Episodes
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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.
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 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!
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 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!
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 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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In this episode, Jan and Dave chat with 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:
🇳🇴 Claus from OGAE Norway
🇦🇹 Elisabeth from OGAE Austria
🇺🇦 Vankhud from OGAE Ukraine
🇨🇭 The Suganas from OGAE Switzerland
🇮🇱 Arel from OGAE Israel
🇩🇰 Maria Luisa from OGAE Denmark
Stay tuned for Part 2 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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In this episode, Sebi and Dave quickly reflect on the importance of June 22nd as an important date on the Eurovision calendar, especially this year!
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 and Dave collect their thoughts and discuss what it was like to be on the ground at Eurovision 2024 by looking at this year's Contest as if it were Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. We look at what made this year's edition great, but also what made it stressful and, at times, miserable. We end with our hopes for Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland.
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 and Dave take a look at the voting numbers from the juries, televoters and semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Besides diving into the numbers, they also give their personal thoughts on this year's results, as well as the upsetting disqualification of Joost Klein from the Netherlands.
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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LIVE from Malmö, in this episode Sebi walks around the press center of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, just moments after Semi Final 2 ended. Hear what Anni from ESC Factful, Richard from Songestivalkoorts Podcast, Tural Abdullah from Demokrat.az, Olivier from 'Eurovision 'Made in France'', and Erbu from ESCape News thought of Semi Final 2. Plus, Sebi grabbed quick moments with very excited members of OGAE Greece and Georgia's public broadcaster just after Martina and Nutsa qualified!
For more info and Eurovision content live from Malmö Arena and Press Center, 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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LIVE from Malmö, in this episode Sebi walks around the press center of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, just moments after Semi Final 1 ended. Hear what Gabe from ESCUnited, Sonja from Bleistift Rocker, Dan of VDanDesign on X, and Alex & Conor from Éirevision!
For more info and Eurovision content live from Malmö Arena and Press Center, 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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Building Bridges Calling! In this very special episode, we bring together 22 other podcasts to join us in voting for our favourite songs of Eurovision 2024! Each podcast participated as a jury and gave its 12 points live on the podcast. But what's a Eurovision vote without a scoreboard?! You can follow along with all the points on YouTube in our first 'video episode'! We hope you like it as the ESC podcast community has never come together in a project like this until now!
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 discuss the Eurovision songs from the Big 5 countries, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as the host entry from Sweden. Besides critical reviews and bold predictions, Jan delivers a poetic reading of the Spanish entry "Zorra".
1:46 - United Kingdom
5:56 - Germany
8:59 - Sweden
12:50 - France
15:41 - Spain
19:48 - Italy
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 discuss the second Semi Final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö. They share their thoughts on all of the 16 songs performing in Semi Final 2 and end up predicting the possible outcome of the show,
0:51 - Malta
3:16 - Albania
4:40 - Greece
7:28 - Switzerland
8:58 - Czechia
11:42 - Austria
13:34 - Denmark
15:35 - Armenia
16:43 - Latvia
19:24 - San Marino
21:37 - Georgia
23:18 - Belgium
25:02 - Estonia
26:14 - Israel
26:40 - Norway
28:00 - Netherlands
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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