ESC101 - A Eurovision History Podcast

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ESC101 - A Eurovision History Podcast

ESC101 is a podcast which highlights and discusses the history of the Eurovision Song Contest by looking at various elements of the contest throughout the years from hosts to postcards, interval acts to artists, and more! If you're looking to learn about the obscure history of the Eurovision Song Contest and improve your ESC Trivia skills, this is the podcast for you!

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    The Eurovision Travel Guide: Spain (1961-2024)

    In this week’s episode, we are returning to The Eurovision Travel Guide, our monthly series where we explore a country in the Eurovision Song Contest. Join us as we explore Spain, learning about some of their entries, their national selection methods, and some fascinating historical and musical notes! Discover the story of a country ruled by a dictator transforming into the music legend that brings the Fuego onto the Eurovision stage!

    1h 12m

  2. FEB 3 · BONUS

    Bonus: Ethnikós Telikós 2025 Reaction

    Welcome to a bonus episode where we react to Ethnikós Telikós 2025! Join us as we review the entries competing to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel! 12 hopeful artists competed for a spot at the Eurovision Song Contest, find out which ones we love and which ones flopped!

    33 min

  3. JAN 31

    Eurovision Yearbook: Camillo Felgen (Class of ‘60 & ‘62)

    This week’s episode opens the Eurovision Yearbook to explore the life of Camillo Felgen, the artist who represented Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 & 1962. Discover the heartfelt ballads sung by a man who ended up schooling The Beatles in German!

    22 min

  4. JAN 28 · BONUS

    Bonus: Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 Reaction

    Welcome to a bonus episode where we react to the Luxembourg Song Contest 2025! Join us as we review the national final show that decided who will represent Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel! 7 hopeful artists competed for a spot at the Eurovision Song Contest, find out which ones we love and which ones flopped!

    34 min

  5. JAN 24

    Eurovision Yearbook: Katri Helena (Class of ‘79 & ‘93)

    This week’s episode opens the Eurovision Yearbook to explore the life of Katri Helena, the Finnish artist who competed in the 1979 and 1993 Eurovision Song Contest. On top of managing to represent Finland twice at the contest, Katri also tried an additional four times! Having placed either second or third in the national final, she’s one of the most persistent Eurovision stars we’ve seen! Find out what we think about her other attempts compared to the songs that ended up going to the contest!

    28 min

  6. JAN 17

    Life on the DQ List Vol. 1: 1960s & 1970s

    Welcome to Life on the DQ List, where we look back at the songs that never made it onto the Eurovision stage. From songs withdrawing due to artists changing their minds to scandalous disqualifications, we’re remembering the long lost songs destined for the dustbins of history! This week, we’re looking at the cancelled entries from the 1960s and 1970s! From vote rigging to mysterious circumstances, we’re covering the most obscure stories of these prospective entries!

    39 min

  7. JAN 10

    The Eurovision Travel Guide: Bulgaria (2005-2022)

    In this week’s episode, we are returning to The Eurovision Travel Guide, our monthly series where we explore a country in the Eurovision Song Contest. Join us as we explore Bulgaria, learning about some of their entries, their national selection methods, and some fascinating historical and musical notes! Discover the core of Bulgaria’s beating drum beyond the bones! If loving Bulgaria at Eurovision was a crime, then some people would be criminals and others would find themselves in a beautiful mess tonight! It’s no illusion, DJ take us away to the land of Love Unlimited where Samo Shampioni roam free like Lorraine in the Rain!

    1h 1m

  8. JAN 3

    Conductor: Jacques Lasry

    For our first episode of 2025, we jump all the way back to the beginning of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956! This week, we’re featuring the conductor of Luxembourg’s entries at the premier contest, Jacques Lasry. Discover his music career, full of fascinating moments from helping to invent a new instrument to rubbing elbows with future Eurovision musicians!

    20 min
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ESC101 is a podcast which highlights and discusses the history of the Eurovision Song Contest by looking at various elements of the contest throughout the years from hosts to postcards, interval acts to artists, and more! If you're looking to learn about the obscure history of the Eurovision Song Contest and improve your ESC Trivia skills, this is the podcast for you!

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