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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.
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Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
We react to Ronela Hajati’s win at Festivali I Kenges in Albania. She will sing "Sekret" at Eurovision 2022.
Thursday Dec 30, 2021
Thursday Dec 30, 2021
Ronela Hajati, Albania's Eurovision 2022 singer, reacts to her FiK win just minutes after Festivali i Këngës 60. She'll sing "Sekret" at ESC.
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
We chat with “Sekret” singer Ronela Hajati ahead of the first night at Albania's Festivali i Këngës 60 in Tirana, Albania. She says she would like to add some English lyrics if she makes it to Eurovision 2022.
Monday Dec 27, 2021
Monday Dec 27, 2021
We pick our Top 3 acts in Benidorm Fest — Spain's national selection for Eurovision 2022. We give a quick review and explanation of why we reacted and ranked them this way.
The 14 semi-finalists are...
Azúcar Moreno – “Postureo”
Blanca Paloma – “Secreto de Agua”
Chanel – “SloMo”
Gonzalo Hermida – “Quién lo diría”
Javiera Mena – “Culpa”
Luna Ki – “Voy a Morir”
Marta Sango – “Sigues en mi Mente”
Rayden – “Calle de la Llorería”
Rigoberta Bandini – “Ay mamá”
Sara Deop – “Make you say”
Tanxugueiras – “Terra”
Unique- “Mejores”
Varry Brava – “Raffaella” Xeinn – “Eco”
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Austria's Eurovision scout Eberhard Forcher discusses his approach to helping ORF choose its Eurovision artists. Eberhard takes us through the internal selection process for each of the ESC acts he has been involved in choosing in some capacity -- Zoe, Nathan Trent, Cesar Sampson, Paenda, and Vincent Bueno. There's also a lot of tea about choosing an act for Eurovision 2022. UPDATE: Since filming this earlier in November, Eberhard has told us that ORF is likely to make its decision by the end of January, and that the process is now down to just THREE acts. ORF 1 will install a new Programme Director from January 1, 2022, which makes the process slightly more complicated than in the past.
00:50 Eberhard on his career as a DJ, musician and producer
02:55 His love of Eurovision as a kid...and when Eurovision started to feel boring to him
04:00 The songs that re-ignited his Eurovision passion, including "Euphoria" and "Rise Like a Phoenix" 05:40 The Eurovision 2015 national final and The Makemakes
07:00 The difficulty of scouting for 2016 national final Wer singt für Österreich?
07:50 Zoe and "Loin d'ici" + visiting Stockholm for Eurovision 2016
11:00 Nathan Trent and "Running on Air"
14:00 Nathan getting zero points at Eurovision 2017
15:35 Cesar Sampson and "Nobody But You"
16:10 Troubles getting Russkaja and King & Potter to Eurovision 2019
18:25 Paenda and her team's refusal to make changes to their song "Limits"
20:45 Vincent Bueno and his narrow loss to Cesar Sampson in the 2018 selection
22:00 On inviting Vincent back for Eurovision 2021 and the challenges of getting a song for Rotterdam
26:00 On why "Amen" didn't make the Eurovision final.
26:30 How Eurovision 2021 inspired him and his love of Ukraine's Go_A, France's Barbara Pravi and Italy's Maneskin
28:30 The seven weeks he spent courting Bilderbuch for Eurovision 2022
31:09 Eberhard details the four finalists that remain in the internal selection for Turin
32:00 Act #1: “An electronic duo with origins in southern Tyrol” that lives in Vienna. They have a “very distinctive sound.”
34:25 Act #2: An act that plays “a combination between electro-swing and EDM” with a “charismatic female singer”.
35:10 Act #3: An act from Styria who are a “very cool pop act, but not in the usual average radio-pop idiom.” They’re “very funky, but not too aggressive.”
36:00 Act #4: A young, male DJ-producer with a young female singer. “This guy is the most successful Austrian DJ act ever” with like 80 million Spotify followers and videos with 180 million YouTube clicks.
37:40 The daughter of Gene Simmons of KISS sang the demo of one of the songs in contention
39:40 He's never had such a good selection process as in 2022. "I don't think in Austria you have better acts than I approached this year."
42:30 Why hasn't the perception of Eurovision changed in Austria since Conchita's win?
47:00 When will Austria reveal its Eurovision 2022 act and song?
50:40 Eberhard's most special moment at Eurovision is winning the jury vote with Cesar Sampson
Friday Nov 26, 2021
Friday Nov 26, 2021
Is Circus Mircus actually a rebranded Young Georgian Lolitaz with Nika Kocharov? We discuss their potential relationship with Nika Kocharov...and react to Georgia's Eurovision 2022 artist announcement.
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Life inside the Eurovision 2021 hotel in Rotterdam wasn't always easy. But Bulgaria's VICTORIA used the time to develop new music. One result is "THE WORST" -- her first new song release since the song contest.
VICTORIA says: "I will be honest. The months after Eurovision were challenging. However, 'The Worst' is an inspiring song that we created with Maya Nalani, Oliver Bjorkvall and Helena Larsson in Rotterdam. We were locked up in a hotel room for two weeks during the ESC and we devoted ourselves to creativity. The lyrics are about that voice in your head telling you that 'no one cares about you' and how you shouldn't lose yourself in it. I'm also working on my next record, which I will present very soon."
Interviewer: William: http://instagram.com/williamleeadams
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Montenegro returns to Eurovision in 2022. As the country plans to select its artist and singer for Torino, we pick our Top 3 ESC acts from Montenegro. The artists that have represented Montenegro are...
2007: Stevan Faddy "'Ajde, kroči"
2008: Stefan Filipović "Zauvijek volim te"
2009: Andrea Demirović "Just Get Out of My Life"
2012: Rambo Amadeus "Euro Neuro"
2013: Who See "Igranka"
2014: Sergej Ćetković "Moj svijet"
2015: Knez "Adio"
2016: Highway "The Real Thing"
2017: Slavko Kalezić "Space"
2018: Vanja Radovanović "Inje"
2019: D mol "Heaven"
Featuring:
William: http://instagram.com/williamleeadams Deban: http://instagram.com/deban_deban
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Eurovision 2013 winner Emmelie de Forest is back with the new single "Typical Love Song" — an interpolation of Alphaville's 1984 hit "Big in Japan." In this English-language interview, she tells our Rick about working on the song during the pandemic and making the music video with her boyfriend. She also touches on the difficulties of singing in Danish; gives her assessment of why Denmark struggled at Eurovision 2021; and speaks about the opportunities that Eurovision has created for her.
Featuring:
Rick: http://instagram.com/artcade155
Emmelie de Forest: http://instagram.com/emmeliedeforest
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Friday Oct 22, 2021
The BBC is collaborating with UK music agency TaP Music to find the United Kingdom's Eurovision 2022 act and song. Ben Mawson, the company's co-founder, is a powerful figure in the music industry with his ear to the ground and big ambitions. The company represents artists, producers and songwriters, including Dua Lipa, Ellie Goulding, and Lana Del Rey. William and Deban react to the news.