Eurovision Calling 2019

NB – Contains spoilers! It’s been Eurovision Christmas with the final and here’s our Boxing Day equivalent debrief! What. A. Show. We whizzed you through our personal highlights and moments of the four hour epic and who we predicted would win against what actually happened. We chatted to Rylan after his turn as representative of the British Jury (and he doesn’t agree with all of their choices), plus Daniel ‘wizard’ Radcliffe shared...

We made it! This episode was just ONE WEEK away from the first 2019 semi final and to celebrate, we talked to Scott’s other Eurovision partner in crime, Rylan! Montenegro’s D-Mol went ‘Under the Spotlight’ and we had a final catch up with our Prince, Michael Rice, before Tel Aviv! Jayde also chatted to one of her favourite acts of the competition, Australia’s Kate Miller Heidke! And finally, Eurovision Lyric of the Week was recited...

This episode we spoke to Eurovision royalty, they’re arguably the most iconic Eurovision winner in recent history and were serving us bearded lady realness WAY before The Greatest Showman came along, it’s 2014’s Eurovision winner - CONCHITA! Scott also talked to the man tipped to win the entire 2019 contest, Duncan Laurence from The Netherlands. At your request, we put Iceland's Hatari 'Under The Spotlight' and we also heard from ...

We spilled all the piping hot tea from behind the scenes of The London Eurovision Party 2019! Italy's Mahmood talked opera with Jayde, Spain's Miki Núñez took a siesta, Norway's KEiiNO taught us some Sámi and Finland's Darude & Sebastian Rejman shared some of their Tel Aviv staging secrets. Plus, Jayde and Scott were given a very special job and got to announce The UK's Michael Rice to the stage! But for those of you who don’t...

In this episode, he’s 2015’s Eurovision champion and the hero of all our times - Måns Zelmerlöw was in the studio! Plus, we chatted to Laurell Barker, a lady who wrote not one, not two, but THREE of 2019's Eurovision songs! Jayde also had a long overdue catch up with our boy, Michael Rice and in our last episode, Anne-Marie described her music video as ‘extra’ and since A LOT of you emailed in asking, we put Cyprus's entry Tamta ‘...

In this episode we talked to John Lundvik, Swedish representative for Tel Aviv 2019, and he also co-wrote our song, Bigger Than Us. Talk about a competitive streak, he’s the first person in Eurovision history to be competing against himself. Plus, Scott called Essex chart-topper Anne-Marie and she explained why Scandinavians are so good at Eurovision. We also chatted to another Eurovision Hero, Bristol University's Eurovision Socie...

In episode we chatted to Finland's biggest overachiever- she can sing, she can dance, she can act, she can even ice-skate, it’s their 2018 representative Saara Aalto! Plus, Jayde spoke to Lake Malawi, the Czech Republic’s act for 2019 and we put their song, Friend of a Friend Under The Spotlight. Now... Come on guys, we did all know this time come eventually….Yes, sadly in this episode was the FINAL instalment of The Unofficial Eur...

In this episode, we have all 41 songs for Tel Aviv 2019 at our fingertips! We discussed all the latest news, which of course was SONGS. Plus, Scott had a catch-up with Czech Republic’s act from last year, Mikoláš Josef - the only man to rock braces and a backpack in the grand final. Jayde made a transatlantic call to this week’s Eurovision Hero, Alesia Michelle and we put Finland's entry, Darude ft. Sebastian Rejman 'Under the Spot...

Tel Aviv 2019 faced a major casualty when the 42 participating countries became 41, due to Ukraine dropping out of the competition! So, we did what any sane people would do when faced with a Eurovision emergency – we called a doctor. Dr Eurovision aka Paul Jordan, delivered a full autopsy on the events leading up to Maruv’s departure from the contest. Meanwhile, Italy’s act Mahmood stormed the streaming charts with his song Soldi ...

In this episode we talked to Bilal Hassani, who was the French representative at Eurovision 2019 and also the owner of some truly outstanding wigs. Jayde spoke to Icelandic comedian and Eurovision fan Ari Eldjárn, to discuss what it’s like be from a country that’s never won Eurovision. Scott and Jayde delivered an extremely heartfelt tribute to all of the countries that have never won the Eurovision Song Contest and we had another ...

Your winner aka the Prince of Hartlepool, Michael Rice, joined us in the studio with his Nana Carol. We also FaceTime the brilliant Lindsay Dracass, who represented the UK in 2001 when she was just 16. Jayde learned who really is ‘Bigger than Us' and Scott hosted the first instalment of the Unofficial Eurovision Chart Show. We chatted to Ireland’s most enthusiastic Eurovision fan, Martin Jones, and Måns Zelmerlöw recited our Eurovi...