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This week on the Eurovoix Podcast, we're in Amsterdam for Eurovision in Concert - and conversations with this year's biggest stars. 

Steven Heap hosts Wrap-Up in the United Kingdom this week while James Stephenson travels to The Netherlands to visit Eurovision in Concert, the year's first major pre-party. There, he spoke to Finland's fan favourite Erika Vikman about her song "Ich Komme" and what she might have planned for her performance in Basel.

But that's not all - we had the chance to speak to four more of this year's Eurovision line-up. You'll hear from Lithuanian rockers Katarsis about how they're bringing the energy to perform "Tavo Akys", catch up with Ziferblat on their first trip out of Ukraine in years, and James interviews his own country's act - Remember Monday. 

There's even one of the most unhinged interviews we've ever had on Wrap-Up, as Tommy Cash brings pure chaos to the show as he chats about Espresso Macchiato! And with six more of our Eurovision song previews, we keep assessing which songs are looking strong ahead of the contest in May.

For all the build-up to Eurovision, Wrap-Up is here every Monday at 07:00 CET to bring you the world of the world's biggest song contest, wherever you are.

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Created and Produced by: James Stephenson
Host: Steven Heap
Contributors: Darshan Bijuvignesh, Davide Conte, Franciska van Waarden, James Stephenson, Neil Farren, Sem Anne van Dijk, Tamara Vecic
Editor: James Stephenson
And our guests from Eurovision in Concert: Erika Vikman (Finland 2025), Katarsis (Lithuania 2025), Ziferblat (Ukraine 2025), Tommy Cash (Estonia 2025) and Remember Monday (United Kingdom 2025)

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This week on the Eurovoix Podcast, we meet two of the most-talked about artists competing at Eurovision 2025.

James Stephenson is your host on Wrap-Up as he heads to London for a brief meeting with Remember Monday in one of the city's most prestigious theatres - and there's a surprise singalong! Meanwhile, Sem Anne van Dijk travels to Hilversum in The Netherlands to meet their new artist Claude and find out the story behind his entry "C'est La Vie". 

While we've been meeting artists, the artists have also been meeting their fate in this week's semi-final running order announcements. We'll chat about which songs are performing where, which countries have benefitted from their positioning, and which nations we think might find their route to the final more difficult.

The team is also continuing its song previews of the Eurovision 2025 line-up, with Ukraine and Spain in the spotlight, and we're getting a glimpse into what Basel looks like ahead of the contest with someone who went there this week - Ding-a-dong co-host Marco Dreijer!

If you can't get enough of Eurovision, then just Remember Monday. Wrap-Up releases every Monday at 07:00 CET to bring you the world of the world's biggest song contest, wherever you are.

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Created and Produced by: James Stephenson
Host: James Stephenson
Contributors: Alistair Brown, Darshan Bijuvignesh, Neil Farren, Sem Anne van Dijk, Steven Heap, Tamara Vecic
Editor: James Stephenso
Special Guest: Marco Dreijer
And from Eurovision 2025: Remember Monday (United Kingdom 2025), Ace Bowerman (Creative Director, United Kingdom 2025), Ziferblat (Ukraine 2025) and Claude (The Netherlands 2025)

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This week on the Eurovoix Podcast, the build-up to Basel goes to the next level as our Eurovision song previews return.

Franciska van Waarden is your host as the Wrap-Up team starts its deep dive into the line-up to see who's contending for the Eurovision crown. First up, we drink from Tommy Cash's Espresso Macchiato for Estonia, preview Slovenia, Poland and Iceland's chances, hear from KAJ as we ask whether "Bara Bada Bastu" can really win it all and preview the first of the Big 5 - Italy.

We're also on top of all the big news this week, from a whole handful of song revamps to the latest acts announced for this year's Eurovision pre-party season. You'll also hear all the updates from Eurovision's big Heads of Delegation meeting, including new faces at the top and the first piece of running order information for this year's contest. 

And, at the end of the show, the whole team is here to choose an entry for our annual Eurovision sweepstake - so, who do you think will make the right pick?

If you all the latest Eurovision news, insights and interviews (including with the UK's act soon!), then all you have to do is remember Monday. Listen to Wrap-Up every week from 07:00 CET!

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Created and Produced by: James Stephenson
Host: Franciska van Waarden
Contributors: Alistair Brown, Daniel Stridh, Darshan Bijuvignesh, Davide Conte, James Stephenson, Julien De-re, Meg Davies, Neil Farren, Sem Anne van Dijk, Steven Heap, Tamara Vecic
Editor: James Stephenson
And from Eurovision 2025: KAJ (Sweden 2025)

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This week on the Eurovoix Podcast, we have the full line-up of songs for Eurovision 2025 - and we've spoken to three of their performers.

