Episodes
Published 05/24/19
For those of you suffering from P.E.B, the Post Eurovision Blues, we’re here to ease your pain! In this special last episode Scott has a chat with the man who was victorious last Saturday and is the reason we’ll all be heading to Holland next year, Duncan Laurence! Plus, we’ll be hearing from our Prince Michael Rice and giving 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, roll on The...
Published 05/24/19
NB – Contains spoilers! It’s been Eurovision Christmas with the final and here’s our Boxing Day equivalent debrief! What. A. Show. We’ll whizz you through our personal highlights and moments of the four hour epic and who we predicted would win against what actually happened. We chat 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 shares his Eurovision love and brings us our penultimate lyric of the...
Published 05/19/19
It’s Eurovision Eve! Someone’s life is about to change forever and no one understands that more than the current reigning champion, Netta. We gave her a call right after her epic performance at Semi-Final 1 and we also have a visit from the Godfather of Eurovision, Graham Norton! And, there’s no denying the fact that they’ve become the brother and sister duo of Eurovision 2019, so Jayde will be chatting to our Prince Michael Rice and giving him some last minute big-sisterly advice ahead of...
Published 05/17/19
HAPPY EUROVISION WEEK! Jayde and Scott are in Tel Aviv and will give their FULL analysis of Semi-Final 1, including all the backstage gossip from the UK’s commentary booth. But that’s not all we’ve got in store for you, Scott has a catch-up with Mel Giedroyc and Jayde is 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!
Published 05/15/19
We’ve made it! We are now just ONE WEEK away from the first semi final and to celebrate, we’ll be talking to Scott’s other Eurovision partner in crime, Rylan! Montenegro’s D-Mol go ‘Under the Spotlight’ and we have a final catch up with our Prince, Michael Rice before we all reunite in Tel Aviv! Jayde will also be chatting to one of her favourite acts of the competition who’ll be competing in the first semi final on Tuesday 14th May, Australia’s Kate Miller Heidke! And finally, this week's...
Published 05/07/19
We are talking to the woman responsible for possibly the greatest Eurovision song of all time, 2012’s Eurovision Champion - Loreen! We also have the host of Radio 1’s Drag Queens' Den podcast and Eurovision superfan Glyn Fussell in the studio with us! His music video dropped last week and Jayde is absolutely obsessed with it, so this week we are putting The UK’s very own Michael Rice 'Under the Spotlight.' And at the end of the show just to top all of this Eurovision goodness off, we will be...
Published 04/30/19
This week we are talking to Eurovision royalty, they’re arguably the most iconic Eurovision winner in recent history and were serving us bearded lady realness WAY before The Greatest Showman came along, it’s 2014’s Eurovision winner - CONCHITA! Scott also talks to the man topped to win the entire contest this year, Duncan Laurence from The Netherlands. At your request, we're putting Iceland's Hatari 'Under The Spotlight' and we'll also be hearing from this week's Eurovision Hero, Dina. Plus,...
Published 04/23/19
We're spilling all the piping hot tea from behind the scenes of The London Eurovision Party 2019! Italy's Mahmood talks opera with Jayde, Spain's Miki Núñez takes a siesta, Norway's KEiiNO teach us some Sámi and Finland's Darude & Sebastian Rejman share some of their Tel Aviv staging secrets. Plus, Jayde and Scott are given a very special job and get to announce The UK's Michael Rice to the stage! But for those of you who don’t like change, or in fact, parties, we’ll still be hearing...
Published 04/16/19
In this week’s episode, he’s 2015’s Eurovision champion and the hero of all our times - Måns Zelmerlöw is in the studio! Plus, we chat to Laurell Barker, a lady who has written not one, not two, but THREE of this year’s Eurovision songs! Jayde also has a long overdue catch up with our boy, Michael Rice and last week, Anne-Marie described her music video as ‘extra’ and since A LOT of you emailed in asking, we put Cyprus's entry Tamta ‘Under The Spotlight.’
