Eurovision Song Context

A show about the Eurovision Song Contest: identity (national and otherwise), taste, and culture. What makes an ESC act successful?

About the show

Every month a special guest tells us about themselves, and brings 2-3 old ESC acts that they either really love, or really don't. Are the entries so good they're good? Or so bad they're good? Or something else? ...Conversation ensues.

Episodes come out on the 12th of every month (the "douzeth").
First episodes available Mid October 2022.

We don't use ESC clips for copyright reasons, you'll have to find them on other platforms. This is a fan podcast and isn't sponsored by (or affiliated with) the EBU.

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Episodes

  • Episode 2: (Part 1) Italy, the 1980s, Serhat's Monocle

    October 12th, 2022  |  43 mins 14 secs
    1980's, 1980s, dami im, eurovision, sergey lazarev, serhat

    Dave Di Vito (author of the Vinyl Tiger book series) and I talk about the 1980s, Italy, 2016 ESC, Serhat, Dami Im, Sergey Lazarev.

  • Episode 1: Lordi, Lordi... Bias, Collusion, Neglect

    October 12th, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins

    Dr. Alexander Mantzaris joins us to discuss the findings from his paper, Examining Collusion and Voting Biases Between Countries During the Eurovision Song Contest Since 1957.