Episode 11 - Early Doors

All Eurovision fans know that these days singing early in the show has a detrimental effect on your final placing and in this episode we celebrate some of those ‘early doors’ contestants. Cheeky Teo of Belarus kicks things off with the quirky Cheesecake, singing in the accursed second spot back in 2014. We are pleased to report that his spaghetti legs are still a marvel to behold. We concur that the next artist Birgitta Haukdal, who sang first in 2003, should have employed more gimmicks during the upbeat pop rock stylings of Open Your Heart but Andy still loves it and can’t help but join in. Our third song is a Eurovision standard, Katja Ebstein’s Theater, which nearly robbed Johnny Logan of his first win in 1980. While Ryan struggles with the mime artists, Andy revels in the translation of the lyrics. Next up, Javine’s performance of Touch My Fire (again singing second, poor flower) is surprisingly good, but the Girls Aloud-related revelation it inspires Andy to share with Ryan makes the latter rethink their entire relationship! After enduring fake language entry Sanomi from Urban Trad, Ryan is on surer ground with Danny Saucedo who is this episode’s Deuce award nominee despite only placing 7th at 2021’s Melfest with Dandi Dansa. In a remarkable turn of events, closing out the show as ever, the Randomiser finally stops trolling us by choosing the super-important gay representation song Together by Ryan O’Shaughnessy who represented Ireland in 2018. And that’s it. But what have we learned? Sing later in the contest if you want a higher placing and don’t sing along to songs during a podcast recording session as it might just get played in! You have been warned. A message from Andy & Ryan: Please review us on Apple Podcasts and like and share our content wherever you can - it will help others find us and makes us happy. Thank you! Socials: Twitter: @EuroQueensPod Instagram: EurovisionQueens Email: [email protected] Spotify playlist: shorturl.at/egvEP Season 1: Episode 11 Cheesecake by Teo (Belarus 2014) Open Your Heart by Birgitta Haukdal (Iceland 2003) Theater by Katja Ebstein (Germany 1980) Touch My Fire by Javine (UK 2005) Sanomi by Urban Trad (Belgium 2003) Dandi Dansa by Danny Saucedo (Sweden 2021) Together by Ryan O’Shaughnessy (Ireland 2018)