19 episodes

Scott Mills hosts your weekly Eurovision backstage pass to the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.

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    • 4.2 • 55 Ratings

Scott Mills hosts your weekly Eurovision backstage pass to the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.

    Goodnight Europe!

    Goodnight Europe!

    In this special, last episode, Scott chats with the man who was victorious in 2019, Duncan Laurence! Plus, we hear from our Prince Michael Rice and give San Marino's Serhat a call. After 18 episodes we’re all Eurovision’ed out! Thank you so much to everyone to who emailed us and downloaded the podcast!

    • 24 min
    Eurovision 2019 Final

    Eurovision 2019 Final

    NB – Contains spoilers! It’s been Eurovision Christmas with the final and here’s our Boxing Day equivalent debrief! What. A. Show. We whizzed you through our personal highlights and moments of the four hour epic and who we predicted would win against what actually happened. We chatted to Rylan after his turn as representative of the British Jury (and he doesn’t agree with all of their choices), plus Daniel ‘wizard’ Radcliffe shared his Eurovision love and brought us our penultimate lyric of the week. We got reassurance from Jayde about how our Prince was doing (all are agreed he did an amazing performance) and guys, we really needed to talk about Madonna.

    • 33 min
    It’s Eurovision Eve!

    It’s Eurovision Eve!

    We gave Netta a call right after her epic performance at Semi-Final 1 and we also had a visit from the Godfather of Eurovision, Graham Norton! And, there’s no denying the fact that they became the brother and sister duo of Eurovision 2019, so Jayde chatted to our Prince Michael Rice and gave him some last minute big-sisterly advice ahead of his jury performance.

    • 32 min
    Semi-Final 1

    Semi-Final 1

    Jayde and Scott were in Tel Aviv and gave their full analysis of Semi-Final 1, including all the backstage gossip from the UK’s commentary booth. But that’s not all we had in store for you, Scott had a catch-up with Mel Giedroyc and Jayde was reunited with our Prince Michael Rice and, well, our honorary Prince, seeing as he was born in Croydon and wrote our song - Sweden’s John Lundvik!

    • 30 min
    Rylan, Michael Rice, Kate Miller-Heidke and Richard Osman

    Rylan, Michael Rice, Kate Miller-Heidke and Richard Osman

    We made it! This episode was just ONE WEEK away from the first 2019 semi final and to celebrate, we talked to Scott’s other Eurovision partner in crime, Rylan! Montenegro’s D-Mol went ‘Under the Spotlight’ and we had a final catch up with our Prince, Michael Rice, before Tel Aviv! Jayde also chatted to one of her favourite acts of the competition, Australia’s Kate Miller Heidke! And finally, Eurovision Lyric of the Week was recited by none other than Richard Osman from Pointless!

    • 32 min
    Euphoria

    Euphoria

    We spoke to the woman responsible for possibly the greatest Eurovision song of all time, 2012’s Eurovision Champion - Loreen! We also had the host of Radio 1’s Drag Queens' Den podcast and Eurovision superfan Glyn Fussell in the studio with us! And at the end of the show just to top all of this Eurovision goodness off, we heard from the absolute Godfather of Eurovision, Graham Norton read our Eurovision Lyric of the Week!

    • 30 min

Customer Reviews

4.2 out of 5
55 Ratings

55 Ratings

UK Eurovision Fan ,

Alright, but needs a bit more focus

I really appreciate Scott’s insight. I know that Eurovision is an opportunity to have fun, but I think both, but more so Jade, needs to read the room a bit more - some of the comments on other national acts border on bullying. You did talk about why other countries might not like us; perhaps they would if you treated them with a bit more respect.

Tim Stirling ,

Poor effort

As a Eurovision fan, this podcast feels very insincere and uninformed. A very shallow attempt compared to ESC Insight which is the far superior Eurovision podcast.

arlws18 ,

Fantastic podcast for super fans and newbies alike

I love this podcast. It’s such a warm, funny show which is informative without being too confusing for anyone just coming into the world of Eurovision. Superb guests throughout and Scott and Jayde are great together!

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