Think About Eurovision

In this DNQ File, a very tired Kris speaks to Kim about the First Semi Final of Eurovision 2021, we discuss the differences in viewing experience between the YouTube stream and the BBC Broadcast. Kris tries (and fails) to explain what Line of Duty is, despite having never seen it, Kim has a better viewing experience than the whole of the UK, and Kris gets angry with Cheryl Baker... quite frankly, deservedly! A Beginners Guide To Line Of Duty  Previous Winners Talk About Their Win (may be geoblocked)  Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up  The previous highest note in Eurovision was a Bb5 (did Eden hit the Speorg note?) Ana Soklič - Voda (2020)  Montaigne - Stadium Performance of Technicolour   ROXEN - Alcohol You (2020)  Tweet about the reported comments by the Romanian HoD on ROXEN  Lesley Roy - Story Of My Life (2020) 

In this episode we discuss the 2023 Eurovision Grand Final, Kris is delighted to *actually enjoy* the Flag Parade, Chrissy threatens to cause herself an allergic reaction in protest and Matti speaks some French Voyager - Dreamer If you can, go see Voyager on tour Lord of the Lost on tour with Iron Maiden!  Simply Red - Fairground Madonna at Eurovision 2019 Teya & Salena - Who The Hell Is Edgar (Music Video) Vesna - My Sisters Crown (Music Video) Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf A Banana Rosa Linn - Snap Swiss Civilian Service Swiss Nuclear Bunkers Russia attacked Tvorchi’s home town just as they took to the stage Barbara Pravi - Voila Remedios Amaya - ¿Quién maneja mi barca? Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn Daði Freyr - Whole Again Support the Think About Eurovision Network, and our Think About Eurovision co-host Matti, by visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OneChicGeek.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and using promo code TAE15 for 15% off artwork made into fashion!

In this week’s episode we head over to Portugal for the 2018 contest, where Matti suggests a new drag name, Kris doesn't shy away from his feelings about one of his least favourite songs and Chrissy denies any unfounded rumours that she is a foot fetishist! Raccaccoonie Elena Tsagrinou - El Diablo Chanel - SloMo KEiiNO - Spirit In The Sky Svetlana Loboda - Be My Valentine Horrible Histories - Literally: The Viking Song St Magnus - The Pacifist Viking DNQ Files - Freya Lea Sirk - Hvala Ne when the music stops (semi final) Carrot Top (CW: There’s some racially insensitive stuff in this. and this wasn’t even that long ago!) Cab Calloway - Minnie The Moocher The Common Linnets - Calm After The Storm   Joan Franka - You & Me - 2012 Cultural Appropriation Contest Joan Franka interviewed by Wiwibloggs, featuring her reasoning for her choice of Native American headdress Eagles - Life In The Fast Lane Soggy Bottom Boys - Man Of Constant Sorrow Wiwibloggs raising questions about Waylon’s backing dancers and choreography David Armand - Torn Community: Krumping SuRie - Storm with stage invader Spanish stage invader DoReDos - My Lucky Day from behind Natalia Gordienko - Sugar Support the Think About Eurovision Network, and our Think About Eurovision co-host Matti, by visiting ⁠OneChicGeek.com⁠ and using promo code TAE15 for 15% off artwork made into fashion!

In this episode Matti embraces his fursona, Chrissy’s Greek Duolingo lessons really begin to pay off, and your hosts really do experience 1978, and there’s not much more we can say than that. This Eurovision could have been an email. The Ikea Monkey is doing well 10 years later Eurovision at Blackpool 2023 Delusion  Father Ted - Lovely Girls Competition  Cat Stevens - Wild World  Ireen Sheer - Feuer from Das Grosse Schlagercomeback 2022  Alejandro Fuentes - Fuego - MGP Norway 2023  The Sweet - Blockbuster  White Lion - Wait  Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie  Iggy Pop - I Wanna Be Your Dog  Cannon and Ball - Let Your Braces Dangle  Jemini - Cry Baby  Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up  The Producers - Springtime for Hitler and Germany Support the Think About Eurovision Network, and our Think About Eurovision co-host Matti, by visiting OneChicGeek.com and using promo code TAE15 for 15% off artwork made into fashion!

https://surfshark.deals/ThinkAboutEuro - Enter promo code ThinkAboutEuro for 83% off and 3 extra months FREE! In this episode the gang wish for the return of Eurocat, really try their hardest to be nice about children and Matti makes a plea to Barbara Pravi. Authority Zero - Rattlin’ Bog  Eubank The Mouse  Loïc Nottet (not Benjamin, Kris) - Rhythm Inside  Georgia’s top - Translation  Måneskin - MAMMAMIA  AleXa - Wonderland  Electro Velvet - Still In Love With You  Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack  Ochman - River  Rosa Linn - Snap 

