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Eurovision LegendsJamalaIn 2016, a Ukrainian trained opera singer sang a song about the deportation of Crimeans in 1944, which could easily also be interpreted as a thinly veiled comment on the recent Russian annexation of Crimea.It is sometimes hard to remember that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has been going on for almost a decade now, but Jamala did try to warn us already back then and sadly she was proven all too correct when Russia invaded the entire Ukraine in February of 2022.She has currently fled the country, but before the contest in Turin Emil managed to get...
2022-06-0929 min
Eurovision LegendsHans Van HemertMany countries in Eurovision seem to have their own "super-composer", and in the case of the Netherlands this person is Hans van Hemert. He wrote the Dutch entries of 1972, 1974 and 1976, and he has made many more attempts, which we of course get to listen to in this episode. It gets really crowded in the virtual podcast room today, as Hans and Emil are joined by Frenk Reemer, brother of Sandra Reemer, Astrid Colle, daughter of Sandra's duet partner Andres, and a whistling parrot.Hans takes us back to the glorious 70's and tells us about his main...
2022-04-211h 03
Eurovision LegendsUdo JürgensUdo Jürgens was already a big star when he first competed in Eurovision for his Austria in 1964. He didn't win, but got the biggest hit after the contest, both with his own version and with covers in various languages. He was back again the year after, and this time he almost competed for another country as well. It took some heavy convincing to get him to return for a third time in 1966, which was when he finally won the contest.Emil has a nice chat with Udo's son John Jürgens, who tells us about his fa...
2022-04-141h 06
Eurovision LegendsBaccara 2.0Two years ago Emil spoke to Maria Mendiola and Cristina Sevilla from (one of the constellations of) Baccara. Since then they have gone viral, made a comeback on the charts and published new music, but on a much sadder note Maria alas passed away in 2021.Emil and Cristina have a new conversation, revisit some of the topics from the previous interview and Cristina tells us everything about the rather chaotic history of the group Baccara after the split of the two original members Maria Mendiola och Mayte Mateos, since Cristina has the rather unique position of having...
2022-02-0359 min
Eurovision LegendsMrs EinsteinWe continue the story of Eurovision 1997 that started in the episodes with Icelandic Paul Oscar and Katrina and the Waves with one of Katrina's vodka suppliers – Marjolein Spijkers from the Dutch group Mrs. Einstein. The theatrical group was selected to perform all of the entries in the Dutch selection, but were they all agreed that they should do it and did the right song really win?How come they ditched their expensive outfits just one day before the final and when did they opt for going completely nude?Did their meager five po...
2022-01-0650 min
Eurovision LegendsOrna Datz אורנה דץEurovision 1991 went down in history due to the tied score between Sweden and France, so that the winner had to be decided by tiebreaker. What many tend to forget is that Israel with the song "Kan" was also in the mix, and in fact held the lead for much of the voting process. Since this happens to be Emil's personal favorite of all Eurovision songs ever he has been nagging her for more than a year, and Emil finally gets to talk to Orna Datz, the female half of the married duo who sang it. We learn...
2021-08-1940 min
Eurovision LegendsJüri PootsmannWhat is the next natural step when you have won Pop Idol, gotten a song from legendary Stig Rästa and won both the jury and the televote in the Estonian national selection? Well, finishing dead last in the semifinal of Eurovision, of course! Or maybe not, but that is the way it happened for young Jüri Pootsmann in 2016.How could this happen? How did it affect his career? Why the Bond theme? What were the struggles with Swedish Television? What happened to the act? Who gave him flowers? Which famous Swedish Melodifestivalen artist comforted him af...
2021-08-1242 min
Eurovision LegendsGunvorWe often hear about the success stories from Eurovision, but Gunvor Guggisberg, now Gunvor Meyer, shows us that despite being treated really roughly by the media and finishing last place with zero points, you can go on to have a great life with a family, your own dance school and a still-going music career.In this interview we learn that Gunvor really knows Eurovision and what she thought about the result in 1998, about a weird encounter with Guildo Horn behind the scenes, her co-operation with Egon Egemann, her notable dress (nipples, anyone?) and her "modern" attempt as...
2021-08-0549 min
Eurovision LegendsChrister Björkman part IIHow could a Swedish Eurovision representative with one of the worst results ever for the country get to be in charge for the entire show for two decades?How did his job affect his friends and family, not least his husband/tuft-of-grass Martin Kagemark, who himself is a talented singer who had to take a step back due to Christer's position? We get to hear a couple of Martin's submitted songs. Is Christer a genius and/or a dictator? We let him answer that question himself.How scared was Eric Saade of German glass shards...
2021-07-291h 28
Eurovision LegendsChrister BjörkmanChrister Björkman is such a huge Eurovision fan that he lied his way into the audience of Eurovision 1991 in Rome, and made someone else pay. He had tried to reach Eurovision for much longer than that, though, since he had unsuccessfully submitted songs from the mid 80's onward (we get to learn about and hear the songs), but it wasn't until he tormented the Swedish artist elite that he actually made it into the Swedish pre-selection.He was certain that he wouldn't win and was almost replaced by the song-writer during the rehearsals, so which song w...
2021-07-291h 15
Eurovision LegendsMoran Mazor מורן מזורMoran Mazor's participation in 2013 can be seen as just yet one of the failed attempts to reach the final that Israel was living through a four-year stretch of, but in this episode we will learn that there is so much more to this "fat girl with glasses", as she humorously describes her former self. She has a wonderful bubbling personality, and we get to learn why we weren't shown more of that in Malmö. We also get to hear the original demo of "Rak bishvilo", of cheating in the national final, about antisemitic protests in the host c...
2021-07-211h 12
Eurovision LegendsCharmedIt's an extremely wild ride when the three party girls from Norway reunite for this episode. Though 21 years have passed, they are still as funny and crazy as they were in Stockholm 2000. They give us the entire unfiltered story from how they were formed, how they got the song (we get to hear the first demo), their own DIY styling (both their Pocahontas outfits and how they wore out the Swedish hairdressers) and all their mad escapades in the contest. We learn about their different personalities, that Lise Monica is still guy-crazy, that Oddrun is dressing and doing her...
