Friday 24 July 2015

Pleasing the home crowd

The the first of two related podcasts I look at the songs that are sung on home turf - the year after they win. There is a certain freedom with coming after a country's win.

As many Eurovision fans know it is quite rare for a country to win on home turf. In these modern times, as Eurovision has become bigger and more expensive, countries might try a little less hard to win again!

We have a number of songs through the decades - some more memorable and successful than others.
Next time, the second part of this theme will look specifically at 6 times winners Sweden and looking at the songs that entertained their home crowd. I may also look back the the recent editions of Melodifestivalen and try and figure out what might be turning up in Stockholm

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Saturday 11 July 2015

ESC Influences

There are many things that seep through from one Eurovision to the next. Sometimes it is the formation of an act, a style or genre, choreography or gimmicks. Sometimes is something not even in the contest proper that makes its mark.

In this podcast we look back at some of the seminal songs of Eurovision and see how their influences leaked through into the backbone of what Eurovision is about. We also look at the 2015 performances and wonder which will influence the crop of 2016 the most...
(Plus gurglings from Squirt)

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