In this episode we fly back to Sweden for a night of light entertainment with music for a year that has become one of Matti’s favourites, we discuss terrible paintings and Kris offends Chrissy’s 70’s fashion. Taskmaster UK  Jaja Ding Dong  UK Hun?  Les Humphries Singers - Sing Sang Song (1976)  Rock The Roof - 2021 Interval Act  Paulo de Carvalho - E depois do adeus (Portugal 1974)  Shank’s Pony  You Must Be Hank Marvin  Status Quo - Rockin’ All Over The World  Cliff Richard - Christmas Time (since it’s nearly Christmas)  Stevie Wonder - Superstition  The Tiger Lillies - Start A Fire  Playdays - Roll Up & Ride On Rosie (The Magical, Musical, Merry Go Round) (this was the song Kris was trying to remember) Clodagh Rodgers - Jack-in-the-box  Pingu  Barbara Pravi - Voila  Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah  The Osmonds - Love Me For A Reason  My Lovely Horse  The Bachelors - I Believe 

https://surfshark.deals/ThinkAboutEuro - Enter promo code ThinkAboutEuro for 83% off and 3 extra months FREE! In this weekend two Brits and a dumpster raccoon from Toronto visit a country that no longer exists, as they enjoy a distinct lack of children, are forced to tolerate Eurocat, Kris tries to bring in a new, cheesy, podcast sponsor, and Chrissy insults Kris. The One With The Lingering Shot Of Some Branches (1985)  Riva - Rock Me - Yugoslavia 1989  KP Cheese Footballs  Commander Riker playing trombone on Star Trek  Violin Tosser The One With The Never-ending Smooch (1957)  Flamenco Clapping  Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You  Ruslana - Wild Dances - Ukraine 2004  Amina - C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison - France 1991  I’d like to buy the world a coke  Lenny Kuhr - De Troubadour - Netherlands 1969  Next time: Eurovision 1975

https://surfshark.deals/ThinkAboutEuro - Enter promo code ThinkAboutEuro for 83% off and 3 extra months FREE! In this weeks episode, The King Of Ranking fails to rank the songs (until he does), Chrissy enjoys a vase and Kris gets festive, and we “enjoy” the first ever Flag Ceremony, as we go to the first ever BBC hosted Eurovision Song Contest, in something of an impromptu BBC's Centenary special edition, so sit up straight, stop slouching, put on your best RP accent, and get ready to enjoy Le Grand-Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne 1960! Preston Bus Staton (Sorreh, Correct Change Olneh)  Teddy Johnson & Pearl Carr - Sing Little Birdie  Dihaj - SkeletonsDihaj - Skeletons (Horse Head Up A Ladder)  Hexagons are the Bestagons  Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (1964 Stop Motion Movie)  Talking Heads - Psycho Killer  The Bontempi Portable Organ Kris had  Holland vs the Netherlands  Josh Dubovie - That Sounds Good To Me  Guildo Horn - Guildo Hat Euch Lieb  Motsi Mabuse with Guildo Horn  Tony Dallara - Romantica 

In this week’s episode the gang jet off to Gothenburg, Sweden, for the 1985 contest, Kris and Matti find themselves having to protect Chrissy’s innocence early doors, become hyper focused on the most dreary postcards in Eurovision history and once again, the your hosts find themselves annoyed at children insisting on being involved at Eurovision William Shatner - Bohemian Rhapsody  In researching for this discussion, I discovered that “80’s cup” is actually a 90’s design!  Lill Lindfors & Svante Thuresson - Nygammal Vals - Sweden 1966 (prepare your ears for quite the onslaught)  “What is this, a centre for ants?”  “I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down, I think that the problem may have been that there was a stone henge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf”  The DNQ Files - Lys Assia and New Jack - All In Your Head  Kris’ hometown of Fleetwood is bleak, but not as bleak as Gothenburg in 1985  Izhar Cohen & Alpha Beta -A-ba-ni-bi - Israel 1978  MFÖ- Sufi - Turkey 1988  The man from Del Monte adverts Kunt and the Gang - Gentleman’s Wash (Look at the name, of course it’s NSFW)  Guys & Dolls - There’s A Whole Lot Of Loving  Paris Hilton in The Hottie and The Nottie, which looks like possibly the most horrible, mean spirited film to have ever existed  Little Shop Of Horrors - Opening Song  Tony Clifton on The Miss Piggy Show  Kris had this exact Bontempi Organ  Vikki Watson now makes new age music under the name Aeone  Lousy Smarch weather!  Phantom of the Opera  The cold case of Ylenia Carrisi  Everything Is Awesome - Lego Movie  If you want to visit an upside down house, we’ve a few in the UK Yngwie Malmsteen - Arpeggios From Hell  Benny Hill chase 

