January 28, 2024 • 60 mins
Join us in the Eurovision Showcase for a magical musical journey traversing the greatest hits and hidden gems of the world's most adored singing competition, the Eurovision Song Contest. Embark on a voyage that takes us from the frosty beauty of Iceland to the lively beats of Ireland, featuring spectacular performances ranging from Svala's 'Paper' to Bambi Thug’s 'Doomsday Blue'.
Indulge in familiar tunes, national final extras, and the latest chartbusters, whilst also experiencing the depths of Iceland's Eurovision history. Not to miss are Ireland's 1994 champions, Rock and Roll Kids by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan, and a unique linguistic ailurophobia conundrum in our translation game.
Our vibrant excursion teems with fresh releases, past victors, and an introduction to the thrilling global song contest circuit. Enjoy a special feed from our gracious host, Sylvia Knight, filled with Eurovision secrets, engrossing chats, insightful country music analysis, and boundless enthusiasm.
Experience the suspense of our mystery song drawing from the hat that results in a mesmerizing hit from Denmark. Delve deeper into contesting songs from countries like Luxembourg, Sweden, Lithuania, and the captivating bands behind them. Also featured are the heart-stirring melodic creations of Jakob Landberg and Lara Fabien.
Conclude this lyrical adventure with an appreciation of live performances that shaped Eurovision, from the underrated 'Best of the Rest' to Spain’s memorable 1997 entry. The captivating world of Eurovision music is just a tune away!
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Music.
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Iceland.
2017. Hi, this is Svala from Iceland, and this is my song Paper. Enjoy it.
Music.
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Warm welcome. I'm Kieran Aritasius and I'm with you until the top of the hour
playing you the greatest tunes for the world's greatest singing competition,
the Eurovision Song Contest.
Not only do we play the actual entries themselves, we're also some of those
national final songs which didn't quite make it or are going to be in an upcoming competition.
(04:13):
Also new releases.
And of course those nostalgic tunes that we all know and love and there's plenty.
Don't we know it so welcome to the eurovision showcase if you
want to get in contact with us all of the details to contact us
(04:34):
are on our website esc showcase.com i've
been very good at keeping up with the blog recently so i'd
implore all of you if you can
to go and have a look give it a good old read
and um and all that type
of lovely stuff so we've got music coming to
(04:55):
you thick and fast we've got the eurovision showcase news live
and kicking the best of the rest the translation game and
rob's rant and request but we have a brand new
single to play for you right now
now this young gentleman well
he certainly was young when he was at eurovision um but he's his voice is still
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as awesome as usual and we are going to fly over to iceland well we were just
there weren't we really he represented iceland in 1997 indeed and this This is his latest single,
as I've mentioned, Paul Oscar.
With the song Elsa Fáil Mír Éppina.
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So this is his latest retro dance track where Paul raises the question, do you still love me?
Before delivering into the song, it is essential to recall his participation
back to Eurovision for Iceland in 1997 with the song My Final Dance.
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This newest song serves a very lively dance in invitation I can't say invitation,
complimented by a vibrant music video featuring retro future elements yes indeed
so this is a wonderful song I hope you enjoy and obviously we've got so much
(06:26):
more music to come as well so stay tuned to the eurovision showcase.
Music.
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Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan with Rock and Roll Kids.
That's Ireland's winner from the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest there.
An emphatic result of 226 points over the Polish entry, which ended up coming second.
And there was a gap of like 60 or 70 points or so.
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It was incredible, an incredible victory. And it was the same year that Riverdance
was the Interpol Act of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, of course, as well.
Righty-ho. It's time for a new entry.
Yes, for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest.
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Just take a place in Malmo, Sweden. On the 7th, 9th and 11th of May.
So let's find out who is... Representing Ireland.
Exactly right. It is Bambi Thug with the song Doomsday Blue.
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Cork-born Bambi Thug is a force to be reckoned with and a completely independent
artist who has amazed about 45 000 monthly listeners via her unique self-styles all year.
So, known for an incredible live performance, Bambi was most recently seen performing
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at a packed-out Download Festival debut.
And Bambi is also a prolific songwriter and amasses streams of about 60 million
on music written for other artists.
Yes, instrumentals in some of the UK's biggest Nugent hits by Dear Goth, Pet Rico and 4AM.
(15:23):
And an inclusion in HBO's Sex in the City reboot just like that.
