Europhoria - The Great, Glam & Garish History of Eurovision

Isobel and Roland are back and this week Roland is telling the tale of a man described as one of the best Croatian voices in the country's history and a symbol of Croatia.

Roland then follows this up by trying to create a smash hit Eurovision song all about taking care of yourself.

Europhoria returns with the story of Claude Francois, a singer with a surprisingly long resume and even longer list of dramas. Isobel tells his tale before Roland once more attempts to create a Eurovision smash hit for Isobel to judge, this week is it time for a Marriage proposal? (No, it's not).

Isobel and Roland are returning to a weekly format for the foreseeable meaning all the more stories, songs and judgy wudginess for you to consume! 

This week Roland tells and anxiety ridden story of organized crime and kidnap, the perfect story for when everyone's already feeling on edge! (Sorry!)

Then Roland returns to producing attempts at creating his own Eurovision hit, find out how he does with his attempt; Irresponsible.

Isobel and Roland have finally returned from their extended break between Eurovision seasons and are ready to be their best judgy wudgy selves.

In episode 55 the pair catch up on what's been happening in their own lives as well as the biggest stories happening in the build up to Eurovision 2020 before taking an in-depth look at the UK's entry "My Last Breath".

As the lights go out on the Eurovision stage for another year Isobel and Roland sit down to discuss the events of the night before. Was The Netherlands a worthy winner? How was the halftime show? What were the surprises? And who could be the special guest in 2020?

All will be discussed in this week's episode!

We are well into Eurovision week now, with the first ten acts already into the final it is time for the second semi-final to take place and as such it is now up to Isobel and Roland to get judgy-wudgy on this second group of performers.

In this episode they discuss which acts will make it through to the final, how well those acts could do on Saturday night and also stick their necks on the line to say exactly who they think will walk away with the crown this year.

Have a wonderful Eurovision Final everyone and stay tuned for our review episode which will be published shortly after Saturday's show.

Eurovision 2019 is finally upon us and so, as is tradition, Isobel and Roland will take you through each and every entry into this year's contest.

In this episode the pair review each song in the first semi-final plus France, Spain and Israel's songs. Who do we think will qualify and how do we think they will do on the final night? Stay tuned to find out.

We are also delighted to announce that "Europhoria The Greatest Hits" is now available on all good streaming platforms; a compilation of Roland's best attempts at creating his own Eurovision smash hit.

The next episode will be published on the morning of the second semi-final 2019.

It's episode 54 of the Europhoria podcast and Isobel and Roland are back to tell stories from the great, glam and garish past of the Eurovision song contest.

This week Roland tells the story of Lale Andersen and how her song became an anthem for the soldiers of World War II, regardless of borders, boundaries and bunkers.

Roland then attempts the impossible by creating a song which could possibly achieve douze point status for the second week in a row.

Song: Turn Back My Clock

You are joining Isobel and Roland on a very special week, not only is it a bumper edition of "any other bid'ness" but Isobel has become quiz master for one week only and you're all invited to take part in her big fat Europhoria Pub Quiz, featuring questions covering many different topics from Eurovision past.

Roland takes the reigns once more in an attempt to create a Eurovision smash hit, with this week's song named: "Boy Crush".

Isobel and Roland are back once more to tell tales of the great, glam and garish from Eurovision past.

After catching up on some listener letters Roland proceeds to tell Isobel all about the UK's first ever winner of the Eurovision Song Contest Sandie Shaw and her journey to stardom.

After this Roland once again attempts to impress Isobel with his Euro-pop songwriting mastery and create a song that can win the Eurovision Song Contest.