es um die Besteuerung und die Prüfung von Vermögen: Ist eine Vermögenssteuer überhaupt möglich?Wir geben Literaturempfehlungen, diskutieren über Kitsch und Camp beim Eurovision Songcontest und sprechen über unsere Reisegewohnheiten. Zunächst aber geht es um Oles Auftritt in der Phoenix-Runde und um den vielleicht beigelegten Zollstreit zwischen den USA und China. Unsere Zusatzinhalte könnt ihr bei Apple Podcasts, Steady und Patreon hören. Vielen Dank! Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/wohlstand-f%C3%BCr-alle/id1476402723 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/oleundwolfgang Steady: https://steadyhq.com/de/oleundwolfgang/about Unser Kinderbuch namens "Die kleinen Holzdiebe" ist nun erschienen! Alle Informationen findet ihr unter: https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/die-kleinen-holzdiebe-und-das-raetsel-des-juggernaut-t-9783458644774 Ihr könnt uns unterstützen - herzlichen Dank! Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/oleundwolfgang Konto: Wolfgang M. Schmitt, Ole Nymoen Betreff: Wohlstand fuer Alle IBAN: DE67 5745 0120 0130 7996 12 BIC: MALADE51NWD Social Media: Instagram: Unser gemeinsamer Kanal: https://www.instagram.com/oleundwolfgang/ Ole: https://www.instagram.com/ole.nymoen/ Wolfgang: https://www.instagram.com/wolfgangmschmitt/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@oleundwolfgang Twitter: Unser gemeinsamer Kanal: https://twitter.com/OleUndWolfgang Ole: twitter.com/nymoen_ole Wolfgang: twitter.com/SchmittJunior Die gesamte WfA-Literaturliste: https://wohlstand-fuer-alle.netlify.app

‘Dog Day Afternoon’ to Hit Broadway This Spring, Debbie Allen Directing ‘Polly’ Musical Adaptation, Will Farrell Adapting Musical Film ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ Since 2016, “Today on Broadway” has been the first and only daily podcast recapping the top theatre headlines every Monday through Friday. Any and all feedback is appreciated:Grace read more The post Today on Broadway: Thursday, June 5, 2025 appeared first on BroadwayRadio.

We're still recovering from the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, but we made a lot of great memories in Basel! So many that we thought the city itself deserved its own episode, so here it is: all of the great places and people we saw or met in the nexus of France, Germany and Switzerland. Jeremy can't get enough breakfast panna cotta, Dimitry is healed by soup & risotto, and Oscar's eyes are one of a kind.Vote in the listener playlist survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1jGtsw5UUO4anpSDesyZeMUiLoe6zlMNQZUm4ibQ3mJMQBQ/viewformThis week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QYk7cZ6P4g8hbHiORiUXr?si=b4b659d7916d4b99 The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompée.The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O'Connell.Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Instagram and @eurovangelists.com on Bluesky, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Head to https://maxfunstore.com/collections/eurovangelists for Eurovangelists merch. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!

Get out your finest sequined outfit and start practicing your choreography, because Frizz and Bob jump into our favorite songs from the 2025 Eurovision Song Competition. Bob poured Ardbeg's Ardcore and Frizz poured Tullibardine's Sauternes Finished Highland Single Malt for this dance-off. Come along as we talk about the history of the competition, talk about some pivotal moments, and then dive into the weirdest, whackiest, wildest, and bestest entries from this year's version. 

We ease into the off-season by getting caught up on the news in the immediate aftermath of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. We also dig into the jury and televote results and try to read the tea leaves for what might happen in Austria 2026. Integrity Summary Is Everyone Still Mad at the EBU Season 2 Renewal (0:55) Eurovision 2025 Ratings (10:26) Patreon: Doctor Who and Gambamark (13:21) Eurovision 2025 Results Data Dive (15:00) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/eurowhat.bsky.social). Join the EuroWhat AV Club! If you would like to help financially support the show, we are hosting the EuroWhat AV Club over on Patreon! We have a slew of bonus episodes with deep dives on Eurovision-adjacent topics.

Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron talk about (1) Prime Minister Netanyahu's decision to reinstate the transfer of humanitarian aid to Gaza: why did this happen now and why the hell did it not happen before; and (2) What we learn (if anything) from the fact that Israel won the popular vote in this week's Eurovision Song Contest, and what we learn (if anything) from the fact that Israel came in 15th (!) in the contest's professional “jury” vote, and what we learn (if anything) from juxtaposing the two votes. All this and the sixtieth anniversary of the execution-by-hanging of Eli Cohen, “our man in Damascus”.  Plus, more music of these times. Hear the Extra-Special, Special Extra Segment on Patreon For our most unreasonably generous Patreon supporters, in our extra-special, special extra discussion: Yair Golan, head of the “Democrats Party” (what used to be Labor and Meretz), says that Israel “wages war against civilians” and “kills babies for a hobby”. Well, what can you say to that?

Tommy and Ben discuss President Trump's policy changes on Syria and his man-crush on its president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, what lifting sanctions on Syria could (and should) look like, more details on how Qatar's plane bribe came together, and Tulsi Gabbard's shocking politicization of the intelligence community. They also talk about the continuing crackdown on journalists and human rights activists by Nayib Bukele in El Salvador, the dire–and indefensible–humanitarian situation in Gaza, the lack of any meaningful progress in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and elections in Portugal, Romania and Poland. Then, Ben speaks with Dr. Feroze Sidwha, a trauma surgeon who has volunteered twice in Gaza, about his experience treating patients in Khan Younis. Finally, Ben and Tommy are forced to endure some selections from this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

Buckle up for this one. This week we continue to bring you the best of the news cycle from the political to the personal. So is Joe Biden finally telling the truth? We believe he might. A cancer diagnosis is announced just as a damning book comes out about the former president. The establishment consensus is that he withheld the diagnosis until after the election. However we have investigated the announcement and our conclusions may surprise you.And how the biggest crime in UK history led to the biggest cover up in UK history. We have done a lot of work about the UK grooming gangs and this week we are going to interview a survivor. You will hear how the UK police and authorities refused to investigate these Muslim gangs for fear of being called racist.And finally the Eurovision Song Contest delivered a disappointing result for all the Queers for Palestine and River to the Sea apologists but for all men and women of goodwill it was a wonderful, hope-filled triumph of the human spirit … you have to hear this story. And, listen to Israeli singer, Yuval Raphael in her song of hope that won second place. And a new twist on the Comey shell shocker, how his “discovery” of an anti-Trump message on the beach ended in merciless memery via the peanut gallery on X. And where in the world are Ann's air pods? We keep you updated on how the well-travelled gadget is doing. Be sure to subscribe to the Ann and Phelim Scoop wherever you get our content. Also leave a comment and we may read it on the show, like we did this week. Don't forget to subscribe and leave a comment wherever you get our content and please consider leaving a donation at unreportedstorysociety.com We are a 501(c)(3) so your donation will be tax deductible.

In dieser Episode sprechen wir über die Kritik an unserer Gewürz-Episode und das Gefühl von Weltschmerz, das uns angesichts der aktuellen Nachrichtenlage mehr denn je beschäftigt. Im Anschluss analysieren wir das umgangssprachliche Verb "ballern" und diskutieren den Hype um den Eurovision Song Contest, der am vergangenen Wochenende in Basel stattfand.   Transkript und Vokabelhilfe Werde ein Easy German Mitglied und du bekommst unsere Vokabelhilfe, ein interaktives Transkript und Bonusmaterial zu jeder Episode: easygerman.org/membership   Sponsor NordVPN: Hol dir jetzt den exklusiven NordVPN-Deal unter → nordvpn.com/egp Es ist völlig risikofrei mit der 30-Tage-Geld-zurück-Garantie! Hier findet ihr unsere Sponsoren und exklusive Angebote: easygerman.org/sponsors   Podcast Live Events in Basel & Berlin In 2025 machen wir zwei Podcast Live Events in Basel

The 69th Eurovision Song Contest took place over the weekend in Switzerland, the country where it all began in 1956. Paul Jordan, whose doctoral thesis about the music competition earned him the nickname "Dr. Eurovision," recaps this year's performances. Plus, listeners share their favorite songs and artists.

