The Euro Trip | Eurovision Podcast

The final episode of this series of The Contest & Me concludes with a trip to Eurovision's newest nation.

We head to Canada to meet Content Creator Shawn Myers (Worldvishawn) to hear how his country are preparing to make their debut in Burgas next year.

Shawn tells us about his unique role in helping with the preparations, while he also reflects on the music and memories that made him first fall in love with the competition.

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Can you believe we've never had him on The Contest and Me?!

We're reunited with one of our favourite guests as Eurovision Creative Director, Dan Shipton joins us for a trip down memory lane.

We head back to the 1990s and the UK's most recent win in the contest, his memories of Electro Velvet, Lucie Jones and Surie, and his unexpected debut in the compeition.

Then there's Turin, Sam Ryder, and the performance that came so close to lifting the glass microphone trophy.

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This week the new series continues with another familiar voice to Eurovision fans.

We're off to Denmark to met the man who had the pleasure of announcing his home country's win back in 2013, and whose commentary debut was derailed by the technical problems that beset the first semi-final in Düsseldorf just two years earlier.

He shares his fond memories of his first live contest when Copenhagen hosted Eurovision's biggest ever venue back in 2001, and we ask what change he'd make if put in charge of the competition?

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The sixth season of The Contest & Me starts here as we sit down with Bulgaria's long-time Eurovision commentator.

After Elena Rosberg had the honour of announcing DARA's win earlier this year she joins us to look back at her remarkable career covering the world's favourite music competition.

Vienna marked her fifteenth Eurovision commentary and she looks back at her first contest, her favourite songs, and looks ahead to Burgas hosting the contest next year.

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Returning for the sixth series we're sitting down with more well-loved names from the Eurovision world as they share their memories of everyone's favourite music competition.

Episodes will be released every Thursday, starting on 8th October.

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Who predicted this? The Netherlands will be back in the Eurovision Song Contest next year after a different broadcaster took over from AVROTROS which is continuing its boycott of the competition.

Callum is joined by Dutch Eurovision reporter GJ Kooijman to get the latest on Eurovision's newest returning country as well as a bit of info on Belgium's confirmation of participation.

Stick around until the end to hear Callum's news on whether Slovenia and Iceland could be making a return to Eurovision next year too.

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Eurovision is heading to Burgas after the shock announcement from the EBU and host broadcaster BNT.

The Black Sea resort beat competition from Bulgarian capital Sofia to hold the 71st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, so what do you know about where we're heading?

We hear from the EBU's Head of Communications Dave Goodman on why the city was chosen, plus we get the thoughts of Bulgarian Eurovision commentator Elena Rosberg.

Finally friend of the podcast Manuela Dimitrova from Exodo Travel returns with her tips for anyone planning to head to Burgas next year.

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Logic suggests we'll be heading to Bulgaria's capital city for next year's contest, but could a dark horse have entered the race to host Eurovision?

In this exclusive episode we meet Manuela Dimitrova, Founder of CEO of Bulgarian based Excedo Travel.

She takes us through the cities that have expressed an interest in hosting and assesses the bids fom Sofia, Plovdiv, Burgas and Varna.

We also hear how excited her nation is to be welcoming the world next May.

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After a few years of rumours and gossip, we finally have official confirmation that Canada will be joining the Eurovision Song Contest in 2027. With the North American nation debuting in next year's contest, we find out why they were welcomed into the family from Eurovision Director Martin Green.

We learn when those discussions with Canadian broadcaster CBC first began, how their EBU membership is about far more than the song contest, and what happens if they were to win the competition and therefore the right to host the following year's contest.

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In the final episode of the season we conclude the series with a look back at our best loved moments from the last 12 months.

We reminisce over the events of this Eurovision year with plenty of highs and lows on the road to Vienna.

But most importantly we celebrate you, our brilliant listeners, and the fantastic conversations we had with some our favourite people.

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