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The final episode of this series of The Contest & Me concludes with a trip to Eurovision's newest nation. We head to Canada to meet Content Creator Shawn Myers (Worldvishawn) to hear how his country are preparing to make their debut in Burgas next year. Shawn tells us about his unique role in helping with the preparations, while he also reflects on the music and memories that made him first fall in love with the competition. Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email [email protected], and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can you believe we've never had him on The Contest and Me?! We're reunited with one of our favourite guests as Eurovision Creative Director, Dan Shipton joins us for a trip down memory lane. We head back to the 1990s and the UK's most recent win in the contest, his memories of Electro Velvet, Lucie Jones and Surie, and his unexpected debut in the compeition. Then there's Turin, Sam Ryder, and the performance that came so close to lifting the glass microphone trophy. Want to listen to the next episode? Subscribers to The Euro Trip + can listen to each episode a week early. Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email [email protected], and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the new series continues with another familiar voice to Eurovision fans. We're off to Denmark to met the man who had the pleasure of announcing his home country's win back in 2013, and whose commentary debut was derailed by the technical problems that beset the first semi-final in Düsseldorf just two years earlier. He shares his fond memories of his first live contest when Copenhagen hosted Eurovision's biggest ever venue back in 2001, and we ask what change he'd make if put in charge of the competition? Want to listen to the next episode? Subscribers to The Euro Trip + can listen to each episode a week early. Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email [email protected], and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The sixth season of The Contest & Me starts here as we sit down with Bulgaria's long-time Eurovision commentator. After Elena Rosberg had the honour of announcing DARA's win earlier this year she joins us to look back at her remarkable career covering the world's favourite music competition. Vienna marked her fifteenth Eurovision commentary and she looks back at her first contest, her favourite songs, and looks ahead to Burgas hosting the contest next year. Want to listen to the next episode? Subscribers to The Euro Trip + can listen to each episode a week early. Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email [email protected], and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Returning for the sixth series we're sitting down with more well-loved names from the Eurovision world as they share their memories of everyone's favourite music competition. Episodes will be released every Thursday, starting on 8th October. Want to listen right away? Subscribers to The Euro Trip + will be able to listen to each episode a week earlier meaning the first episode is available now! Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email [email protected], and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who predicted this? The Netherlands will be back in the Eurovision Song Contest next year after a different broadcaster took over from AVROTROS which is continuing its boycott of the competition. Callum is joined by Dutch Eurovision reporter GJ Kooijman to get the latest on Eurovision's newest returning country as well as a bit of info on Belgium's confirmation of participation. Stick around until the end to hear Callum's news on whether Slovenia and Iceland could be making a return to Eurovision next year too. Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email [email protected], and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eurovision is heading to Burgas after the shock announcement from the EBU and host broadcaster BNT. The Black Sea resort beat competition from Bulgarian capital Sofia to hold the 71st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, so what do you know about where we're heading? We hear from the EBU's Head of Communications Dave Goodman on why the city was chosen, plus we get the thoughts of Bulgarian Eurovision commentator Elena Rosberg. Finally friend of the podcast Manuela Dimitrova from Exodo Travel returns with her tips for anyone planning to head to Burgas next year. To find out more about Excedo Travel click here Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email [email protected], and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Logic suggests we'll be heading to Bulgaria's capital city for next year's contest, but could a dark horse have entered the race to host Eurovision? In this exclusive episode we meet Manuela Dimitrova, Founder of CEO of Bulgarian based Excedo Travel. She takes us through the cities that have expressed an interest in hosting and assesses the bids fom Sofia, Plovdiv, Burgas and Varna. We also hear how excited her nation is to be welcoming the world next May. Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email [email protected], and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a few years of rumours and gossip, we finally have official confirmation that Canada will be joining the Eurovision Song Contest in 2027. With the North American nation debuting in next year's contest, we find out why they were welcomed into the family from Eurovision Director Martin Green. We learn when those discussions with Canadian broadcaster CBC first began, how their EBU membership is about far more than the song contest, and what happens if they were to win the competition and therefore the right to host the following year's contest. Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email [email protected], and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode of the season we conclude the series with a look back at our best loved moments from the last 12 months. We reminisce over the events of this Eurovision year with plenty of highs and lows on the road to Vienna. But most importantly we celebrate you, our brilliant listeners, and the fantastic conversations we had with some our favourite people. Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email [email protected], and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Almost two weeks on from the Eurovision 2026 Grand Final, this year's UK entry joins us for a debrief after his Austrian adventure. Speaking to us from his workshop, Sam Battle (LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER) reflects on his result, working with the BBC, and sets the record straight after that viral Green Room video. We also ask what's next for him, and who he'd like to represent the United Kingdom in Bulgaria next year? Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email [email protected], and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back from Vienna to look back on Bulgaria's historic first win at the Eurovision Song Contest. We meet the people that made victorty possible including Bulgaria's Head of Delegation Boryana Gramatikova as she shares her emotions after the Grand Final, while the Creative team behind Bangaranga give us an insight into how they put together DARA's Eurovision winning performance. Bulgarian journalist Cinan Sadula also joins us to share his joy immediately after the end of Saturday's Grand Final. Eurovision expert and broadcaster Adrian Bradley also returns to look at what went wrong for the UK and what needs to change for next year. Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email [email protected], and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Eurovision Saturday! After a crazy week in Vienna our bumper Grand Final preview podcast is here as we discuss all the main contenders for the trophy. We chat through the surprising running order decisions with friend of the podcast Tobbe Ek, we hear from Denmark's own Søren Torpegaard Lund and manager Tim Schou on their chances of winning, while we also analyse what the running order could mean for Israel and Greece. There's plenty of time to talk about the United Kingdom, before we then move on to hear from the man responsible for bringing Delta Goodrem to Eurovision. And we wrap up with favourites Finland as backing singers Jepa Lambert, Heinni Ikonen, Hanna Marttila join us, plus we hear from Mr Lordi on whether he thinks Finland will emerge victorious. ***Don't forget to come see The Euro Trip podcast's Big Eurovision Quiz hosted at the Wien Museum at 1pm on Saturday 16th May*** This year we're delighted to be teaming up with the Europarty app to help you bring even more enjoyment to this year's Eurovision season. Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email [email protected], and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We react to the Second Semi-Final and final ten countries making up the line-up for Saturday night. After Albania, Australia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Malta, Norway Romania, and Ukraine qualify, we speak to the winners and losers of Thursday night. They include celebrations following Daniel Zizka's qualification, Cypriot delight at returning to the Grand Final, and Jonas Lovv describing his emotions the moment he was announced as a Eurovision finalist. We also chat to backing vocalist Dea Norberg after Switzerland miss out on a place in Saturday's show. ***Don't forget to come see The Euro Trip podcast's Big Eurovision Quiz hosted at the Wien Museum at 1pm on Saturday 16th May*** This year we're delighted to be teaming up with the Europarty app to help you bring even more enjoyment to this year's Eurovision season. Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email [email protected], and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We share our view on who could qualify for the Grand Final on Thursday night fresh from watching the first dress rehearsal for the live show. Rob and Callum talk through the songs and performances that are excelling on the Eurovision stage, while there's also some gossip about the unfortunate technical mishaps we saw during Wednesday afternoon's run through and a look ahead to LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER's first live performance. Dale from Aussievision is with us to look ahead to Delta Goodrem's performance, while we also chat to Daniel Žižka from Czechia & Jonas Lovv from Norway. ***Don't forget to come see The Euro Trip podcast's Big Eurovision Quiz hosted at the Wien Museum at 1pm on Saturday 16th May*** This year we're delighted to be teaming up with the Europarty app to help you bring even more enjoyment to this year's Eurovision season. Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email [email protected], and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.