The Official Eurovision Song Contest Podcast

We're looking ahead to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest which is taking place in Yerevan, Armenia.

Joining us are David Tserunyan, Executive Producer of JESC 2022 and Anna Ohanyan, Communications Supervisor at JESC 2022.

We also chat to two previous winners of Junior: Ralf Mackenbach (The Netherlands, 2009) and Mariam Mamadashvili (Georgia, 2016).

Tomaž Milhelič from Sestre (Slovenia, 2002) talks about being part of the first drag queen group to sing at the Eurovision Song Contest.

And Senhit brings some Adrenalina to Eurovision On The Spot.

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It's a winner's special as we take you backstage at Amsterdam's Het Grote Songfestivalfeest, where dozens of Eurovision acts performed their greatest hits.

Duncan Laurence chats about the power of Arcade, duetting with Rosa Linn and his involvement with the 2023 Dutch act.

Lordi's lead singer Mr Lordi discusses rubber, rock and miconceptions about his band.

Netta talks about her songwriting process and the legacy of Toy.

There's also an in-depth chat with Katrina from Katrina & The Waves, who reflects on 25 years since winning for the United Kingdom with Love Shine A Light.

And Måns Zelmerlöw plays Eurovision: On The Spot.

We're @Eurovision on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, and get all your latest news at Eurovision.tv and the Eurovision Song Contest's Official YouTube channel.

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The Official Eurovision Song Contest podcast is back for season 2!

Host Steve Holden has been on a mini tour of Europe to meet some of your favourite Eurovision artists of recent times.

Konstrakta (Serbia, 2022) tells us how her life has changed since storming to 5th place in Turin.

Malik Harris (Germany, 2022) gives us a lesson in positivity after coming last at the 2022 Contest.

Stefania (Greece, 2021) explains what it's like to compete at Junior AND Senior Eurovision.

Cesar Sampson (Austria 2018) explains how another country could have given him a VERY different Eurovision career.

You can find Steve on Twitter (@stevehreports) and Instagram (@eurovisionholden) so please get in touch with any guest requests or if you want to hear something on the podcast.

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The Official Eurovision Song Contest podcast is back and presenter Steve Holden returns with a preview of the new season. The Contest lands in Liverpool in May 2023 and over the next seven months, we'll be hearing from Eurovision acts past and present, the brand new Class of '23 and the people helping to organise the world's biggest live music event.

You can find Steve on Twitter (@stevehreports) and Instagram (@Eurovisionholden) if you want to get in touch. Who do you want to hear from - or what do you want to ask us? Let us know. The first full episode of the new season drops very soon.

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W're back! Three of this year's Grand Finalists join presenter Steve Holden to discuss their experience at this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

Sweden's Cornelia Jakobs reflects on her fourth place position with Hold Me Closer, and being 'in the right place at the right time'.

Czech Republic's We Are Domi are back in Prague after opening the show with Lights Off.

And Iceland's Systur reveal their love for Sam Ryder and their massive personal link to the Eurovision movie.

Plus, Eurovision encyclopedia Sam Ross crunches the numbers on this year's Contest.

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Ukraine has won the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Kalush Orchestra and their song Stefania came in first place, with the United Kingdom and Spain in 2nd and 3rd places.

Steve Holden chats to Ukraine's Head of Delegation, Oksana Skybinska, just a few moments after her country's win.

She explains what the victory means to Ukraine, and her hopes for the Contest in 2023.

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Steve Holden chats to the reigning Eurovision Song Contest champions Måneskin about their amazing year since winning for Italy.

Damiano, Victoria, Thomas and Ethan discuss memories of the night they won in Rotterdam, their travels around the world and supporting the Rolling Stones.

They're returning to the Eurovision stage to perform their new single Supermodel at the Grand Final.

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The Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final has arrived and presenter Steve Holden hosts a massive episode of the podcast.

He's joined by 2011 champion Eldar Gasimov, 2021 Swiss entry Gjon's Tears, Swedish commentator Edward af Sillén, Ukraine's Head of Delegation Oksana Sybinska and Denmark's 2022 entry REDDI.

Choreographer Kyle Hanagami discusses creating Chanel's routine to Slo-Mo and British DJ Zoe London talks about Måneskin's influence with her best friend - BBC Radio 1 host Jack Saunders.

Previous Eurovision stars Cesár Sampson (Austria), Hovig (Cyprus), The Roop (Lithuania), SuRie (United Kingdom) and Lake Malawi (Czech Republic) remember the one hour before they went on stage for the final.

Steve also catches up with Eurovision Backstage host Samya Hafsaoui and Eurovision's walking encyclopedia Samantha Ross for one final time.

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We now have all 25 acts confirmed for the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final and host Steve Holden gets some instant reaction from all 10 qualifiers of Semi Final 2.

He speaks to Emppu and Aki from Finland's The Rasmus, Sheldon Riley from Australia, Cornelia Jakobs from Sweden, WRS from Romania, Konstrakta from Serbia, Stefan from Estonia, Nadir Rustamli from Azerbaijan, Jérémie Makiese from Belgium, Ochman from Poland and We Are Domi from the Czech Republic.

Eurovision YouTuber Alesia Michelle and blogger Madlen Tutelian are back to share their thoughts on the qualifiers and non-qualifiers.

And Steve chats to Rosa Linn's manager Tamar Kaprelian, an Armenian-American singer who represented Armenia herself in 2015.

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Presenter Steve Holden gets exclusive reaction chats with all 10 qualifiers from Semi Final 1.

He speaks to Amanda from Greece, Systur from Iceland, Monika Liu from Lithuania, MARO from Portugal, S10 from the Netherlands, Roman from Moldova's Zdob și Zdub, Rosa Linn from Armenia, Marius Bear from Switzerland, plus the delegation heads of Norway and Ukraine.

Eurovision YouTuber Alesia Michelle and blogger Madlen Tutelian share their thoughts and the qualifiers and non-qualifiers.

Also joining Steve is Portugal's Head of Delegation - Carla Bugalho - who was one of the organisers of the Lisbon Contest in 2018.

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