2021-07-151h 18
Eurovision LegendsFabrizio FanielloIn the flirtiest interview ever on this show, Emil takes on Fabrizio Faniello, the guy who competed twice for Malta with varying results. We finally learn why the performance of "I Do" failed so miserably, how many and which of Fabrizio's songs were originally submitted to Melodifestivalen, about all the ten songs he has tried out with in the Maltese national selection and of his very different memories from Copenhagen and Athens.Also, what happened to his voice in 2001 and to his outfit in 2006? And what about his lack of outfit in the Maltese national selection in 2004...
2021-07-0853 min
Eurovision LegendsMatia BazarMatia Bazar are known to the Eurovision audience for their appearance with "Raggio di luna" in 1979, but they have been a musical force to reckon with for many years, both in Italy and abroad, and has sold millions of records all over the world. Since their beginnings in 1975 up until present day many different band members have come, gone and returned, and today Emil is joined by old band member Piero Cassano and current member Fabio Perversi.Why did Piero leave the band to instead write hits for artists such as Anna Oxa, Eros Ramazotti and Demis...
2021-07-0136 min
Eurovision LegendsHazal SelçukHazal Selçuk was only 16 years old but born from an impressive family consisting of both musical royalty and regular royalty.Most notable was of course her father Timur Selçuk, who both composed and energetically conducted the classic song "Bana bana", with which Hazal and the group Pan competed for Turkey in 1989.We learn that Timur decided to compete in order to get his passport back, that Hazal also finished third with a solo song in the same national selection, that she was the cause of the very lively song and dance, about the et...
2021-06-2459 min
Eurovision LegendsSarai Tzuriel שרי צוריאלSarai Tzuriel was one of the best knows faces in Israel when she was asked to become the female part of the duo to perform "Yavoh yom" in the Israeli national selection in 1986, together with the composer of the song, Moti Giladi, although she was primarily known as an actor and show host, as was he. But which female superstar was approached first, why were they not popular with the Israeli media, which future Israeli Eurovision participant made her iconic debut in that same selection, why was the song so fast in Bergen, why did they fail and why...
2021-06-171h 08
Eurovision LegendsMarion RungMarion Rung started her career at only 15, and it is still going on 60 years later. For 33 of those years she actually held the record for the best Finnish result in the Eurovision, from 1962 when she debuted in the contest at only 16 with the entry "Tipi-tii" which she then beat herself in 1973 with "Tom Tom Tom".That record held until the long overdue Finnish victory with Lordi in 2006. But Marion has participated in the Finnish selection several more times, many of which she must be reminded of to remember, and she has made countless covers of other Eurovision...
2021-06-1055 min
Eurovision LegendsThomas ForstnerIn 1989 he came from nowhere and made an impact with a song by Dieter Bohlen, and two years later he returned and faced a very different outcome.How did Thomas Forstner get this opportunity? Why didn't he continue his co-operation with Dieter Bohlen and how was he treated by the composers in 1989, when they competed for Germany as well? How did a washing mishap lead to a shortage of purple fabric? And why did everything go so wrong in Rome in 1991?Legend: Thomas ForstnerSongs: Nur Ein Lied (Austria 1989) & Venedig im...
2021-06-0356 min
Eurovision LegendsLinda MartinSeason 3 of the podcasts kicks off with Eurovision royalty, lady Linda Martin, who beside her victory and second place in Eurovision have competed in the Irish national final an additional seven times, many of them with her band Chips in the 1970's.After making her first appearance in Eurovision 1984 with "Terminal 3", a song that was premiered on Irish TV in a very peculiar setting, her runner-up position was still not quite enough for her. She continued to be one of the most determined artists to reach that Eurovision victory, not least since Johnny Logan gave...
2021-05-271h 11
Eurovision LegendsRafał BrzozowskiWhat is actually the journey for a song written by Swedish songwriters to reach a big Polish artist and then to get internally selected? Why hasn't he published his gigantic hit "Tak blisko" in English, how many of the neon signs from the music video will accompany him to Rotterdam and how many times has Rafal tried to reach Eurovision previously?Country: PolandSong: The RideComposers: Joakim Övrenius, Thomas Karlsson, Clara Rubensson & Johan Mauritzson Host: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schlagervannerna.seInstagram Facebookhttp...
2021-05-1222 min
Eurovision LegendsLesley RoyHow come Lesley Roy was chosen in the first place last year and how did she take the cancellation and was it a no-brainer to say yes to compete this year? Why was it so important to work with Max Martin and why does Ireland struggle hard these days to finish in the top? And why Swedish composers? Country: IrelandSong: MapsComposers: Philip Strand, Emelie Eriksson, Lesley Roy & Lukas HällgrenHost: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schlagervannerna.seInstagram Facebookhttp//www.eurovi...
2021-05-1117 min
Eurovision LegendsJendrikHe is almost the definition of positivity, both in his expression and his message, but still he receives a huge amount of hate. What does he think about this and has he got any useful tips and tricks to share on how to handle it? We will also learn about the amount of chaos we can expect on stage in Rotterdam, whether the laundry machines will be reused there and the secret about how you can come from nowhere with basically no budget and get to represent the mighty Germany.Country: GermanySong: I Don't F...
2021-05-1030 min
Eurovision LegendsEden Alene עדן אלנהEden Alene is back for Israel and we are of course curious about a lot of things. Why is there no Amharic in this year's entry? Will she break Maja Blagdan's record? Does she have a personal favorite among this years songs? And why was her song from last year - "Feker libi" - so important?Country: IsraelSong: Set Me FreeComposer: Amit Mordechai, Ido Netzer, Noam Zlatin & Ron CarmiHost: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schlagervannerna.seInstagram Facebookhttp//www.eurovisionlegends.se
2021-05-0725 min
Eurovision LegendsVasilLet's find out the truth behind the video clip that caused such a scandal, how close Vasil came to be disqualified by his own country and how much he is ready to tell us about the incident. We also learn about his Eurovision interest, being nervous for Rotterdam and to nail that final long note.Country: North MacedoniaSong: Here I StandComposer: Vasil GarvanlievHost: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schlagervannerna.seInstagram Facebookhttp//www.eurovisionlegends.se Hosted on Acast...
2021-05-0629 min
Eurovision LegendsHooverphonicHow big was the pile of songs that Hooverphonic produced and chose from for the 2020 contest, that later got cancelled? Did they simply pick another one of these for 2021? What can we expect on stage, how big is the pressure from home, given that they are one the biggest bands in Belgium, and how has the mood in the band been affected by the return of the previous singer Geike Arnaert?Country: BelgiumSong: The Wrong PlaceComposer: Alex Callier & Charlotte ForetHost: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schl...
