Speaking in a exclusive interview with The Euro Trip podcast, Eurovision Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl has said ‘audio enhancement’ could be used to help compensate for crowd noise if no audiences are allowed to attend the contest in May. Appearing on the bonus episode of podcast released earlier today, Mr Österdahl said the various national…
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Pre-recorded vocals “wouldn’t have been tried this year” without the pandemic – Martin Österdahl
Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Euro Trip podcast, Eurovision Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl has revealed the rule allowing pre-recorded vocals would not have been trialled this year had it not been for the Covid-19 pandemic. In an interview to be broadcast on a special episode of the podcast released on Friday, Mr Österdahl…
Jake Shakeshaft Describes “Horrible” Moment of Quitting Music
Speaking on the latest episode of The Euro Trip podcast, Jake Shakeshaft has described the “horrible” moment of quitting music. As one half of the duo Joe and Jake, the pair represented the United Kingdom at Eurovision in 2016 with the song You’re Not Alone. When asked by presenter James Rowe what it was like…
Sietse Bakker “would want to have the family complete” when it comes to countries competing at Eurovision
Speaking in an exclusive interview on a special episode of The Euro Trip podcast, Eurovision 2021 Executive Producer Sietse Bakker has revealed which countries he’d love to return to the contest. In the interview broadcast on “Behind the Scenes of Eurovision” he was asked for his thoughts on certain countries choosing to withdraw from the…
Theme Music Originally Planned Has Been Scrapped for 2021
Speaking in his exclusive interview with The Euro Trip podcast, Executive Producer Sietse Bakker explained the theme music originally planned for the 2020 contest will not be used this year. When asked whether any of the organiser’s plans for last year’s contest would be used in May, he explained there were many things which had…
Live-On-Tape Performance to be Filmed on Monday
Norway’s artist for Eurovision 2021 is due to perform their live-on-tape performance on Monday. Speaking on the latest episode of The Euro Trip podcast, KEiiNO confirmed that if they took victory at Melodi Grand Prix on Saturday, they’d have to plan for filming just two days later. When asked by presenter Rob Lilley how they…
1000th song to be performed at Melodifestivalen this weekend
This Saturday’s second semi-final of Melodifestivalen will see the 1000th song performed in the history of the competition. Speaking on the latest episode of the new Melfest Monday podcast, SVT’s Melodifestivalen expert Gustav Dahlander confirmed that landmark will be reached when WAHL feat. SAMI take to the stage with their song “90-talet”. Gustav is responsible…
Sanna Nielsen says “never say never” to Melfest return
Speaking on the latest episode of The Euro Trip podcast, Sweden’s Eurovision 2014 representative has said she’d be open to a return to Melodifestivalen in the future. Discussing her life and career on the podcast’s latest episode, Sanna Nielsen shared her love for Sweden’s national selection, having competed seven times in the past. Presenter Rob…
Fire Saga composer “would be delighted” to write Eurovision theme
Speaking on the latest episode of The Euro Trip podcast, the composer of Netflix film ‘Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga’ has revealed he would be keen to write the theme for next year’s contest should Daði Freyr win in Rotterdam this May. In at interview discussing his work on the movie, released last summer,…
Albert Černý “prayed” not to win Szansa na Sukces
Speaking on the latest episode of The Euro Trip podcast, Albert Černý has spoken about the reasons for competing in the 2020 edition of Szansa na Sukces. As the frontman of the band Lake Malawi, Albert represented the Czech Republic at Eurovision in 2019, finishing in 11th place in the Grand Final. In February 2020,…
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