So Bambi Thug is a force to be reckoned with.
And this is a very interesting entry for Ireland.
A complete distraction from the ballads and the Celtic-sounding music that we're
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used to hear from Ireland.
Music.
There's something out there. Let me know what you think, please. Thank you very much.
All the channels on Facebook, Twitter.
No, it's not Twitter. No, we've come from that.
Threads, that's the one. And Instagram. There's so many.
(16:08):
So many they're all on our website esc showcase.com as i mentioned translation
games coming up right after this the irish entry for 2024 bambi thug doomsday blue.
Music.
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There we are that's bambi thug and ireland's eurovision
entry for 2024 rob
what do you think of that that's probably
going to grow on me because i do quite like the
kind of rockiness on it but there's a bit of it i just i'm not
having i'm not quite there with it yet but i reckon it
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will grow on me i'm sure it will dear i think it will
for a lot of people and um what i
i love is the the the backing dancers and their
costumes black latex things i think
she's got a really cool style it's not the latex it's the lycra that
likes it i'm just i don't mean
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that that way anyway sorry um i think
that i reckon because i'm really pleased for island
that they've gone completely avant-garde yeah that's
what it is it's really avant-garde and i think um taking a
chance it's absolutely so that doesn't do well for them i
don't know what they'll do next because i think that will either
that's either gonna do absolutely diabolically or
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it's gonna do really well i can't see it being a middling kind of song no i
can't either dear and um it's either gonna be one way or the other my parents
will absolutely hate it i know that for a fact yeah mine probably will too your
mum certainly will she'll be so watch the video she'll be shocked yeah she'll
She'd be furious, actually.
Gosh, my nan, bless her. Of course, because of the Irish connections.
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Yeah, my nan will be turning in her grave.
Oh, yeah, no, that's not something you'd expect from a Catholic island,
this kind of dark, satanic... I think those days are long gone.
Yeah, it's true, it's true.
Speaking of long gone, let's do this.
Let's play The Translation Game with Kieran and Rob, exclusively on the Eurovision Showcase.
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Righty-ho. So this is where Roberto has an amazing privilege here.
To have a Eurovision song, translate it through every single European language
that has participated at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Pretty much. Pretty much every
single European language. I had to add to today that I had forgotten.
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Oh, you broke the third wall. Well, what was that? I added Luxembourgish and Turkish.
Gosh. Well, Luxembourg had just come back. Yeah, and Turkey had been in for
a while, but I thought I better add them back in.
Yeah, best time. So, and then Rob puts it through a translation system or with
also two bonus entry languages, don't you?
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I do. And today's bonus languages are Maori, which is from New Zealand.
Oh, yes, yes. And a language I'd never heard of again called Akon.
Akon. A-K-O-N. Where's it from? I haven't Googled it yet. I've been too busy
doing other things. Okay, fair enough.
I'm just getting this ready for you because I always forget to the last minute.
And is it the one that we spoke about?
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No. It isn't. Okay. So what is the entry that you have selected?
Sorry, this is a celebration then. Congratulations by Iceland 2020.
2006. Yeah. I was going to say, we talked about this before.
I'll find out where Akon comes from while the song's playing.
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Representing Iceland. Well, she did. In 2006.
It's sylvia knight with congratulations the
controversial icelandic entrant who was playing a character i might add but
now she's the lead singer of a group called sycamore tree and her music is stunning
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anyways let's play this bizarre song from iceland which i adore.
Music.
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Sylvia knight with congratulations here on
the eurovision showcase ireland ireland iceland
2006 i've still got ice
and still on my uh on my mind what a treat
that song is it is isn't it just for people who
weren't so sure sylvia knight is a fictional satirical
character who had her own show
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called the sylvia knight show an icelandic comedy
what are you doing snapping your feet rude
let's get the living daylights out of me roberto i'm trying
to record a radio show here and the icelandic comedy
show uh television channel and basically
before the show made its debut on tv
when sylvia was still unknown she used to upset the people she interviewed dramatically
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with her outrageous behavior so here we go now rob has got the translation before
i go i want to tell you at the Acon Languages. Oh, thank you.
So, Acon is a group of several closely related languages within the wider central Tano languages.
Tano languages? These languages are the principal native languages of the Akan
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people of Ghana. Oh! Broken over much of the southern half of Ghana.
Ghana! There you go. You learn something new every day. You do. You do, indeed.
Right. Right. Great professionalism here.