2021-05-0522 min
Eurovision LegendsDestinyDestiny Chukunyere is only 18 years old, has already won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and now she is the betting favourite to win the adult contest as well, for a country that is desperately longing for their first victory. How does she handle that pressure? Also, what does she remember from Tel Aviv in 2019 when she shared a room with Michela Pace, how was this year's song selected and how disappointed was she about the cancelled 2020 contest?Country: MaltaSong: Je me casseComposers: Amanuel Dermont, Malin Christin, Nicklas Eklund & Pete Barringer
2021-05-0415 min
Eurovision LegendsFyr & FlammeWhat is the thing about the 1980's, a decade when the two members of the band was hardly even born, and what are their influences? Are the dance moves by Jesper Groth choreographed and do they have an English version of their song recorded? What happened to the song they submitted in 2018 and what more music to they have to be published and discovered by the fans?Country: DenmarkSong: Øve os på hinandenComposer: Laurits Emanuel PedersenHost: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schlagervannerna.seInstag...
2021-05-0323 min
Eurovision LegendsGjon's tearsGjon Muharremaj from Switzerland has been one of the frontrunners for two years running. How does he handle this? What was the happy accident that brought him to Eurovision in the first place, and how many songs did he write when he got a second chance? Who are his main inspirations, is it a no-brainer for him to choose to sing in French and what can we expect on stage?Soon to be legendary: Gjon's tears Country: SwitzerlandSong: Tout l'UniversComposers: Gjon Muharremaj, Nina Sampermans, Wouter Hardy & Xavier Michel
2021-04-3031 min
Eurovision LegendsTusseThe story of Tusse starts with the voyage from a refugee camp in Kongo-Kinshasa to finding a new home and family in a small town in Sweden. He also describes his voyage from an outcast to being accepted for the person that he is. Of course we also talk about his musical journey and how he was paired with the song "Voices" in spite of a maths test and a driver's test. But the question remains: Which colour nail polish will he wear in Rotterdam?Soon to be legendary: TusseCountry: SwedenSong...
2021-04-2923 min
Eurovision LegendsCan UğurluerIn 1990, Can Uğurluer finished second in the Turkish pre-selection, but the best thing to come out of this participation for him was that he met the two girls Reyhan Karaca and İzel Çeliköz who he would one year later compete together with and by a song written by his father and Aysel Gürel, the trio won the ticket to the beautiful, but slightly chaotic, Eurovision in Rome.In Italy, every other delegation treated them nicely, apart from some notable exceptions that he tells us about. We also learn about his co-singer's rather unusual birthday surpr...
2021-04-2031 min
Eurovision LegendsJulie & LudwigThey met when they sang backup for Times Three in 1999, and then they were on.In 2003 they took to the front of the stage as a duo but were beaten by the song that they agree is the worst song that Malta has ever sent. We are of course talking about Julie Zahra and Ludwig Galea, or as we know them, Julie & Ludwig.The year after they finally won the ticket to Eurovision with a song about themselves, written by Philip Vella and produced by Ralph Siegel, the memorable "On Again... Off Again..."...
2021-04-1551 min
Eurovision LegendsEmmelie de ForestWhen the audience left Malmö Arena after Eurovision 2013 they were met by a pre-made sign announcing Eurovision 2014 and pointing in the general direction of Copenhagen. This is how certain the Danish delegation were that they would win, but today's guest, the artist in question Emmelie de Forest, did not have that same confidence.In hindsight the win was obvious, with the perfect match of the singer and the song "Only Teardrops", a song that already had a history when it was presented to her, contained bagpipes and had been rejected in another country. Of course we get t...
2021-04-1350 min
Eurovision LegendsMandoThe Greek singing sensation Mando was certainly not a newcomer when she represented her country in 2003. First she started out internationally as “Mandy” but as we all know greek is the way to go and she became the fully dressed greek version of Samantha Fox. She made her first try in 1989 to reach Eurovision but lost with only one point, in a mysterious voting with not every juror accounted for…In 2003 she finally arrived in Eurovision after a long and successful career in Greece, Europe and the United States where she had collaborations with Jessica Simpson...
2021-04-0849 min
Eurovision LegendsPaul Curtis Part IIPaul Curtis is an amazing composer, who has written countless great songs that all carry that particular British pop sound. Four times it has lead him to the Eurovision, out of total of twenty attempts, but he has written several hits for other contexts as well.He generously lets us dive deeply into both his diary and his drawers, when he openly tells us all his stories and lets us listen to the original demos of the songs that made it and those that didn't, with several never before heard tracks.This second episode starts...
2021-04-0647 min
Eurovision LegendsPaul Curtis Part IPaul Curtis is an amazing composer, who has written countless great songs that all carry that particular British pop sound. Four times it has lead him to the Eurovision, out of total of twenty attempts, but he has written several hits for other contexts as well.He generously lets us dive deeply into both his diary and his drawers, when he openly tells us all his stories and lets us listen to the original demos of the songs that made it and those that didn't, with several never before heard tracks.In this first episode...
2021-04-061h 08
Eurovision LegendsFrance GallFor the first time in Eurovision Legends we make an episode not with the person in question, but with a proxy. This is since France Gall is sadly no longer with us, but her fascinating story still needs to be told.Expert Tobias Larsson tells us about how her career started, the saddest victory moment in Eurovision history, why she broke her successful collaboration with Serge Gainsbourg and where Beethoven and Frank Sinatra fits into all of this.In memoriam of a very special Eurovision Legend who left us too earlyLegend...
2021-04-0150 min
Eurovision LegendsAndreas Lundstedt - Six4OneAndreas Lundstedt was a huge artist in Sweden with many Melodifestivalen appearances but no victories, not least with his newly split group Alcazar, when he suddenly got an offer from legendary Ralph Siegel to participate in a project to compete for Switzerland.The multi-national six-person group Six4One was artifically constructed for the contest in Athens, an although the members got along well this is still a cautionary tale about what can happen when a member in a group tries to behave like a solo artist with backup singers, due to an overzealous manager.Today...
2021-03-301h 03
Eurovision LegendsRiccardo FogliThe Eurovision audience first met Riccardo Fogli in 1983 when he brought Italy back to the contest after a couple of years absence with the song "Per Lucia". But his biggest break actually came the year before, when he won the San Remo festival with "Storie di tutti i giorni", which became a huge hit not only in Italy, but all over the world, and took him to gigs in places like the USSR, where the record sold a million copies.What happened in Munich, is he willing to tell us about it, what has happened since then...
