Two stars of this year's 2026 Grand Final join the podcast for a catch-up!

First, Germany's Sarah Engels returns to talk about musicals, motherhood, and her song Fire.

Italian legend Sal Da Vinci also chats to Steve about his song Per Sempre Si, the love he had for his home city of Naples and why food means family.

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San Marino legend SENHIT is joined by music icon Boy George to talk about their Vienna collaboration Superstar!

The pair talk about how their partnership came about, and George's first impressions of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Luis and Miguel from Portuguese vocal group Bandidos do Cante also drop by to chat about their friendship, their proud history and their song Rosa.

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Two amazing piano players join the podcast in Vienna!

First up, it's Australian superstar Delta Goodrem to talk about her song Eclipse, her love of representing her country, and how the stars aligned - literally - for her Eurovision debut.

Daniel Zizka from Czechia also jumps on the pod to chat about Crossroads, his favourite musicals and how he nearly didn't quite make it to Austria.

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Fresh from their first rehearsals, Romania's Alexandra Căpitănescu and Georgia's Bzekebi join the latest edition of the podcast.

Alexandra and her bandmates talk about bringing Romania back to the contest, being huge Eurovision fans themselves... and how the singer has an interesting double life as a physicist!

Georgian legends Bzekebi discuss their memories of winning Junior, bringing the vibes to their song On Replay, and where to find the best khachapuri in Tbilisi!

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Fresh from his first rehearsal, Luka from Serbian band LAVINA joins Steve on the latest episode of the podcast to discuss their song Kraj Mene.

He talks about his love of fantasy, his love of Lordi and Wig Wam, and how his love of metal began.

JIVA from Azerbaijan also swings by to chat about her song Go, her musical influences and her love of the contest.

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Lithuania's Lion Ceccah and Estonia's Vanilla Ninja join the podcast straight after their first rehearsal.

Lion Ceccah chats to Steve about his silver era, his multilingual song Sólo Quiero Más , and the support he's getting back home in Vilnius.

Meanwhile, Vanilla Ninja are back at the contest, 21 years after they first entered. They chat about returning to Eurovision, ice cream and their interesting side hustle.

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Hello from Vienna!! It's our first episode from Austria as we catch up some of the acts of 2026 straight after their first rehearsals.

First up, it's Satoshi from Moldova who's opening the whole event.

Representing Finland, Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen talk fire, ice, sauna and violins.

And LELEK from Croatia chat about their favourite pop divas, their intricate make-up and how they're bringing the drama on stage to sing Andromeda.

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LELÉKA is all set to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest with the beautiful ballad Ridnym.

She joins Steve on the podcast to talk about her musical life, her love of Rosalía, and how she could break a record for the longest note ever sung at the contest.

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Veronica Fusaro is ready to rock the stage in Vienna with her song Alice.

The Swiss singer talks to Steve about her lifelong love of music, her love of Conchita Wurst and why she's bringing such a powerful anthem to Vienna.

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It's Ferto time! Akylas from Greece joins us for the latest episode of the podcast to talk about his preparation for Vienna.

He talks to Steve about his love of the contest, his appreciation of Käärijä, and his journey to Eurovision fame.

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