Eurovision Rewind

This week we're talking second half of last year's contest, with such hits as big art deco door and Australians in space! Ellis and Jonathan are at each other's throats about staging, we are ONCE AGAIN disappointed by the United Kingdom, and we run through the contest's results. All that and more, as we rewind just a little bit this time to the far-off year of 2019. Who was our favorite? Why do we make even more Mad Max Fury Road references? Tune in to find out!

You can watch the whole Eurovision 2019 Grand Final HERE! (You will need a VPN if you're in the US or Canada unfortunately.)

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This week we rewind... not that long actually, to the FAR OFF year of Two-Thousand-Nineteen! Last year's Eurovision Song Contest brought us some deeply catchy tunes, some deeply flawed performances, and some surprisingly deep divides in our hosts. Who knew that a slightly-too-tight camera angle and some dorky Czech indie pop could cause such ferocious arguments? Then, Duncan Laurence, the most stan-accounted man in Eurovision, croons his way into our life. Disagree with our takes? Got anything to chime in? Drop a line in our mailbag at vocabgumbo.com/contact!

You can watch the whole Eurovision 2019 Grand Final HERE! (You will need a VPN if you're in the US or Canada unfortunately.)

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OHHH MY GOD! IT'S REAL! THE EUROVISION REWIND 2000! Wadde! Hadde! Dudde da! This week we're covering the INCREDIBLE second half of the 2000 content, and we couldn't be more entertained. We've got autotuned grandfathers, Stefan Raab makes an appearance, and we declare songs to be the best(!) and worst(!!) that we've covered yet. However you rate those, you can't deny that this year is certainly one of the most Eurovision years we've had the good fortune to rewind to. Then, Jonathan reveals the results to Millan and Ellis and we've got a new way of picking our next contest. It's all here, it's all good, thanks for tuning in!

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Schlager music. It's bubblegum pop's bubblier, sugarier cousin. It's eurodance without the edge. And it's all over the Eurovision Song Contest of the year 2000. We've got possibly the worst song we've covered to date, unintelligible mumbling that would make Tommy Wiseau proud, and the mind-boggling fashion choices that could truly only be at Eurovision at the turn of the 21st century. Tune in for all the saccharine goodness as we rewind back 20 years to ESC: Y2K.

You can watch (most, due to copyright strikes) of the Eurovision 2000 grand finals here.

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The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2020 results were revealed a week ago today. In our humble opinion, they were some HOT trash. So, of course, we went over them after tiring ourselves out with a long recording session. Strap in for lots of angry words and low-quality results. THEN we make a fun future content announcement. What could it be?...

The full playlist of songs can be watched and heard here.

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A shorter episode this week, as we wrap up the SECOND song from each country (wild, right???) from the first ever Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 and reveal the winner. We've got... well, really good songs mostly! There's swing, swagger, and Switzerland, and it's all lying in wait on this episode of the Eurovision Rewind podcast.

You can listen (the video is unfortunately lost) to the entire 1956 grand final for yourself here.

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This week, we're going ALL the way back! It's the very first Eurovision Song Contest, before it was even called Eurovision, and we're doing a full song-by-song rewind. Things were a little different the first go round, but it's still got all your favorite Eurovision hallmarks. There's key changes, novelty songs, snoozy ballads, Jonathan and Ellis going at each other's throats about musical merit, y'know, the usual. So stick around! It's gonna be a good one!

You can listen (the video is unfortunately lost) to the entire 1956 grand final for yourself here.

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The long awaited second part to our Second Chance Contest review is here! We will be guiding you through some couture bear costumes, hot pink latex, children's costumes that (almost) made it to Eurovision, Carly Rae Jepsanmarino, and our biggest fight since Je ne Sais Quoi. At the end, we also play a little game (the results of which will be revealed soon!)

You can watch all the participating entries here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSBLK8G6aPBGIKNObwhLLJAY2fiS0HOf2

Join us this Wednesday for our comprehensive review of the very first Eurovision Song Contest!

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The best and worst of the 1995 episode is all here! From the white, British reincarnation of TLC, to songs so boring we pull out the deep XBOX Kinect knowledge, it's an enthralling installment of the Eurovision Song Contest. There's abuse of plaid, a Kurt Cobain lookalike balladeer, and a man who JUST NEEDS TO SHAVE! It's all here, as we rewind back to the Eurovision Song Contest 1995.

You can watch the entire Eurovision 1995 Final here.

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The '90s! A decade full of the sugariest pop, the grungiest rock, and a lot of ambient breakbeats. Only one of those things made it to the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 though, and we're here to rewind back and give those composers what for. This week we've got a shocking chart recap game, TECHNICALLY not a hurdy-gurdy, and a small woman carrying a large saxophone. Grab your VCRs, put on your Beavis and Butthead t-shirt, and sit down for a lovely hour of '90s action.

You can watch the whole Eurovision 1995 grand final here.

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