James Stephenson hosts as we head back to Stockholm for a chance to hear from Denmark's Sissal, Norway's Kyle Alessandro and Ireland's Emmy as they talk about their journey to the contest so far, and how they're feeling ahead of Eurovision in May.

We'll also react to the last songs to be released, including Cyprus, Switzerland and Georgia, and look up to the sky as France finally reveals its much-anticipated entry "Maman" with Louane performing on a floating platform in the middle of Paris's biggest stadium!

And, at the end of the show, we ask how Eurovision 2025 could play out. The Model, Eurovoix's data simulation of the Eurovision Song Contest, returns for 2025 to make its first projection on this episode of Wrap-Up before anywhere else.

The race to Switzerland is becoming a sprint - keep up by listening to the Eurovoix Podcast! For new episodes of Wrap-Up, remember Monday and tune in every week from 07:00 CET.

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Created and Produced by: James Stephenson
Host: James Stephenson
Contributors: Darshan Bijuvignesh, Franciska van Waarden, Julien De-re, Neil Farren, Steven Heap
Editor: James Stephenson
And our guests from Eurovision 2025: Sissal (Denmark 2025), Kyle Alessandro (Norway 2025) & Adam Woods (Melodifestivalen 2023, 2024) and Emmy (Ireland 2025)

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This week on the Eurovoix Podcast, we travel to Sweden for a Melodifestivalen match-up like no other - and chat to the winners!

Steven Heap hosts this week's Wrap-Up as Eurovision national final season draws to a close, while James Stephenson travels to Stockholm to bring you into the Melfest bubble. We catch up with KAJ and Måns Zelmerlöw throughout the contest, speak to the historic winners, and find time to sing Tattoo with Dolly Style!

We'll also bring you the reaction from Portugal and San Marino as they select their Eurovision entries, ask how far JJ and Adonxs can go with their opera-inspired songs for Austria and Czechia, and we'll take a moment to talk about Eurovision's biggest kant-roversy - why Malta will need to change their contest contender.

And, of course, we'll go over the UK's entry, What the Hell Just Happened? by Remember Monday, and start to ask what their hopes are of climbing the mountain that is the Eurovision scoreboard in Switzerland. 

So, travel to Sweden, catch up with all the latest entries, and get your Eurovision news every week - all you have to do is remember Monday and listen to Wrap-Up at 07:00 CET!

CREDITS
Created and Produced by: James Stephenson
Host: Steven Heap
Contributors: Alistair Brown, Davide Conte, Franciska van Waarden, James Stephenson, Meg Davies, Neil Farren, Tamara Vecic
Editor: James Stephenson
And our guests from Melodifestivalen 2025: KAJ, Måns Zelmerlöw and Dolly Style!
Special Thanks: Daniel Stridh, GJ Kooijman

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This week on the Eurovoix Podcast, we bring you six new songs from seven great days in Eurovision - and one of us comes ninth in a national final!

Franciska van Waarden brings you the highlights from another weekend of contests across Europe. we'll show you a spinning dancer from Serbia, serve you a slice of poison cake from Croatia, and meet a dreamer from Denmark as we hear from DMGP winner Sissal.

She'll also catch up with Anni of ESC Factful fame for her thoughts on Abor & Tynna winning Germany's Chefsache, and get a quick word from our very own Daniel Stridh as they finished ninth in Dora as part of the staging team behind Fenksta's entry "Extra"!

Then, James Stephenson tags in to take you through the internally selected songs released this week. We'll hear how Claude's song for the Netherlands has impressed earlier than intended, Liv from Aussievision joins us to talk about her country's new Milkshake Man, Go-Jo, and we'll ask the question on everyone's lips - when will the UK announce their entry? 

So, if you want the latest news from the world of Eurovision, all you have to do is remember Monday. Listen to Wrap-Up every Monday at 07:00 CET and keep up with the world's craziest contest!

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Created and Produced by: James Stephenson
Hosts: Franciska van Waarden, James Stephenson
Contributors: Alistair Brown, Daniel Stridh, Davide Conte, Neil Farren, Meg Davies, Sem Anne van Dijk, Tamara Vecic
Editor: James Stephenson
Guests: ESC Factful, Liv from Aussievision
And from Eurovision 2025: Sissal (Denmark 2025)

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This week on the Eurovoix Podcast, we bring you all the biggest news from another week in Eurovision - and a big chat with one of this year's acts!

Franciska van Waarden is your guide as we discover who Italy is sending to the contest after Olly's withdrawal, feel out the "VÆB" of Iceland's new entry, and we figure out which songs could be set to compete for Germany and Portugal this year.