It's Eurovision season! We love to talk about what we can learn about language from this international song contest, but even we didn't realise that there was so much to learn. Language choice, language policy, language and gender and metaphor — and all of this has been packed into a unit at Umeå University: Linguistics and the Eurovision Song Contest. Paulette van der Voet and Solveig Bollig are heading up the course, and they're here to tell us all about it… and nerd out with Hedvig besides. Timestamps Cold open: 0:00 Intros: 0:39 News: 7:39 Related or Not: 26:41 Interview with Paulette and Solveig: 38:53 Words of the Week: 1:30:08 Comment from John: 1:49:18 The Reads: 1:53:53 Outtakes: 2:02:25

A Family's Strength After the Murder of Tzeila Gez” In this deeply emotional and powerful interview, Tamar speaks with Bat Chen Grossman — sister of the wounded husband and aunt to the newborn baby — about the horrific terror attack that shook their family. A young pregnant woman, Tzeila Gez, was on her way to the hospital to give birth when terrorists opened fire on their car. Tzeila was tragically killed, her husband injured, and their unborn baby delivered in emergency surgery — clinging to life. Bat Chen shares the heartbreak, the trauma, and the resilience of a family suddenly thrown into unimaginable pain. She also speaks with clarity and courage about what must be done to protect other families from suffering such devastating loss. This is not just a story of grief — it's a story of love, strength, and the human will to endure. A must-hear interview that will move you, challenge you, and stay with you. Bat Chen will be giving a FREE workshop to 'Process Emotions and Light Up the World' A live, experiential workshop for everyone - not to miss. Find out more here: https://ConnectedForReal.com/tzeela/ Also in this episode: Tension and drama unfold at the Eurovision Song Contest as Israeli singer Yuval Raphael takes the stage with Israel's entry, “A New Day Will Rise.” A survivor of the October 7th massacre, Yuval's powerful performance stirred hearts—but also drew the ire of anti-Israel protesters who attempted to storm the stage in yet another show of hate. Find out what happened, how Israel fared in the contest, and why this performance meant so much. Plus, some of the latest updates from the war in Gaza. The Tamar Yonah Show 18MAY2025 - PODCAST

From the BBC World Service: Japanese carmaker Nissan recently unveiled sweeping cost-cutting plans. Now, it says it could share its U.K. factory with a Chinese state-owned company, manufacturing vehicles on their behalf. Plus, Malawi has lost a much-needed International Monetary Fund program worth $175 million. And, the Eurovision Song Contest is back this week. How has Eurovision managed to stay relevant after nearly 70 years?

The Eurovision Song Contest was started in 1956 as an effort by a consortium of European broadcasters to use culture to unite the disparate countries of the emerging EU. Approaching 70 years of performances, 160 million could watch this year's Eurovision, even in this age of streaming digital distractions. What's behind the staying power? But first, the WNBA season starts tonight after a breakout 2024, where attendance, viewership, and ad and merch sales all skyrocketed.

The United Arab Emirates is set to become home to the largest artificial intelligence campus outside of the US. The deal was struck in a meeting Thursday between the US and the UAE. The 10-square-mile campus will be built in Abu Dhabi, requiring 5 gigawatts of power capacity. We look into the energy implications of the plan. Also, in Australia, a murder trial where the defendant is accused of serving poisonous mushrooms to dinner guests becomes a nationwide spectacle. And, the story of a Spanish dictator using Eurovision Song Contest to whitewash his regime's brutal image.Listen to today's Music Heard on Air. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The UN's human rights chief Volker Turk has condemned Israel for its escalating bombardments of Gaza, saying it's apparently seeking to permanently displace the population and that this amounts to ethnic cleansing. We speak to a young mother and aid worker in Gaza and a politician from Israel's ruling party.Also in the programme: A breakthrough in gene editing therapy, after a promising treatment of a baby in the US; and how just appearing on the Eurovision Song Contest can be enough to help new talent taste success.(Photo: Palestinians make their way with belongings as they flee their homes, after Israeli air strikes in the northern Gaza Strip May 16, 2025. Reuters/Mahmoud Issa)

From the BBC World Service: Japanese carmaker Nissan recently unveiled sweeping cost-cutting plans. Now, it says it could share its U.K. factory with a Chinese state-owned company, manufacturing vehicles on their behalf. Plus, Malawi has lost a much-needed International Monetary Fund program worth $175 million. And, the Eurovision Song Contest is back this week. How has Eurovision managed to stay relevant after nearly 70 years?

The Eurovision Song Contest was started in 1956 as an effort by a consortium of European broadcasters to use culture to unite the disparate countries of the emerging EU. Approaching 70 years of performances, 160 million could watch this year's Eurovision, even in this age of streaming digital distractions. What's behind the staying power? But first, the WNBA season starts tonight after a breakout 2024, where attendance, viewership, and ad and merch sales all skyrocketed.

