Eurovision Queens

In this special preview episode Andy and Ryan immerse themselves in Eesti Laul, the Estonian national final, and are pleasantly surprised by the quality of this year's entries. After much listening and deliberation they have managed to narrow down to a top 10 from the 20 artists and songs, which they reveal in traditional Eurovision-style from one point up to douze points. Who will be their tip fo...

In this special Melodifestivalen preview episode Andy & Ryan discuss some of 2024’s returning artists. These include favourites such as Danny Saucedo and Dotter but also the likes of Samir & Viktor, Elisa Lindström and Clara Klingenström. They also discuss three of the performers and songs already known to be performing in Malmo in May and interview native Swede Anna Kågedal about her memories of...

Greetings from your Eurovision Queens! Eurovision 2024 season is already well underway and we are back to talk about our plans for this crazy ride. Find out which national finals we already have tickets for (spoilers: its twice as many as last year already) and speculate about who may be coming back. We also have a quick peek at who is already Malmo bound to represent their countries at Eurovision...

In this episode of Eurovision Queens, Andy & Ryan are stuck in a storm with Victor Crone, but fear not - is that Nina Kraljic beckoning the way from her Lighthouse? Manuel Ortega has a word for us, with a very repetitive if not catchy chorus and Bonnie Tyler believes in herself. Brooke from Ireland thinks it's rich that she didn't qualify but The Mamas from Sweden are here to lift us up back into...

In this episode of Eurovision Queens, Andy & Ryan are impressed by freaky Senhit, stutter along to Icelandic children's punk band Pollaponk singing No Prejudice, and critique the wonderfully named Angelica Agurbash from Belarus, who wants us to love her tonight. The UK entry under the microscope is Molly's Children of the Universe who is giving 'power to the people', while the wondrous Eline Thorp...

In our 21st episode we go deep with S10 from the Netherlands, celebrate Slovenia’s groundbreaking drag queens Sestre, and get our episode title from Italy’s Francesca Michelin. We also go on a journey with Nicki French as she plays that song again, bemoan the fact that Halo didn’t make it through for Austria, and are certain that we don’t want Albania’s Fifi to Stop. So if you’ve got an hour to sp...

In our 20th regular episode we zig-zag across time and space TARDIS-style with songs from seven different countries and four different decades. First up is Ireland's Lesley Roy who ended up devoting 2 years of her life to Eurovision. Then we have one of Armenia's strongest performing entries which is all about a humble apricot stone, followed by the floaty dressed Christine Gulbrandsen from Norway...

Another 7 songs from Eurovision's past including: fourth-placed Luca Hanni from Switzerland who arguably could have put more effort into his dance routine; the mighty Carl Epsen from Norway whose building ballad blew Andy away back in 2014; and the much less impressive lingerie-clad Sanda who is admitting stuff all over the place. There's vintage Eurovision too thanks to Clodagh Rogers who actuall...

Now that Eurovision 2023 is over we’re returning to our usual format: 7 different songs in 7 different categories from contests past. In this episode we feature Russian woman Manizha (who is opposed to the war with Ukraine); Finnish pocket rocket Sara Aalto; Cheryl Baker’s first Eurovision group, Co-Co; and no less than 2 winners, from Serbia and Portugal respectively. We also keep it a bit 2023 b...

In their final Eurovision 2023 episode, Andy & Ryan review all the performances at the grand final and the all important results. Along the way they discuss the hosts, the unfortunate non-qualifiers, the running order, the jury vs televote debate, and what they think about Loreen’s win. Next time: we return to our fortnightly episodes in which we play 7 Eurovision songs from 7 different periods of...

Here it is… our last show before the Eurovision final! This time around we review the Big 5 and Ukraine. And what a group it is. We are both wowed by France’s La Zarra, captivated by the new flamenco sound of Spain’s Blanca Paloma, and incredibly proud of the ebullient UK entry Mae Muller - our best song in forever. We will be back with a review episode when it’s all over but at this point it’s on...

In the fourth of our special Eurovision 2023 episodes we review the songs and artists competing in the second half of Semi-Final 2 in Liverpool. Along the way they talk ‘Beybah’ as they explore the Blanka controversy, look back through all the years to broken dreams disguising fear with Lithuania’s Monika, and call Universal cause Teya and Salena are about to be stars. Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe, Poe… Nex...

