ESC Pulse

Part one of our podcast where the team are joined by Rob Urry-Tuttiett to review the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest which took place in Moscow, Russia. Non-qualifier discussion starts at 18.09 Grand Final discussion starts at 45.37

The team are joined by Ann Squires of ESC Armchair to review the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The UK is hosting Eurovision 2023 on behalf of Ukraine, and the team discuss the seven candidate cities in the running to host.

The team mull over the final results a couple of days after the show, decode some of the crazy semi-final outcomes and touch on some of the voting controversies in the aftermath.

The team try to predict who will win the Grand Final of Eurovision 2022, who is likely to be top 10, and who might end up last.

The morning after Semi 2 ended, we made our immediate reactions to the results, and go into a discussion about the final running order.

The team attempt to predict the ten qualifiers for Semi-final 2.

Right after Semi 1 ended, we made our immediate reactions to the results.

The team attempt to predict the ten qualifiers for Semi-final 1.

The last of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we have Ann Squires of ESC Armchair joining us as our fifth special guest judge as we look at the songs that have automatically qualified for the Grand Final. The songs reviewed in this episode: France: Alvan & Ahez - "Fulenn" Germany: Malik Harris - "Rockstars" Spain: Chanel - "SloMo" Uni...

The fourth of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we have Ciaran Urry-Tuttiett of The Eurovision Showcase joining us as our fourth special guest judge as we look at the songs in the second half of Semi-final 2. The songs reviewed in this episode: Ireland: Brooke - "That's Rich" North Macedonia: Andrea - "Circles" Estonia: Stefan - "Hope" Romania...

The third of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we have AJ from EuroBuzz joining us as our third special guest judge as we look at the songs in the first half of Semi-final 2. Note - this episode was recorded before the news about Israel's security situation. The songs reviewed in this episode: Finland: The Rasmus - "Jezebel" Israel: Micha...

The second of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we have Paul Klur of Bruce Reviews Music joining us as our second special guest judge as we look at the songs in the second half of Semi-final 1. Note - this episode was recorded before Israel Calling. The songs reviewed in this episode: Portugal: Maro - "Saudade, saudade" Croatia: Mia Dimšić - "...

The first of five shows reviewing the songs competing in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. This week, we have Arianna aka @Arianna483 joining us as our first special guest judge as we look at the songs in the first half of Semi-final 1. Note - this episode was recorded before the running order announcement and Moldova's revamp. The songs reviewed in this episode: Albania: Ronela Hajati - "Sek...

It's the final episode covering the 2022 national finals and the team reminisce over the highlights of the past few weeks, as well as discussing the songs selected in Germany, Denmark, Romania, France and Serbia. They also preview the last batch of national finals in Iceland, Portugal and Sweden. 

It's been a particularly dark week but the team try their best to keep spirits up by discussing the songs selected in Australia and Finland. They also preview national finals in Germany, Denmark, Serbia, France and Romania, as well as semi-finals in Iceland, Portugal and Sweden. 

A more quiet week to look forward to but surely the drama will only get worse. The team discuss the songs selected in Croatia, Malta, Norway, Poland, San Marino and Slovenia. They also preview national finals in Australia and Finland, as well as semi-finals in Iceland and Sweden. The listeners send in some questions on topics such as "what makes a bad Eurovision?".

We're not fans of salad this week. Or bananas. The team discuss the songs selected in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine. They also preview national finals in Croatia, Malta, Norway, Poland, San Marino and Slovenia, as well as the third semi-final in Sweden.

The team discuss the songs selected in Ireland, North Macedonia, Israel and Italy. They also preview national finals in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, as well as semi-finals in Norway and Sweden.

The team kick off the 2022 National Final season and discuss the songs selected so far. They also preview national finals in Ireland, North Macedonia, Israel and Italy, as well as a LOT of semi-finals in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Slovenia, and Sweden.

The team are joined by Emilia Giacometti from Eurosong.hr to discuss Italy's history in Eurovision and we count down who the listeners voted as their favourite Italian entries.

The team discuss the results of this year's Junior Eurovision. Digressions include passport stamps and Top Of The Pops.

The team review the 2021 Junior Eurovision Song Contest which will take place in Paris, France.

Part two of a two-part review where the team is joined by Ciaran Urry-Tuttiett of The Eurovision Showcase to review the 1976 contest which took place in Den Haag, The Netherlands.

Part one of a two-part review where the team is joined by Ciaran Urry-Tuttiett of The Eurovision Showcase to review the 1976 contest which took place in Den Haag, The Netherlands.