The Terrible Twos: The Eurovision Death Slot Explained

About this episode

Steven analyzes the historical performance of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest, focusing on the significance of the second performance slot.

In nearly seventy years of the Eurovision Song Contest, no country has ever won by performing second. Coincidence? This week, Steven crunches the numbers to find out, and the results might surprise even the nerdiest of Eurovision fans! . Mentioned in this episode: Serteb Erener - ‘Everyway That I Can’ (Turkey, 2003): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0_QrKnqd5E   Marie N - ‘I Wanna’ (Latvia, 2002): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M-w89U8TEU   Kathy Kirby - ‘I Belong’ (United Kingdom, 1965): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeDI52bdntQ France Gall - ‘Poupée de cire, poupée de son’ (Luxembourg, 1965): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyFnDf8PvmU   Sebnem Paker and Grup Etnic - ‘Dinle’ (Turkey, 1997): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5J6-bCMz3Y Jessica Garlick - ‘Come Back’ (United Kingdom, 2002): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8tokc1B_E0 Sahlene - ‘Runaway’ (Estonia, 2002): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tky7vWXSZrs alyona alyona and Jerry Heil - ‘Teresa & Maria’ (Ukraine, 2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4N82wPpdg8 Dino Merlin - ‘Love in Rewind’ (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2011): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBg3coarF_8   Teach-In - ‘Ding-A-Dong’…

People in this episode

Host: Steven

Topics covered

• Eurovision
• music analysis
• performance statistics
• song contest history
• cultural commentary

Keywords

• Eurovision
• song contest
• performance slot
• statistics
• music history

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Everyway That I Can, I Wanna, I Belong, Poupée de cire, poupée de son, Dinle, Come Back, Runaway, Teresa & Maria, Love in Rewind, Ding-A-Dong

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