It’s a new Eurovision Year, and your favourite British/Canadian Eurovision Podcast is back!! Matti stans Norway, Chrissy likes the lovely lads from Latvia, and Kris gets upset at the reappearance of Bucks Fizz Bellend Kayfabe  Eurovision 2023 will be in the UK  Ruslana - Wild Dances  Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Slane Castle 2003  A Canadian In Eurovision - Rock To The Top (Featuring Wig Wam)  Eleni Foureira - Fuego  Elena Tsagrinou - El Diablo  Chanel - SloMo  Stomp  Wellboy - Nozzy Bossy  Jeangu Macrooy - Birth Of A New Age  Las Ketchup - Ketchup Song  Las Ketchup -Bloody Mary  Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up  Bugsy Malone - So You Wanna Be A Boxer?  Auntie Donna - Everything’s A Drum 

In this week your hungover and exhausted hosts are feeling a little delicate recording on the Sunday after Eurovision. Kris’ hangover prevents him to remember a basic job title, Chrissy wants to give Nadir a kick up the arse and Matti has many false starts. Madonna’s Eurovision Interval Act  Todrick’s paying his dancers problems  Rod Stewart in The Faces - Stay With Me  Barefoot Eurovision Winners  Derry Girls - Jenny’s Acapella Performance  Tix wasn’t DJ Astronaut  Ylvis - What Does The Fox Say  A1 - Take On Me cover  Ja Ja Ding Dong Bar - Bill Bailey Travel Man Rasmus before "The" in their ska/funk days - Postman Rasmus - Ghostbusters *THE* Rasmus - In The Shadows Intervision Verka Seduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai Jamala - 1944 at Concert for Ukraine Go_A - Solovey (2020) and Shum (2021) Mariya Yaremchuk - Tick - Tock Gjon’s Tears - Tout L’Univers 2022's Irregular Voting Patterns Voyager - Dreamer Kris and Chrissy on Trisha’s TalkTV Show Next time, Eurovision 2005!!

In this weeks episode your hosts massively agree with each other for possibly the first (and last time), Matti provides a bit of LGBT sex education and we spend far too long talking about Swiss guy’s bulge Dilophosaurus scene - Jurassic Park  Sandie Shaw - Puppet on a String  Teddy Johnson & Pearl Carr - Sing Little Birdie  Franco’s suppression of the Catalan language  Daði Freyr - Ja Ja Ding Dong  Senhit’s Freaky Trip To Rotterdam - Congratulations  Bardcore Somebody That I Used To Know  Bardcore Shum  The Maharelle Sisters  Horst Jankowski - A Walk In The Black Forest  I’m just a turkey, standing in front of an audience, asking for Douze Points  Binglebonk Dinkerdonck - Love Will Set You Free  John Denver & The Muppets - A Christmas Together  The Hanky Code  The Farrow & Ball Hanky Code  Cat Stevens - Moonshadow  Matti’s clothing line, One Chic Geek  Matti’s solo podcast, A Canadian In Eurovision  Matti’s Youtube Channel  Next time: 1989

In this episode we start big by discussing religion, Matti has strong opinions about Austria’s boyband, and Kris starts rambling on about ska punk of the early 00’s because of course he does… They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)  Sertab - Every Way That I Can  Turkish Radio & Television’s head Ibrahim Even on Conchita at Eurovision 2014  Another episode, another link to Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu  Appleton - Fantasy  Gated drums explained  Pontins Bluecoats  The Arrogant Worms - Rocks and Trees  Ska defines who I am as a person  Less Than Jake - Gainesville Rock City (The first ska punk song Kris ever heard)  Madness - Baggy Trousers  Reel Big Fish - Full Concert  [Spunge] - Jump On Demand  Random Hand - Anger Management (Kris is somewhere in the crowd in this video)  maNga - We Could Be The Same  Eurovision Top 20 Most Watched: February 2022  Pearl Carr And Teddy Johnson - Sing Little Birdie  cKy - 96 Quite Bitter Beings  Knez - Adio  Marija Šerifović - Molitva Željko Joksimović - Nije Ljubav Stvar (Serbia 2012) Kris not being able to remember Hot Stuff  98º - The Hardest Thing  Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It's True  Sam Ryder - Space Man  The Magic Flute - Queen of the Night aria  Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn  Miki - La Venda  Riverdance - Eurovision 1994  Next time, we visit London for Eurovision 1968

