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Eurovision Legends

Eurovision Legends

Eurovision Legends is the biggest podcast about the Eurovision Song Contest. Emil Löfström invites songwriters, artists and other important people from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest for a warm and lighthearted conversation about their Eurovision adventures and careers. How did the songs originate, what happened behind the scenes, who ought to have won the contest and what did the song demos sound like? This and much more in this award-nominated podcast that goes out globally over the internet and on British broadcast radio.

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Loreen

Having started her career in the Swedish version of pop idol 2004, it took Loreen 7 years before the big breakthrough came. What happened in between and what does she have in common with Leila K.  

What was her relation to Melodifestivalen before 2011 and what has this competition meant for her career? 

Hear Loreen tell the story of her trip to Baku, memories from Melodifestivalen, art installations on stage, why Danny said no to ??Euphoria?? and why she is back to the contest after already winning it and failing to qualify to the final.


Legend: Loreen

Song: Euphoria (Sweden 2012)

Host: Emil Löfström

Contact: [email protected]

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2023-02-03
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Jamala

In 2016, a Ukrainian trained opera singer sang a song about the deportation of Crimeans in 1944, which could easily also be interpreted as a thinly veiled comment on the recent Russian annexation of Crimea.

It is sometimes hard to remember that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has been going on for almost a decade now, but Jamala did try to warn us already back then and sadly she was proven all too correct when Russia invaded the entire Ukraine in February of 2022.

She has currently fled the country, but before the contest in Turin Emil managed to get a rare interview with the Ukrainian hero, hiding in an undisclosed location.

She tells us about her victory in Stockholm, her jobs as a juror on various - often controversial - Ukrainian national finals and of course about the ongoing war. Emil and Marcus also add their own comments on the situation.


Legend: Jamala

Song: 1944 (Ukraine 2016)

Host: Emil Löfström

Sidekick: Marcus Björkander

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2022-06-09
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Hans Van Hemert

Many countries in Eurovision seem to have their own "super-composer", and in the case of the Netherlands this person is Hans van Hemert. He wrote the Dutch entries of 1972, 1974 and 1976, and he has made many more attempts, which we of course get to listen to in this episode. It gets really crowded in the virtual podcast room today, as Hans and Emil are joined by Frenk Reemer, brother of Sandra Reemer, Astrid Colle, daughter of Sandra's duet partner Andres, and a whistling parrot.

Hans takes us back to the glorious 70's and tells us about his main inspirations, which are ABBA and kid's songs. We also get to hear about how he made a fool of himself when meeting Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. We get to hear the intimate details about the relations between Mouth & MacNeal, Sandra & Andres and other famous artists that he has worked with.

Hans is still active, so what did the song that he submitted in 2022 sound like? We have the demo!

Legend: Hans Van Hemert

Songs: Als het om de liefde gaat (The Netherlands 1972), I See A Star (The Netherlands 1974), The Party's Over (The Netherlands 1976)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2022-04-21
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Udo Jürgens

Udo Jürgens was already a big star when he first competed in Eurovision for his Austria in 1964. He didn't win, but got the biggest hit after the contest, both with his own version and with covers in various languages. He was back again the year after, and this time he almost competed for another country as well. It took some heavy convincing to get him to return for a third time in 1966, which was when he finally won the contest.

Emil has a nice chat with Udo's son John Jürgens, who tells us about his father's early years in Austria during the second world war, how he rose to fame as a composer and artist and sang his songs not only in German but also in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Japanese. We'll also learn about his relation to the contest, and John also tells us about both the positives and the negatives about growing up with such a famous father.


Legend: Udo Jürgens

Expert on the subject: John Jürgens (aka John Munich)

Songs: Warum nur, warum? (Austria 1964), Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen (Austria 1965), Merci, Cherie (Austria 1966) & Tausend Fenster (Austria 1968, Karel Gott)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2022-04-14
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Eva Santamaria

An argument in Los Angeles led to the creation of the perhaps most modern song to have taken part in Eurovision until that time, but the road that led Eva Santamaria there was quite a surprise. Hear what she has to say about the orchestral arrangement of the song, about it becoming a feminist anthem, and about who did what with who in Millstreet (hint: "sexo")!

She was one of the favourites to the victory before the show, but who did not want her to win? Eva's memory is almost as good as her ability to laugh, but how come she almost sang the wrong song on stage and what happened with the choreography just days before?


Legend: Eva Santamaria

Song: Hombres (Spain 1993)

Host: Emil Löfström

Interpreter: Ruben Balesteiro

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2022-04-07
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Merethe Trøan

The "plump chicken from Trondheim" tried to reach Eurovision already at 14 years old, but had to wait another seven years until she finally succeeded with the unusually structured banger "Visjoner". We get to listen to the way too long and extremely different demo that was accepted to Melodi Grand Prix, and we get to hear Merethe's honest opinions about Rolf Løvland's final arrangement of the song for Eurovision. We will also learn what caused her to laugh out loud during her performance, which has made her something of a meme.

Why was this unusually positive 21-year-old treated so badly by the Swedes? Why was she styled like she was a 50 years old character from "Dynasty"? And what was the biggest prize she won in 1992? And despite the bad result in 1992, why did she return already in 1993, something she really regrets today? How did she find her way back to her own music after the debacle and what does she do today?


Legend: Merethe Trøan

Song: Visjoner (Norway 1992)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2022-02-10
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Baccara 2.0

Two years ago Emil spoke to Maria Mendiola and Cristina Sevilla from (one of the constellations of) Baccara. Since then they have gone viral, made a comeback on the charts and published new music, but on a much sadder note Maria alas passed away in 2021.

