Eurovision Queens

Andy & Ryan are in New Zealand and take the opportunity to interview podcaster (and Andy's sister) Alex Harper about her Eurovision memories. She chooses 7 songs that mean something to her and somehow manages to select entries not previously covered on the show. Strap in for some Eurovision classics from Malta, Norway, Romania and Israel... A message from Andy & Ryan: Please review us on Apple Pod...

Episode 12 - Numbers, Perms and Silver Men by Eurovision Queens

All Eurovision fans know that these days singing early in the show has a detrimental effect on your final placing and in this episode we celebrate some of those ‘early doors’ contestants. Cheeky Teo of Belarus kicks things off with the quirky Cheesecake, singing in the accursed second spot back in 2014. We are pleased to report that his spaghetti legs are still a marvel to behold. We concur that t...

What?!? Another episode almost entirely filled with female soloists belting out power ballads and pop hits. Who could ever have predicted that? First up we have the barnstorming Hera Bjork from Iceland who should have done so much better with the soaring Je Ne Sais Quoi back in 2010. Skamp’s You Got Style is effectively another solo effort fronted by Irish-Lithuanian Erica Jennings, with cool Deee...

Poor unsuspecting Ryan. He’s already tired because it’s a late recording session and then Andy subjects him to a range of Eurovision songs that are not exactly his bag. Understatement. To be fair things start off well with Ben and Tan singing Yes in emphatic style for Denmark in Eurovision’s lost year and Andy reveals the song’s special heart-warming significance, but then - Wham! - its Andy track...

It’s all happening in Episode 8: a cosmic princess on a bendy stilt, men wearing grandpa knickers, and incredibly well-rehearsed barstool choreography. What more could you want? Kate Miller-Heidke starts things off in style with a perfect mix of pop, opera and madness, before Armenia’s Sirusho delivers a dance-floor filler. We are also enchanted by the folky vibes of groundbreaking Åsa Kleveland p...

In our latest episode we have a typically eclectic mix of Eurovision songs and no less than three of the artists featured have performed at Eurovision several times including one of the most successful of all time: the irrepressible Carola from Sweden. Here we focus on her very first contest and the song Framling as well as the album of the same name which is still the best-selling Swedish album o...

Episode 6 is very educational. It's all about learning new things. Like the fact that Estonia's Sahlene actually tied third place with Jessica Garlick back in 2002, that Lena's Taken by a Stranger performance was much less sexy than we remembered, and, most surprisingly of all, the discovery that Polina Gagarina is a terrible Putin-supporting nightmare person. Eep! Elsewhere we enjoy Lindsay Draca...

It's already episode 5 and this time around the theme is confidence as every single performer here presents their song with complete confidence. A lot of them are achingly cool too but not all of them (!) so we just stuck with confidence in the end. Obvious highlights include the catchy 1985 winner, the seminal Calm After the Storm that charted all over the world, and the last UK song to place sec...

We've titled our fourth episode '7 Wonders' as it offers a typically broad selection of wonderful Eurovision songs including, of course, Ira Losco's 2nd place song 7th Wonder. We also have two golden oldies from the 1970s, a toe-tapper from the early 2000s, and the modern day is represented by everyone's favourite backpack guy Mikolas Josef. Elsewhere the Randomiser dials up a Croatian pop princes...

Our third episode is an eclectic mix of everything that makes Eurovision that joyful cocktail we love so much. There’s a Finnish diva in a tablecloth, a short Turkish man bursting out of a golden cocoon, and a group of Moldovan men with the most memorable leg action in the history of the contest. Although this episode has no specific theme Andy and Ryan agree that most of these songs sound better...

In their second episode, the 'Eurovision Queens' - Andy & Ryan - celebrate some of the women of Eurovision, selecting an array of powerful vocalists and trendy (for the time) girl groups. As usual, the pair choose songs from different ages of the contest, a UK entry, a song that came second, and another that should have made it through national selection. And then there’s the Randomiser which this...

In this augural episode the 'Eurovision Queens' - Andy & Ryan - take you on a deep dive into Eurovision history. They share their love for the contest, its music and performers, the fashions, and the politics. They are passionate about this annual TV spectacular that is effectively the Gay Olympics, and want you to join them on their musical journey every 2 weeks. Every episode they will select 7...