Eurovision 2021 season is hotting up! Over the past week we learned that Hooverphonic had replaced lead singer Luka; Estonia revealed its semi-finalists, including returnees Tanja, Koit Toome and Jüri Pootsmann; Spain questioned its fortunes at the Eurovision Song Contest; and Aftonbladet reported that Eric Saade is in talks to return to Melodifestivalen.
For this week’s podcast, William and Deban discussed the news together in London. But, as ever, our contributors from around the world had a lot of tea to spill. In this episode you’ll hear from Erdi in Kosovo, who dishes on the Albanian orchestra and the FiK 59 “unplugged” night; Lauren in Norway, who discusses the Mauritian artist in Estonia’s Eesti Laul; Jordi in Spain, who sounds off on the country’s efforts at JESC and ESC; Robyn in New Zealand, who names her favourite non-qualifiers from Albania, Armenia, Andorra and Austria; and Jonathan in the UK, who serves his hot takes on this week in music.
Added bonus: Hungary’s Eurovision 2014 star Andras Kallay-Saunders joins us to discuss his new single “Coming Home”, which he had hoped to sing at Eurovision.
The latest episode is below. You can also subscribe on Spotify and Apple Music. This episode was produced by Samuel in London.
Eurovision podcast (Episode 80)
Topics covered in this week’s episode, include:
Eesti Laul 2021: Final 12 semi-finalists include Tanja, Egert Milder and Sissi
Eesti Laul 2021: Estonia’s semi-finalists include Jüri Pootsmann and Koit Toome
Albania drops the orchestra
Favourite Eurovision non-qualifiers: Albania, Austria, Armenia, Andorra
New music this week: 23 songs from Duncan Laurence, WURST, Douwe Bob and more
I’m in love with WURST’s latest album and I really hope that the corona situation will get better as soon as possible and his scheduled concert in Prague in May will happen.