2021-03-2533 min
Eurovision LegendsMira AwadEurovision Legends goes political! Because nothing else is possible when the guest of this episode is Mira Awad, who sang for Israel together with Noa at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow.Born in Galilee to a Palestinian father and a Bulgarian mother, Mira was well-informed about political issues from an early age.As a singer she tried to represent Israel already back in 2005, but she ended up last. She then got another chance when her duet partner since several years, Noa, was offered the ticket in 2009 and insisted that Mira Awad should join her.
2021-03-2346 min
Eurovision LegendsClaes-Göran HederströmSweden started out in Eurovision as a rather obscure country with old-fashioned songs and less than impressive results, but that all changed in 1968 when the country started to establish itself as the powerhouse of pop we know today. The song "Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej" with the relatively unknown young singer Claes-Göran Hederström was something completely different, and his confidence and swagger gave the already catchy tune with the quirky lyrics an additional boost, and the song is still a classic in Sweden. 53 years later, Mr. Banne-mej is no longer a yo...
2021-03-1826 min
Eurovision LegendsEmilija KokićThe already crumbling nation of Yugoslavia had competed for nearly three decades when they finally won the Eurovision 1989, with the happy pill "Rock Me" and the group Riva .Lead singer Emilija Kokić and the rest of the group came from Croatia, which was then one of the parts of Yugoslavia, and Emilia has participated an additional three times as a solo artist in the Croatian pre-selection Dora. Emilia tells us about her career in and outside of the Eurovision, which has lead her through the many revolutionary events that has shook the Balkans during this period.Things a...
2021-03-1638 min
Eurovision LegendsDoraYoung and totally unknown, Dora took part in the Portuguese pre-selection in 1986, won, and traveled to Bergen where she represented her country in her own unique style with a huge green skirt and thick boots. Two years later she was an established artist and won again, but didn't have the same control over her participation in Dublin. First her song was replaced with another one, then the new song was rearranged in a way she didn't like and lastly she was styled totally different than she would have preferred.Since then she has...
2021-03-1140 min
Eurovision LegendsMünchener Freiheit - Stefan ZaunerThis is a cautionary tale about what can happen when you don't stay true to yourself. The German group Münchener Freiheit was formed in the 1980's and was a very succesful band for many years and had hits both on home soil and all over Europe. In 1993 they were internally selected to represent Germany in Eurovision, but it took some convincing from their manager to make them do it, since they didn't think that their style was suitable for Eurovision at the time. However, today's guest, lead singer and songwriter Stefan Zauner, adapted to h...
2021-03-0934 min
Eurovision LegendsSelmaTwice a Eurovision participant, but never a winner, although she came very close in 1999 when she lost the Nordic duel with Charlotte Nilsson from Sweden. Selma Björnsdóttir is one of Iceland's most prolific singers, but also a dancer, director and much more.She speaks very openly about her two participations and shares her memories from how she was chosen to represent her country and about the three times she has been part of the Icelandic delegation.She also freely expresses her opinions on various topics, such as how Iceland was depicted in "Eurovision So...
2021-03-0440 min
Eurovision LegendsAl BanoHe has participated twice in Eurovision, has a total of 15 San Remo appearances under his belt and has sold a total of 165 millions records.We are of course talking about Italian superstar Al Bano, who together with his then wife Romina Power came seventh in Eurovision both 1976 and 1985, In this episode he speaks openly about his career that spans over seven different decades, but also about the tough times in his personal life, like losing a child and getting divorced from Romina Power.He is still active making music, and among many other gems we...
2021-03-0248 min
Eurovision LegendsEric SaadeIn 2010 a young Swedish manboy took part in Melodifestivalen for the first time, and on his second attempt the next year he won it. He kind of started the trend to win Melodifestivalen on the second attempt and he also started the trend of good Swedish results as he finished third in Düsseldorf, where he became quite popular. He made headlines at both these appearances with his elaborate stage acts, which included showering on stage and the breaking of glass. Since then we have seen him as a green room reporter at Eurovision 2013, yet again as a...
2021-02-2635 min
Eurovision LegendsDschinghis Khan - Wolfgang HeichelOne of the most famous groups to arise from the Eurovision Song Contest was Dschingis Khan, who despite their lackluster 4th placing in 1979 went on to conquer the world, just like their namesake, but in a much more peaceful manner.Today we will hear Emil talk to original member of the band Wolfgang Heichel, who certainly has stories to tell. From the very intense beginnings of the band, when it was formed by Ralph Siegel just weeks before they were to go on stage in the German preselection, via a clear victory and a Eurovision participation in...
2021-02-2348 min
Eurovision LegendsIlinca BăcilăIlinca Băcilă started her career in talent shows at a really young age, showcasing her self-aquired talents as a yodeler of all things.It was due to this unusual talent that she was offered the song that had recently been turned down by another artist for Eurovision 2017.It took some time for the song to find its shape, but it was finally turned into a duet between Ilinca and rapping rocker Alex Florea.On site in Kyiv the duo fared much better than the other group, but what else does Ilinca remember? Ap...
2021-02-1851 min
Eurovision LegendsFrances RuffelleShe was known as the star of the musical "Les Miserables", but Frances Ruffelle was surpringsly approached by the BBC to sing all the entries in their pre-selection for Eurovision 1994.Almost as surprisingly, not at least to herself, she eventually accepted and went on to sing "We Will Be Free", "Lonely Symphony" or whatever the song was called in the end in Dublin.Let us listen to her memories from the competition, her styling including the infamous headpiece, and her opinions about the result.She also tells us about her further career, which...
2021-02-1634 min
Eurovision LegendsAnna BergendahlFor former participant of Swedish Idol, Anna Bergendahl, her Melodifestivalen/Eurovision journey in 2010 was a rollercoaster without comparison.She started out in the Melodifestivalen semi final as an almost unnoticed newcomer, surprised everybody by going straight to the final were she became the frontrunner to win, and she managed to live up to those expectations when she became the Swedish representative to Oslo.As the representative of mighty power Sweden, she was the only one in her team who even considered it a possibility not to make it out of the semi final, and therefore it came...
