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In this episode, Jan had the privilege of speaking with Anna Sahlene, who is vying to get back to the Eurovision stage. She last represented Estonia on home soil in 2002, and now she's back in Eesti Laul with her new single "Love Me Low"! In the interview, Anna reflects on her Eurovision journey from 1999 to today, her current projects and goals post-Eesti Laul, and conveys her gratitude to her fans for their continued support. All that and more on this special episode of Building Bridges!
For more info and Eurovision content, including more information about this interview, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random Eurovision TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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In this episode, Jan chats with Eesti Laul 2025 hopeful FELIN about her upcoming performance of "Solo Anthem" in Estonia. Felin is an artist who enjoys creating visually and musically impactful performances, so we find out what she might have planned for the Eesti Laul stage in February. Felin also She highlighted the importance of addressing topics such as gender equality and 2SLGBTQQIA+ rights in her music to inspire and empower others, and where her musical journey might take her next!
For more info and Eurovision content, including more information about this interview, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random Eurovision TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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Surprise! We're back already!
In this episode, Jan and Dave caught up with the ladies from LLL mere hours after they were announced as one of the nine artists competing in Melodi Grand Prix 2025 in Norway!
This episode was too good to hold on to, we hope you enjoy hearing from Sofia, Rebecca, and Elisabet as they use MGP to launch their new girl band, all with the help of Keith from Subwoolfer!
For more info and Eurovision content, including more information about this interview, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random Eurovision TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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In this episode, Jan and Dave chat all things Eurovision with LEEZ, one of the eight contestants competing in Belgium's Eurosong 2025! In this episode we find out if her brother Metejoor will be involved in her Eurosong performance, what she might have planned for her staging, and some of her favourite Eurovision memories, including when she participated in Belgium's JESC 20 years ago!
For more info and Eurovision content, including more information about this interview, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random Eurovision TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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In this episode, you'll hear our penultimate Eurosong interview. Jan had the pleasure to chat with Grace, winner of The Voice of Flanders 2021, who is set to compete in Eurosong for the first time, in the hopes of winning the Belgian ticket to Basel! During the conversation, we find out how winning The Voice changed Grace's career, more about her Congolese heritage and its influence on her music, her motivation for entering Eurosong this year, and much more!
For more info and Eurovision content, including more information about this interview, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random Eurovision TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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In this episode, Jan and Dave sit down with Seppe Herreman, better known to Eurofans by the stage name Red Sebastian. He opens up (as much as he could) about his Eurosong entry that might just get him the ticket to Basel. Listen to the full interview to find out the cute origin of his stage name, what influences his fantastic fashion choices and some of his favourite Eurovision memories.
For more info and Eurovision content, including more information about this interview, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random Eurovision TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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In this episode, we celebrate the start of Belgium week on the podcast! We've got four Eurosong interviews for you this week, and we're kicking things off with a lovely chat with Le Manou! She will compete in Eurosong with her entry "Fille à papa". During our conversation, Jan and Dave find out what the Eurosong artists are talking about in their Whatsapp group, hear a snippet of her covering J'aime la vie, and some of her favourite Eurovision memories growing up in Belgium!
For more info and Eurovision content, including more information about this interview, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random Eurovision TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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In this episode, Sebi and Dave chat with Citi Zēni who are aiming to represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with "Ramtai". The boys chat about the meaning of "Ramtai", their previous time in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin and of course their staging ideas for Supernova 2025. The lads also took the opportunity to troll Dave by singing a new song about Latvia's historic win over Canada at the recent World U20 Hockey championship!
For more info and Eurovision content, including more information about this interview, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random Eurovision TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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In this episode, Dave sat down with Luka Nižetić who is about to compete in Dora for the fifth time. His entry for 2025 is "Južina", and he's hoping to improve on his 2019 result where he came in 3rd place! Južina is a wind specific to the Dalmatia region of Croatia, and when it blows ... well, you'll have to listen to the episode to find out what happens, according to Luka! It also turns out that Luka is a big Eurovision fan himself, having grown up watching the Contest with his family and he tells us about some of his favourite memories.
For more info and Eurovision content, including more information about this interview, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random Eurovision TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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In this very special 100th episode of the Building Bridges podcast, Sebi, Jan and Dave take a break from the usual Eurovision interviews and gossip and take a look back at their journey together. They talk about their favorite moments within the last 100 episodes, how it all began and where they are now.
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In this bonus episode, we are honoured to invite the first ever "Head of Eurovision" on our humble podcast - we speak with David Gloesener who works for RTL in Luxembourg. He's overseen the 2024 Luxembourg Song Contest, and he's back in charge of the show again for 2025. Jan and Dave chat with David about what to expect from the second edition of LSC, and we peak into the crystal ball to find out what Luxembourg might have planned for the future — and for their potential sixth Eurovision win!
