Show #234
Description
Katerina, lead vocalist from Ukraines Go_A joins us this week as special guest, and brings new music from the band for us too. One of you picks an Irish 90s classic as fan favourite, and our triple play travels take us on a whistle stop tour of Slovenia. Plus we have the biggest stories making this weeks Eurovision News…
Show Timeline
This Weeks Highlights
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Go_A
Special Guest
Go_A is a Ukrainian folktronica band formed in 2012. The name was made by combining the English word 'Go' with the Greek letter 'Alpha', which symbolizes the beginning of everything. They represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, performing 'Shum', and placed fifth in the final.
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Linda Martin
Fan Favourite
Linda Martin is an Irish singer and television presenter. She is best known as the winner of the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest during which she represented Ireland with the song 'Why Me?'. She is also known within Ireland as a member of the band Chips.
Slovenia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 28 times since its debut in 1993. They have only missed the event twice in 1994 and 2000 due to the relegation rule. After a poor average score in the 1990s, Slovenia’s best result is seventh position achieved on two occasions; in 1995 with “Prisluhni mi” performed by Darja Švajger and in 2001 with Nuša Derenda and “Energy”.
Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Slovenia has qualified for the final on seven occasions. As of 2023, Slovenia has not made it to the top ten since their seventh place finish in 2001, only making it to the thirteenth position in 2002 and 2011.
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Maja Keuc, also known as Amaya, is a Slovenian singer.
In 2010, Maja competed in the talent show Slovenija ima talent (Slovenia’s Got Talent) and finished as a runner-up to a 7-year-old girl Lina Kuduzović.
She represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song “No One” eventually finishing 13th in the grand final. She finished 3rd in the second semi-final with 113 points. According to jury votes only in semi-final she would have finished 1st (3rd by televoters) and according to votes only from jury in final she would finish 4th (but only 22nd by televoters).
Track List
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| 1 | Tornero | Mihai Traistariu | 2006 Romania |
| 2 | Du Bist | Tie Break | 2004 Austria |
| 3 | Samo Ljubezen | Sestre | 2002 Slovenia |
| 4 | Verjamem | Eva Boto | 2012 Slovenia |
| 5 | No One | Maja Keuc | 2011 Slovenia |
| 6 | Time To Shine | Melanie Rene | 2015 Switzerland |
| 7 | Shum | Go_A | 2021 Ukraine |
| 8 | Dumala | Go_A | 2023 Non Contest |
| 9 | Papa Pingouin | Sophie & Magaly | 1980 Luxembourg |
| 10 | Why Me | Linda Martin | 1992 Ireland |
| 11 | Soldiers Of Love | Lighthouse X | 2016 Denmark |
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United States