2021-02-1138 min
Eurovision LegendsJimmy MartinThe tiny duchy of Luxembourg was one of the original seven countries of the Eurovision Song Contest, and despite their size they held their ground very well, often with artists invited from other countries. In total, they managed to accumulate an impressive five victories before they retired from the contest. Today, we will be talking to their last ever entrant - Jimmy Martin - who participated for Luxembourg in 1993 as a composer and as one half of the duo Modern Times.Jimmy has been composing and singing hard rock for most of his life, he wrote the...
2021-02-0936 min
Eurovision LegendsKobi Oshrat קובי אשרתThe Israeli composer and noble conductor Kobi Oshrat is most famous for winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1979 with the (initially rejected) song "Hallelujah", but as you will learn from this extensive episode about his career in general and his participations in Eurovision and the Israeli pre-selection Kdam in particular, this man has had his fingers in almost every nook and cranny of the Israel music business for many decades.A musician of the old school, Kobi tells us that he is the most happy when conducting an orchestra, and he reveals stories of his songs and...
2021-02-041h 24
Eurovision LegendsElina Konstantopoulou Ελίνα ΚωνσταντοπούλουOnce upon a time, Greece was not the high-scoring, surefire-qualifying Eurovision force that they turned into after the turn of the century. In fact, they used to fare quite badly and very rarely broke in to the top 5. However, they could always be trusted to spice up the contest with that unique Greek ethnic flavour. And few other entries were as ethnically tasty as their entry in 1995, "Pia prosefhi" with the internally chosen Elina Konstantopoulou. Let's have a talk with Elina to hear about her participation in 1995, what makes a song sound so genuinely Greek, why she didn't get...
2021-02-0228 min
Eurovision LegendsPhilip VellaThe Eurovision career for Philip Vella started in 1997 when he was brought in to play the guitar for the Maltese entry, but it is as a composer he has made an enormous mark on Eurovision and on various national finals, in particular in his home country of Malta where he has competed with almost 80 songs. His first attempt was in 1994, and the first time one of his songs reached Eurovision was in 2000 with "Desire". Short of winning the entire competition he has reached almost any imaginable result, and this with such a varied style of songs that it is...
2021-01-2859 min
Eurovision LegendsEimear QuinnIt was the era of ethno and the era of Ireland in Eurovision. Composer Brendan Graham had won two years prior, in 1994 with "Rock'n'roll Kids", a song that had been submitted before but refused, and in 1996 he went for and pulled off the same trick again with previously refused "The Voice". This time the artist was the young choir singer Eimear Quinn, who had never had any inkling towards a career in pop music in general or Eurovision in particular, and despite her protests Brendan Graham managed to convince her that it was a good idea....
2021-01-2544 min
Eurovision LegendsIsmeta DervozIsmeta Dervoz might not be the most famous name among Eurovision fans, but her love for the contest is huge and her adventures within it are numerous and really, really exciting.It started in 1976, when she as the lead singer of the Yugoslavian group Ambassadori might have been the only artist to date to perform without any makeup on, due to an Italian mishap.She later switched careers to work as a journalist for radio and television, and when Bosnia and Herzegovina became independent in 1992 she was the one who made sure that the new...
2021-01-2142 min
Eurovision LegendsLazy BumsFor the Israeli pre-selection KDAM in 1987, a song called "Shir Habatlanim" had been selected as one of the contestants, but no artist was interested in taking this totally chanceless song on, especially since there were some really big names among the other competitors. The obvious solution was, of course, to put the song in the hands of arranger genius Kobi Oshrat and two Shakesperian actors with an affinity for the movie Blues Brothers.One of the first humour acts in Eurovision history was born as the song won the competition against all odds and went to Brussels...
2021-01-1932 min
Eurovision LegendsRichard HerreyA young Swedish teenager and his mormon family moves to the United States to learn the trade of show business, then moves back to Sweden and together with his two brothers participate as ''Herrey's'' in the in the Swedish Melodifestivalen, virtually unknown and in spray-painted boots and shirts made from shower curtains, confidently wins both Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision, becomes the biggest artists in Sweden at the time, gets besieged by screaming fans, briefly dates Carola and goes on tour behind the iron curtain. It is not quite your run-of-the-mill life story that Rikard Herrey has to tell Emil...
2020-12-2947 min
Eurovision LegendsBirthe KjærShe is the grand lady of the Danish music scene, but she sure took her sweet time to grace Eurovision with her presence. It wasn't from a lack of trying though, since she has seen the runner-up position in the the Danish Melodi Grand Prix more times than anyone should ever have to. When she finally won and got to represent her country in the Eurovision she did not disappoint, hauling both the composer, lyricist and conductor (!) up on stage to back her up when she finished third with the classic song "Vi maler byen rød".
2020-12-2839 min
Eurovision LegendsRasmussenIt takes a special kind of man to take a song that has been rejected in Sweden, make it his own, crush the opposition in the Danish pre-selection and then bring it with confidence to the Eurovision. That man is Jonas Rasmussen.The song "Higher Ground" tells the story about a pacifist viking, and nobody can deny that Rasmussen both looks and acts the part, with his long hair and beard and gentle disposition. In this conversation he tells us about his Eurovision experience and how he got there.We also get to listen to...
2020-12-2230 min
Eurovision LegendsDafna Dekel דפנה דקלEmil has, thanks to the very helpful Uri Kabiri, come in contact with the beauty with the big black curly hair who sang to us that it was just a game - "Ze rak sport" - in 1992. Did you know that she only agreed to participate in the Israeli pre-selection once her manager, Shlomo Zach had assured her that there was no chance that she would win? We all know how much that promise was worth since she did win a very tough instance of KDAM with a margin of just a single point, but why didn't she want...
2020-12-1532 min
Eurovision LegendsAlma ČardžićIn 1994 Bosnia and Herzegovina was to take part in Eurovision for the second time as an independent nation, but they were still at war. Nevertheless the internally selected artists Alma & Dejan managed to travel to Ireland, where they were met with such a huge round of applause that they couldn't hear the music.In this episode Emil gets to speak to Alma Čardžić, who besides this very emotional participation once again was chosen to represent her country in 1997 with the song "Goodbye" and got to return to Dublin.Since then, she has pretty much tur...
