We've got the world's pre-eminent Eurovision scholar Dr. Paul Jordan, a man who wrote his doctoral thesis, The Modern Fairytale, about Estonia's use of Eurovision to forge a new national identity. Jeremy wants Paul's #1, Oscar's over the moon about some behind-the-scenes info, and Dimitry achieves his lifelong dream.

Learn more about Dr. Jordan and his thesis here: http://dreurovision.com/modern-fairy-tale/

Check out Eurovision Old, the YouTube channel with HD versions of ESC classics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvj-gemFI9XNbzQlKwD8-0A

This week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4P95AKxbV0glZlDson7Jq4?si=f6a106360e5f4f88

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The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompée.

The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.

Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.

The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O’Connell.

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