Emil and Cristina have a new conversation, revisit some of the topics from the previous interview and Cristina tells us everything about the rather chaotic history of the group Baccara after the split of the two original members Maria Mendiola och Mayte Mateos, since Cristina has the rather unique position of having been the replacement partner of first Mayte and then Maria. What went wrong between them, who was to blame and did they ever bury the hatchet?

This interview was recorded especially for the Podcast Radio station, where Eurovision Legends episodes are currently airing.

Legend: Baccara

Song: Parlez-vous français? (Luxembourg 1978)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2022-02-03
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Hersi Matmuja

When Albanian singer Hersi Matmuja finally won Festivali i Këngës on her fourth attempt the usual revamp of the song started. How much of a say did she have in this process and why didn't she like the final version? Was it only because it didn't bring her out of the semi-final at Eurovision? How did she and the Albanian people handle the disappointing result and how come she didn't even obtain a record contract? And whose bright idea was it for her to go to Denmark to get a huge back tattoo of the Albanian eagle for the postcard?

In spite of the outcome she has a successful and exciting career, which has taken her to such interesting places as the conservatory in Rome, Auschwitz and even North Korea. Trust me, this girl has stories to tell! And if all goes to plan, will we see her soon again?

Legend: Hersi Matmuja

Song: One Night's Anger (Albania 2014)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2022-01-27
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Robin Bengtsson

He was the guy who came on from backstage and gave working out in a suit a face, but the musical career of two meter Swedish hunk Robin Bengtsson started earlier than that. An alumn of the Idol franchise, he got his first chance to compete in Melodifestivalen in 2016 and won it already on his second attempt in 2017. But how come he values his first song higher than the one he actually won with?

How have coincidences led to all of his participations, which will number at four times with his song for 2022, which we actually get to learn some things about? How come he has always performed other peoples' songs in Melodifestivalen, despite being a songwriter himself? Why did Kyiv feel so familiar to him despite him not being able to find Ukraine on a map, what did he really think about the winner from Portugal and what about the short Ukrainian guy who refused to lend Robin his equipment?

Legend: Robin Bengtsson

Song: I Can't Go On (Sweden 2017)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2022-01-20
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John Ballard part II

Established in the business with successes like Ace of Base in his catalogue, John Ballard started to get invited to participate, mainly as a lyricist, on various projects for Eurovision by Dimitris Kontopoulos. He grants us full access to all the various shenanigans that takes place to create a Eurovision success in some countries where he sometimes has had to write up to 80 (!) different lyrics for the same song, and he speaks his mind about his colleague and songwriting partner Philipp Kirkorov.

What is like to compete for countries such as Russia or Azerbaijan, and what do your colleagues have to say about it? How much is influenced by politics and is a simple Scottish lyricist from Sweden treated as a valued member of the team or only as a talent for hire? How many songs do you present for a superstar like Sergey Lazarev, which songs have made the rounds for several countries and how much has he attempted to compete in either Sweden or the United Kingdom?

We will learn this and much more when John Ballard opens up.


Legend: John Ballard

Songs: Hold Me (Azerbaijan 2013), Shine (Russia, 2014) You're The Only One (Russia 2016), This Is Love (Greece 2017) & My Lucky Day (Moldova 2018)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2022-01-13
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John Ballard

He has finished top ten four times out of five attempts in Eurovision, but never for his home country nor for the country where he has lived for over 40 years. Who is John Ballard? The legendary lyricist behind such songs as "Hold Me" and "You're the Only One"?

In this first episode we find out why he moved from his native Scotland to the west coast of Sweden, and how he became a household name there with several participations in Melodifestivalen. We of course get to listen to these songs, as well as a version that John hasn't even heard himself, in addition to several attempts that were not selected to compete.

We also talk extensively about, and get to listen to several rare demos from, his long and successful career as a producer and songwriter. He was the guy who discovered one of the biggest bands ever, Ace of Base, and he also is the man behind other groups such as Yaki-da and Bubbles. However, despite all of this success he never again was invited to Melodifestivalen, and he sternly denies any involvement in the Melodifestivalen entry "Nattens änglar" by Jonas Berggren from Ace of Base!?

This is the first of two episodes, where we look at John's rise to fame from a pub musician in Scotland to a very successful producer in Sweden and all over the world, and in the second episode we will take a look at his adventures in Eurovision.


Legend: John Ballard

Songs: Hold Me (Azerbaijan 2013), Shine (Russia, 2014) You're The Only One (Russia 2016), This Is Love (Greece 2017) & My Lucky Day (Moldova 2018)

Host: Emil Löfström

Contact: [email protected]

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2022-01-13
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Mrs Einstein

We continue the story of Eurovision 1997 that started in the episodes with Icelandic Paul Oscar and Katrina and the Waves with one of Katrina's vodka suppliers ? Marjolein Spijkers from the Dutch group Mrs. Einstein. The theatrical group was selected to perform all of the entries in the Dutch selection, but were they all agreed that they should do it and did the right song really win?

How come they ditched their expensive outfits just one day before the final and when did they opt for going completely nude?

Did their meager five point result affect their careers and are the Granny Spices still going?

This and much more ? like porn looks and "Vechny strannik" ? in an interview that does not want to end when Marjolein flips the tables and starts to interview Emil.