2020-12-0834 min
Eurovision LegendsKrista SiegfridsEmil gets hold of the crazy energy package from Finland, Krista Siegfrids, as she is sitting bored at home waiting for her fully baked baby to be ready to come out of the oven any day. Every Eurovision fan remembers Krista as the crazy bridezilla with her ding-dong possy from Malmö in 2013, where she put her mark all over the town and in the hearts of many fans, possibly annoying a competitor or two in the process. She definetely annoyed some entire countries with her "outrageous" stunt of kissing another girl at the end of her performance.
2020-12-0136 min
Eurovision LegendsÅse KlevelandTwo Scandinavian countries did unusually well in 1966, since directly behind the Swedish runner-up was Norway on an impressive third place, with the equally jazzy "Intet er nytt under solen" with Åse Kleveland. And by an unusual quirk of fate, Åse would also be the one to follow fellow competitor Lill Lindfors as a Eurovision host, when she hosted the 1986 contest from Bergen.Starting out as a classical guitarist, she became a politically engaged protest singer and ended up representing Norway in the Eurovision, but her CV is far from done with that. Apart from being the host wh...
2020-11-2644 min
Eurovision LegendsLill LindforsSweden's start to their Eurovision adventure started out rather unimpressively, but that all changed in 1966 when they decided to send Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson with a quirky jazz waltz duet to the competition. To this date this is still the only second place for the country.In this episode, Emil will talking to Lill Lindfors who, despite her huge career in both Sweden and Germany, never had another song in the competition, but "Nygammals vals" is still not her biggest impression on our beloved contest. That instead came in 1985, when she was chosen to host the...
2020-11-2438 min
Eurovision LegendsZoëIn 2016 the Eurovision fans found their new darling.It was the 19-year old singer Zoë from Austria, who with her happy pill of a song "Loin d'ici" charmed the glitter pants off everyone. Being fluent in French, she participated with a song in that language penned by herself and her father, just as she had partially done the year before in the Austrian pre-selection with three songs.She quickly emerged as the fan favourite of that year's contest, but was kept grounded by surrounding herself by her family. Nowadays, she is still keeping family values h...
2020-11-1734 min
Eurovision LegendsBrotherhood of ManThe British band Brotherhood of Man was formed in 1969 and lead singer Martin Lee joined in 1973, three years before their iconic Eurovision victory with one of the best selling single ever in the United Kingdom, "Save Your Kisses for Me". Already prior to the contest the song was a huge hit and strongly predicted to bring a victory home to the islands.But, as we learn from Martin, this success was far from smooth sailing. He tells us about endless rehearsals of the now iconic choreography, which the band initially thought was a prank. We also learn the meaning...
2020-11-1036 min
Eurovision LegendsJan JohansenJan Johansen's Eurovision story started with him losing track of an appointment and arriving at a studio to record a demo four and a half hours early. In the same studio songwriting legends Bobby Ljunggren and Håkan Almqvist were working on a Melodifestivalen entry for Christer Björkman, and asked a clueless Jan if he could help them with some singing. That song was to become Jan's breakthrough, a megahit and placing third in the Eurovision. On site in Dublin he still hadn't grasped his own status and went around and collected autographs from the other artists, and at...
2020-11-0355 min
Eurovision LegendsKalomiraKalomira was born and raised in New York by Greek parents, but did not hesitate when Greek television called for her services for the 2008 Eurovision. Despite some sour moods among the artists in the Greek pre-selection, Kalomira won and ERT went all in on the act "Secret Combination" for Eurovision. Her outfit was very expensive and designed by none other than J.Lo, but she assures us that this was not the cause of the looming Greek economic crisis. She won her semifinal and had fun in Belgrade, but reveals that eventual winner Dima Bilan clearly showed that he...
2020-10-2732 min
Eurovision LegendsBobbysocksHabitual loser-country Norway had competed in the Eurovision since 1960, but were more famous for their last places and "nil points" than anything else. That all changed when two extremely lively ladies, who had both competed in the Eurovision before, joined forces and performed the upbeat happy-pill "La de swinge" and won in Gothenburg 1985. In this episode the girls have met up again and we talk and laugh not only about "La de swinge", but also about their numerous other participations in both Eurovision and the national pre-selections of Norway and Sweden, even though Elisabeth cannot quite remember them all...
2020-10-201h 11
Eurovision LegendsKatrina from Katrina & the Waves In 1997, the United Kingdom managed to get the established group Katrina & the Waves, known mainly for their super-hit "Walking on Sunshine" to compete to represent them in the Eurovision, and as we all know, the rest is history with an iconic victory. Hear a relaxed Katrina's hilarious story of how they ended up in the competition she knew almost nothing about and what happened in Dublin. We get to hear tales about drinking vodka with Mrs. Einstein, how she met and almost curtsied for the queen of Eurovision backstage (and no, we are not referring to Paul Oscar), how...
2020-10-0847 min
Eurovision LegendsDami ImHow can one person be so talented, smart and nice at the same time? Well, I don't know, but if you listen to this episode you will learn what Dami Im really sucks at. You will also hear about how her loyal fans voted her to Eurovision, how nervous she was in Stockholm, how her very expensive dress was shredded by the stage decor, how to get down from high boxes, her song she would have submitted in 2021 and much more.Legend: Dami ImSong: Sound of Silence (Australia 2016)Host: Emi...
2020-10-0631 min
Eurovision LegendsRalph Siegel 75 years part 2The greatest composer in the history of Eurovision turns 75 years, which we celebrate by inviting him back to the podcast. Emil and Ralph spoke for an hour five months ago, but this true legend has made so much great music that there is a lot more to listen to and to say. This time we dive a little deeper into the songs that didn't make it to Eurovision, since Ralph has competed lots of times in preselections across Europe, so much that there sometimes has been some envious backlash towards his dominance, not at least in his home country...
2020-09-3045 min
Eurovision LegendsRalph Siegel 75 years part 1The greatest composer in the history of Eurovision turns 75 years, which we celebrate by inviting him back to the podcast. Emil and Ralph spoke for an hour five months ago, but this true legend has made so much great music that there is a lot more to listen to and to say. This time we dive a little deeper into the songs that didn't make it to Eurovision, since Ralph has competed lots of times in preselections across Europe, so much that there sometimes has been some envious backlash towards his dominance, not at least in his home country...
