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Eurovision Insight Podcast: We have 36 (plus 1) for the Island Written by on January 9, 2014 | 2 Comments

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Here we go, as the calendar year of 2014 catches up with the Eurovision 2014 year we’ve been living since, well, September 1st if we’re honest. A result from Albania and a name from Armenia is the big news, but we’ve got National Final line-ups to go through and travel plans to decide as we go through the show.

Of course we have the EBU news as well, with 36 countries declared for the Contest (and Slovenia still haggling) it’s all set for the Handover Ceremony and semi-final draw on Monday!

Eurovision Insight Podcast: We have 36 (plus 1) for the Island

It’s the first podcast of 2014, and there’s a bundle of results, running orders, and news headlines to go through, with a musical mash-up from Dan Mei to finish.

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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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2 responses to “Eurovision Insight Podcast: We have 36 (plus 1) for the Island”

  1. John Egan says:
    January 10, 2014 at 06:18

    That Dan Mei mashup is EPIC!!!!!!! Thanks Ewan!

  2. Shevek says:
    January 11, 2014 at 11:53

    36 going on 37 then. 🙂

    Time flies by! A Dal 14 sounds very promising. ‘Cake to bake’ is sweet, but I have not warmed up to it yet. Tonight, I’ll be rooting for Jasmin’s song from UMK and hoping to see Monika reaching the next stage.

    UMK has good songs on offer with two obvious exceptions:
    ‘On top of the world’
    ‘My little honey bee’

    The Lithuanain NF has several good singers trying their luck with one obvious exception – Martynas Kavaliauskas – loved by the televoters though.

    Good luck to all hopefuls.