We're heading into the commentary box on this week's The Contest & Me ๐บ
Mikko Silvennoinen gives us a behind the scenes look at life as Finland's Eurovision commentator ๐ซ๐ฎ
New episode available from midnight! ๐๏ธ
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We're heading into the commentary box on this week's The Contest & Me ๐บ
Mikko Silvennoinen gives us a behind the scenes look at life as Finland's Eurovision commentator ๐ซ๐ฎ
New episode available from midnight! ๐๏ธ
Whether you like the new #Eurovision identity or not, I hope youโll hop on over to @eurotrippodcast.com to find out everything you need to know about it.
Rob and I have worked our socks off this morning to bring you the best coverage we possibly can (as we always do ๐ฅน)
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The Contest & Me returns this Wednesday as we meet more of Eurovision's most iconic fans ๐ซ
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๐จ NEW: A spokesperson for the EBU has confirmed to me #Eurovision organisers will โlook intoโ alleged Israeli Government sponsored adverts on the official Grand Final live stream on YouTube
18.05.2025 00:54 โ ๐ 118 ๐ 18 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 6๐ Hereโs everything you need to know about the new Semi-Final qualifier announcement process
#Eurovision
Thatโs very kind. Hope to have you with us for our coverage next week ๐ค
07.05.2025 18:32 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thanks David. Iโm looking forward to finding out just as much as you are
07.05.2025 18:32 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐จ MORE: Reto and Moritz have also confirmed that the new Semi-Final qualifier announcement process is going ahead
๐ฃ๏ธ "Until now, we have the green light"
#Eurovision
Reto Peritz & Moritz Stadler smiling
๐จ NEW: #Eurovision Co-Executive Producers Reto Peritz & Moritz Stadler have spoken about Celine Dion's appearance
๐ฃ๏ธ "It would be possible Celine Dion is in Basel, but will not make it to the main venue"
๐ง Hear my full interview with them on @eurotrippodcast.com at 5pm BST
I spoke to a #Eurovision winner for @eurotrippodcast.com today ๐
Youโll hear it on one of our daily episodes from Basel ๐ง
Hopefully we can make it feel like youโre there ๐ค
28.04.2025 20:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐๏ธ Iโm very excited to be heading to #Eurovision with @eurotrippodcast.com once again
๐จ๐ญJoin us in May for daily episodes (and so much more ๐) from Basel, as we bring you the best coverage of the contest
Head of Contest Christer Bjรถrkman teasing some spectacular staging details ๐
Who do you think will be flying during their #Eurovision performance in Basel?
๐ฌ๐ง NEW: Colin Berry, the UK's #Eurovision spokesperson for 25 years, has passed away at the age of 79
17.04.2025 09:09 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1๐จ EXCLUSIVE: One of the artists at this yearโs #Eurovision Song Contest will fly during their live performance, Head of Contest Christer Bjรถrkman tells @eurotrippodcast.com
๐ฃ๏ธ โThereโs a few flying things this year, people for exampleโ eurotrippodcast.com/2025/04/17/a...
๐๏ธ A pleasure to speak to both Sissal and Sergio Jaen for this week's @eurotrippodcast.com
๐ง I hope you enjoy listening to the conversations as much as I did having them
#Eurovision
๐จ๐พ EXCLUSIVE: Sergio Jaen has teased details of Theo Evan's 'difficult' #Eurovision staging
๐ฃ๏ธ "I donโt think every artist is capable of doing what heโs going to do on stage" eurotrippodcast.com/2025/04/09/i...
๐ฉ๐ฐ Sissal being a chaotic queen for 43 seconds
#Eurovision
๐จ๐ญ This was a lot of fun to record. If youโre off to Basel for #Eurovision in May, todayโs episode gives you a little flavour of what you can expect from the city
02.04.2025 08:41 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐๏ธ Tickets may become available in the coming weeks. Fans with tickets who are unable to attend can sell on Ticketcornerโs reselling platform fanSALE.ch at the original ticket prices
27.03.2025 13:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0๐๏ธ NEW: The second wave of tickets for all nine #Eurovision shows this May sold out in just 22 minutes earlier today
27.03.2025 13:14 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0๐ฌ๐ง EXCLUSIVE: Remember Monday are heading out on a huge #Eurovision promotion tour next week, and their record label manager has some ambitious aims for the group
๐ฃ๏ธ "We donโt just want to do well. We want to win this competition"
eurotrippodcast.com/2025/03/26/r...
Shitting it.
19.03.2025 22:41 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐จ๐ญ NEW: Switzerland has been drawn to perform in 19th in the #Eurovision Grand Final in May
17.03.2025 12:34 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐ฌ๐ง What we learned from Remember Monday's exclusive feature-length interview with
@eurotrippodcast.com
๐คซ It was the worst-kept secretโฆ even for them
โ๏ธ BBC set up #Eurovision songwriting sessions
๐ญ The staging will be "theatrical"
Click here to read more! โคต๏ธ
eurotrippodcast.com/2025/03/08/w...
๐ป Iโll be on BBC Radio 5 Live before 5pm talking about Remember Monday and #Eurovision
07.03.2025 16:43 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Trumpetingโฆ Very good ๐
07.03.2025 11:48 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Having now added the UK to his list, Thomas Stengaard is now outright second on the list of most countries written for at #Eurovision with seven: ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐จ๐พ ๐ฆ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐น ๐ฌ๐ง
Thomas G:son unsurprisingly holds the record of nine countries: ๐ธ๐ช ๐ช๐ธ ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ช ๐จ๐พ ๐ฒ๐น ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฆ๐ฒ
๐ฌ๐ง Tom Hollings and Sam Brennan from the duo Billen Ted also appear on the credits of What The Hell Just Happened?
They both have #Eurovision experience having written Embers with James Newman in 2021
๐ฌ๐ง What The Hell Just Happened? was written by Remember Monday members Charlotte Steele, Holly-Anne Hull and Lauren Byrne
+ #Eurovision winning songwriter Thomas Stengaard (๐ฉ๐ฐ 2013 ๐, ๐จ๐พ 2021, ๐ฆ๐น 2024)
+ Julie โKill Jโ Aagaard (๐ฒ๐น 2022 & ๐ฆ๐น 2024)