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    <title>Eurovision Song Context - Episodes Tagged with “Eurovision 2026 Vienna”</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 17:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
    <description>We start with expertise and end up in Eurovision. It’s kind of our thing.
Eurovision Song Context is a monthly podcast that looks at the Eurovision Song Contest through an unexpected lens: expert insight. Each episode, a guest from a different field — psychology, fashion, politics, design, linguistics, and more — talk about their work and how it helps us understand 2–3 Eurovision entries in a whole new light. 
Are these songs genuinely good? So bad they’re good? Or just weirdly unforgettable?
Longform episodes come out on the 12th of every month (the "douzeth"). We're where brilliant minds meet bad key changes.
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    <itunes:subtitle>A podcast where we bring in smart people. We talk about smart things, then veer into glitter, wind machines, and geopolitics. Experts. Insight. Eurovision chaos.</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Bradley Dalton-Oates</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>We start with expertise and end up in Eurovision. It’s kind of our thing.
Eurovision Song Context is a monthly podcast that looks at the Eurovision Song Contest through an unexpected lens: expert insight. Each episode, a guest from a different field — psychology, fashion, politics, design, linguistics, and more — talk about their work and how it helps us understand 2–3 Eurovision entries in a whole new light. 
Are these songs genuinely good? So bad they’re good? Or just weirdly unforgettable?
Longform episodes come out on the 12th of every month (the "douzeth"). We're where brilliant minds meet bad key changes.
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      <itunes:name>Bradley Dalton-Oates</itunes:name>
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  <title>Episode 86: ESC 2026 Turquoise Carpet: Alternative Commentary Track</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Our annual Eurovision Turquoise Carpet commentary experiment returns.

Open the official Eurovision 2026 Turquoise Carpet stream, start this episode, and when we say “GO,” press play on the video and mute the official commentary.

This year, Bradley, Susie Russ, and Russ provide an alternative live commentary track covering the fashion, staging, crowd energy, camera work, and general Eurovision chaos of Vienna 2026.

No official audio is included because of copyright, so this episode is designed to be played alongside the official stream.

Cut the sound. Watch the images. Let Vienna wash over you.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>2:03:08</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Eurovision Song Context presents our annual Turquoise Carpet commentary experiment.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here’s how this works:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Open the official Eurovision 2026 Turquoise Carpet video.&lt;br&gt;
Start this episode.&lt;br&gt;
When we say “GO,” press play on the video and mute the official commentary.&lt;br&gt;
Watch the visuals while listening to us instead.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The official Eurovision Turquoise Carpet:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hPqh_Ezg3k&amp;amp;t=3538s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hPqh_Ezg3k&amp;amp;amp;t=3538s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This year’s turquoise carpet comes from Vienna, and compared to Basel 2025, the entire production feels dramatically more optimized for television: tighter camera work, stronger crowd energy, better pacing, more spectacle, more fashion, more drama.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So Bradley, Susie Russ, and Russ watch the entire thing live and provide an alternative commentary track covering:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;fashion&lt;br&gt;
staging&lt;br&gt;
camera choices&lt;br&gt;
crowd energy&lt;br&gt;
Eurovision absurdity&lt;br&gt;
orchestral grandeur&lt;br&gt;
random cultural tangents&lt;br&gt;
and whether various outfits belong at the Met Gala, the CMAs, or Hobby Lobby&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No official audio is included because of copyright, so this episode is designed to be played alongside the official stream.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When instructed:&lt;br&gt;
Cut the sound. Watch the images. Let Vienna wash over you.&lt;/p&gt;

Eurovision #ESC2026 #Vienna2026 #TurquoiseCarpet
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    <![CDATA[<p>Eurovision Song Context presents our annual Turquoise Carpet commentary experiment.</p>

<p>Here’s how this works:</p>

<p>Open the official Eurovision 2026 Turquoise Carpet video.<br>
Start this episode.<br>
When we say “GO,” press play on the video and mute the official commentary.<br>
Watch the visuals while listening to us instead.</p>

<p>The official Eurovision Turquoise Carpet:<br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hPqh_Ezg3k&t=3538s" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hPqh_Ezg3k&amp;t=3538s</a></p>

<p>This year’s turquoise carpet comes from Vienna, and compared to Basel 2025, the entire production feels dramatically more optimized for television: tighter camera work, stronger crowd energy, better pacing, more spectacle, more fashion, more drama.</p>

<p>So Bradley, Susie Russ, and Russ watch the entire thing live and provide an alternative commentary track covering:</p>

<p>fashion<br>
staging<br>
camera choices<br>
crowd energy<br>
Eurovision absurdity<br>
orchestral grandeur<br>
random cultural tangents<br>
and whether various outfits belong at the Met Gala, the CMAs, or Hobby Lobby</p>

<p>No official audio is included because of copyright, so this episode is designed to be played alongside the official stream.</p>

<p>When instructed:<br>
Cut the sound. Watch the images. Let Vienna wash over you.</p>

<h1>Eurovision #ESC2026 #Vienna2026 #TurquoiseCarpet</h1>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Eurovision Song Context presents our annual Turquoise Carpet commentary experiment.</p>

<p>Here’s how this works:</p>

<p>Open the official Eurovision 2026 Turquoise Carpet video.<br>
Start this episode.<br>
When we say “GO,” press play on the video and mute the official commentary.<br>
Watch the visuals while listening to us instead.</p>

<p>The official Eurovision Turquoise Carpet:<br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hPqh_Ezg3k&t=3538s" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hPqh_Ezg3k&amp;t=3538s</a></p>

<p>This year’s turquoise carpet comes from Vienna, and compared to Basel 2025, the entire production feels dramatically more optimized for television: tighter camera work, stronger crowd energy, better pacing, more spectacle, more fashion, more drama.</p>

<p>So Bradley, Susie Russ, and Russ watch the entire thing live and provide an alternative commentary track covering:</p>

<p>fashion<br>
staging<br>
camera choices<br>
crowd energy<br>
Eurovision absurdity<br>
orchestral grandeur<br>
random cultural tangents<br>
and whether various outfits belong at the Met Gala, the CMAs, or Hobby Lobby</p>

<p>No official audio is included because of copyright, so this episode is designed to be played alongside the official stream.</p>

<p>When instructed:<br>
Cut the sound. Watch the images. Let Vienna wash over you.</p>

<h1>Eurovision #ESC2026 #Vienna2026 #TurquoiseCarpet</h1>]]>
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