From the BBC World Service: Beijing has announced a 90-day pause of its tariff measures, which had banned dozens of American companies from trading with Chinese firms. Now, companies are rushing to ship products before that 90-day window closes. Plus, the Eurovision Song Contest is the world's biggest TV show. The annual event is taking place this week in Switzerland, with hundreds of thousands of fans already massing in the host city of Basel. We'll learn about the economic impact.

From the BBC World Service: Beijing has announced a 90-day pause of its tariff measures, which had banned dozens of American companies from trading with Chinese firms. Now, companies are rushing to ship products before that 90-day window closes. Plus, the Eurovision Song Contest is the world's biggest TV show. The annual event is taking place this week in Switzerland, with hundreds of thousands of fans already massing in the host city of Basel. We'll learn about the economic impact.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon and news editor Amy Spiro join host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. Yesterday, the United Nations-linked Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) organization said in a “Special Snapshot” briefing that “the Gaza Strip is still confronted with a critical risk of famine,” and that “the entire population is facing high levels of acute food insecurity, with half a million people [one in five] facing starvation.” Israel has accused IPC of a “lack of transparency” with regards to the source of its data, and it said the IPC’s Special Snapshot failed to take into account “the massive volume of aid, especially food, that entered Gaza during the ceasefire.” Sharon weighs in. Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara on Tuesday ordered the military to begin sending conscription orders to all draft-age members of the ultra-Orthodox community at the start of the next recruitment cycle in July. How much authority does she have and will anything change? President Isaac Herzog on Monday became the first foreign leader to be hosted by new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, just six days after he took the helm of Germany’s government, with Berlin and Jerusalem marking 60 years of strong diplomatic ties. Spiro was there and reports back. Singers from 37 countries are now in Basel, Switzerland, for the annual Eurovision Song Contest this week. We learn about Israel's candidate Yuval Raphael and some of the challenges she faces. Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates. For further reading: Food security NGO warns of ‘critical’ famine risk in Gaza; Israel says study ‘flawed’ Attorney general urges conscription of all draft-age Haredim starting this summer In Berlin, Herzog lauds 60 years of German-Israel ties, even as Gaza war casts shadow Eurovision kicking off in Basel with glitz, schmaltz and little love for Israel Israel’s Yuval Raphael and her team met by protests, threat as Eurovision week kicks off After surviving Nova, Israel’s Eurovision hopeful is ready to ‘give my dreams a chance’ Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by the Pod-Waves and video edited by Thomas Girsch. IMAGE: Palestinians line up to get a ration of hot food from a charity kitchen set up at the Islamic University campus in Gaza City on May 12, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Luke Black is a Serbian singer-songwriter who represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023, the world's largest live music event, with an audience of over 160 million. Performing his song Samo Mi Se Spava, his set and choreography, with its special effect giant robot, were inspired by the video games he loves. Now based in London, he is redeveloping those ideas from video games and hero films to create a new collection of songs. He tells the BBC's Andrea Kidd why he is going darker with these new songs and how the recent student protests in Serbia have inspired him to write an unusually lyrical ballad. He also talks about his experiences at the Eurovision Song Contest and readjusting to life and work afterwards.

A lot of Americans only know Eurovision via Will Farrell's film, “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga,” which capture some of Eurovision's over-the-top aspects,  but the history of the annual event actually shines light on some of the biggest cultural, social and political developments in post-World War II European history. In this episode, Paul Jordan, aka Dr. Eurovision, joins Ben and special guest cohost/his wife Kelly Kolar for a conversation about Eurovision's origins, how it's been shaped by geopolitics, and, of course, who their favorites are in this year's contest, which airs live on May 17 at 3pm est.   Dr. Paul Jordan is an expert and media commentator on the Eurovision song contest and the author of The Modern Fairy Tale: Nation Branding, national identity and the Eurovision Song Contest in Estonia. From 2015 to 2018 he served on Eurovision's communication team. You can learn more about him at DrEurovision.com.   This episode was edited by Ben Sawyer.

It's that time of year again: Eurovision Song Contest is upon us. And with the competition comes a tradition at Switched On Pop, where Charlie and Nate look at the songs (and countries) that have the best odds to take home the title. This year, we have an ode to the sauna, soaring operatics, and a feast of food-themed tunes – including the Estonian entrant Tommy Cash's ode to the "Espresso Macchiato." This episode of Switched On Pop, we take a sonic trip to Basel, Switzerland – and in the back half of the episode, talk to Tommy Cash himself about his entry and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices