Instead We Made A Pod - A Eurovision Podcast

Mar 05 2025 17 ep. 56 mins 5

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Hello and welcome to Instead We Made a Pod - a Eurovision podcast from The Phoenix ESC! Adam and MJ will be your hosts joined by guests and The Phoenix Team as we take you through the exciting twists and turns of everything Eurovision! From rewatches of previous Grand Finals to all the upcoming news of the Eurovision season, we've got you covered! Check us out on our socials here: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ThePhoenixESC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thephoenixesc/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thephoenixesc www.phoenixesc.com

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Sweden 🇸🇪 - Melodifestivalen 2025

Mar 05 2025 54 mins

Instead We Made a Pod is back with our latest instalment and this week it's time to head to Sweden for our review of Melodifestivalen 2025! 🇸🇪 12 artists will compete in Sweden's popular Melfest national final but only one will be crowned the winner and represent Sweden at Eurovision 2025 🎤MJ and resident Phoenix expert Liv discuss their favourite competing entrie

Ukraine 🇺🇦 - Vidbir 2025

Feb 16 2025 44 mins

Episode 3 is here and this week we're bringing you our pre show thoughts, discussions and predictions on Ukraine's national final, Vidbir 2025 ! 🇺🇦Adam and MJ are joined by previous Vidbir episode guest and friend of the show, ESC Gottem (@escgottem). They explore the mixed opinions surrounding the quality of this year's songs, highlight the wild card entry, and d

Ireland 🇮🇪 - Eurosong 2025

Feb 03 2025 64 mins

Episode 2 of Instead We Made a Pod's new season is here and this week we're bringing you our review of all things Eurosong 2025 ! 🇮🇪 Six artists will compete in Ireland's popular Late Late Show national final but only one will be crowned Bambi Thug's successor and represent Ireland at Eurovision 2025 🎤 Join Adam and MJ plus this week's special guest Ale

Finland 🇫🇮 - UMK 2025

Jan 22 2025 47 mins

The 2025 Eurovision season is here and Instead We Made a Pod is back for season 2! We're kicking off the new Eurovision year with a brand new episode all about the upcoming Finnish National Final, UMK! In this episode, MJ and Georga dive into UMK 2025, discussing the national final's songs, their impressions, and predictions. Six artists will battle it out at the Nokia Ar

Internal Selections - 🇧🇪🇬🇷🇳🇱🇦🇺🇦🇹🇨🇭

Apr 26 2024 54 mins

We're back with a brand new episode and this week it's all about artists that were selected internally by their broadcasters. In this episode we're talking about: Belgium 🇧🇪 - Mustii - Before The Party's Over Greece 🇬🇷 - Marina Satti - ZARI Netherlands 🇳🇱 - Joost Klein - Europapa Australia 🇦🇺 - Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Blood) Austri

London Eurovision Party 2024 🇬🇧

Apr 17 2024 67 mins

As Eurovision draws ever closer, pre parties are in full swing. Recently MJ and Georga attended London Eurovision Party and in this episode they tell you all about their experience including discussing some acts for 2024 that we haven't talked about yet! 🇬🇧 If you would like a fabulous bracelet, you can find Georga's etsy store here: BraceletsByGeorga - Etsy London Eu

Sweden 🇸🇪 - Melodifestivalen 2024

Mar 18 2024 58 mins

We're back with a brand new episode and this week it's all about Sweden 🇸🇪 So grab your towels, it's time to talk everything Melodifestivalen! Adam & MJ are here to take you through the Melfest final as hosts Sweden chose their artist for Malmö - including some behind the scenes info as MJ was a member of accredited online press for Mello this year! A huge t

Finland 🇫🇮 - UMK 2024

Feb 13 2024 67 mins

We're back with another national final review and this week it's all about Finland 🇫🇮! That's right we're talking everything UMK (Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu). In this episode MJ is joined by Phoenix's queen of the spreadsheet and UMK super fan Georga (@__georga) to take you through everything that happened as Finland made their choice for Malmö 🇸🇪 UMK

Ukraine 🇺🇦 - Vidbir 2024

Feb 07 2024 49 mins

In our latest episode we are talking everything Vidbir as last week Ukraine 🇺🇦 selected their entry for Eurovision 2024! 🇸🇪 Adam and MJ are joined by Gottem (@escgottem) as they discuss the high's and low's of Ukraine's National Final including what happened with the all important public vote...👀 Vidbir 2024 was held in Kyiv, Ukraine on 3rd February 2024

Eurosong 2024 🇮🇪 - Ailsha Interview

Jan 18 2024 23 mins

It's time to get excited for Ireland to select their entry for Eurovision 2024 and what better way to do this than to introduce one of the artists hoping to represent the emerald isle in Malmo. Adam and MJ sat down with current favourite Ailsha (@ailshamusic) to find out more about her and her song 'Go Tobann' Ireland's National Final 'Eurosong' takes place