For more info and Eurovision content, including more information about this interview, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random Eurovision TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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In this episode, we have a quick look at this week's big Eurovision news before diving into our chat with the wonderful ANANDA! The young multi-talented artist from Split tells about her music, her past as a dancer, and what it's like to compete in Dora this year with THREE songs as both an artist and a songwriter! Our Jan actually met Ananda at a Eurovision party this summer, and we know you'll love this wonderful chat as we find out a bit more about what to expect from Dora 2025!
For more info and Eurovision content, including more information about this interview, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random Eurovision TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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In this episode, Dave fights a sore throat as Sebi joins him for this year's first Supernova interview! We're back in the Baltics talking to ADELINA who is in it to win it in her first attempt to get to the Eurovision stage! She's currently living in London (listen for her accent!) but is hoping to represent Latvia at Eurovision in Basel — the country where she was born and grew up. Can her retro futurism vibes get her the Supernova win? We'll find out on 8ᵗʰ February!
For more info and Eurovision content, including more information about this interview, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random Eurovision TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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In this episode, Sebi and Dave ponder what to expect from each of Melodifestivalen's five Heats, taking a closer look at the 17 NEW acts who will fight for the song bird trophy for the first time in 2025.
We’ll find out which artist is back for an 11th Melfest appearance, which artist used to turn the letters on France’s Wheel of Fortune, which artist got Loreen to write their song, and which former Melfest host is back for the first time as an artist – all that and more on this episode!
But before the boys dig into Melfest, they wrap up their thoughts on the Montesong final from Wednesday night in Podgorica.
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In this episode, Sebi and Dave take a peek into Montenegro's return to the Eurovision Song Contest, as they chat with one of the artists in the running to get Montenegro back to its first Grand Final since 2015 - it's the lovely Đurđa from Kotor! She is one of the 16 artists competing in Montesong, and this marks her first Eurovision national final performance. After we politely asked her to pronounce her name for us, she went on to explain the meaning behind her song "To ljubav je", and what we might expect from the live Montesong show on 27th November!
Several times during our chat, Đurđa refered to "less is more" - a phrase that explains not only her beautiful ballad, but also her approach to staging. We'll know very soon if her gamble will pay off and send her to Basel!
For more info and Eurovision content, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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In this episode, Sebi, Jan and Dave examine the latest in Eurovision news, and what that means as we cautiously head into the 2025 national final season. While we finally get news that Australia and the Netherlands will join us in Basel, Moldova, Poland and Armenia are keeping things very hush hush. Be sure to get in touch with us via our social media below and let us know your thoughts about the upcoming Eurovision season!
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In this episode, Sebi, Jan and Dave live react to the reveal of the host city of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Furthermore, they celebrate the beginning of the new Eurovision Year and talk about their wishes for the upcoming season in Basel.
For more info and Eurovision content, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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In this episode, we break down the events and possible repercussions of a very busy Monday in the Eurovision world. A Swedish prosecutor cleared Joost Klein of all charges that led to his disqualification from Eurovision in Malmö in May.
As a special treat (and to make sure we got all the facts right), Sebi and Dave were joined by the delightful Anni from escfactful! Make sure to check out her socials, if you aren't already subscribed!
We would love to hear your thoughts on the situation with Joost and the Netherlands' potential future at Eurovision. Be sure to get in touch on our socials, or send us your thoughts at [email protected]
For more info and Eurovision content, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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In this episode, Jan catches up with two of the remaining artists set to compete in FANVision 2024, part of Eurovision Weekend, set for Hamburg from July 12th-14th. These artists will represent their home OGAE clubs during the big Eurovision GALA, set for the evening of Saturday, 13th July. This episode features:
🇲🇹 OGAE Malta's Martina Fenech
🇮🇹 OGAE Italy's Jessica Lipari
If you missed Jan's chats with the other 12 artists, go back and check out Episodes 89 and 90! Jan will be on location in Hamburg this weekend to capture all the fun live, so stay tuned for another special episode from Eurovision Weekend very soon!
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In this episode, Jan catches up with another six of the 16 competing acts for FANVision 2024, part of Eurovision Weekend, set for Hamburg from July 12th-14th. These artists will represent their home OGAE clubs during the big Eurovision GALA, set for the evening of Saturday 13th July. This episode features:
🇫🇮 OGAE Finland's Jarrko Timonen
🇩🇪 OGAE Germany's Mikal Johansen
🇸🇮 OGAE Slovenia's Joel Loyo
🇱🇺 OGAE Luxembourg's Mara
🇵🇱 OGAE Poland's Dolce Pindy
🇩🇪 EC Germany's Call Me Survivor
If you missed the first six acts, check out Episode 89, and stay tuned for Part 3 when we will speak with more of the competing artists!
For more info and Eurovision content, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com and we're always updating our Instagram and Twitter accounts, plus we love posting fun, silly and random TikToks, so we'd be thrilled if you followed us on social media and left us a review!
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