We’re celebrating the 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest final in Madrid! Steve is joined by the three Spanish hosts of this... more

Basel has been announced as the host city of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025! To celebrate, Steve’s been speaking to some... more

Nemo has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland. Their song, The Code, received 591 points to finish in first... more

It's here! The Grand Final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is taking place in Malmō. On this episode, Steve catches... more

Reigning champion Loreen returns to the podcast, one year after she won the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time.  She... more

After becoming one of Italy’s breakout stars of 2023, Angelina Mango is representing her country with La Noia at the... more

Olly Alexander is representing the United Kingdom with his song Dizzy! He joins the podcast to talk about the mind-melting staging... more

Pour la première fois, le podcast officiel du concours Eurovision de la Chanson vous est dévoilé en français! L’animateur, Rémi entame la... more

Swedish superstar Benjamin Ingrosso joins Steve for a chat about his career, new music and his many connections to the... more

Petra Mede is back to host the Eurovision Song Contest for the third time, and is joined on the podcast... more

Steve speaks to the brains behind Europapa! Joost Klein is representing the Netherlands with his happy hardcore bittersweet hit. He... more

Germany’s ISAAK brings the anthemic Always On The Run to the Eurovision stage. He joins Steve for a chat about... more

Steve is joined by Greece's Marina Satti, who has already had a huge hit in her home country with her... more

Steve is joined in the delegation bubble for a gossip by Swedish radio and TV presenter Tina Mehrafzoon, who’s commentating... more

Three Eurovision queens join Steve on the latest episode from Malmö. Portugal’s Iolanda speaks about Grito, tracking down the best Portuguese... more

Steve catches up with two more acts who have arrived at the podcast fresh off stage from their first rehearsals... more

Croatia’s Baby Lasagna has had crowds going wild for his anthem Rim Tim Dagi Dim. The singer, whose real name is... more

Hej from Malmö! Joining us straight from their first rehearsals are Ukraine's alyona alyona and Jerry Heil, who are singing Teresa... more

It’s a very special episode of the podcast recorded in front of a LIVE audience at the London Eurovision Party.  Steve... more

For this week’s episode, Marcus & Martinus sit down with Steve to talk about representing this year’s host country… Sweden! The... more

Joining Steve on this week’s episode are Georgia’s Nutsa Buzaladze and Serbia’s Teya Dora.  Nutsa is taking her song Firefighter to... more

El podcast oficial del Festival de Eurovisión os llega desde la PrePartyES 2024 en Madrid. Víctor Escudero presenta este episodio... more

This episode comes from the first pre-party of the season… in Madrid!   First up is Nemo, who’s representing Switzerland with The... more

Steve catches up with Ireland's Bambie Thug as they prepare to bring their witchy brand of goth pop to Malmö. They... more

SABA will be taking the bridge from Copenhagen to Malmö to represent Denmark with her song Sand.  The singer tells host... more

In this episode, Steve heads to a dance studio at a secret location to meet Kaleen, who's representing Austria with... more

Joining Steve this week is Silvester Belt, who’s representing Lithuania with Luktelk.  He talks about his life since winning the Lithuanian... more

We’re saying hello to Mustii, the singer and Drag Race judge who’s representing Belgium with his epic track Before The... more

Steve welcomes Finland's Windows95Man and vocalist Henri Piispanen to the podcast. The pair stormed to victory in the Finnish national final,... more

On this episode, Steve is joined by two of this year’s Eurovision stars: Aiko and Silia Kapsis. Aiko is singing Pedestal... more

On this episode, Steve chats to Raiven, who's representing Slovenia with her dramatic ballad Veronika. They discuss her opera background,... more

Our guest is the one of the hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam 2021... the one and only... more

Steve heads to Amsterdam for Het Grote Songfestivalfeest, where dozens of Eurovision acts get together for a huge party in... more

It's the Junior Eurovision Song Contest final in Nice! Steve is joined by the reigning Junior champion Lissandro (and his... more

Multi award-winning popstar SIGRID is one of Norway's biggest singers and is a huge Eurovision fan. She joins us... more

It's the final episode of the 2023 season so who better to chat to than some of the artists who... more

Hear Loreen's EXCLUSIVE first interview after winning the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden with Tattoo. She makes history by... more

The Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final is here! Joining Steve to look ahead is the Ukrainian host of the Contest,... more

Steve gets reaction from all ten qualifiers from the second semi-final. We hear from Belgium's Gustaph, Andrew Lambrou from Cyprus,... more

2018 champion Netta teases her appearance during the Grand Final interval in the Liverpool Songbook. Star of RuPaul's Drag Race... more

