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Eurovision news with attitude! Conversations inspired by the song contest — though not always limited to it. Catch up on all our Eurovision 2022 interviews, reviews and discussions. Coming to you from London, but riffing on the world of music and pop culture at large. From the team behind Wiwibloggs.com.
Episodes
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Brooke Scullion is Ireland's Eurovision 2022 singer. We discuss her win at Eurosong 2022 with "That's Rich" and the results across the televote, domestic jury and international jury.
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
🇮🇪 Eurosong 2022 finalist Patrick O’Sullivan tells our Padraig about his song “One Night, One Kiss, One Promise”. The West End singer discusses Eurovision, his inspirations and working with Westlife singer Nicky Byrne.
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
🇮🇪 Eurosong 2022 finalist Rachel Goode tells our Padraig about her song “I’m Loving Me” – a retro Scandi pop bop. The classically-trained country singer discusses Eurovision, her inspirations and changes to her Late Late Show changing, allowed by the easing of COVID restrictions.
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Spain's Eurovision 2022 singer is Chanel with SloMo. We discuss the Benidorm Fest 2022 results live on YouTube.
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
The Semi-Final Allocation Draw for Eurovision 2022 took place in Turin, Italy on January 25. We react to the SF1 and SF2 assignments, and first half and second half of the show running order.
Read more: https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/01/25/eurovision-2022-semi-final-allocation-draw-which-countries-sing-when/268821/
Saturday Jan 22, 2022
Saturday Jan 22, 2022
🇮🇪 Eurosong 2022 finalist Brooke Scullion tells our Padraig about her song “That’s Rich” – a modern bop inspired by Noughties Punk. The Voice U.K. star discusses Eurovision, her inspirations and potential hurdles that her fresh sound may face with the older demographic of the Late Late Show audience.
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Amanda Tenfjord, Greece’s Eurovision 2022 singer, is currently a medical student. During her Eurovision rehearsals in May, she will be studying for her final exams, which take place in June. Born Amanda Georgiadis in Ionnina, Greece, she moved with her family to the village of Tennfjord in Norway at the age of three. Her stage name honours the village.
Read more about Amanda: https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/12/15/greece-amanda-tenfjord-to-sing-at-eurovision-2022/267788/
Amanda talks about her Eurovision 2022 song: https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/01/16/greece-amanda-tenfjord-says-her-eurovision-2022-song-is-her-favourite-of-anything-shes-ever-written/268525/
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Our Eurovision 2022 Top 3. Three songs had been selected for the contest on the day we recorded (January 3, 2022).
Albania: Ronela Hajati "Sekret"
Bulgaria: Intelligent Music Project "Intention"
Czech Republic: We Are Domi "Lights Off"
Featuring:
William: http://instagram.com/williamleeadams
Luis: http://instagram.com/luisgfuster
Tom: http://instagram.com/tomhendryk
Suzanne: http://instagram.com/suzadams
Diego: http://instagram.com/diegopinzon
Jonathan: http://instagram.com/jonathanvautrey
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Frode wins Semi-Final 1 of Melodi Grand Prix 2022 with "Black Flowers". We react to his MGP win over Eline Noelia ("Ecstasy") in the gold duel. We also discuss Duel 1 between Eline and Mira Craig ("We Still Here") and Duel 2 between TrollfesT (Dance Like a Pink Flamingo) and Frode, and Elsie Bay's first live performance of "Death of Us".
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
Thursday Jan 06, 2022
As the former Head of Press and Head of Delegation for Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest, Sabrija Vulić has seen it all. From the high of Knez and Sergej Cetkovic making the final to the pain of watching the jury keep Who See and Nina Zizzic out of the grand final, Sabrija spills the tea. How hard was it to find artists for the former Montevizija national final? What behind-the-scenes dramas were difficult to overcome? We talk about all of this and more.