Legend: Marjolein Spijkers from Mrs Einstein

Song: Niemand heeft nog tijd (The Netherlands)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2022-01-06
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The Roop

Snubbed on a very good chance to win in the cancelled 2020 contest, The Roop fought their way to another victory and finally got to grace the Eurovision stage in 2021. But these were not the first times they have tried out for Eurovision, neither as The Roop nor in other constellations, even though Vaidotas seems a little uncertain on this point!? How do you handle the situation when you have no money? How do you follow up a success like "On Fire"? Have they been subject to ageism? Will we see them in Eurovision again? And most importantly, why so yellow? Robertas Baranauskas, Mantas Bani?auskas and Vaidotas Valiukevi?ius are ready to answer these questions and many more.

Legends: The Roop

Songs: On Fire (Lithuania 2020) & Discoteque (Lithuania 2021)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-12-30
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Magdalena Tul

Following a streak of missed finals for Poland, hopes were higher when Magdalena Tul and the song "Jestem" became popular with the fans and was generally predicted to proceed to the final when she was to perfom first in the first semi final in 2011. The reality became quite the opposite, though, when she not just failed to reach the final, but it turned out that she had actually finished dead last in the semi final.

Did she have technical issues? Should she have chosen a different version of the song? Did she try to take on too many tasks around the performance herself or did she just not have the proper backing from the Polish broadcaster? All these are questions that she has asked herself for ten years and will be answered in this episode when "Lady Tulla" tells us about her greatest regrets from Düsseldorf.

We also learn about her other attempts to reach Eurovision and her newest songs, as well as the upcoming relocation.

Legend: Magdalena Tul

Song: Jestem (Poland 2011)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-12-16
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Frans

Having had a huge hit already at seven years old, Frans Jeppsson Wall surprised the Swedish audience when he, almost forgotten, suddenly appeared in Melodifestivalen ten years later with the first ever song he had written as an "adult".

What was it like breaking as a child star, did he even get paid and how does a child handle not winning the awards he has been nominated to?

Hear Frans tell the story of his return to the public eye, when he quickly went from an underdog to the big favourite and the final winner and what it was like representing Sweden at home soil while trying to handle school at the same time. What advice did his grandmother give him, who made him speachless with a hug and which other artist did he sneak out of the arena to be naughty with?

Finally, what has happened since and what is his life like today when he recently left his safe small home town for life in the big city of Stockholm?


Legend: Frans Jeppsson Wall

Song: If I were Sorry (Sweden 2016)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-12-09
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Alon Amir Part II

We continue to listen to the fascinating adventures of Alon Amir in the world of Eurovision, starting in a bed together with Anne-Marie David.

Our first stop is Moscow in 2009 with two political artists and a political song which he pressured the jury to get selected. He hated the city but the vodka consumption increased by each day, and with this the pranks within the delegation.

Then we have the suicide mission to Baku, where Alon was surprised not to return home in a coffin, and the time when he seriously considered burning or shredding the artist's dress.

He had adventures with the rather special Hovi Star all over Europe with a song that they had to pretend to like, we get the explanation to the beef with Douwe Bob, the nasty story of why Russian customs destroyed Hovi's passport, and his drunkenly honest opinion about Sergey Lazarev's birthday cake.

Alon has countless stories about being on various juries around Europe, such as in which country he had to endure 40 rubbish songs in a row and when he fought hard for a song that wouldn't end up in the contest until three year's later. He also tells us about being approached by other countries with suggestions of foul play.


Legend: Alon Amir

Titles in Eurovision: Production assistant, Journalist, Assistant to the executive producer, Executive producer, Head of press, Jury member and Manager

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-12-02
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Alon Amir

Most of us Eurovision fans dream of one day playing some minor part to contribute to or nestle your way into our beloved contest, be it by submitting songs, doing volunteer work at an event or why not starting your own podcast about the topic?

Alon Amir from Israel managed to do this for the first time at the tender age of 17 when his job was to light the candles for the 1995 Israeli entry "Amen", candles that they later weren't allowed to bring to Ireland, but they brought Alon anyway.

Through a stunning career at Shlomo Zach's record company, he got to do various tasks related to the Israeli Eurovision entries, and was very much involved in the victory of "Diva" in 1998.

Luckily for us, Alon has no scruples of telling us almost everything about what has happened during all his Eurovision trips.

Why didn't Dana International wear her expensive Jean-Paul Gaultier bird-suit in 1998 and what about the fall in 1999, why does Alon want the EBU to serve food in the green room, how much mafia money can you really make by being a totally inexperienced head of press for Belarus and was it really dangerous to return to the hotel after the semi-final?

Maybe not, but something that was seriously dangerous was to be part of the Israeli delegation in Azerbaijan, a muslim country with an open border to Iran and no guarantees for their personal safety, and Alon tells us about this suicide mission as well.

Alon bubbles over with so many interesting stories and new pieces of information at such a rate that it is hard to know which to focus on here, and to avoid a complete mental overload we will save half of this marathon interview for next week.


Legend: Alon Amir

Titles in Eurovision: Production assistant, Journalist, Assistant to the executive producer, Executive producer, Head of press, Jury member and Manager

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-11-25
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Lise Haavik

People all over the world often have a hard time separating the Scandinavian countries, and honestly, who can blame them when we have people like Lise Haavik, who was born and raised in northern Norway, moved to Denmark to study economics, formed a band and a marriage with Danish artist John Hatting (against her father's better judgement, mind you), tried out for the Danish Eurovision ticket a couple of times and finally won the right to represent Denmark, when the competition was held in Norway of all places, with a song and a performance borrowing heavily from a previous Swedish entry?

Set in the world of Danish "happy-schlager", what was the road that led her to this point, what happened to Lise and John's marriage and artistic cooperation, what are Lise's further attempts to reach the Eurovision and why does the classic Danish song "Under stjernerne på himlen" with Tommy Seebach keep recurring during this interview, despite having nothing to do with neither Lise nor John? Or has it?


