Wiwibloggs: The Eurovision Podcast
Bigger juries, no pre-recorded vocals, a country winning for the first time — these are some of our readers' wishes for Eurovision 2024 in Malmö. We discuss the changes and dreams we want to see become real.
01:03 More bobs
02:56 Rest of the World vote breakdown
04:44 Sara Jo or Jelena Karleusa to sing for Serbia
07:20 Let the juries save a semi-final wildcard
09:04 Get rid of pre-recorded vocals
11:34 Bring back the RANDOM order draw
14:17 A spectacular return from Luxembourg
14:52 Another awesome result for Finland
17:19 A first-time winner
20:00 Albania winning
21:30 EBU to end TikTok corporate partnership
22:03 Expand six-person rule to eight-person rule
23:23 Sweden sending a song in Swedish
24:45 Return of Erika Vikman Dotter and Elvana Gjata
25:50 Semi-Finals on Monday and Wednesday
26:37 Non-winning countries stepping up their games
29:17 A less rigged contest with more transparency and fairness
30:30 An expanded jury
31:35 Make the Eurovision grand final bigger...and shorter intervals
You can buy William's memoir "Wild Dances" below:
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wild-Dances-Curious-Journey-Eurovision/dp/1662601573
USA: https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Dances-Curious-Journey-Eurovision/dp/1662601573