Category: ESC 2024
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Vidbir 2024 – ESC Etc. Top 3 Songs from the Ukranian National Final
Ukraine needs no introduction when it comes to ESC – the only country to still have an immaculate qualification record since the introduction of the semifinals, peppered with three wins all in the 21st century (so far the only country to have done so). This exceptional track record (only Italy…
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Eurosong 2024 – ESC Etc. Top 3 Songs from the Irish National Final
Let’s make one thing clear – there are good songs and great artists in Ireland. The reason behind the country’s recent abysmal qualification record (one qualification to the final in the last 9 years) lies squarely at the feet of RTÉ – the national broadcaster in change of selecting acts…
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Supernova 2024 – ESC Etc. Top 3 Songs from the Latvian National Final
Latvia currently has the longest ongoing non-qualification streak at ESC (alongside Georgia) having now failed to make the cut for 6 consecutive contests (and really, Sudden Lights deserved last year and we collectively failed them). So, when it comes to Supernova nowadays my main concern isn’t really re: does Latvia…
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Luxembourg Song Contest 2024 – ESC Etc. Top 3 Songs from the Luxembourgian National Final
Let’s be exceedingly clear: we’re all happy Luxembourg is back. Ecstatic, as a matter of fact. At a time in which, for a number of well-documented reasons, ESC has been losing entrants, any country making a comeback is to be welcomed with open arms (and wallets). That said…after hearing about…
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Dora 2024 – ESC Etc. Top 3 Songs from the Croatian National Final
Dora gone done it this year. Not only does this roster feature the most eclectic and current lineup to recent memory, but Croatia’s got the track. I have reviewed several national finals so far featuring strong, oustanding entries, but here we’re looking at the first one that legitimately screams potential…
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Etapa Națională 2024 – ESC Etc. Top 3 Songs from the Moldovan National Final
If you’ve listened to our podcast at all, you probably know I have a huge soft spot for Moldova at ESC. No other country knows how to elevate poor to middling entries to bonafide Top 10 contenders like Moldova does, and that’s a fact. Every year the staging for Moldova’s…
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Melodi Grand Prix 2024 – ESC Etc. Top 3 Songs from the Norwegian National Final
There’s a moment in Ulrikke’s Honestly (one of the 2023 MGP entries), around 0:55, where after a second of brief silence the orchestration suddenly drops all at once alongside a booming choir, punctuating the song’s soaring, thumping chorus in a burst of unadulterated pop deliciousness. I wanted to mention that…
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ESC Etc. Episode 16- I’ll Eat a Pig in a Blanket (Junior Eurovision 2023 Recap)
Your favorite EuroDaddies, Cesco and Anthony, are back to help brighten up that gloomy part of the year between Christmas and the New Year with a new episode! It’ll give you something to listen to while you recover from food comas or shop the post-holiday sales. You’re welcome, kiddos. They…
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Albania 2024 Review: “Zemrën n’dorë” – Besa Kokëdhima
It took four gruesome nights (still one less than Sanremo will inflict on us) marred by poor audio, amateurish hosting, baffling interval acts, questionable judging, and more of the same accusations of vote fixing and corruption that have been plaguing Festivali i Këngës for a number of years now, but…
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Benidorm Fest 2024 – ESC Etc. Top 4 Songs from the Spanish National Final
The Benidorm tracks are here and can I just say…this is how you establish a national final from nothing: you set up a music festival and feed it and let it grow organically into a competition that would exist as a standalone event that is first and foremost meant to…
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