Legend: Lise Haavik (Trax)

Song: Du er fuld af løgn (Denmark 1986)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-11-18
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Sandra Reemer

Sandra Reemer was one of the dutch great and competed three times in Eurovision during the 1970's. Alas, she is no longer with us so instead we have invited her brother, Frenk Reemer, who has been close to his sister during all the years and is also working on a book about their family.

Let's hear the story about the girl who was forced to leave Indonesia at a very young age and who together with Frenk started singing in local events to gather money for the construction of a church in their new dutch hometown.

From her first single at the age of twelve, which was a cover of the Italian Eurovision entry from 1961, she went from success to success.

Why did she stopped singing solo, how did she meet her longtime duet partner Andres (Dries Holten), why did they split up and was it on good terms?

Apart from the time with Andres, she competed an additional two times in Eurovision; what has she told her brother about this? She later established herself as a gay icon as part of the Dutch Divas together with Marga Bult and Maggie MacNeal, but what happened to her career and her mood? Frenk gives us a generous insight into her career and her feelings about it and we get to listen to some never before heard rare gems. Together with Frenk, who himself might become a Eurovision legend in the near future, this episode is in memoriam of a very special Eurovision Legend who left us way too early.


Legend: Sandra Reemer

Expert on the subject: Frenk Reemer

Songs: Als het om de liefde gaat (The Netherlands 1972), The Party's Over (The Netherlands 1976) & Colorado (The Netherlands 1979)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-11-11
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Petri Laaksonen part II

This is the second part of the interview with Petri Laaksonen, in which our hero finally learns that you don't always win every time you take part. After winning on his first two attempts, Petri continued to submit songs to the Finnish pre-selection, so many that he claims that he is the composer with the most songs in the contest throughout history.

Now with experience and a network of contacts, he co-operated with artists such as Arja Saijonmaa (who finally sung the wrong song), Ami Aspelund (who perhaps wasn't perfectly suited for the erotic lyrics), Jari Sillanpää (who later got a smash hit with a rejected song about Jean Sibelius), Anneli Saaristo (who won with another song), Anna Eriksson (whose song became a huge fan favourite) and Tommi Soidinmäki, although his interest to sing the songs himself grew and grew.

However, it became tougher and tougher to get his songs accepted, not least when the legendary Ossi Runne left the conductor's pulpet to Olli Ahvenlahti, who stopped inviting Petri. (But he did invite himself!)

We get to hear all the details; who was a sore loser, which song was inspired by ABBA and which was inspired by Pet Shop Boys and which artist wanted YLE to postpone the contest two weeks in order to better suit her schedule, and we also get to listen to lots of exclusive demos and early drafts, most of which have been painstakingly excavated by Petri himself and have never been heard before.


Legend: Petri Laaksonen

Songs: Amor Amor (Ami Aspelund, 1988), Oi äiti maa (Anneli Saaristo, 1989), Gabriela (Arja Saijonmaa, 1990), Oot voimani mun (Anna Eriksson, 2000), Kirkas kipinä (Jari Sillanpää, 2009), Seis (Tommi Soidinmäki, 2011) & several other Euroviisut rejects.

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-11-04
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Petri Laaksonen part I

The young student Petri Laaksonen was totally inexperienced as a songwriter, but after some encouragement from his teacher he decided to try to take part in the Finnish pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Without any connections in the music business, he found lyricist Veli-Pekka Lehto in the phone book and had him write lyrics to the song he had composed, and to their surprise it was accepted. However, the pre-selected artists weren't too keen on his composition, until established artist Sonja Lumme said that she could sing it. Despite being described in media as containing too many weird Finnish vowels and maybe should have been sung in Swedish instead, the song won comfortably and our young and broke composer got to travel to Gothenburg on his own expenses, and almost had to resort to prostituting himself to finance his adventure.

As a fan of the contest, Petri still remembers and tells us everything in detail, both about the participation with "Eläköön elämä" in 1985 and about his second attempt with "Sata salamaa" in 1987, which turned out to be another victory, with an artist who had to be tricked and threatened to return to her singing career. The man who couldn't lose got to travel to Brussels, yet again on his own accord, but a forgotten tape and a stolen item of clothing made sure that neither his trip nor the song turned out exactly as planned.


Legend: Petri Laaksonen

Songs: Eläköön elämä (Sonja Lumme, Finland 1985) & Sata salamaa (Vicky Rosti, Finland 1987)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-11-04
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Jon Ola Sand

He used to be the coolest guy in every Eurovision, but don't you want to hear about when Jon Ola Sand got really angry during the broadcast?

Or why he was so dissatisfied in Birmingham in 1998?

Much happened during his ten years as the Executive Supervisor for Eurovision, and already before that in other roles as Head of Delegation and Producer.

What has he got to say about Azerbaijan? When was he really disappointed in Russia? How close are Liechtenstein, Kosovo and Kazakhstan to compete, Turkey to return and how many countries are blocked by Israel?

Which rule would he change and did he really torture Christer Björkman on purpose?

Jon Ola Sand opens up a year after stepping down as the Executive Supervisor and lets us know why he thrives on chaos.


Legend: Jon Ola Sand

Titles: Head of delegation (Norway 1998-2005), Producer (2010), Executive Supervisor (2011-2020)

Host: Emil Löfström

Sidekick: Marcus Björkander

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2021-10-28
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ABBA part II

Most of us believe that ABBA became a huge success all over the world immediately after they won Eurovision 1974, and although their winning entry "Waterloo" made a big impact on the charts all over the world and their manager "Stikkan" Andersson was well prepared to launch them it wasn't really as simple as that.

