Eurovision Song Contest

And that must be some of those people today.

Like I did the, I was part of the Eurovision team this year in Vienna.

Obviously we didn't do particularly well, but it was still an amazing experience.

And obviously Graham Norton does all the stuff for the BBC.

I love Catherine Tate's Nan and obviously she was in Doctor Who so I'm like a big fan and I saw her in Waitrose and I was like oh my god it's Catherine Tate and that was like after I'd done all the crazy things I did so like you know it just shows you you can be starstruck by anyone really I think I'd definitely be starstruck if I ever met Brandon Flowers because he was like a big inspiration for me he's a lead singer of The Killers and you know music wise I have a lot of a lot of I'll tell you, I can tell you something interesting.

I was in the process of doing the piano show as in like I'd gone and seen the producers and all that sort of stuff because I love Mika and I really wanted to meet Mika and that was going to kind of be partly the story.

But then I got asked to do the Eurovision Vienna.

So I was like, I'm going to have to do that because it paid.

Let's get to the episode.

Canada will be debuting at the Eurovision Song Contest 2027.

As a Canadian podcast featuring the stories of the Eurovision Song Contest, I never thought that my country would be officially joining the Eurovision family, especially as a full member rather than an invited guest.

As Canada begins its journey to Bulgaria, CBC Radio Canada has hosted a two-part national final to select the artist.

This week, we're taking a look at both shows and learning a little bit about the five artists competing to represent Canada at the Eurovision Song Contest 2027.

This is ESC 101.

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Yeah, definitely.

So actually, it felt really interesting because we did do a podcast before on Eurovision, and I had that song, the winning song, Bangaranga, in my head.

And it's fascinating.

Obviously, that was the winning song, but it's so catchy, Bangaranga.

it to Sia.

Did he give Sam a break or did Eurovision give Sam the break though? Well, that certainly went to mainstream, but

he wouldn't have got Eurovision if it wasn't for his TikTok following.

If he wouldn't have his TikTok

following, if Bieber didn't send his video to Sia.

I really want someone to ask Sam, like, candidly, like, off the notes, like, how he really felt about Ukraine winning Eurovision that year.

What, stealing it from him? Not stole it.

It was a good song.

I'll leave that for people to draw their own conclusions.

Canada's Eurovision entry getting funded as part of a new $300 million top up of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

We got another $300 million, Sean, going into Canada 160.

I guess Canada 150 was such a hit.

Dancing with dinosaurs,

Sean.

It's buying us dancing with dinosaurs, okay? It's getting us Eurovision.

These are important national priorities, Sean.

Okay.

It's proper Eurovision, isn't it? It's beautiful.

It is.

It is.

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Yeah, you know, in terms of especially Irish sports fans, like, you know, we don't have the international dimension of winning a pile of stuff all the time.

Unless it's maybe the Eurovision or something like that.

So, like, you know, it's the doer of deeds and the guy who strides violently and comes up short, does himself soft and goes again.

Like, you know, there's a... what they used to call the Aussie bottler like in Australia like you know they loved that like the Aussie the notion of the Aussie bottler like the fella who didn't actually win but gave it his all