Steve gets the first reactions from all ten qualifiers from the first semi-final. We hear from Vesna representing Czechia, Mimicat... more

France's La Zarra becomes the 37th and final act to join Steve on the podcast. We also catch up with... more

Rosa Linn's Snap became one of 2022's biggest hits. It started its life on the Eurovision stage when Rosa sang... more

We're on the Turquoise Carpet to officially open this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool! Hear from the representatives from... more

Donatella Versace, Harry Styles and The Beatles all get a mention on today's episode. Italy's Marco Mengoni joins us to... more

Käärijä's Cha Cha Cha dancers join the podcast to talk about representing Finland and the iconic Käärijä 'Piggy Train'. Gustaph... more

We're taking you behind the scenes at the Eurovision Song Contest as we chat to the Head of Show, Lee... more

The first rehearsals have begun in Liverpool for the acts of this year's Eurovision Song Contest! We take you backstage... more

On this special episode, we're inviting you to listen in to a conversation between Björn Ulvaeus from ABBA and Martin... more

On this episode, Australia's Voyager join us from a basement dressing room at a recent gig. Noa Kirel from Israel... more

The United Kingdom's Mae Muller joins us to talk about performing at a home Eurovision with her entry I Wrote... more

It's our second episode from the London Eurovision Party. Käärijä from Finland returns to the podcast to talk about his... more

The first of two episodes from the London Eurovision Party featuring Sweden's Loreen on coming back to the contest, 11... more

On this episode, we hear from one of Eurovision's most famous creative directors, Sacha Jean-Baptiste. She's worked with loads of... more

We're in Barcelona for the first pre-party of the Eurovision season! We get to know Spain's Blanca Paloma, Dilja from... more

Para celebrar las dos mayores fiestas de Eurovisión en España - BCN Eurovisión Party y PrePartyES (Madrid, 7 y 8... more

It's a dream job, but being a Head of Delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest is never easy. From managing mega-stars,... more

On this episode, Finland's Käärijä cha-cha-chats rap and Rammstein. Monika Lynkyte from Lithuania gets a surprise message from a familiar name. Estonia's... more

On this episode, Ukraine's TVORCHI discuss Heart of Steel and they were brought together by a random meeting on the... more

On this episode, we're joined by Subwoolfer's Ben Adams and Gaute Ormåsen as they tell us about their amazing year... more

Gustaph from Belgium becomes the first act of 2023 to appear on the podcast, as he finally gets to be... more

We're looking ahead to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest which is taking place in Yerevan, Armenia. Joining us are David Tserunyan,... more

It's a winner's special as we take you backstage at Amsterdam's Het Grote Songfestivalfeest, where dozens of Eurovision acts performed... more

The Official Eurovision Song Contest podcast is back for season 2! Host Steve Holden has been on a mini tour of... more

The Official Eurovision Song Contest podcast is back and presenter Steve Holden returns with a preview of the new season.... more

W're back! Three of this year's Grand Finalists join presenter Steve Holden to discuss their experience at this year's Eurovision... more

Ukraine has won the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Kalush Orchestra and their song Stefania came in first... more

Steve Holden chats to the reigning Eurovision Song Contest champions Måneskin about their amazing year since winning for Italy. Damiano, Victoria,... more

The Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final has arrived and presenter Steve Holden hosts a massive episode of the podcast. He's joined... more

We now have all 25 acts confirmed for the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final and host Steve Holden gets some... more

Presenter Steve Holden gets exclusive reaction chats with all 10 qualifiers from Semi Final 1. He speaks to Amanda from... more

The United Kingdom's Sam Ryder chats to host Steve Holden about performing Space Man. At the Opening Ceremony of the... more

It's been 10 years since Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest with Euphoria. In this special episode of the podcast, the... more

Some of the team behind Norway's Subwoolfer join host Steve Holden to talk about the Contest's infamous yellow wolves, San Marino's... more

As we get a first glimpse of the Big 5, host Steve Holden catches up with Spain's Chanel. He also chats... more

The rehearsals are in full swing and host Rob Lilley catches up WRS from Romania, Jérémie Makiese from Belgium and... more

We've arrived in Turin! Joining the podcast after their first rehearsals are Ronela from Albania, Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine, Intelligent... more

The United Kingdom's 2021 act James Newman joins host Steve Holden to discuss his 'nil points' at the Contest in... more

Steve Holden and Samya Hafsaoui speaks to Eurovision's Head of Contest Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen, the man who helps put... more

Host Steve Holden speaks to Vladana from Montenegro and Rosa Linn from Armenia, as well as Systur from Iceland. Croatian... more