Björn and Benny competed again as composers in Melodifestivalen already the next year and several of the songs that later became huge hits for ABBA were first floated around to other artists, as we heard from Martin Lee of Brotherhood of Man in a previous episode.

The ultimate expert on ABBA ? Carl-Magnus Palm ? is back and helps us separate the rumours from the truths.

Why did relations sour with manager "Stikkan" Anderson, has Carl-Magnus heard the story about "Stikkan" and Kobi Oshrat, why did Agnetha Fältskog resurface in Melodifestivalen 1981, did they stay friends and did they ever patch things up with their manager, how many unpublished ABBA songs are there, where did the members' careers go after they "went on a break", what does Carl-Magnus think about the new album "Voyage" and which are his favourite songs from their entire catalogue?


Legend: ABBA

Expert on the subject: Carl Magnus Palm

Song: Waterloo (Sweden 1974)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-10-21
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ABBA

In 1974, a Swedish group changed Eurovision and music forever, but the story of ABBA did not in any way start there.

All four members of ABBA, or five if you include manager and lyricist Stig "Stikkan" Anderson, had their respective careers, in Agnetha's case it was even "international", before they formed the group, and together with the ABBA expert Carl-Magnus Palm we take a deep dive in the roads that converged into the pop sensation that won Sweden its first victory in the Eurovision.

Separately and together, they had already made several accepted and rejected attempts to participate in the Swedish pre-selection, and of course we talk about all of these. Finally they won Melodifestivalen in 1974 without being the outright favourite, and went on to do the same thing at the Eurovision in Brighton. What happened there and which roles did Hotenanny Singers, Hep Stars, Lena Andersson, Brita Borg, Lill-Babs, Tommy Körberg, Lasse Berghagen, Jan Malmsjö, Neil Sedaka, Arthur Greenslade, Titti Sjöblom, Mouth & McNeal and Svenne & Lotta play in this story?


Legend: ABBA

Expert on the subject: Carl Magnus Palm

Song: Waterloo (Sweden 1974)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-10-21
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Manuela Bravo

Manuela Bravo participated for Portugal in 1979, which by many fans is considered to be a really good year, but still she managed to give Portugal one of its best results ever until their victory in 2017. Born from a musical family, she started her career at only five years old, and sixteen years later she was offered the happy-go-lucky "Sobe, sobe, balão sobe" for the Portugese national final after an other artist had turned the song down.

Who was her biggest opponent in Portugal, what does she remember from the Eurovision final in the holy land, and what did she think about the result? She recorded the song in Portuguese, English and French and it's still a classic in Portugal which has been both covered and sampled by many other artists. What does she do these days?


Legend: Manuela Bravo

Song: Sobe, sobe, balão sobe (Portugal 1979)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-09-16
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Martina Majerle

With the same origins as the 1993 Croatian representative Put, Martina Majerle has gone on to grace the Eurovision stage with her presence more times than any other Balkan singer, and for three different countries nonetheless. Often in cooperation with legendary songwriter Andrej Babic, she has recorded demos and provided backup lots of times and her eight appearances at Eurovision has made her well-travelled and with stories to tell.

What has been the differences between the different host cities? Why was she the least visible the one time she was the main act? What happens when a backup singer falls down a hole and loses her in-ears seconds before they are to go on stage? And why did she wait so long to finally go solo? The questions are plentiful, but Martina provides us with the answers and also a listen to her latest single.


Legend: Martina Majerle

Songs: Vise Nisam Tvoja, (Croatia 2003) Cvet Z Juga, (Slovenia 2007) Zauvijek Volim Te, (Montenegro 2008) Love Symphony, (Slovenia 2009) No One ( Slovenia 2011) Verjamem (Slovenia 2012) Moj Svijet ( Montenegro 2014) Lighthouse (Croatia 2016)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-09-09
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Paschalis Arvanitidis ???????? ???????????

Paschalis Arvanitidis became a huge star in Greece already with the group The Olympians in the 1960's and then went solo, and even had a brief career in Germany with Leo Leandros, the father of Vicky Leandros. So when he teamed up with three other successful solo artists (Robert Williams, Bessy and Mariana) in Greece to submit the song "Mathema solfege" to the Greek broadcaster for Eurovision 1977, it was basically a done deal as soon as the selection jury recognized their famous voices.

Their participation in London gave Greece what for a long time was their best result ever and the song got hugely popular and globally covered, despite that they experienced sound issues and some weird staging that put the focus on the only member of the group who had an English name, and Paschalis believes that the French winner was a copy of an older song (which one?).

What else does he remember from London, does his very tight outfit still fit, is he still in contact with his band mates, what did the song that he submitted already the year after sound like and what has happened since?

In this episode we make a rapid dash through memory lane of a career that spans seven different decades together with Paschalis and his daughter Zinovia, who helps out with some translating and who is a musician in her own right and collaborates with her father.


Legend: Paschalis Arvanitidis

Song: Mathema solfege ?????? ?????? (Greece 1977)

Host: Emil Löfström

Interpreter: Zinovia Arvanitidi

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2021-09-02
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Egon Egemann

Way before Alexander Rybak fiddled his way to victory, an Austrian guy brandishing a white violin represented Switzerland with a song about his love for his instrument. The song was allegedly written by his Swiss wife, but was that really entirely true?

In this episode with Egon Egemann we will finally learn the true origin story of the melodic masterpiece "Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus", as well as numerous other facts and stories about his career and life. How come he went for a solo career in the first place, when he was having so much success with the huge Austrian band Die Paldauer? What can he tell us about the contest in a crumbling Yugoslavia? What was his role in the disqualified Swiss winner from 1992, "Soleil, Soleil"? What made him participate again behind Gunvor Guggisberg and what was that like? How many more times has he tried out for the contest, is he really a singer and what does he do today?


Legend: Egon Egemann

Song: Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus (Switzerland 1990)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-08-26
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Orna Datz ????? ??

Eurovision 1991 went down in history due to the tied score between Sweden and France, so that the winner had to be decided by tiebreaker. What many tend to forget is that Israel with the song "Kan" was also in the mix, and in fact held the lead for much of the voting process. Since this happens to be Emil's personal favorite of all Eurovision songs ever he has been nagging her for more than a year, and Emil finally gets to talk to Orna Datz, the female half of the married duo who sang it.

We learn that Orna and Moshe actually performed independently as solo artists until they were convinced to form a duo for the Israeli national final in 1987, but after that the audience refused to let them not be a duo again and they were hugely successful. We learn about the rumors about all the different artists who are said to have been offered "Kan" and we get to listen to the original demo with the composer Uzi Hitman, as well as about how Kobi Oshrat and any others contributed to making the song what it finally became. Orna reveals that it felt like the week in Rome took five years off her life, and we get to hear about "Amen" by Liora, who previously in this podcast claimed that Duo Datz changed their mind and wanted the song back. Is this true? And what is Orna's relation to her ex-husband today?


Legend: Orna Datz

Song: Kan ??? (Israel 1991)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-08-19
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Jüri Pootsmann

What is the next natural step when you have won Pop Idol, gotten a song from legendary Stig Rästa and won both the jury and the televote in the Estonian national selection? Well, finishing dead last in the semifinal of Eurovision, of course! Or maybe not, but that is the way it happened for young Jüri Pootsmann in 2016.

How could this happen? How did it affect his career? Why the Bond theme? What were the struggles with Swedish Television? What happened to the act? Who gave him flowers? Which famous Swedish Melodifestivalen artist comforted him after the loss? What did Jüri himself think about all this and why didn't he say something?

The questions are many, and they will be answered in this episode, where Jüri shows us that the loss didn't hit him very hard and that he nowadays can joke about it.


Legend: Jüri Pootsmann

Song: Play (Estonia 2016)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-08-12
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Gunvor

We often hear about the success stories from Eurovision, but Gunvor Guggisberg, now Gunvor Meyer, shows us that despite being treated really roughly by the media and finishing last place with zero points, you can go on to have a great life with a family, your own dance school and a still-going music career.

In this interview we learn that Gunvor really knows Eurovision and what she thought about the result in 1998, about a weird encounter with Guildo Horn behind the scenes, her co-operation with Egon Egemann, her notable dress (nipples, anyone?) and her "modern" attempt as a composer with a song about gay love.


Legend: Gunvor

Song: Lass' ihn (Switzerland 1998)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-08-05
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Christer Björkman part II

How could a Swedish Eurovision representative with one of the worst results ever for the country get to be in charge for the entire show for two decades?

How did his job affect his friends and family, not least his husband/tuft-of-grass Martin Kagemark, who himself is a talented singer who had to take a step back due to Christer's position? We get to hear a couple of Martin's submitted songs. Is Christer a genius and/or a dictator? We let him answer that question himself.

How scared was Eric Saade of German glass shards? How close was Loreen to being disqualified? How has he handled all the criticism? What are his biggest regrets, like any of the songs that were rejected from Melodifestivalen and then went on to be successful for other countries? What can be achieved in 69 panicky days in the Ukraine and when will we see the first American Song Contest?

This is part two of two, where we hear about Christer's work behind the camera.


Legend: Christer Björkman

Song: Imorgon är en annan dag (Sweden 1992)

Host: Emil Löfström

Sidekick: Marcus Björkander

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2021-07-29
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Christer Björkman

Christer Björkman is such a huge Eurovision fan that he lied his way into the audience of Eurovision 1991 in Rome, and made someone else pay. He had tried to reach Eurovision for much longer than that, though, since he had unsuccessfully submitted songs from the mid 80's onward (we get to learn about and hear the songs), but it wasn't until he tormented the Swedish artist elite that he actually made it into the Swedish pre-selection.

He was certain that he wouldn't win and was almost replaced by the song-writer during the rehearsals, so which song was his favorite, and how did the surprising victory turn a blue-eyed openly gay man into a brown-eyed closet queen? What chaos did the victory create, how seriously did he treat his participation in Malmö, and what was his opinion about the winner?

What happened after the disastrous result and how come he took part immediately again the next year with a ten-year-old song performed at christenings, and what did the demo with Susanne Alfvengren sound like?

This is part one of two, where we take a look at Christer's journey as an artist.


Legend: Christer Björkman

Song: Imorgon är en annan dag (Sweden 1992)

Host: Emil Löfström

Sidekick: Marcus Björkander

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2021-07-29
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Moran Mazor ???? ?????

Moran Mazor's participation in 2013 can be seen as just yet one of the failed attempts to reach the final that Israel was living through a four-year stretch of, but in this episode we will learn that there is so much more to this "fat girl with glasses", as she humorously describes her former self. She has a wonderful bubbling personality, and we get to learn why we weren't shown more of that in Malmö.

We also get to hear the original demo of "Rak bishvilo", of cheating in the national final, about antisemitic protests in the host city and about how she was discovered by Israel's most famous artist Eyal Golan and how the song was discovered by a Eurovision winner.

We also hear the story of how she has turned her life around in many aspects and if she finally has found love after many years of unhappy single life.


