ESC101 - A Eurovision History Podcast

In this week’s episode, we are continuing our Eurovision 2025 coverage! Join us as we review the studio versions of the semi final 2 acts, and find out which acts are our favourites and which ones we think will qualify!

In this week’s episode, we are kicking off our Eurovision 2025 coverage! Join us as we review the Studio versions of the Semi-Final 1 acts and find out which 10 acts are our favourites and which ones we'd leave in the semi!

In this week’s episode, we are returning to The Eurovision Travel Guide, our monthly series where we explore a country in the Eurovision Song Contest. Join us as we explore the host country of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, Switzerland! As one of the original 7 countries, Switzerland has one of the deepest histories out of any participating country. Gear up for Basel as we look back at Switzerl...

This week’s episode features the host of the 10th Eurovision Song Contest Renata Mauro. Join us as we delve into the life of Italy’s first Eurovision host. Discover Renata’s artistic background and prepare yourself as we reveal what Renata did after hosting the contest, it’s full of paws-itivity!

It has been 5 years since the launch of the Eurovision Forever Project by the Douze Points Podcast and we are celebrating with those who ran the project, Elizabeth Allen and Jack Eaton! Join us as we look back at the last 5 years and find out if Elizabeth and Jack would ever consider doing it again or if they would revise some of their scores! Elizabeth Allen is the host of the Douze Points Podcas...

This week’s episode shines a spotlight on the least noticed person on the Eurovision stage…the conductor! Join us as we learn about the last conductor of the Eurovision Song Contest Aleksandar Džambazov who conducted the entry for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in 1998. Discover Aleksandar’s story of determination and hard work as he directed the orchestra on the Eurovision stage for th...

This week’s episode opens the Eurovision Yearbook to explore the life of Anita Thallaug who represented Norway in 1963. Discover the career of an iconic Norwegian superstar who made her way onto the stage without having to win Norway’s national final, and gasp at the tragedy of the results of the 1963 contest for Norway and most of her neighbours.

In this week’s episode, we are returning to The Eurovision Travel Guide, our monthly series where we explore a country in the Eurovision Song Contest. Join us as we explore the defunct country of Serbia & Montenegro, learning about their two entries and their national selection method. Witness the country emerge from their dark past onto the Eurovision stage and discover how they are the only...

Welcome to Life on the DQ List, where we look back at the songs that never made it onto the Eurovision stage. From songs withdrawing due to artists changing their minds to scandalous disqualifications, we’re remembering the long lost songs destined for the dustbins of history! This week, we’re looking at the cancelled entries from the 1980s and 1990s! From double dipping to scheduling conflicts, w...

This week’s episode shines a spotlight on the least noticed person on the Eurovision stage…the conductor! Join us as we explore the life of Portuguese Conductor Jorge Costa Pinto who conducted Portugal’s entries in 1966, 1971, and 1973. Discover his passion for Jazz and Big Band music, and find out what he thinks of the modern contest!

You are cordially invited to this week’s episode as we take in the harmonic sounds of the Vienna Boys Choir performing as the interval act of the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest. Discover the 500 year old story of this world famous group of talented choristers bringing together the glamorous themes of classic Austrian culture!

In this week’s episode, we are exploring the life of the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 1958, Hannie Lips. Discover the story of a woman who managed to de-throne the Queen of Dutch television, bringing warmth and professionalism both on and off the Eurovision stage!

In this week’s episode, we are returning to The Eurovision Travel Guide, our monthly series where we explore a country in the Eurovision Song Contest. Join us as we explore Spain, learning about some of their entries, their national selection methods, and some fascinating historical and musical notes! Discover the story of a country ruled by a dictator transforming into the music legend that bring...

Welcome to a bonus episode where we react to Ethnikós Telikós 2025! Join us as we review the entries competing to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel! 12 hopeful artists competed for a spot at the Eurovision Song Contest, find out which ones we love and which ones flopped!

This week’s episode opens the Eurovision Yearbook to explore the life of Camillo Felgen, the artist who represented Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 & 1962. Discover the heartfelt ballads sung by a man who ended up schooling The Beatles in German!

Welcome to a bonus episode where we react to the Luxembourg Song Contest 2025! Join us as we review the national final show that decided who will represent Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel! 7 hopeful artists competed for a spot at the Eurovision Song Contest, find out which ones we love and which ones flopped!

This week’s episode opens the Eurovision Yearbook to explore the life of Katri Helena, the Finnish artist who competed in the 1979 and 1993 Eurovision Song Contest. On top of managing to represent Finland twice at the contest, Katri also tried an additional four times! Having placed either second or third in the national final, she’s one of the most persistent Eurovision stars we’ve seen! Find out...

Welcome to Life on the DQ List, where we look back at the songs that never made it onto the Eurovision stage. From songs withdrawing due to artists changing their minds to scandalous disqualifications, we’re remembering the long lost songs destined for the dustbins of history! This week, we’re looking at the cancelled entries from the 1960s and 1970s! From vote rigging to mysterious circumstances,...

In this week’s episode, we are returning to The Eurovision Travel Guide, our monthly series where we explore a country in the Eurovision Song Contest. Join us as we explore Bulgaria, learning about some of their entries, their national selection methods, and some fascinating historical and musical notes! Discover the core of Bulgaria’s beating drum beyond the bones! If loving Bulgaria at Eurovisio...

For our first episode of 2025, we jump all the way back to the beginning of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956! This week, we’re featuring the conductor of Luxembourg’s entries at the premier contest, Jacques Lasry. Discover his music career, full of fascinating moments from helping to invent a new instrument to rubbing elbows with future Eurovision musicians!

For the last episode of 2024, we turn ourselves back to the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest, home of Penguins, Saxophones, and Hitchhiking! This week, we are delving into the story of Turkish representative Ajda Pekkan and her song about the gas guzzling automobile! Her song Pet'r Oil proclaims the glories of petrol...so long as you have some! Discover the other two songs that could have represented...

In this week’s episode, we explore the life of Mario Del Monaco, the legendary Italian operatic tenor who sang to Europeans everywhere on the world’s biggest stage: The Eurovision Song Contest held in Napoli in 1965! Learn the extensive career of the man who used his incredible vocal talents to sway the hearts of people around the world, and discover the connection Mario has to communist world lea...

In this week’s episode, we are exploring the life of the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, Moira Shearer. Join us as we learn about a ballet dancer who had the honour of being the host of the only Eurovision Song Contest held in Scotland…so far! Discover the illustrious career which brought this Eurovision host to the theatre, the silver screen, and even having a movie made about her!

In this week’s episode, we are returning to The Eurovision Travel Guide, our monthly series where we explore a country in the Eurovision Song Contest. Join us as we explore Armenia, learning about some of their entries, their national selection methods, and some fascinating historical and musical notes! Discover the flavours of the Caucasus region and see if you can follow along with the changes t...

Welcome to a bonus episode where we react to the Montenegrin national final Montesong 2024! Join us as we review the national final show that decided who will represent Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel!