This year’s ‘Top 100 Songs’ list will be all about the semi-finals. Over the next four weeks, Steven Newby is going to take you through all the songs that made it to Eurovision, but missed out on the Saturday night. Which songs made the grade, but were left behind? Today it’s time to look at numbers #100 to #76.
Terry’s been holding out on us, but we’ve found his interview with Johnny Logan from earlier in the year. We all know Terry’s favourite Sean Sherrard song, will he mention the second placed song to another Irish superstar?
This week we have Albania, Bulgaria, Ireland, and Norway standing in front of some very special judges as former Turkish representatives maNga, and Mor Ve Otesi join Ewan Spence for Juke Box Jury.
This week’s Insight podcast has a quick glance at the running order issues, highlighting the covers and remixes, new guests for the London and Amsterdam previews, and music from Outtrigger.
With sixty-four entries into the National Finals over fourteen years, eight songs qualifying for Eurovision, and one winner with Euphoria, perhaps SVT should offer Swedish writer Thomas G:son his own Melodifestivalen semi-final. Yes, we could write it like an April Fool, but looking back ESC Insight have found he has more than enough material from 2013.
As every Eurovision Song Contest fan pours over the running orders announced for the two semi-finals, Ewan points out some winners and losers in the race to qualify for the Grand Final in Malmo on May 18th.