2020-09-301h 04
Eurovision LegendsLioraIn 1995, young singer Liora Simon was paired up with the song "Amen" by super producer Shlomo Zach, unknowing that the composer Moshe Datz had changed his mind and wanted to sing the song himself as Duo Datz when it got accepted to the Israeli preselection Kdam. Nevertheless, she competed and won, beating among others future winner Dana International, and got to represent Israel in Dublin, reaching a respectable 8th place. However, the success wasn't only positive as it pigeon-holed her into a genre that she didn't quite feel at home in, and the singer, who was born to Libyan...
2020-09-2436 min
Eurovision LegendsRoger PontareIt is an understatement to say that two time Eurovision participant from Sweden, Roger Pontare, has quite a unique style and a mighty voice to match. His first appearance in Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision was in a duet with veteran Marie Bergman with "Stjärnorna", and we get to listen to the original demo with Daniel Zangger Borch, which convinced Roger to take part. The result in Eurovision was not very impressive and the über-competitive Mr. Pontare even refused to attend the press conference in disappointment, but he has still continued to try to reach Eurovision and succeded again in...
2020-09-2246 min
Eurovision LegendsJames FoxFuture winner of the Eurovision, James Fox did not recieve a very good result when he competed in 2004, but the song still became a huge hit in the United Kingdom, and is actually the last song to date to pull off that feat. According to himself, this wasn't the last time he participated, though, since he claims to have written a Eurovision winner that he plans to compete with in the future. Contrary to what you might think, he is not related to his namesake Samantha Fox, since his last name is actually "Mullet" (which in Swedish means "hockeyfrilla"...
2020-09-1730 min
Eurovision LegendsWindThree time participant and two time runner-up, German group Wind, has made a mark in Eurovision history. But due to a high rotation of members in this Ralph Siegel-powered project, there is actually only one member who participated all times, Petra Scheeser. We talk about her memories of all three participations, despite what seems to be a slight case of amnesia on Petra's part, and of why she left the band soon after their last (?) Eurovision participation in 1992. Nowadays, she works on her new projects and is a very supportive mother of her daughter Julia Scheeser, who is an...
2020-09-1536 min
Eurovision LegendsPoli GenovaBulgarian Eurovision legend and fan favourite Poli Genova represented her country in 2011, but she is most remembered for her participation in 2016, which she also celebrates as the best year ever in the history of Eurovision, which she even has commemorated with a tattoo. In addition, we will hear about her new record, which includes many cooperations with people she met in Stockholm 2016, and about her love for the Swedish preselection Melodifestivalen, which she would like to take part in and have previously attempted to do together with Swedish star Ace Wilder. Wonderful Poli also reveals which of her songs...
2020-09-1044 min
Eurovision LegendsSandra BjurmanThe Swedish songwriter Sandra Bjurman might not be the most famous person in the Eurovision community, but she has actually written half of all entries from Azerbaijan, including the winner "Running Scared". Hear her open up about how this unusual situation came to be, what her relation with the slightly controversial country of Azerbaijan is and also listen to the early demos of her songs, with Sandra herself singing. We also discuss some of the unusual props, like a hamster wheel and the head of a horse, that have been used in the staging of her songs and listen...
2020-09-0843 min
Eurovision LegendsDollie de LuxeEdgy and cocky Norwegian duo Dollie de Luxe won the Melodi Grand Prix on their third attempt and represented Norway in Luxembourg. But did you know that they came close to instead represent the home nation, since they were big in many European countries and Japan? They ended up in a disappointing 17th place but that has not affected their further careers, since they went on to put on a musical on West End and are still working professionally with music 'til this dayLegends: Dollie De LuxeSong: Lenge Leve Livet (Norway 1984)...
2020-09-0335 min
Eurovision LegendsLoukas YorkasLoukas Yorkas was the beautifully singing half of the odd duo that represented Greece in 2011, and was in fact the only entry to actually beat the eventual winner. He was also beautifully looking, at least according to Emil and many other gays on site in Düsseldorf. During the rehearsals he had a much easier time than his duet partner Stereo Mike, partly thanks to the help from Greek legend and Loukas' own idol Dimitris Mitropanos. In this relaxed conversation, while he is taking a walk during his vacation, he tells us about how he shot to fame but t...
2020-09-0131 min
Eurovision LegendsPaul Harrington & Charlie McGettiganCan two middle aged genuin musicians make an impact in the Eurovision with a subtle song not even using the orchestra? They sure can and they can break a lot of records in the process. They can also waffle on in this conversation with Emil but they struggle to stay serious for more than ten seconds, making this a hilarious morning for all three. Jokes and taunts fly left and right, interwoven with the actual story of how they got the song Rock 'n' Roll Kids and carried it all the way to a historic victory. ...
2020-08-2736 min
Eurovision LegendsSestreEmil has a chat with Felix ''Daphne'' Blass, one of the three lovely air stewardesses who made up the drag act Sestre, that represented Slovenia in 2002. Despite being a rather controversial choice they became a number one hit in Slovenia, and drew a lot of attention in Tallinn. Their brave statement opened doors for other drag acts and the LGBT community in general. We get to listen to the story of how Sestre was formed, how they got and won with the song and their week at the Eurovision, where a single Felix took his air stewardess job seriously...
2020-08-2518 min
Eurovision LegendsAnne-Marie DavidThe young French singer Anne-Marie David won for Luxembourg in 1973, despite some problems keeping track of which country she represented and some last minute shopping together with Interpol. Tu te reconnetrais became a huge success and she toured all over Europe. In 1979 she returned for her home country France, but was disappointed with a third place which she puts down to foul play. She also reveals why she went of the grid for several years and we get to listen to the song she submitted in 2009.Legend: Anne-Marie DavidSongs: Tu Te Reconnaîtr...
2020-08-201h 05
Eurovision LegendsTajciThe Marilyn Monroe look-a-like, who represented Yugoslavia in Zagreb in 1990, gets very personal in this interview where she talks about how she won the Yugoslavian pre-selection although she was considered a filler, the pressure of being the favorite on home soil and why she left her superstar status behind and moved to the U.S. Despite abuse and tragedies she has kept a positive outlook on life and invites us to her life story.Legend: TajciSong: Hajde da ludujemo (Yugoslavia 1990)Host: Emil LöfströmContact: emil...
2020-08-1839 min
Eurovision LegendsLasse Holm & Monica TörnellIn 1986, Sweden's most prolific Eurovision composer Lasse Holm joined forces with very-serious-and-too-good-for-Melodifestivalen singer Monica Törnell and surprised both the swedish audience and the rest of Europe when they dropped any inhibitions to perform a happy-go-lucky song with a video where they threw paint at each other, and a stage show where we got to see Lasse climb on top of a grand piano, backup singers dressed like a wrestler, a maid and a gentleman, topped off with a shirtless head of delegation playing the electric guitar. Lasse has of course had several more songs in the Eurovision and t...
