EMMY is going to represent Ireland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with her song Laika Party. It’s a tribute to Laika the dog, who was one of the first animals to go into space. 

Steve caught up the Norwegian singer to hear how she’s feeling about singing for Ireland,, learning Irish traditions and find out whether Jedward or Subwoolfer might make a cameo in Switzerland. 

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Erika Vikman will represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest with her song Ich Komme, and becomes the first act of 2025 to appear on our official podcast!

Steve caught up with her the morning after winning the Finnish national final UMK (Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu) in her home city of Tampere. She talks about her amazing stage performance, her friendship with Käärijä and how she has become the talk of Finland’s biggest social scene - the sauna! 

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The legendary Tia Kofi is the first guest on a brand new season of the Official Eurovision Song Contest!

Tia is a drag icon, singer, podcaster and a WINNER of RuPaul’s Drag Race vs The World. As we get ready for this year’s competition in Basel, Tia joins Steve for a chat about her love of the contest, her ambition to sing at the event, her love of San Marino and her history of putting on her own Eurovision-themed events. 

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We’ve been chatting to some of your Eurovision favourites in Amsterdam at Het Grote Songfestivalfeest, where dozens of acts come together for a huge party in the Ziggo Dome.

From the class of 2024, we catch up with Croatia’s Baby Lasagna, Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil from Ukraine, and Ireland’s Bambie Thug. 

Steve also welcomes Australia’s Guy Sebastian to the podcast, as he reveals what it was like to be Australia’s very first representative. 

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We’re celebrating the 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest final in Madrid!

Steve is joined by the three Spanish hosts of this year’s final: Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Clotet and Melani Garcia. 

Ruth talks about her own experience at Eurovision after she came 10th in 2014 with her song Dancing In The Rain. Marc is a well known actor and model in his home country and Melani returns to Junior as the co-host, after placing 3rd in the 2019 contest as a contestant, with her entry Marte.

We also catch up with the defending champion of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Zoé Clauzure, who won for France in 2023 with her song Cœur. 

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Basel has been announced as the host city of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025!

To celebrate, Steve’s been speaking to some of the people who were in the room when Nemo wrote The Code, bringing the contest back to Switzerland.

At a songwriting camp in Malta, he chats to Nemo’s bestie Teya (Austria 2023), as well as the song’s co-writers Linda Dale and Benji Alasu. 

He also catches up with some of Malta’s previous Eurovision entries - Destiny (2021), The Busker (2023), Sarah Bonnici (2024) and Christabelle (2018). 

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Nemo has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland.

Their song, The Code, received 591 points to finish in first place, ahead of Croatia and Ukraine.

They speak to Steve, just moments after receiving the coveted trophy to discuss what the win means to them.

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It's here! The Grand Final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is taking place in Malmō.

On this episode, Steve catches up with brothers Marcus & Martinus, who are opening the show for Sweden. 

Also, dropping by are drag superstars Nicky Doll and Courtney Act, as well as Serbian Eurovision legends Bojana Stemanov (2015) and Konstrakta (2022).

After Käärijä almost won for Finland last year, we pay a visit to the country's commentator Mikko Silvennoinen.

In a year of amazing choreography, Meshach Henry explains how he’s created the mind-melting dancing for the UK’s Olly Alexander.

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Reigning champion Loreen returns to the podcast, one year after she won the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time. 

She discusses the crazy year she’s had since winning with Tattoo, her famous nails, her new single Forever and her upcoming tour.

Steve also speaks to Georgia’s Nutsa, Magnus from Norwegian band Gåte, Austria’s Kaleen and Latvia’s Dons after they qualified for the Grand Final. 

Joining once again is music journalist and Swedish commentator Tina Mehrafzoon to offer her thoughts on the ten qualifiers.

And Sarah Dawn Finer (AKA Linda Woodruff) gatecrashes the interview after taking part in the Swedish interval song - We Just Love Eurovision Too Much. 

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After becoming one of Italy’s breakout stars of 2023, Angelina Mango is representing her country with La Noia at the Eurovision Song Contest. 

She talks to Steve about the meaning behind the song, her win at the Sanremo Music Festival and her incredible musical roots. 

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