The EuroWhat? A Eurovision Podcast
Episode 111: The Homestretch
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We're in the homestretch of an unusual Eurovision Selection Season. Melfest is the main event, new songs, scandals... ok, maybe not so unusual...
The Homestretch Summary
- "Husavik" Awards Watch: The Grammy Awards and the Oscars (1:12)
- The Last Week of Eurovision 2021 Selection Season
- Tuesday: Belarus potentially disqualified (5:43)
- Wednesday song drops: (11:20)
- Austria's Vincent Bueno "Amen"
- Greece's Stefania "Last Dance"
- Switzerland's Gjon's Tears "Tout L'Univers"
- Bulgaria's VICTORIA's "Growing Up is Getting Old"
- Thursday song drops: (23:54)
- United Kingdom's James Newman "Embers"
- North Macedonia's Vasil Garvanliev "Here I Stand"
- Friday song drops: (32:25)
- Poland's Rafal "The Ride"
- Latvia's Samanta Tina "The Moon is Rising"
- Saturday's Songs: (39:00)
- Sweden's Melfest Final chooses Tusse's "Voices"
- Iceland's Daði & Gagnamagnið "10 Years"
- Coming Up: Heads of Delegations, Georgia, Malta, and Azerbaijan (50:52)
Links
- Cover art Stina Stjernkvist / SVT
- Spotify Playlists: Selection Season | Albania | Croatia | Denmark | Estonia | Finland | France | Lithuania | Norway | Portugal | Sweden
- Eurovision 2021 Calendar
- The Museum of Whales You Will Never See (Penguin/Random House)
- The Warsaw Neon Museum (Atlas Obscura)