Join us, as Chrissy dons her finest ball gown, whilst Matti and Kris don their finest black tie suits, as we make our way to the glitzy, glamourous town of Cannes, France, for le Grand Prix Eurovision De La Chanson Europeenne 1959 whilst opinions are split over Monaco’s song, and any visitors to Disneyland will end up with an ear worm. With apologies to the French language. Not here to fuck spiders  It’s A Small World ride  Take a wicked yes  Barbara Pravi - Voila  Birthe Wilke & Gustav Winckler - Skibet Skal Sejle I Nat  Domenico Modugno - Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)  Hello Boys  The Waiting Game with Guy Smiley  Ilinca ft. Alex Florea - Yodel It  Monty Python - Communist Quiz (CW: Yellowface)  Authority Zero - Rattlin’ Bog  Scorpions - Wind of Change  Fazla - Sva bol svijeta (Bosnia & Herzegovina, 1993) Thankfully the Ukranian soldiers who told the Russian warship to go fuck themselves have been found to be alive since recording

In this week's episode of Think About Eurovision, we visit the picturesque market town of Harrogate, discuss Matti's pant wearing habits, Kris doesn't pay attention to clothes that people wear, and we manage to have unanimous opinions on more than one songs, for possibly the first time in the podcast's history? This week's episode isn't sponsored by Visit Harrogate, but it's a nice place, and you should visit  Betty's Vintage Tea Rooms  12 Inch TV? You were lucky to have a TV!  Jan Leeming is a tour guide at Canterbury Cathedral (article from Daily Mail, but I've screenshot it to not give them the clicks, and redacted three words which aren't relevant to her role)  Meat Loaf - You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)  Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday  D.A.F. - Ein Bisschen Krieg  Pete Bentham & The Dinner Ladies - Do The Don't  Pete Bentham & The Dinner Ladies - Queen Victoria's Knob  B A Robertson - Bang Bang  Soft Cell - Tainted Love  Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express  Sister Act - Mutiny In The Choir  Bill Van Dijk's drummer's wink to camera  Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love  Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman  Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (Van Der Valk Theme) - Fair Warning: This is THE MOST 70's THING TO HAVE EVER EXISTED  Miki - La Venda  Saxamaphone  Wohin, Kleines Pony?  Next time: Eurovision 1959 

In this week's episode Matti gives a song a one word review, Kris shares how he feels about U2 and Chrissy tells us how she really felt about [REDACTED] as we cast our gaze over the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest!! Jemini - Cry Baby (MATTI - DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK) James Blunt - Love Under Pressure Jethro Tull - The Witches Promise  The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday  Beck - Wow Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday  The Smashing Pumpkins - Today Brain Storm/Green Needle Laurel or Yanny  The Dress XTM Presents Annina - Fly On The Wings Of Love Deborah Cox - Who Do U Love Iggy Pop - Lust For Life Katrina and the Waves - Walking On Sunshine The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply Dunagrees from Run & Fly are excellent Aqua - Doctor Jones Vengaboys - Shalala lala Why Do Israel & Syria Hate Each Other? Hatari unfurling Palestinian banners The Corrs - Runaway U2 - With Or Without You The Edge Falling Off The Edge The Shin & Mariko - Three Minutes To Earth Ali G & Shaggy - Me Julie Max Headroom It's A Perfectly Cromulent Word Ivan Dobsky, the meat safe murderer only he never done it  Lori Watt - Chill In My Vein (PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS!!) The Enschede Fireworks Incident Next time, Eurovision 1982

