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Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily Chat from Malmo, Monday 13th May Written by on May 13, 2013 | 6 Comments

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Hosts Sweden and the Big Five countries took to the stage yesterday for the first time, so it’s fair to say we have seen the winning song now on stage. We just don’t know which one.

It’s an ESC Insight only podcast today, as we look back at those rehearsals, and take a look at the approach from the big countries at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily Chat from Malmo, Monday 13th May
Hosted by Ewan Spence, with…

Samantha Ross (ESC Insight).
Steven Newby (ESC Insight).

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British Academy (BAFTA) nominated broadcaster and writer Ewan Spence is the voice behind The Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast and one of the driving forces behind ESC Insight. Having had an online presence since 1994, he is a noted commentator around the intersection of the media, internet, technology, mobility and how it affects us all. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, his work has appeared on the BBC, The Stage, STV, and The Times. You can follow Ewan on Twitter (@ewan) and Facebook (facebook.com/ewanspence).

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6 responses to “Eurovision Insight Podcast: Daily Chat from Malmo, Monday 13th May”

  1. Eric Graf says:
    May 13, 2013 at 15:06

    Your comments on selling records and clicking to buy made me curious about something.

    So I just now went through iTunes to see which songs are available from that august institution in the USA. And it’s 15 out of 39. Here’s the list, in semifinal running order, as of Monday morning. And boy is it weird. I have omitted cover versions (there were only a couple anyway):

    Ukraine
    Netherlands
    Lithuania
    Belarus
    Ireland
    Latvia
    San Marino
    Azerbaijan
    Malta
    Iceland
    Greece
    Israel
    Hungary
    Sweden
    Germany

    Conspicuous in their absence (IMHO):
    UK (!)
    Austria and Slovenia
    Denmark
    Finland
    Bulgaria
    Armenia
    Switzerland
    Romania
    France
    Italy

    It’s perhaps worth noting that for the past three years (at least), the winning song was not available on American iTunes until several weeks after the contest.

  2. Z. says:
    May 13, 2013 at 16:05

    France were in the Top Ten in 2009. Patricia Kaas came in 8th.

  3. Ewan Spence says:
    May 13, 2013 at 17:34

    Hey we record live, without a big book of facts! Thanks.

  4. Hans-Henning says:
    May 13, 2013 at 19:05

    Just an interesting fact I found out yesterday. The Official Video Clip of Cascada on their Label-Youtube-thing has over Three Million hits.

  5. Matthias says:
    May 14, 2013 at 11:21

    Yeah, cascada has the double amount of views on YouTube then the fanwank from Denmark

    I guess Denmark just try to copy Azerbaijan 2010
    Make a big hype about a mediocre song and hope no one notice how bland the song really is.

  6. Peter says:
    May 15, 2013 at 06:42

    Sorry, Stephen is completely wrong about France, on two important counts:

    Firstly, the only thing that let them down the last few years is their delegation’s persistant attempts to balls up their own entry (e.g. getting Amaury to change pitch at the last minute, naked gymnasts, etc). As the people responsible now seem to have been locked out of the stadium, then Amandine’s song and powerful performance should easily achieve a top 10 finish.

    Secondly, the last thing we need is yet another country chasing victory by doing the same as everyone else, sending even more generic euro pop dance G:Son rubbish. Germany won by sending Lena with a quirky and distinctive song, and this is something that France currently do and are capable of doing even without making any changes to their selection.

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