The show also heads back to Malmö to catch up on Melodifestivalen. We'll chat to Swedish Eurovision journalist Tobbe Ek about how this year is shaping up, and whether Måns Zelmerlöw has what it takes to win in Sweden - and in Switzerland.

And, later on in the show, don't miss an exclusive in-depth chat with one of this year's most exciting artists. James Stephenson sits down with Ziferblat for a conversation about their song "Bird of Prey" and how they plan to represent Ukraine on the Eurovision stage in Basel.

You'll hear all of that in today's Wrap-Up - and for more like this every week, make sure you follow us and tune in every Monday at 07:00 CET for all the latest Eurovision news.

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Created and Produced by: James Stephenson
Host: Franciska van Waarden
Contributors: Alistair Brown, Darshan Bijuvignesh, Davide Conte, James Stephenson, Neil Farren, Sem Anne van Dijk
Editor: James Stephenson
Special Guest: Tobbe Ek
And from Eurovision 2025: Ziferblat (Ukraine 2025)

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This week on the Eurovoix Podcast, we are covering more national finals than ever before - six of them all in one weekend!

James Stephenson is your host as we try and make sense of the madness of Italy's Festival di Sanremo, including a set of shocking results and why their winner Olly might not compete at Eurovision in Basel.

There's also plenty of other trips to take around Europe, too. We'll find out which artist has broken an ESC record in Poland, how Norway and Lithuania have decided to select songs that are musical polar opposites, and react to Sunday night's show in Armenia as they pick Parg for Eurovision 2025.

And, later on in the show, we'll get our espresso macchiato to go as we check in with ESC Gabe in Estonia and ask him about Eesti Laul and their new Eurovision entry, Tommy Cash. We'll also be putting some of our early contest predictions to him - with hilarious results.

So, want the best bits from six national finals all in one place? Then make sure you listen to Wrap-Up today, and keep up with Eurovision every Monday from 07:00 CET.

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Created and Produced by: James Stephenson
Host: James Stephenson
Contributors: Darshan Bijuvignesh, Davide Conte, Franciska van Waarden, Meg Davies, Neil Farren
Editor: James Stephenson
And our special guest: ESC Gabe

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This week on the Eurovoix Podcast, we travel to Tampere in Finland for one of the biggest national finals of the Eurovision Season - UMK.

James Stephenson and Franciska van Waarden co-host the show from Tampere as they react to Erika Vikman's victory, and also hear from fellow contenders Costee, Neea River, Goldielocks and Nelli Matula!

While they've been in Finland, the rest of our team was keeping up with all the action on this year's "Super Saturday", with four other national finals to cover. We'll analyse the latest Eurovision 2025 songs from Ukraine and Latvia, ask whether the EBU will be serving a ban to the Maltese winner's lyrics, and chat to Reylta as we find out more about Ireland's show.

We'll also take you to Copenhagen to chat to Sissal and Tim Schou as they're announced in the line up for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, and you'll hear all the latest news from the world of the world's biggest song contest.

From Tampere, and the rest of Europe, to everyone around the world - this is your weekly Wrap-Up. 

CREDITS
Created and Produced by: James Stephenson
Hosts: Franciska van Waarden, James Stephenson
Contributors: Daniel Stridh, Davide Conte, Meg Davies, Neil Farren, Sem Anne van Dijk
Editor: James Stephenson (overseen by Franciska van Waarden)
Our UMK Guests: Costee, Neea River, Goldielocks, Nelli Matula
From the world of Eurovision: Reylta (The Late Late Show Eurosong 2025), Sissal and Tim Schou (DMGP 2025)
And from Eurovision 2024: Windows95Man (Finland 2024)

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This week on the Eurovoix Podcast, we have four national finals and four new songs to talk about for Eurovision 2025.

Franciska van Waarden is your host this week as we bring you all the best from Greece, Slovenia and Spain's selections over the weekend. Not only that, we'll take you to Belgium to meet the winner of Eurosong 2025, Red Sebastian, and find out what he's planning for his entry "Strobe Lights" in Basel!

There's also time to assess how Klavdia, Klemen and Melody's winning entries will fare, and we'll wrap up everything else you need to know from around the world of the world's biggest song contest, too.

Two new countries have confirmed their artists for Eurovision this year - we'll introduce you to JJ from Austria and Louane from France later on in the show.

As the national final frenzy begins, make sure you listen to Wrap-Up for the best news, interviews and more every Monday at 07:00 CET!

CREDITS
Created and Produced by: James Stephenson
Host: Franciska van Waarden
Contributors: Alistair Brown, Darshan Bijuvignesh, Davide Conte, James Stephenson, Neil Farren, Sem Anne van Dijk
Editor: James Stephenson
And our Special Guest: Red Sebastian (Belgium 2025)

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