Legend: Moran Mazor ???? ????

Song: Rak bishvilo ?? ?????? (Israel 2013)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-07-21
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Charmed

It's an extremely wild ride when the three party girls from Norway reunite for this episode. Though 21 years have passed, they are still as funny and crazy as they were in Stockholm 2000. They give us the entire unfiltered story from how they were formed, how they got the song (we get to hear the first demo), their own DIY styling (both their Pocahontas outfits and how they wore out the Swedish hairdressers) and all their mad escapades in the contest. We learn about their different personalities, that Lise Monica is still guy-crazy, that Oddrun is dressing and doing her make-up during the interview (where are the knickers?) and that Hanne rivals Emil himself when it comes to Eurovision knowledge. 


We also talk about their further attempts to reach Eurovision in this episode were we remember to speak english most of the time!?


But most of all; who went into the closet with a French drummer in Globen (just kissing!?) who bet way too much money and who was the mysterious Eurovision 2000 thief?


Legends: Charmed

Song: My Heart Goes Boom (Norway 2000)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-07-15
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Fabrizio Faniello

In the flirtiest interview ever on this show, Emil takes on Fabrizio Faniello, the guy who competed twice for Malta with varying results. We finally learn why the performance of "I Do" failed so miserably, how many and which of Fabrizio's songs were originally submitted to Melodifestivalen, about all the ten songs he has tried out with in the Maltese national selection and of his very different memories from Copenhagen and Athens.

Also, what happened to his voice in 2001 and to his outfit in 2006? And what about his lack of outfit in the Maltese national selection in 2004? Why did he give up a promising soccer career? And how did he handle the last place in 2006?

We get to listen to the brand new version of "Another Summer Night" and we talk about his international whistle hit.

And of course we learn the answer to the most important question: Was he single before recording this episode?


Legend: Fabrizio Faniello

Songs: Another Summer Night (Malta 2001) I Do (Malta 2006)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-07-08
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Matia Bazar

Matia Bazar are known to the Eurovision audience for their appearance with "Raggio di luna" in 1979, but they have been a musical force to reckon with for many years, both in Italy and abroad, and has sold millions of records all over the world. Since their beginnings in 1975 up until present day many different band members have come, gone and returned, and today Emil is joined by old band member Piero Cassano and current member Fabio Perversi.

Why did Piero leave the band to instead write hits for artists such as Anna Oxa, Eros Ramazotti and Demis Roussos? What was the pressing emergency right before they were to go on stage in Jerusalem? How was the support from RAI and how much has the San Remo festival meant to the band? And last but not least, what drove them to become the first act ever in Eurovision history not to use the orchestra, twenty years before it was abolished?

Huge thanks to the always lovely Yanna Yancheva at J&K Productions for setting up the interview, Maria Alexandra for being my interpreter and to Euroteam, Unalira and DM Production.


Legend: Matia Bazar

Song: Raggio di luna (Italy 1979)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-07-01
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Hazal Selçuk

Hazal Selçuk was only 16 years old but born from an impressive family consisting of both musical royalty and regular royalty.

Most notable was of course her father Timur Selçuk, who both composed and energetically conducted the classic song "Bana bana", with which Hazal and the group Pan competed for Turkey in 1989.

We learn that Timur decided to compete in order to get his passport back, that Hazal also finished third with a solo song in the same national selection, that she was the cause of the very lively song and dance, about the ethnic costumes, the tension in the band and why young and inexperienced Hazal viewed the competition differently than her more established band members, such as Arzu Ece and Vedat Sakman. She also tells us about how her father replaced members of the Swiss orchestra, how the enthusiastic commentator Jacob Dahlin invited the group to Sweden where they recorded a remix of the song and about Hazal's constant fear of being loved for being her father's daughter rather than for being herself in this very emotional and open-hearted interview where she tells us both her own story and her father's.


Legend: Hazal Selçuk

Song: Bana Bana (Turkey 1989)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-06-24
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Sarai Tzuriel ??? ??????

Sarai Tzuriel was one of the best knows faces in Israel when she was asked to become the female part of the duo to perform "Yavoh yom" in the Israeli national selection in 1986, together with the composer of the song, Moti Giladi, although she was primarily known as an actor and show host, as was he. But which female superstar was approached first, why were they not popular with the Israeli media, which future Israeli Eurovision participant made her iconic debut in that same selection, why was the song so fast in Bergen, why did they fail and why was Moti angry with Sarai?


Legend: Sarai Tzuriel ??? ??????

Song: Yavo Yom ???? ??? (Israel 1986)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-06-17
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Marion Rung

Marion Rung started her career at only 15, and it is still going on 60 years later. For 33 of those years she actually held the record for the best Finnish result in the Eurovision, from 1962 when she debuted in the contest at only 16 with the entry "Tipi-tii" which she then beat herself in 1973 with "Tom Tom Tom".

That record held until the long overdue Finnish victory with Lordi in 2006. But Marion has participated in the Finnish selection several more times, many of which she must be reminded of to remember, and she has made countless covers of other Eurovision songs as well as having her two entries covered by others.

How did she get to where she got, what were her experiences when she competed, especially when she was so young, and how come she released a record with traditional Jewish songs?


Legend: Marion Rung

Songs: Tipi-tii (Finland 1962) & Tom tom tom (Finland 1973)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-06-10
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Thomas Forstner

In 1989 he came from nowhere and made an impact with a song by Dieter Bohlen, and two years later he returned and faced a very different outcome.

How did Thomas Forstner get this opportunity?

