jESC2015recap

Here the last Junior Eurovision podcast of the year.

I look back over this year's event, which I think was a pretty good one! I also look forward to Eurovision 2016 as there has been a flurry of last minute activity - some of which feels a little odd!

I start off though by looking back at the last week, which has not been the best. Nothing really *bad* has happened but at times I've felt a little left out of things and unconfident about everything. I am going to my new place of work next week to do a few days of settling in, which I am honestly looking forward to, but so much is preventing me from shouting it from the rooftops and feeling proud of myself. I guess there are days, in my case weeks, where you just feel like you're not doing a good job - mainly because nobody tells you that you are...

Junior tracks this week come from Malta, Belarus, France and Georgia.


PS - here's the link to my youtube account with my past Karaoke Secret Santa posts https://www.youtube.com/user/squiresag

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jESC 2015

This weekend sees the 13th Junior Eurovision Song Contest being held in Sofia, Bulgaria!
In the second part of the podcast I go through the draw and talk about what I've seen in the rehearsals this week. Although I am not there in person I have been able to keep up to speed with the goings on thanks to  the vodeos on the Junior Eurovision website AND the people at ESCInsight and EuroDummies - your  daily news features have proved quite informative! 
As you will hear, I have no idea what's going to happen... but that's a good thing... right...?

First of all I go through my week. Unfortunately it hasn't gone very well :(


Junior Eurovision songs this week come from Latvia, Russia, Sweden and Armenia.

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Junior ESC 2015

Quite a lot packed in today's podcast.

In the first part I talk about what I've been up to this week - freezers, interviews and Teletubbies...

All shall be revealed!

Then I give my best potted history lesson of what Junior Eurovision is and a brief run down of the rules and how the rules have changed over the years - for better and for worse!

Finally I do a review of all 17 jESC entries in about 15 minutes... That's MUCH shorter than the actual show so why bother watching it ! 

The song playlist is all Junior related and come from Spain, Serbia, Bulgaria and Norway and next week I'll play some more Junior Eurovision songs

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2016 recap 2

Sorry about the long delay!!!
As I explain at the start, A LOT of things have been going on including numerous illnesses and doing a podcast has not been my greatest priority, but I have hopefully got back up to date with the latest Eurovision news.

In the last part of the podcast, I talk about a new venture I'm about to undertake. Although this is a much more personal thing, rather than a themed podcast, I am hoping you will enjoy the window in the my world with a Squirt. That said it won't ALL be baby related - there will be scope to look at a wider cultural spectrum and indulge some of the other things I enjoy, and enjoy bitching about,  in life! I really hope you join me on this journey :)

Music comes from UK, Bulgaria, Portugal and a German band with quite a few Eurovisiony connections


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PS - here is the said "Squirt Desk"