Eurovision from A to Z

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  • Welcome to Eurovision from A to Z! Get into a fantastic journey through the history of Eurovision Song Contest., where Didrik and Javier will review all the festivals from 1956 onwards. This podcast is open to eurofans from any country or any age who want to collaborate with us. Eurovision from A to Z is a podcast made by eurofans for eurofans.
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  • S03 Ep01 - Amsterdam 1970

    S03 Ep01 - Amsterdam 1970
    Feb 5 2025
    Welcome back to Eurovision A to Z! We begin a new season with new look, new logo and a new jingle! Many thanks to Marco for creating this great jingle, thanks to Didrik for the design of the new logo, and also many thanks to Joy for designing the blog for this podcast. This episode is about 1970 edition, but there are a lot of news about the festival. At the moment of the recording, we have the first selected artist like Theo Evan and some entries like Albania or Montenegro got the ticket to Basel. As we know this is the time where national finals and internal selections are under way. Our trip lands in Amsterdam 1970, a crucial edition. Dutch television had to face the controversies aroun the four-way tie in Spain and the boycott of several countries. Eurovision decided to achieve a great makeover with great success, setting the standards of the show that we know now, as you will listen in the episode. Some of the trademarks of the festival begin here, like the intervals with dancing and, above all, the postcards. Didirk, Javier and Robert will analyse this festival with only 12 countries but full of great and iconic songs. This is the festival Dana won with the iconic "All Kinds of Everything", but also this is the festival where Mary Hopkin sang "Knock, Knock, Who's There" and Katja Ebstein's first appearance. The three of us will also praise Julio Iglesias, the most universal Spanish singer in her first international appearance, and his distant relative the Norwegian model, actress, and TT celebrity Triana Iglesias. You can also listen our 1969 playlist and enjoy most of the songs of this edition. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1iiLYJOSC9WoVSqTVv3qgo?si=7118721820874a6b Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/es/playlist/13087594063 The snippets used for this episode (apart from the Eurovision 1969 songs) are the following: Theo Evan - Save me from myself Adonxs - No Common Measure Claude - Ladada (Mon dernier mot) NeonoeN - Clickbait ina Žižić - Dobrodošli Shkodra Elektronike - Zjerm Cornelia Jakobs - Hold me closer Måns Zelmerlöw - Should've gone home Viktoria Silvstedt - Hello Hey! Melody - Esa Diva Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes Agreement 25 First Major Clash of the Troubles Captured in Dramatic Report (1969) 1970 This photo of a German chancellor went down in history. Why History Stories The Who - Pinball Wizard (Live at the Isle of Wight, 1970) The Beatles - Let it be Black Sabbath - N.I.B. Shocking Blue - Venus You can watch the full show at Youtube, where some snippets have been taken to illustrate this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJQADBeej4c&t=2267s
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    2 hrs
  • S02 Ep10 Madrid1969

    S02 Ep10 Madrid1969
    Aug 31 2024
    Hello dear listeners! We're happy to be back with a new episode of Eurovision from A to Z. Holidays are coming to their end, and an new year is about to begin, so Eurovision New Year! We conclude our second season with a visit to Teatro Real in Madrid. This is the only festival held in Javier's country, Spain, so it is a festival full of siginificances, not only in the personal matter. The dictatorship took Eurovision as an opportunity to show a modern and attractive country as well as to appeat as a more "open" country. We have some of the most iconic singers of Eurovision like Iva Zanicchi from Italy, Tommy Körberg from Sweden, the Norwegian Kirsti Saprsboe, the British Lulu, the Spanish Salomé or the Monegasque boy Jean-Jacques singing to her mom. At the same time, this festival is famous for its controvesrsial ending, with the only tie in the ESC history. Four winners were declared ex aequo: Spain, United Kingdom, Netherlans and France. Do you want to know who is our winner? Will we break the tie? Do you agree with us? Listen this episode full of music and history. You can also listen our 1969 playlist and enjoy most of the songs of this edition. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Qi2GnDpGdx4QSIvo29Zlx?si=b9338f9dfe464859 Deezer: https://deezer.page.link/1G5MitvWfeB7pmBC6 The snippets used for this episode (apart from the Eurovision 1969 songs) are the following: Rodolfo Chikilicuatre: Baila el Chiki Chiki Mustii: Before the party's over Los Stop: El turista 1.999.999 Olof Palme criticises on US atrocities in Vietnam Joe Cocker: With little help of my friends (Live at Woodstock 1969) The Archies; Sugar Sugat Margaret Williams: Y Cwilt Cymreig (Can i Gymru 1969) Vetty: Un beau matin You can watch the full show at Youtube, where some snippets have been taken to illustrate this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DkU6ckTUBM&t=5149s
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    1 hr and 58 mins
  • S02 Ep09 London 1968

    S02 Ep09 London 1968
    Jul 11 2024
    Hello dear listeners! We're glad to be back with a new episode of Eurovision from A to Z. Holidays are here and Eurovision New Year hasn't begun yet, so it's time for few news about the festival or the national finals. This time we travel to the Royal Albert Hall in London, to the first festival held under the current name Eurovision Song Contest and the first one produced in colour. Also, it is a festival full of significance for Didrik and Javier, the hosts of this podcast. It is the first victory of Spain with Massiel (also with dramas and controversies) and the first Swedish Eurovision hit with Claes-Göran Hederström. And of course, it is the first appearance of a British iconic singer: Cliff Richard. Do you want to know who is our winner? Do you agree with us? Listen this episode full of music and history. You can also listen our 1968 playlist and enjoy most of the songs of this edition. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1kB4DEzmKJrkbUKle8NKEi?si=32c7f5dd5d014773 Deezer: https://deezer.page.link/5tnMmziqQ31mbRWD9 The snippets used for this episode (apart from the Eurovision 1968 songs) are the following: Joost Klein: The Bird Song Joost Klein: Europapa Claude Channes: Mao-Mao The Doors: Hello I Love You The Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil You can watch the full show at Youtube, where some snippets have been taken to illustrate this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRgOsgGwW8Q&t=3777s
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    1 hr and 55 mins

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