Ciao e Benvenuto! Think About Eurovision is back for it's third series just in time to coincide with the New Eurovision Year, and this time we're donning our shell suits, back combing our mullets and downloading Duolingo to cram as much Italian as possible, as we cast our gaze over the absolute shambles of the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest... allora... with the new team of Chrissy and Matti who join Kris to discuss Greek-Cypriot international relations being pushed to breaking point, quick change artists making culturally questionable choices and questo pezzo è solo in italiano ed è davvero strano che tu lo abbia copiato e incollato per controllare su Google Translate!! Toto being an awful Eurovision host  Sanremo - The festival that inspired Eurovision  Why Italians Don't Drink a Cappuccino After 11am  The Rasmus & Apocalyptica - Venomous Moon  (Yes, The Rasmus are still A Thing, and, yes, he still has feathers in his hair) Eurovision got rid of the orchestra from 1999 onwards  Once again, I'm just a boy, in the show notes, linking Love, Love, Peace, Peace  Conchita - Rise Like A Phoenix  Salvador Sobral - Amar Pelos Dois  Ronan Keating & Carola - No Matter What I thought I'd invented American Psycho The Musical in my head, but nope, somebody else beat m to it  Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma at the 1990 Milan Fifa World Cup Concert  Bobbysocks - Let Det Swinge (Norway, Eurovision 1985)  Maria Mena - Where Were You, with the lyrics "I got used to the treadmill love, where no matter how fast you run, you're stuck at the starting point, only exhausted" Katie Price - Not Just Anybody  Think About Eurovision discussing Katie Price's Not Just Anybody  Gosh darn, Kris hates slacktivism  Arturo Brachetti - 1991 Interval Act  **CORRECTION** Arturo isn't necessarily the fastest quick change artist, but Guinness World Records recognise him as the World's Most Prolific Quick Costume Change Artist  Lea Kyle is probably the world's best quick change artist, see her performing on Penn & Teller - Fool Us 

Yes! We're back with another Getting To Know You(rovision) with the second new member of the team, Matti. We discuss his introduction to the contest, musical theatres and iffy borders! Loreen - Euphoria (little known song, you may not have heard of it)  Abba - Waterloo  Celine Dion - Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi  Netta - Toy  Eleni Foureira - Fuego  Eurovision - The Story Of Fire Saga  Eurovision - Song-Along (one of the most joyous moments of 2021)  Jessy Matador - Allez Ola Olé (genuinely an underrated song)  James Newman - Embers  Vasil - Here I Stand (2021)  Vasil - You (2020)  The 10 Worst Jukebox Musicals of All Time  Ramsmussen - Higher Ground  Koit Toome and Laura - Verona  Courtney Love - Fight For Love (studio version)  Nil Point UK - The Porno Song... yes, they want to represent the UK in *checks notes* the "European Pop Competition"  The EBU's Indefinite Suspension of Belarus  Love Shine A Light - Katrina and The Waves  Tornike Kipiani - You (2021)  Tornike Kipiani - Take Me As I Am (2020)  Montaigne - Technicolour in Sydney versus Live On Tape Samanta Tina - The Moon Is Rising  The Curse of Green  Benny Christo - Omaga  Lesley Roy - Maps  Blind Channel - Dark Side  Korn - Freak On A Leash  Pillar - Whatever It Takes  P.O.D. - Alive  We'll be back soon to discuss Eurovision 1991 

As you may have heard in a recent upload to the feed, Kim and Kris were on the lookout for a third member of the Think About Eurovision team, and we were very lucky to have not just one, but two new members of the team! In this first Getting To Know You(rovision), you'll hear excerpts of a chat Kris had with Chrissy! Eimear Quinn - The Voice  Gina G - Ooh Ahh, Just A Little Bit  Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String  Guildo Horn - Guildo Hat Euch Lieb  Bob Martin - Wohin, Kleines Pony?  Bad Lip Reading High School Musical - Daryl The Pony Of Love  Eythor Ingi - Ég Á Líf  The Changing Room - Roev Sos Roev - Cornish Folk (the sort of artist Kris would send to represent the UK at Eurovision when they put him in charge)  Iceland's Party Food range  Bad Manners (Buster Bloodvessel) - Special Brew  Sweet Transvestite - Rocky Horror Show (featuring David Badella, the best Frankie since Tim Curry) 

In the last episode of this series we discuss the Grand Final of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest! Kris calls for the UK to send Iron Maiden, Kris and Kim discuss how professional (yet dare we say, slightly unmemorable?) the Dutch production, we sadly need to discuss racism in the televoting, and also *that* shocking quadruple nul point moment!! Go_A - ШУМ (Original version of Shum)  Daði og Gagnamagnið - Think About Things  Daði Freyr - Welcome (EP)  See if you can spot Kris in amongst the 1000 people in Daði's choir  Rabbit Season/Duck Season  If The Roop won the mayor of Vilnius was going to throw a massive outdoor discotheque  Flo Rida - Low  Serhat - Say Na Na Na  The American Song Contest  Hooverphonic - Release Me (2020)  Love Shine A Light by the artists of Eurovision 2020 (minus Hooverphonic)  Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes  Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One  Valentina - J'imagine (Junior Eurovision 2020)  When Kris Met Jendrik  Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark  Next time, in Series 3: Eurovision 1991  Thank you so much for listening to the podcast over the last two series', see you in a couple of months, and make sure to follow us on Twitter @ThinkAboutEuro and please rate and review the Podcacast if you use iTunes!!