The Euro Trip | Eurovision Podcast

This week we're given a rare interview with Germany's Head of Delegation to hear more about their plan to return to the left-hand side of the scoreboard. 

Alexandra Wolfslast tells us about the person…

Melfest season is in full swing now that we've seen two shows on TV already. Aftonbladet journalists Jenny Agren and Stina Dahlgren join us this week to analyse heat 2 and look ahead to heat 3. No de…

With Finland gearing up for UMK this weekend, we meet the founder to discuss the evolution of the competition. He tells us more about how the show differs from others across Europe, and how he goes a…

The news is out! Petra Mede will host Eurovision 2024! To mark the news, we delve into our archives to bring you an incredibly rare English language interview we had with Petra back in the summer of …

We've seen the first heat of Melfest 2024 and two artists have bagged a spot in the final. There's plenty to discuss from the show and ESC Insight's Ben Robertson and SVT's in-house Melfest expert Gu…

On the eve of the 2024 competition, we were delighted to chat with Melfest Show Producer Karin Gunnarsson as she tells us more about how she prepares for Sweden's biggest television show. We learn mo…

The Semi-Final Allocation Draw took place in Malmo earlier in the week, so Ben Robertson from ESC Insight talks us through the benefits and pitfalls of being drawn in each of the shows. Plus, we look…

Melodifestivalen is back on our screens this weekend so we're back with Melfest Monday to get you up to speed on the competition. We're joined by Aftonbladet's Tobbe Ek, Melfest commentator Bella Qvi…

We meet Czechia's Eurovision entry in the first of many upcoming conversations with the class of 2024. Aiko joins us in the studio to discuss her favourite breakfast cereal, her ideal pizza topping, …

National selection season has properly kicked off and with Luxembourg and Ireland ready to host their shows at the end of month, we go behind the scenes of them both. Firstly, Jan Bors, formerly Czec…

We mark the beginning of another year in which Sweden host the Eurovision Song Contest by remembering some of our favourite stories told by iconic Swedes here on the podcast. Delving into our archive…

Olly Alexander is representing the UK at Eurovision 2024 - but how was he chosen? The BBC's Executive Producer of Eurovision Lee Smithurst, and the Commissioning Executive for Music Will Wilkin sit d…

We've assembled for a special bonus episode after the news some big Norwegian Eurovision alumni were returning to try and represent the nation again in 2024. We discuss the songs competing in Melodi …

In this festive special, Martin Green CBE, the Managing Director of Eurovision 2023, sits down for a feature length conversation about this year's contest. He discusses his early days in the role, de…

In this special episode we react to the news that Olly Alexander will be representing the United Kingdom in Sweden next year. The boys react to the news and get brilliant insight analysis from host o…

In the final Rewind of the series we're heading back to Baku and Loreen's first Eurovision victory. We complete the circle on her Eurovision story as we explore the controversial contest, with storie…

This week we rewind back to 1982 to give you the inside story on what happened when Eurovision headed to Harrogate! We speak to the presenter of the show Jan Leeming to find out what it was like to h…

Mello season is almost upon us and Tobbe & Stina from Aftonbladet join us to discuss who could be representing Sweden on home soil next year.

They correctly predicted 29 of the 30 artists competing in…

It's Friday, so it's time to bring you a bonus episode of the podcast as we delve into our own archive to give you another chance to hear an edition of Rewind from series one. This time, it's the fir…

After taking a break last week, we're back with another brand new edition of Rewind as we head to Rome and arguably the most chaotic contest in the history of Eurovision. We're joined by special gues…