I don't have anywhere to put everything down. up on my lap you have a table
right in front of you it's a bit high yeah congratulations,
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the google translate version so hello europe end hello look at me i'm sylvia
not i shine on the moon i know you love me too the latter was born in reykjavik
i'm not a fan of euro trash Ash.
This is an election I really want to win. An election?
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Oh god, we're already off to one already. Apologies to everyone. My god!
My songs are better, nothing new since yesterday. It's warm but not hot. I came to stay.
If you want a piece of me, listen to me.
My songs are better, nothing new since yesterday. It's warm but not hot. I came to stay.
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If you want a piece of me, me listen to me you are t e a d which is i think.
Was dead d e a d i have of course there are boys and girls everywhere see you
in iceland next year hi i'm here my name is sylvia knight and i'm smart,
eurovision winner may your dreams come true i'll i'm waiting to save you bongo
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god the kings won't do that sorry god the kids won't do that bongo which is
supposed to be congratulations i think,
applause applause now give it to me congratulations then congratulations sir fr,
ring ring ring hey god cry cry cry what happened to the cat cool cool cool.
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I'm not sure that's supposed to be after looking at this again what happened
to the cat cool cool cool i'm sylvia knight your best friend in the world ring
ring ring save the world save the end of the world let's meet again hi i'm here
my name is sylvia knight and i'm smart eurovision winner winner,
may your dreams come true. I'm waiting to save you. Save him.
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Hi, I'm here. My name is Sylvia Knight and I'm smart. Eurovision winner,
may your dreams come true.
Vote for your style. I love you, my children in Europe.
Right, what happened to the cat? What was that actually supposed to be?
That might be the best translation game we've ever done.
Oh, okay. So that's supposed to be Ring Ring, What's Up Dog? Oh!
So dog and cat. What's happened to the cat?
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That was quite good, actually. okay right that
that was rather bizarre going from a dog to
a cat pussycat pussycat put some bass in your
fur head to toe make your whole body
purr oh dear
come on it is now time to go
into the back catalogue of the eurovision song
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contest it is rob's random request
so moving on swiftly i have a hat full of countries and a
hat full of years and i'm going to try and get a song for care and play you
all find all you find people of the world okay oh
goodness me it's attaching to my bandage on my thumb ew
yuck uh i have a country of denmark oh denmark oh now we like a bit of denmark
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well i said denmark we are indeed we're staying in copenhagen yeah it's been
10 years since we've lost right i'm sorry i'm being told to hurry up sorry yes
so the year i have Oh, this is a new one, 2021.
Oh, you're kidding. This is your favourite, isn't it? It is.
2021. My goodness me, Rob. Why did you do that to me?
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That's exciting. No, I thought you'd appreciate it. Well, I do.
I do. I do. Thank you very much. Do you appreciate your earlobes being rubbed with Nivea cream?
No, not really. Thanks, Rob. I just don't know what to say to you anymore.
You confuse the hell out of me. So here is Für a Flamme. This is Jesper and
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Laurets, a.k.a. Für a Flamme, from Denmark.
And this is a song Övers på Hinenen, Enjoy.
Oh, this almost qualified out of the second semi. It's really cool, this. It is a lot of fun.
Thanks, Rob. And when we come back, it's time for the ESC Showcase News.
This is Rob's random request. Denmark 2021, Övers på Hinenen.
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Music.
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It is now time to keep you updated on the latest news from Europe's biggest singing competition.
This is the Eurovision Showcase News with Kieran Oretutiot.
As we played earlier on, Bambi Thug has won Eurosong 2024 and will represent
Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmo.
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The final of EuroSong 2024 took place on Friday night as part of the Late Late
Show and it was hosted for the very first time by Patrick Kielty.
A song of six acts competed to represent Ireland in Malmo with Bambi Thug eventually
winning with the song Doomsday Blue.
Tali and her song Fighter has won Luxembourg Song Contest 2024,
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and will have the privilege of representing the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg which
will make its comeback to the prestigious Eurovision Song Contest stage in Sweden
in May 2024 after a 30-year absence.
Got, the band who are one of the favourites to win Melody Grand Prix 2024,
have been told to rewrite the song Ulvaham ahead of the final.
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Ulvaham is based on an old Norwegian folklore. However, the lyrics of the song
are identical to a 1,000-year-old medieval ballad.