As we reach the third of several special weekly episodes leading up to the grand final, Andy declares it to be #Gadvent - gay advent (let’s get that trending people). Elsewhere in this episode, your Queens review the songs and artists competing in the first half of Semi-Final 2 in Liverpool. This means they’re not scared to love Denmark’s Reiley but they’re scared of breaking their hearts; that th...

In the second of several special weekly episodes leading up to the grand final, Andy & Ryan review the songs and artists competing in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. This time they focus on the second half of Semi-Final 1. As well as re-living the glory of seeing Loreen win Melodifestivalen, Andy thanks Pasha Parfeny, while Ryan has the power of a unicorn (don't you ever learn?) Socials: Twitter: @E...

In the first of several special weekly episodes leading up to the grand final, Andy & Ryan review the songs and artists competing in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool. This time they focus on the first half of Semi-Final 1 and while Ryan is traumatised by the Croatian entry, Andy wonders why is everyone sleeping on Malta… Socials: Twitter: @EuroQueensPod Instagram: EurovisionQueens Email: EurovisionQue...

Its time for another bonus episode of Eurovision Queens. This time we are joined by a very special guest who is not only a massive fellow Eurovision fan, but the current reigning Mr Gay Great Britain – David Allwood. David takes us through his top 5 Eurovision songs, taking us on a queer journey through music and time, and we talk about some big issues along the way, including everything David has...

As this episode goes out Andy & Ryan are recovering from three frenetic weekends in Stockholm. After 2 Melfest specials, this is a return to our regular episode format with 7 songs in 7 different categories. First up is Portugal’s sublime Saudade Saudade (a sad state of intense longing for someone or something that is absent) which is essentially group therapy in song form, for which the lead sing...

In which your Eurovision Queens review all things Melfest… Andy & Ryan have had quite a week here in Stockholm and decided to release another bonus episode as aresult. They share their experiences of the Melfest Weekend parties with guests like 2023 entrants Alessandre, Reiley, Blanka, and past year favourites such as Senhit, Anna Bergendahl and Klara Hammaström. They also cover their unforgettabl...

Ahead of this year’s final of Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s national final, Andy & Ryan give their take on this year’s finalists. They’re paying extra special attention as this year they’re actually going to be in the audience in Stockholm cheering and whooping from the tenth row. Until Heat 4 it was perhaps fair to say that this year’s Melfest might not be as strong as the last 2 years, but the long...

Dearest wonderful listeners, from this episode we're changing things up a bit, not to mess with your minds but simply because we wanted to play more songs from recent Eurovision history. We hope you don't mind too much and we promise we'll still play some golden oldies. In this, our sixteenth episode, we debut our 'Last 5 years' category with the brilliant Mata Hari by Efendi, one of the songs tha...

Every now and then a national final comes along that ticks all the boxes, offering multiple songs that you just know are going to end up as some of your most played on Spotify. We quickly realised that this year’s Melodi Grand Prix was going to be just such an event, with its wonderfully diverse range of talent bidding to win the right to represent Norway at this year’s Eurovision. We had the mode...

In this episode, Andy and Ryan curate a typically eclectic collection of Eurovision classics, many of which, despite their brilliance, only made the middle of the results table. There’s country-inspired Stefan from Estonia with a guitar slung on his back, the UK’s own Samantha Janus who has a sincere message to your heart despite singing in her underwear, and the wondrous Zoë who takes us far away...

Andy & Ryan are back with another heady mix of Eurovision goodness in which pianos duel and it all gets a bit angst-ridden up in here. We start with Romanian-Norwegian Ovi who managed to reach the contest twice with Paula Seling. Their pop duet 'Playing with Fire' features a giant perspex double piano, a leather catsuit, and, naturally, lots of flames. It's a certified banger which ultimately plac...

It’s a new regular episode of Eurovision Queens featuring 7 more classic songs from contests past with your ESC-obsessed hosts Andy & Ryan. This time we unveil a brand new category as we ditch 2nd placed songs (we’ve done all the good ones!) for semi-final entries that didn’t make it through to the final. It’s a rich vein and we start strong with Kate Ryan’s seminal Je t’adore from 2006. Two of th...

How about a bonus festive episode of Eurovision Queens? In a slight break from regular programming, we have gathered together 7 festive tracks from some of our favourite Eurovision artists that have featured on the podcast so far - get ready to discover some new christmassy tunes. A message from Andy & Ryan: Please review us on Apple Podcasts and like and share our content wherever you can - it wi...