Eurovision Song Context

Episode 86: ESC 2026 Turquoise Carpet: Alternative Commentary Track

May 10th, 2026  |  2 hrs 3 mins

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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.

Episode 85: Eurovision 2026 w Suzie: The Good, The Bad, and the Absolute Hell Not

May 4th, 2026  |  1 hr 5 mins

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This week’s episode is a late-night Eurovision catch-up with Suzie from Euro Riffs, as we go through this year’s entries with zero structure and very strong opinions.

We cover the songs we love, the ones that might grow on us, and the ones that absolutely should not be anywhere near the final. Along the way: Switzerland’s “too good for Eurovision” moment, Moldova doing what Moldova always does, staging worries, guilty pleasures, and one entry that sparks a full-on rant.

If you’ve been listening to the 2026 lineup and trying to figure out what actually works, this is the unfiltered version.