Welcome to The Euro Trip – the world’s favourite Eurovision podcast!

Join Rob – and regular contributors James and Callum – every Wednesday as they chat to some of the biggest names from the Eurovision Song Contest. Every week, we delve into the biggest news stories with expert guests and past performers. We ask the questions you want answered, and grab some exclusive scoops. Each episode ends with a bit of fun with the unique challenge of the One Second Song. 

Everything involving the podcast – including interviewing guests, posting on social media, writing for the website and creating digital graphics – is all done by a team of four. We all do this in our spare time to bring you the best coverage of Eurovision possible.

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Our story so far…

August 2020

The Euro Trip launched as a weekly podcast covering all things Eurovision. Bonus episodes come your way when we speak to Eurovision’s biggest names who deserve an episode all to themselves, such as Executive Producers Andrew Cartmell and Christer Björkman, host Petra Mede, and Eurovision Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl.

February 2021

The Euro Trip launched Melfest Monday, a weekly series to accompany the podcast’s regular Wednesday episodes, which takes you inside Europe’s favourite national selection show, Melodifestivalen. 

May 2021

With the COVID-19 pandemic restricting the usual running of the Eurovision Song Contest, The Euro Trip was unable to be live on the ground in Rotterdam. However, Rob and James still recorded daily episodes for the Almost Live from Rotterdam series. 

August 2021

The Euro Trip launched The Contest & Me, a series of long-form chats with some of Eurovision’s well-known fans from around the world. 

March 2022

Rob and James provided English language text commentary for Melodifestivalen viewers watching the competition via the official SVT app. 

May 2022

Rob and James were in a Eurovision host city recording Euro Trip episodes for the first ever time. The boys recorded daily episodes from Turin providing previews and reviews of all the shows throughout Eurovision week. 

October 2022

The Euro Trip launched Rewind, a run of episodes reflecting on some of the most memorable contests from the history of Eurovision. 

January 2023

Rob and James were invited by Czech broadcaster Česká televize to co-host Czechia’s Eurovision national selection, ESCZ. The boys were the green room hosts for the competition that saw Vesna secure the right to represent their country at the 2023 contest. 

May 2023

Rob and James were joined by Callum live on the ground in Eurovision 2023’s host city Liverpool to record daily episodes. The boys spoke to the class of 2023 at the Opening Ceremony, chatted exclusively to Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl and added an extra Ukrainian flavour to the coverage with appearances from Timur Miroshnychenko, Tina Karol and Kalush Orchestra. 

The Euro Trip’s first live podcast event also took place during Eurovision week in Liverpool. An antidote to the endless Eurovision partying, The Euro Trip & Friends was an afternoon event in a boardgame cafe with a panel of Eurovision experts and friends of the podcast giving their thoughts on the contest.

May 2024

Rob, James and Callum travelled to Sweden to record daily episodes from Malmö during Eurovision week. The boys secured conversations with big names including Benjamin Ingrosso, Theo Adams, Stig Karlsen and Christer Björkman. The trio were also relied upon by media outlets worldwide – including BBC News and ABC Australia – to report on the dramatic events that unfolded throughout the week.

Rob and James hosted the podcast’s second live event which followed the success of The Euro Trip & Friends in 2023. The Euro Trip: Live was hosted inside the Eurovision Village, and featured an expert Swedish panel of Anderz Wrethov, Tina Mehrafzoon and Tobbe Ek, while Samira Manners provided live music.

January 2025

Rob and Callum were invited by This Is Basel – the tourism body of Basel – to get acquainted with the city ahead of it hosting Eurovision in May. While in the city, the boys were able to cover the Semi-Final Draw and City Handover event, speaking to the Co-Executive Producers of Eurovision 2025 Reto Peritz and Moritz Stadler, Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl, ESC Director Martin Green and Head of Contest Christer Björkman.

May 2025

Rob and Callum were joined by Adrian Bradley for a week’s worth of coverage from the host city of Eurovision 2025, Basel. The boys were able to bring big interviews to listeners, including conversations with: Christer Björkman, Gjon’s Tears, KAJ, and members of Austria’s winning Eurovision team Sergio Jaen and Teya.

As well as recording six regular episodes, The Euro Trip also launched a subscriber series of episodes exclusively on Patreon which took listeners further behind the scenes.

Rob and Callum hosted the podcast’s third live event. The Euro Trip: Live was hosted inside the Eurovision Village at MessePlatz in Basel on the main stage, and the Heads of Delegation from Iceland and Norway, Felix Bergsson and Mads Tørklep, were the special guests.