As MGP and Eurovision, their contestants must have original music and original
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lyrics, and the decision has been made by NRK,
the Norwegian broadcaster that got, must rewrite their song in original text.
Next, the final three finalists of Melody Grand Prix 2024 have been selected
last night during the third heat of Norwegian National Final.
So we have Mia with Green Lights and Princess with Save Me and Kaino with Damnedia.
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The two artists have qualified in the third heat of Lithuania's Eurovision selection
show last night, include Plu di Komet and Shower, the band Shower.
Lithuania still has two more heats before their grand final on the 17th of February.
And earlier last night, during the RUV program login in Svansvakepni,
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The broadcaster of Iceland revealed the 10x that will participate in the Icelandic
Eurovision selection next month.
The contest will comprise of three shows, a first semi-final on the 17th of
February, a second on February the 24th and the final on March the 2nd.
The winner of the competition will receive the right to represent the Nordic
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nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmo, Sweden.
And RUV, the Icelandic broadcaster, received 118 entries.
So songs for Kepnin 2024.
For more Eurovision news throughout the week, please head over to our friends at eurovoir.com.
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Happy Eurovisioning to all the Eurovision fans out there.
Why not join JP and the team of Radio International for a weekly trip through
the world of the Eurovision Song Contest? There'll be lots of music,
artist interviews and regular features, including the cover spot and the Eurovision Spotlight.
Bookmark it now on your web browser or even better, subscribe to the podcast
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Righty-ho, time to move on with the show. You're listening to the Eurovision
Showcase with me, Kieran Uri Tatiot, celebrating the world's greatest singing
competition right here on Forrest FM.
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Now, it's time for us to find out who is going to be representing Luxembourg at this year's contest.
Yes, it is going to be Tali, as we mentioned in the news, with the song Fighter.
FIGHTER Luxembourg are returning to the Eurovision Song Contest after 30 years.
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Their last entry was in 1993.
The national final last night was incredible. I absolutely adored it.
It was two hours and 45 minutes of pure entertainment and it was fantastic.
And it was so lovely to see Desiree Norsbush last night as well. What a wonderful woman.
Here we go. It's Tally with FIGHTER. FIGHTER.
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Music.
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What a tune. So many fantastic songs in the Luxembourg National Final last night.
Eurovision, Luxembourg Song Contest. It's a bit of a flip-flop in my mouth there.
Not very nice. Sorry for the imagery there.
I could have thought that out. Anyways, time to move on. We've got a request now.
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It's from James Brett in more than west sussex hello
there james hope all is well with
you and lovely jason and you
have requested a song from a national final which
is from i think it is from yes it is from denmark there we go and in 1995 the
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song you have requested is from jacob landberg with the song,
which means see you one day oh okay i got that wrong didn't i.
Music.
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Oh, that's sweet. Really sweet song from Jakob Janberg with Dessert in Die.
I think I've finally got that right.
I've got a brand new single to play for you now. This is from Loha Fabienne.
She represented Luxembourg in
1988 with the song Croix, which we played actually last week, I believe.
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Here is her latest single. It's called Terpene.
Terpene. And it does mean, from French into English, your pain.
It's a beautiful ballad. Hope you enjoy. La Fabienne.
Music.
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Hey, Kieran, it is now time for you and your fellow Eurovision Song Contest
fans to celebrate songs that never made it through the national finals.
It's time for The Best of the Rest.
Indeed it is. Now, let's go back to the year that was.
2006. And the country. Sweden.
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And we're going to go to Sweden and say hello to Robert Valstram in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Hello there. hope all is well with
you robert and thank you very much for your request in this
week's best of the rest it's a fantastic tune i
love it and i hope you all do too because
it is the most underrated song ever ever i think in melody festival and history
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or at least it's certainly up there the song is called i lie so well and it's
from the incredible and amazing Amazing. Linda Bertzing.
This is very ABBA-esque type of Swedish slugger pop, but it is simply just brilliant.
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Music.
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Beautiful. Ja, Jürgen Schambra from the amazing Linda Bedsing from Sweden's
Melodifestivalen in 2006.
That's right. And we got another request from OnX, who's personally sent a tweet
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to me. That's MelodyMan.
Hello there. Hope you're well. Thank you very much for your request.
We're going to stay in Sweden and go to Melodifestivalen in... 2011.
And he says to me, to celebrate Jenny Silver's 50th, could you play something in your eyes? Of course.
