In our first 2025 episode we review the FiK results in Albania, touch on the ESC250 poll and share the latest from Australia. Mike then gives his judgement on a fan favourite from Luxembourg.

Patreon for bonus content with Mike: www.patreon.com/c/aussievision

Sheppard song from 2024: https://www.aussievision.net/post/sheppard-release-the-song-they-submitted-for-eurovision-2024

Official Eurovision podcast for Guy Sebastian interview: https://linktr.ee/eurovisionsongcontestpodcast

In our first episode of the season we share some news about how the podcast will look in 2025.

We go through Montesong results for Montenegro, preview Albania's Festivali i Këngës (FiK), review the Latvian songs out for Supernova and have a quick chat with Hera Björk ahead of her Aussie tour. Patreon for bonus content with Mike: https://www.patreon.com/c/aussievision

00:00 Intro

02:36 Basel staging and brand

05:19 Montenegro Montesong

15:30 Mike's review on Albania's Elvana Gjata

22:14 Albania FiK preview

30:03 Latvia Supernova

38:09 Hera Björk

Links:

Hera's interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSv7EDbyudY

Hera's tour: https://www.euro-party.com/hera-2025

We review the Eurovision Grand Final - the show, the winner and every entry from 1st to last. We also touch on the semi-final full results and preview our upcoming episode on all the controversies of this year.

This is the live podcast we recorded at the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra. We preview the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final 2024 in front of a live audience and welcome special guest: Eurovision 2024 jury member Alfie Arcuri.

We review the results of the second semi-final of Eurovision 2024. We go through each qualifier, run through the non-qualifiers and discuss the Big 5 and the show overall.

Canberra event: https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/EUROVISION-SPECIAL-EVENT-AUSSIEVISION-ALFIE-ARCURI (Discount code: AUSSIEFANS)

Patreon: www.patreon.com/aussievision

We review the results of the first semi-final of Eurovision 2024. We go through each qualifier, run through Australia's NQ and touch on the others including the Big 5 and hosts.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aussievision

SBS Audio: Why is Australia in Eurovision? podcast https://podfollow.com/why-is-australia-in-eurovision

We can reveal the project we've been working on and give you a preview snippet.

To listen and subscribe to 'Why is Australia in Eurovision?' visit:

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-is-australia-in-eurovision/id1743908136

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19wfPBASbIdQkD1nQdmyaY

Or wherever you get your podcasts!

Before rehearsals kick off we go through the key favourites and rate their chances. We look at the dark horses who could cause a surprise and talk about Australia's chances at the Contest. We also chat with Nemo from Switzerland and Electric Fields from Australia.

Canberra event: https://tickets.nfsa.gov.au/Events/EUROVISION-SPECIAL-EVENT-AUSSIEVISION-ALFIE-ARCURI (Discount code: AUSSIEFANS)

Other interviews: https://www.youtube.com/@Aussievisionnet

We run through the final group of songs selected from Sweden, Greece, Portugal, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. We also touch on Israel's participation.

Patreon: www.patreon.com/aussievision

We run through all the songs selected from UK, Croatia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Cyprus, Austria, Serbia and San Marino. Plus we touch on the latest from Iceland.

Patreon: www.patreon.com/aussievision