It's the Official Eurovision Song Contest podcast. Presenter and music journalist Steve Holden will be chatting to star guests, as well as... 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 in Barcelona for the first pre-party of the Eurovision season! We get to know Spain's Blanca Paloma, Dilja from Iceland and... more