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An iconic song from Melodifestivalen, of course. And just simply amazing.
Amazing, amazing, amazing. When we come back, it's time for Live and Kicking.
Music.
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The Eurovision Song Contest is about to begin.
Yes, it's time for live and kicking right here on the Eurovision Showcase.
And it's time for us to say our goodbyes. Thank you very much for joining us
here on the Eurovision Showcase.
And we're going to go to 1997 and the Spanish entry, Send and Call,
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as we've got Spain's semifinals coming up this coming week.
Thank you very much for joining us.
And we'll see you next week.
Music.
Music.
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Iceland.
2017. Hi, this is Svala from Iceland, and this is my song Paper. Enjoy it.
Music.
(03:47):
Warm welcome. I'm Kieran Aritasius and I'm with you until the top of the hour
playing you the greatest tunes for the world's greatest singing competition,
the Eurovision Song Contest.
Not only do we play the actual entries themselves, we're also some of those
national final songs which didn't quite make it or are going to be in an upcoming competition.
(04:13):
Also new releases.
And of course those nostalgic tunes that we all know and love and there's plenty.
Don't we know it so welcome to the eurovision showcase if you
want to get in contact with us all of the details to contact us
(04:34):
are on our website esc showcase.com i've
been very good at keeping up with the blog recently so i'd
implore all of you if you can
to go and have a look give it a good old read
and um and all that type
of lovely stuff so we've got music coming to
(04:55):
you thick and fast we've got the eurovision showcase news live
and kicking the best of the rest the translation game and
rob's rant and request but we have a brand new
single to play for you right now
now this young gentleman well
he certainly was young when he was at eurovision um but he's his voice is still
(05:16):
as awesome as usual and we are going to fly over to iceland well we were just
there weren't we really he represented iceland in 1997 indeed and this This is his latest single,
as I've mentioned, Paul Oscar.
With the song Elsa Fáil Mír Éppina.
(05:40):
So this is his latest retro dance track where Paul raises the question, do you still love me?
Before delivering into the song, it is essential to recall his participation
back to Eurovision for Iceland in 1997 with the song My Final Dance.
(06:01):
This newest song serves a very lively dance in invitation I can't say invitation,
complimented by a vibrant music video featuring retro future elements yes indeed
so this is a wonderful song I hope you enjoy and obviously we've got so much
(06:26):
more music to come as well so stay tuned to the eurovision showcase.
Music.
(13:19):
Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan with Rock and Roll Kids.
That's Ireland's winner from the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest there.
An emphatic result of 226 points over the Polish entry, which ended up coming second.
And there was a gap of like 60 or 70 points or so.
(13:41):
It was incredible, an incredible victory. And it was the same year that Riverdance
was the Interpol Act of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, of course, as well.
Righty-ho. It's time for a new entry.
Yes, for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest.
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Just take a place in Malmo, Sweden. On the 7th, 9th and 11th of May.
So let's find out who is... Representing Ireland.
Exactly right. It is Bambi Thug with the song Doomsday Blue.
(14:31):
Cork-born Bambi Thug is a force to be reckoned with and a completely independent
artist who has amazed about 45 000 monthly listeners via her unique self-styles all year.
So, known for an incredible live performance, Bambi was most recently seen performing
(14:56):
at a packed-out Download Festival debut.
And Bambi is also a prolific songwriter and amasses streams of about 60 million
on music written for other artists.
Yes, instrumentals in some of the UK's biggest Nugent hits by Dear Goth, Pet Rico and 4AM.
(15:23):
And an inclusion in HBO's Sex in the City reboot just like that.
So Bambi Thug is a force to be reckoned with.
And this is a very interesting entry for Ireland.
A complete distraction from the ballads and the Celtic-sounding music that we're
(15:48):
used to hear from Ireland.
Music.
There's something out there. Let me know what you think, please. Thank you very much.
All the channels on Facebook, Twitter.
No, it's not Twitter. No, we've come from that.
Threads, that's the one. And Instagram. There's so many.
(16:08):
So many they're all on our website esc showcase.com as i mentioned translation
games coming up right after this the irish entry for 2024 bambi thug doomsday blue.
Music.