Why didn't he continue his co-operation with Dieter Bohlen and how was he treated by the composers in 1989, when they competed for Germany as well? How did a washing mishap lead to a shortage of purple fabric? And why did everything go so wrong in Rome in 1991?


Legend: Thomas Forstner

Songs: Nur Ein Lied (Austria 1989) & Venedig im Regen (Austria 1991)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-06-03
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Linda Martin

Season 3 of the podcasts kicks off with Eurovision royalty, lady Linda Martin, who beside her victory and second place in Eurovision have competed in the Irish national final an additional seven times, many of them with her band Chips in the 1970's.

After making her first appearance in Eurovision 1984 with "Terminal 3", a song that was premiered on Irish TV in a very peculiar setting, her runner-up position was still not quite enough for her.

She continued to be one of the most determined artists to reach that Eurovision victory, not least since Johnny Logan gave her a promise to one day write her a winning song. Linda is forever grateful for what the contest has done for her and tries to give as much back as she can.

We get to hear her new song and remixes of some Eurovision classics, stories from Luxembourg and Malmö and about the collaboration with Johnny Logan and several artists' brothers. Linda also outs herself as a great animal lover who has many rescue dogs at home, but tells us about the time when the animal line was crossed by Jedward's bunnies.


Legend: Linda Martin

Songs: Terminal 3 (Ireland 1984) & Why Me? (Ireland 1992)

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-05-27
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Michael James Down part II

These are special times and therefore it is time for a very special episode. Right now the artists and composers who will be competing in the Eurovision are getting all the attention, but what about those who almost made it, but not quite?


Michael James Down has competed with 45 different songs in various national finals all over Europe, as an artist and as a composer, but has never won a ticket to the big event... yet! This gives him a unique and broad perspective and in two episodes he will give us full access to all the stories, events both on and off the stage, ups and downs.


He reveals that didn't actually write all of these songs and what happened when Boris Covalli withdrew when he was to compete with a song of Michael's, that later was released by Sergey Lazarev instead. We also learn about the various other artists who have tried his songs and get to listen to those versions, and we get a unique glimpse into the cultural differences between the various national finals. Is it the same to participate in the United Kingdom and in Romania?


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2021-05-14
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Michael James Down

These are special times and therefore it is time for a very special episode. Right now the artists and composers who will be competing in the Eurovision are getting all the attention, but what about those who almost made it, but not quite?

Michael James Down has competed with 45 different songs in various national finals all over Europe, as an artist and as a composer, but has never won a ticket to the big event... yet! This gives him a unique and broad perspective and in two episodes he will give us full access to all the stories, events both on and off the stage, ups and downs.

He reveals that didn't actually write all of these songs and what happened when Boris Covalli withdrew when he was to compete with a song of Michael's, that later was released by Sergey Lazarev instead. We also learn about the various other artists who have tried his songs and get to listen to those versions, and we get a unique glimpse into the cultural differences between the various national finals. Is it the same to participate in Iceland and in Romania?


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2021-05-14
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Rafa? Brzozowski

What is actually the journey for a song written by Swedish songwriters to reach a big Polish artist and then to get internally selected? Why hasn't he published his gigantic hit "Tak blisko" in English, how many of the neon signs from the music video will accompany him to Rotterdam and how many times has Rafal tried to reach Eurovision previously?

Country: Poland

Song: The Ride

Composers: Joakim Övrenius, Thomas Karlsson, Clara Rubensson & Johan Mauritzson

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-05-12
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Lesley Roy

How come Lesley Roy was chosen in the first place last year and how did she take the cancellation and was it a no-brainer to say yes to compete this year? Why was it so important to work with Max Martin and why does Ireland struggle hard these days to finish in the top? And why Swedish composers?

Country: Ireland

Song: Maps

Composers: Philip Strand, Emelie Eriksson, Lesley Roy & Lukas Hällgren

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-05-11
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Jendrik

He is almost the definition of positivity, both in his expression and his message, but still he receives a huge amount of hate. What does he think about this and has he got any useful tips and tricks to share on how to handle it? We will also learn about the amount of chaos we can expect on stage in Rotterdam, whether the laundry machines will be reused there and the secret about how you can come from nowhere with basically no budget and get to represent the mighty Germany.

Country: Germany

Song: I Don't Feel Hate

Composers: Jendrik Sigwart & Christoph Oswald

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-05-10
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Eden Alene ??? ?????

Eden Alene is back for Israel and we are of course curious about a lot of things. Why is there no Amharic in this year's entry? Will she break Maja Blagdan's record? Does she have a personal favorite among this years songs? And why was her song from last year - "Feker libi" - so important?

Country: Israel

Song: Set Me Free

Composer: Amit Mordechai, Ido Netzer, Noam Zlatin & Ron Carmi

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-05-07
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Vasil

Let's find out the truth behind the video clip that caused such a scandal, how close Vasil came to be disqualified by his own country and how much he is ready to tell us about the incident. We also learn about his Eurovision interest, being nervous for Rotterdam and to nail that final long note.

Country: North Macedonia

Song: Here I Stand

Composer: Vasil Garvanliev

Host: Emil Löfström

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2021-05-06
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Hooverphonic

How big was the pile of songs that Hooverphonic produced and chose from for the 2020 contest, that later got cancelled? Did they simply pick another one of these for 2021? What can we expect on stage, how big is the pressure from home, given that they are one the biggest bands in Belgium, and how has the mood in the band been affected by the return of the previous singer Geike Arnaert?

Country: Belgium

Song: The Wrong Place

Composer: Alex Callier & Charlotte Foret

Host: Emil Löfström

Contact: [email protected]

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2021-05-05
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