Building Bridges - A Eurovision Podcast For The Rest Of Us

This week, Building Bridges welcomes a very special guest. Class Grenayde, who has been the bassist of Lord Of The Lost for more than 15 years, spoke to Sebi, Jan and Dave about the band's Eurovision application, Unser Lied für Liverpool, their tour, Iron Maiden and of course the honour and pressure to represent Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool.

Who The Hell Are Teya & Salena? Sebi has an answer, as he got the big pleasure to meet the Austrian duo for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 and recorded a small bit of their conversation. Meanwhile back in the podcast studio, Dave and Jan discuss the song and everything else that happened this week.

This week is all dedicated to Sweden and the amazing final of Melodifestivalen 2023. Will Sweden be able to achieve its seventh Eurovision victory? Sebi, Jan and Dave go through all the 12 finalists and provide a lot of statistical data.

Germany is choosing their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool this Friday, so Sebi, Jan and Dave are taking a closer look at the competition. However, as always, their music tastes couldn't differ more!

Sebi, Jan and Dave talk about the current drama in Poland, after Tu bije serce Europy! Wybieramy hit na Eurowizję 2023 ended very unexpectedly. This and more scandals from other national finals will be discussed.

In this episode, Dave and Sebi finally see some good stuff upon the horizon of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Not only are they fairly impressed by the Finnish selection Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, but they are also excited to listen to Loreen's song for Melodifestivalen.

01:20 - Speed News

03:39 - Lithuania

05:56 - France

09:47 - Australia

14:11 - UMK

32:14 - Poland

35:42 - Melodifestivalen Heat 3

40:50 - Live Reactions to Melodifestivalen Heat 4

Jan met the Slovenian Eurovision representatives Joker Out and interviews them about their Eurovision participation. Sebi and Dave analyze the results of last weekend's Super Saturday, discuss the seven new songs and their favourites of the Lithuanian final Pabandom iš naujo! 2023

1:18 Speed News

3:46 Slovenia

4:52 Joker Out Interview

9:05 Italy

11:07 Romania

13:45 Denmark

17:08 Croatia

24:20 Malta

27:37 Estonia

30:41 Latvia

33:29 Pabandom iš naujo! 2023

38:38 Melodifestivalen - Heat 2

43:09 Our current Top 3

47:11 Game

In this little bonus episode, Dave and Sebi take a look at Festival di Sanremo 2023 and talk about their favourite songs. They discuss everything from Blanco's on-stage temper tantrum to Marco Mengoni's chances in Liverpool.

The first Heat of Melodifestivalen 2023 went down in Gothenburg and Sebi tells Jan and Dave how the show went down behind the scenes. They also discuss the new Eurovision entries and the first Super Saturday of the season!

1:27 - Speed News

4:05 - Melodifestivalen

13:26 - New Eurovision Songs

21:51 - Dansk Melodi Grand Prix

27:23 - Eesti Laul

32:19 - Dora (Croatia)

36:55 - Supernova (Latvia)

41:13 - Selecția Națională (Romania)

It's the middle of national final season and Sebi, Jan and Dave are taking a look at the selections that are about to find their winners this weekend.

01:34 - Czech Republic

12:07 - Ireland

25:04 - Norway