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There we are that's bambi thug and ireland's eurovision
entry for 2024 rob
what do you think of that that's probably
going to grow on me because i do quite like the
kind of rockiness on it but there's a bit of it i just i'm not
having i'm not quite there with it yet but i reckon it
(19:37):
will grow on me i'm sure it will dear i think it will
for a lot of people and um what i
i love is the the the backing dancers and their
costumes black latex things i think
she's got a really cool style it's not the latex it's the lycra that
likes it i'm just i don't mean
(19:58):
that that way anyway sorry um i think
that i reckon because i'm really pleased for island
that they've gone completely avant-garde yeah that's
what it is it's really avant-garde and i think um taking a
chance it's absolutely so that doesn't do well for them i
don't know what they'll do next because i think that will either
that's either gonna do absolutely diabolically or
(20:20):
it's gonna do really well i can't see it being a middling kind of song no i
can't either dear and um it's either gonna be one way or the other my parents
will absolutely hate it i know that for a fact yeah mine probably will too your
mum certainly will she'll be so watch the video she'll be shocked yeah she'll
She'd be furious, actually.
Gosh, my nan, bless her. Of course, because of the Irish connections.
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Yeah, my nan will be turning in her grave.
Oh, yeah, no, that's not something you'd expect from a Catholic island,
this kind of dark, satanic... I think those days are long gone.
Yeah, it's true, it's true.
Speaking of long gone, let's do this.
Let's play The Translation Game with Kieran and Rob, exclusively on the Eurovision Showcase.
(21:07):
Righty-ho. So this is where Roberto has an amazing privilege here.
To have a Eurovision song, translate it through every single European language
that has participated at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Pretty much. Pretty much every
single European language. I had to add to today that I had forgotten.
(21:28):
Oh, you broke the third wall. Well, what was that? I added Luxembourgish and Turkish.
Gosh. Well, Luxembourg had just come back. Yeah, and Turkey had been in for
a while, but I thought I better add them back in.
Yeah, best time. So, and then Rob puts it through a translation system or with
also two bonus entry languages, don't you?
(21:50):
I do. And today's bonus languages are Maori, which is from New Zealand.
Oh, yes, yes. And a language I'd never heard of again called Akon.
Akon. A-K-O-N. Where's it from? I haven't Googled it yet. I've been too busy
doing other things. Okay, fair enough.
I'm just getting this ready for you because I always forget to the last minute.
And is it the one that we spoke about?
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No. It isn't. Okay. So what is the entry that you have selected?
Sorry, this is a celebration then. Congratulations by Iceland 2020.
2006. Yeah. I was going to say, we talked about this before.
I'll find out where Akon comes from while the song's playing.
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Representing Iceland. Well, she did. In 2006.
It's sylvia knight with congratulations the
controversial icelandic entrant who was playing a character i might add but
now she's the lead singer of a group called sycamore tree and her music is stunning
(22:56):
anyways let's play this bizarre song from iceland which i adore.
Music.
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Sylvia knight with congratulations here on
the eurovision showcase ireland ireland iceland
2006 i've still got ice
and still on my uh on my mind what a treat
that song is it is isn't it just for people who
weren't so sure sylvia knight is a fictional satirical
character who had her own show
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called the sylvia knight show an icelandic comedy
what are you doing snapping your feet rude
let's get the living daylights out of me roberto i'm trying
to record a radio show here and the icelandic comedy
show uh television channel and basically
before the show made its debut on tv
when sylvia was still unknown she used to upset the people she interviewed dramatically
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with her outrageous behavior so here we go now rob has got the translation before
i go i want to tell you at the Acon Languages. Oh, thank you.
So, Acon is a group of several closely related languages within the wider central Tano languages.
Tano languages? These languages are the principal native languages of the Akan
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people of Ghana. Oh! Broken over much of the southern half of Ghana.
Ghana! There you go. You learn something new every day. You do. You do, indeed.
Right. Right. Great professionalism here.
I don't have anywhere to put everything down. up on my lap you have a table
right in front of you it's a bit high yeah congratulations,
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the google translate version so hello europe end hello look at me i'm sylvia
not i shine on the moon i know you love me too the latter was born in reykjavik
i'm not a fan of euro trash Ash.
This is an election I really want to win. An election?
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Oh god, we're already off to one already. Apologies to everyone. My god!
My songs are better, nothing new since yesterday. It's warm but not hot. I came to stay.
If you want a piece of me, listen to me.
My songs are better, nothing new since yesterday. It's warm but not hot. I came to stay.
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If you want a piece of me, me listen to me you are t e a d which is i think.