2020-08-1332 min
Eurovision LegendsNicki FrenchEmil finds a friend in fellow Eurovision enthusiast Nicki French, who performed the ironically titled "Don't Play That Song Again" for the United Kingdom in Eurovision 2000. This is an episode with lots of laughs, and her love for the contest shines through when she talks about her further attempts to reach the contest and the covers she has made of many Eurovision songs, which we also get to listen to. The fact that she herself once broke into the music business with a cover of a Bonnie Tyler song somehow makes it all come full circle....
2020-08-1129 min
Eurovision LegendsOviRomanian-Norwegian artist and composer Ovi is certainly no stranger to Eurovision. In addition to the two times he has represented Romania together with Paula Selling, he has also competed several times in Norway and even in Belgium. In this episode we take a tour through all of is songs and a detour through all of the names he is known by. Legend: OviSongs: Playing with fire & Miracle (Romania 2010, 2014)Host: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schlagervannerna.seInstagram Facebookhttp//www.euro...
2020-08-0631 min
Eurovision LegendsNina MoratoNina Morato, the French girl from 1994, turns out to be just as crazy as the outfit she wore in this conversation where we talk about the origins of the song, why her water pistol was confiscated and how she got away with foul language. But all has not been fun and games, she also shares how she found the competitors mean and about the very tough times she has had in her life.Legend: Nina MoratoSong: Je suis un vrai garçon (France 1994)Host: Emil LöfströmC...
2020-08-0431 min
Eurovision LegendsAmi AspelundLegend: Ami AspelundSong: Fantasiaa (Finland 1983)The Finnish family Aspelund apparently contains more musical talent than some entire countries. Ami Aspelund has competed more times than almost anyone else in the Finnish preselection, she has even lost counts, but she was still the second Aspelund sister to reach Eurovision in 1983, after her sister Monica in 1977. Let her tell us about her career. Host: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schlagervannerna.seInstagram Facebookhttp//www.eurovisionlegends.se Hosted on Acast...
2020-07-3026 min
Eurovision LegendsAnjeza ShahiniLegend: Anjeza ShahiniSong: The Image of You (Albania 2004)During the cold war, Albania was a closed society not totally different from North Korea today. But when the Berlin Wall fell and the Eastern European countries started to open up, so did Albania and in 2004 they were ready to join the Eurovision Song Contest. Anjeza Shahini was chosen, but the wrong promotion video was aired and things looked bleak. Hear her story about when she and her country found themselves thrown in the deep end of the pool.Host: Emil Löfs...
2020-07-2833 min
Eurovision LegendsSürprizLegend: SürprizSong: Reise nach Jerusalem (Israel 1999)In 1999 the German national final was won by Corinna May. Soon it was revealed that the song was already published. Instead Germany was represented by a group of Turkish immigrants with a song by Ralph Siegel. There were later talks about this also being prematurely made public, but they went to Jerusalem and scored an impressive third place. This is the story.Host: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schlagervannerna.seInstagram Facebookhttp//www...
2020-07-2327 min
Eurovision LegendsHot EyesLegend: Hot EyesSongs: Det' lige det, Sku' du spørg' fra no'en, Ka' du se, hva' jeg sa? (Denmark 1984, 85, 88)Kirsten and Søren represented Denmark three times during the 80's, but there were more attempts beyond that. Hear Kirsten Siggaard tell us the story about their successful years as one of Denmark's most profilic groups.Host: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schlagervannerna.seInstagram Facebookhttp//www.eurovisionlegends.se Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
2020-07-2145 min
Eurovision LegendsDeenLegend: DeenSong: In the disco (Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004)Bosnian television invited the artist Deen to sing all the songs in their preselection in 2004, but how did this come about and what did the other songs sound like? And why did he turn up again in 2016? This time totally unrecognizable, as he was fully dressed.Host: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schlagervannerna.seInstagram Facebookhttp//www.eurovisionlegends.se Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
2020-07-1625 min
Eurovision LegendsPing PongLegend: Ping PongSong: Sameach (Israel 2000)Four youngsters with an open minded and peaceful message went balagan. Hear Roy Arad from the group Ping Pong tell the story behind the first song in the new millennium, why they waved Syrian flags and delivered Eurovision's first boy-on-boy kiss on stage, and what happened after they went back home to Israel like defeated politicians.Host: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schlagervannerna.seInstagram Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
2020-07-1425 min
Eurovision LegendsEsther HartLegend: Esther Hart Song: One More Night (Netherlands 2003)The dutch singer Esther Hart ended up in two preselections at the same time, one without even knowing about it. Here Esther tell us the story behind the two songs, her memories from Latvia and her heart project J'aime la Vlie that had to be canceled this year.Host: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schlagervannerna.seInstagram Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-07-0921 min
Eurovision LegendsOne More TimeLegend: One More TimeSong: Den vilda (Sweden 1996)The successful group One More Time, with several hit-songs under their belt, went to Oslo as frontrunners. They had won the pre-qualifying round, which was never televised or broadcast, but the result had leaked out somehow. In this episode there will be a lot of laughter as they reminisce their memories from the Eurovision Song Contest and their music career, and as a bonus for the fans we get to hear two unreleased demos.Host: Emil LöfströmCon...
2020-07-0750 min
Eurovision LegendsLindsay DracassLegend: Lindsay DracassSong: No Dream Impossible ( United Kingdom 2001)In 2001 United Kingdom sent a young girl with braces, that couldn't handle the high note in the promo-video, which made the whole of Europe nervous. What would Lindsay in 2020 tell her 16 year old self and why did she miss that note. Besides this we laugh, talk about new music and listen to the demo version of No dream impossible.Host: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schlagervannerna.seInstagram Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
2020-07-0224 min
Eurovision LegendsCatCatLegend: CatCatSong: Bye Bye Baby (Finland 1994)In 1994 two finnish sisters were predicted to have a good shot at winning, but ended up third last with their perhaps too modern song that didn't go well with an orchestra. Dressed in what looked like not too modern underwear they made a lasting impact and they have been offered to compete again and are still going strong.Host: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schlagervannerna.seInstagram Facebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-06-3028 min