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It's a first ever victory for Bulgaria!
Hear one of DARA's first interviews, just minutes after winning the Eurovision Song Contest with her club banger Bangaranga!
She achieved a total of 516 points in the Grand Final.
The Official Eurovision Song Contest Podcast is produced and presented for the EBU by Steve Holden.
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Norway's Eurovision winning icon Alexander Rybak drops by for a chat on the podcast.
The singer and violinist is performing in the Grand Final as part of a star-studded medley to celebrate the Contest's 70th birthday.
He talks to Steve about being part of the Eurovision family and the continued success of Fairytale.
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It's 20 years since Lordi became Eurovision icons after storming to victory with Hard Rock Hallelujah for Finland.
Frontman Mr Lordi joins Steve for a chat about two decades of success, the joy of the contest, and why he has to always check in excess baggage wherever he flies.
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Your ten qualifiers from the second semi-final are right here!
The artists representing Bulgaria, Ukraine, Norway, Australia, Romania, Malta, Cyprus, Albania, Denmark and Czechia give their immediate reaction after making it through to Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final.
Steve then hosts a Liverpool 2023 throwback as Salena (from Teya & Salena) and Danny from Voyager reunite to share their memories of that amazing contest.
The Official Eurovision Song Contest Podcast is produced and presented for the EBU by Steve Holden.
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The current Eurovision champion JJ returns to the podcast to reflect on his incredible year.
He talks to Steve about performing his new single Unknown during the second semi-final and the love he's received from Austria since winning with Wasted Love.
JJ also spills the tea on his friendship with the Beauty Blenders (Miriana Conte, Erika Vikman, Sissal and Kyle Alessandro).
The Official Eurovision Song Contest Podcast is produced and presented for the EBU by Steve Holden.
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Your ten qualifiers from the first semi-final are right here!
The artists representing Greece, Finland, Belgium, Sweden, Moldova, Israel, Serbia, Croatia, Lithuania and Poland give their immediate reaction after making it through to Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final.
Steve then talks to Monroe, who's representing France with her pop-opera epic Regarde!
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Get ready to join COSMÓ, Alis and Atvara at one of this year's Eurofan Cafés - the legendary Gerstner in Vienna.
In front of a live audience of ESC volunteers, the trio of stars talk about their Eurovision experience so far.
Austria's COSMÓ chats the Tanzschein, Latvian star Atvara is feeling like a celebrity and Albania's Alis reveals how he got one of his country's acting legends involved in his song Nân.
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We can't get Sweden's FELICIA out of our system as she joins us on the podcast, alongside LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER from the UK.
The Swedish star talks about her love of Eurovision icon Carola, being influenced by Shrek and tells us about her mask collection.
Meanwhile, LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER chats about his rise to YouTube sensation and his hands-on approach to the Contest.
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Noam Bettan joins the podcast for a chat about his journey to the Eurovision Song Contest to represent Israel.
He talks about his lifelong love of music, his influences and the unusual animal he'd like as a pet.
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Two stars of this year's 2026 Grand Final join the podcast for a catch-up!
First, Germany's Sarah Engels returns to talk about musicals, motherhood, and her song Fire.
Italian legend Sal Da Vinci also chats to Steve about his song Per Sempre Si, the love he had for his home city of Naples and why food means family.
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San Marino legend SENHIT is joined by music icon Boy George to talk about their Vienna collaboration Superstar!
The pair talk about how their partnership came about, and George's first impressions of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Luis and Miguel from Portuguese vocal group Bandidos do Cante also drop by to chat about their friendship, their proud history and their song Rosa.
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Two amazing piano players join the podcast in Vienna!
First up, it's Australian superstar Delta Goodrem to talk about her song Eclipse, her love of representing her country, and how the stars aligned - literally - for her Eurovision debut.
Daniel Zizka from Czechia also jumps on the pod to chat about Crossroads, his favourite musicals and how he nearly didn't quite make it to Austria.
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Fresh from their first rehearsals, Romania's Alexandra Cฤpitฤnescu and Georgia's Bzekebi join the latest edition of the podcast.
Alexandra and her bandmates talk about bringing Romania back to the contest, being huge Eurovision fans themselves... and how the singer has an interesting double life as a physicist!
Georgian legends Bzekebi discuss their memories of winning Junior, bringing the vibes to their song On Replay, and where to find the best khachapuri in Tbilisi!
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Fresh from his first rehearsal, Luka from Serbian band LAVINA joins Steve on the latest episode of the podcast to discuss their song Kraj Mene.
He talks about his love of fantasy, his love of Lordi and Wig Wam, and how his love of metal began.
JIVA from Azerbaijan also swings by to chat about her song Go, her musical influences and her love of the contest.
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Lithuania's Lion Ceccah and Estonia's Vanilla Ninja join the podcast straight after their first rehearsal.
Lion Ceccah chats to Steve about his silver era, his multilingual song Sólo Quiero Más , and the support he's getting back home in Vilnius.
Meanwhile, Vanilla Ninja are back at the contest, 21 years after they first entered. They chat about returning to Eurovision, ice cream and their interesting side hustle.
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Hello from Vienna!! It's our first episode from Austria as we catch up some of the acts of 2026 straight after their first rehearsals.
First up, it's Satoshi from Moldova who's opening the whole event.
Representing Finland, Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen talk fire, ice, sauna and violins.
And LELEK from Croatia chat about their favourite pop divas, their intricate make-up and how they're bringing the drama on stage to sing Andromeda.
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LELÉKA is all set to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest with the beautiful ballad Ridnym.
She joins Steve on the podcast to talk about her musical life, her love of Rosalía, and how she could break a record for the longest note ever sung at the contest.
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Veronica Fusaro is ready to rock the stage in Vienna with her song Alice.
The Swiss singer talks to Steve about her lifelong love of music, her love of Conchita Wurst and why she's bringing such a powerful anthem to Vienna.
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It's Ferto time! Akylas from Greece joins us for the latest episode of the podcast to talk about his preparation for Vienna.
He talks to Steve about his love of the contest, his appreciation of Käärijä, and his journey to Eurovision fame.
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We go backstage at the London Eurovision Party to meet some of the stars of this year’s Contest.
Steve chats to LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER from the United Kingdom about being a new dad, and Sarah Engels from Germany about lighting a fire in Vienna.
He catches up with best friends COSMÓ from Austria and Eva Marija from Luxembourg, and the party’s hosts Sissal (Denmark, 2025) and Cesár Sampson (Austria, 2018) also join for a chat about life after Eurovision.
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The music is composed by Will Kitchener. Design by Ángela Espejo & Chris Fox.
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