Was dead d e a d i have of course there are boys and girls everywhere see you
in iceland next year hi i'm here my name is sylvia knight and i'm smart,
eurovision winner may your dreams come true i'll i'm waiting to save you bongo
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god the kings won't do that sorry god the kids won't do that bongo which is
supposed to be congratulations i think,
applause applause now give it to me congratulations then congratulations sir fr,
ring ring ring hey god cry cry cry what happened to the cat cool cool cool.
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I'm not sure that's supposed to be after looking at this again what happened
to the cat cool cool cool i'm sylvia knight your best friend in the world ring
ring ring save the world save the end of the world let's meet again hi i'm here
my name is sylvia knight and i'm smart eurovision winner winner,
may your dreams come true. I'm waiting to save you. Save him.
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Hi, I'm here. My name is Sylvia Knight and I'm smart. Eurovision winner,
may your dreams come true.
Vote for your style. I love you, my children in Europe.
Right, what happened to the cat? What was that actually supposed to be?
That might be the best translation game we've ever done.
Oh, okay. So that's supposed to be Ring Ring, What's Up Dog? Oh!
So dog and cat. What's happened to the cat?
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That was quite good, actually. okay right that
that was rather bizarre going from a dog to
a cat pussycat pussycat put some bass in your
fur head to toe make your whole body
purr oh dear
come on it is now time to go
into the back catalogue of the eurovision song
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contest it is rob's random request
so moving on swiftly i have a hat full of countries and a
hat full of years and i'm going to try and get a song for care and play you
all find all you find people of the world okay oh
goodness me it's attaching to my bandage on my thumb ew
yuck uh i have a country of denmark oh denmark oh now we like a bit of denmark
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well i said denmark we are indeed we're staying in copenhagen yeah it's been
10 years since we've lost right i'm sorry i'm being told to hurry up sorry yes
so the year i have Oh, this is a new one, 2021.
Oh, you're kidding. This is your favourite, isn't it? It is.
2021. My goodness me, Rob. Why did you do that to me?
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That's exciting. No, I thought you'd appreciate it. Well, I do.
I do. I do. Thank you very much. Do you appreciate your earlobes being rubbed with Nivea cream?
No, not really. Thanks, Rob. I just don't know what to say to you anymore.
You confuse the hell out of me. So here is Für a Flamme. This is Jesper and
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Laurets, a.k.a. Für a Flamme, from Denmark.
And this is a song Övers på Hinenen, Enjoy.
Oh, this almost qualified out of the second semi. It's really cool, this. It is a lot of fun.
Thanks, Rob. And when we come back, it's time for the ESC Showcase News.
This is Rob's random request. Denmark 2021, Övers på Hinenen.
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Music.
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It is now time to keep you updated on the latest news from Europe's biggest singing competition.
This is the Eurovision Showcase News with Kieran Oretutiot.
As we played earlier on, Bambi Thug has won Eurosong 2024 and will represent
Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmo.
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The final of EuroSong 2024 took place on Friday night as part of the Late Late
Show and it was hosted for the very first time by Patrick Kielty.
A song of six acts competed to represent Ireland in Malmo with Bambi Thug eventually
winning with the song Doomsday Blue.
Tali and her song Fighter has won Luxembourg Song Contest 2024,
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and will have the privilege of representing the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg which
will make its comeback to the prestigious Eurovision Song Contest stage in Sweden
in May 2024 after a 30-year absence.
Got, the band who are one of the favourites to win Melody Grand Prix 2024,
have been told to rewrite the song Ulvaham ahead of the final.
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Ulvaham is based on an old Norwegian folklore. However, the lyrics of the song
are identical to a 1,000-year-old medieval ballad.
As MGP and Eurovision, their contestants must have original music and original
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lyrics, and the decision has been made by NRK,
the Norwegian broadcaster that got, must rewrite their song in original text.
Next, the final three finalists of Melody Grand Prix 2024 have been selected
last night during the third heat of Norwegian National Final.
So we have Mia with Green Lights and Princess with Save Me and Kaino with Damnedia.
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The two artists have qualified in the third heat of Lithuania's Eurovision selection
show last night, include Plu di Komet and Shower, the band Shower.
Lithuania still has two more heats before their grand final on the 17th of February.
And earlier last night, during the RUV program login in Svansvakepni,
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The broadcaster of Iceland revealed the 10x that will participate in the Icelandic
Eurovision selection next month.