Published 04/09/19
In this week’s episode we’ll be talking to John Lundvik! He’s the Swedish representative for Tel Aviv 2019 and he also co-wrote our song, Bigger Than Us. Talk about a competitive streak, he’s the first person in Eurovision history to be competing against himself. Plus, Scott calls Essex chart-topper Anne-Marie and she explains why Scandinavians are so good at Eurovision. Anne-Marie also reveals why she might write Cyprus's Eurovision entry for 2020, we're not joking! We'll also be chatting to...
Published 04/02/19
In this week’s episode we are chatting to Finland's biggest overachiever- she can sing, she can dance, she can act, she can even ice-skate, it’s their 2018 representative Saara Aalto! Plus, Jayde will be speaking to Lake Malawi, the Czech Republic’s act for 2019 and we’ll be putting their song, Friend of a Friend Under The Spotlight. Now... Come on guys, we did all know this time would have to come eventually….Yes, sadly in this episode we will be serving you the FINAL instalment of The...
Published 03/26/19
Scott has a catch-up with Scissor Sisters legend Ana Matronic and guys, she came PREPPED. We’re talking detailed notes on this year’s songs, complete with flag emojis for each country - you won’t want to miss this. At your request, we also put Portugal's entry Under The Spotlight and we have yet another instalment of The Unofficial Eurovision Chart Show. Plus, Saara Aalto recites some intergalactic (and rather saucy) poetry in our Eurovision Lyric of the Week.
Published 03/19/19
Well that’s it, national selection season is officially over! But don’t be too sad, because we now have all 41 songs for Tel Aviv 2019 at our fingertips! In this week’s episode we discuss all the latest news, which of course is SONGS. Plus, Scott has a catch-up with Czech Republic’s act from last year, Mikoláš Josef - the only man to rock braces and a backpack in the grand final. Jayde makes a transatlantic call to this week’s Eurovision Hero, Alesia Michelle and we put Finland's entry,...
Published 03/12/19
This week Tel Aviv 2019 faced a major casualty when the 42 participating countries became 41, due to Ukraine dropping out of the competition! So, we did what any sane people would do when faced with a Eurovision emergency – we called a doctor. Dr Eurovision aka Paul Jordan, delivers a full autopsy on the events leading up to Maruv’s departure from the contest. But it’s not all bad news this week, Italy’s act Mahmood is storming the streaming charts with his song Soldi and this week’s...
Published 03/05/19
In this week’s episode we’ll be talking to Bilal Hassani, who is the French representative at Eurovision 2019 and also the owner of some truly outstanding wigs. Jayde will be chatting to Icelandic comedian and Eurovision fan Ari Eldjárn, to discuss what it’s like be from a country that’s never won Eurovision. Scott and Jayde deliver an extremely heartfelt tribute to all of the countries that have never won the Eurovision Song Contest and we've got another instalment of The Unofficial...
Published 02/26/19
We’ve missed you! We’re back and celebrating your winner aka the Prince of Hartlepool, Michael Rice, as he joins us in the studio with his Nana Carol. We also facetime the brilliant Lindsay Dracass, who represented the UK in 2001 when she was just 16, Jayde learns who really is ‘Bigger than Us' and Scott hosts the first instalment of the Unofficial Eurovision Chart Show. We chat to Ireland’s most enthusiastic Eurovision fan, Martin Jones, and Måns Zelmerlöw recites our Eurovision Lyric of the...
Published 02/19/19
We have a winner! Michael Rice will be representing the UK in Tel Aviv and Scott Facetimes him fresh from the stage. We hear from Eurovision All-stars Netta, Måns Zelmerlöw and Rylan Clark-Neal, plus last year’s You Decide winner SuRie comes into the studio. Plus, William Lee Adams and Deban Aderemi from Wiwibloggs.com explain what other Eurovision National selections are taking place this weekend.
Published 02/09/19
Go backstage with Scott Mills and Jayde Adams at the Eurovision You Decide rehearsals! We’ll meet this year’s acts and find out who actually picks our songs. We’ll also be getting some Eurovision advice from the one and only Ken Bruce. Plus, You Decide judge Mollie King shares her favourite and most bootylicious Eurovision lyric.
Published 02/08/19
IT'S EUROVISION SEASON! Step inside the BBC's weekly Eurovision party as Scott Mills and special guests discuss the latest gossip and spill the secrets from behind the scenes of this year’s song competition.
Published 02/06/19