The contest will comprise of three shows, a first semi-final on the 17th of
February, a second on February the 24th and the final on March the 2nd.
The winner of the competition will receive the right to represent the Nordic
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nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmo, Sweden.
And RUV, the Icelandic broadcaster, received 118 entries.
So songs for Kepnin 2024.
For more Eurovision news throughout the week, please head over to our friends at eurovoir.com.
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Happy Eurovisioning to all the Eurovision fans out there.
Why not join JP and the team of Radio International for a weekly trip through
the world of the Eurovision Song Contest? There'll be lots of music,
artist interviews and regular features, including the cover spot and the Eurovision Spotlight.
Bookmark it now on your web browser or even better, subscribe to the podcast
(38:12):
via www.radiointernational.tv and you will never have to miss your favourite
Eurovision radio shows.
Righty-ho, time to move on with the show. You're listening to the Eurovision
Showcase with me, Kieran Uri Tatiot, celebrating the world's greatest singing
competition right here on Forrest FM.
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Now, it's time for us to find out who is going to be representing Luxembourg at this year's contest.
Yes, it is going to be Tali, as we mentioned in the news, with the song Fighter.
FIGHTER Luxembourg are returning to the Eurovision Song Contest after 30 years.
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Their last entry was in 1993.
The national final last night was incredible. I absolutely adored it.
It was two hours and 45 minutes of pure entertainment and it was fantastic.
And it was so lovely to see Desiree Norsbush last night as well. What a wonderful woman.
Here we go. It's Tally with FIGHTER. FIGHTER.
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Music.
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What a tune. So many fantastic songs in the Luxembourg National Final last night.
Eurovision, Luxembourg Song Contest. It's a bit of a flip-flop in my mouth there.
Not very nice. Sorry for the imagery there.
I could have thought that out. Anyways, time to move on. We've got a request now.
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It's from James Brett in more than west sussex hello
there james hope all is well with
you and lovely jason and you
have requested a song from a national final which
is from i think it is from yes it is from denmark there we go and in 1995 the
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song you have requested is from jacob landberg with the song,
which means see you one day oh okay i got that wrong didn't i.
Music.
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Oh, that's sweet. Really sweet song from Jakob Janberg with Dessert in Die.
I think I've finally got that right.
I've got a brand new single to play for you now. This is from Loha Fabienne.
She represented Luxembourg in
1988 with the song Croix, which we played actually last week, I believe.
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Here is her latest single. It's called Terpene.
Terpene. And it does mean, from French into English, your pain.
It's a beautiful ballad. Hope you enjoy. La Fabienne.
Music.
(49:33):
Hey, Kieran, it is now time for you and your fellow Eurovision Song Contest
fans to celebrate songs that never made it through the national finals.
It's time for The Best of the Rest.
Indeed it is. Now, let's go back to the year that was.
2006. And the country. Sweden.
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And we're going to go to Sweden and say hello to Robert Valstram in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Hello there. hope all is well with
you robert and thank you very much for your request in this
week's best of the rest it's a fantastic tune i
love it and i hope you all do too because
it is the most underrated song ever ever i think in melody festival and history
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or at least it's certainly up there the song is called i lie so well and it's
from the incredible and amazing Amazing. Linda Bertzing.
This is very ABBA-esque type of Swedish slugger pop, but it is simply just brilliant.
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Music.
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Beautiful. Ja, Jürgen Schambra from the amazing Linda Bedsing from Sweden's
Melodifestivalen in 2006.
That's right. And we got another request from OnX, who's personally sent a tweet
(53:59):
to me. That's MelodyMan.
Hello there. Hope you're well. Thank you very much for your request.
We're going to stay in Sweden and go to Melodifestivalen in... 2011.
And he says to me, to celebrate Jenny Silver's 50th, could you play something in your eyes? Of course.
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An iconic song from Melodifestivalen, of course. And just simply amazing.
Amazing, amazing, amazing. When we come back, it's time for Live and Kicking.
Music.
(57:23):
The Eurovision Song Contest is about to begin.
Yes, it's time for live and kicking right here on the Eurovision Showcase.
And it's time for us to say our goodbyes. Thank you very much for joining us
here on the Eurovision Showcase.
And we're going to go to 1997 and the Spanish entry, Send and Call,
(57:44):
as we've got Spain's semifinals coming up this coming week.
Thank you very much for joining us.
And we'll see you next week.
Music.
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