Australia & Czechia return to the Eurovision Grand Final

About this episode

The episode discusses the results of the Eurovision Second Semi-Final and features interviews with various artists.

We react to the Second Semi-Final and final ten countries making up the line-up for Saturday night. After Albania, Australia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Malta, Norway Romania, and Ukraine qualify, we speak to the winners and losers of Thursday night. They include celebrations following Daniel Zizka's qualification, Cypriot delight at returning to the Grand Final, and Jonas Lovv describing his emotions the moment he was announced as a Eurovision finalist. We also chat to backing vocalist Dea Norberg after Switzerland miss out on a place in Saturday's show. ***Don't forget to come see The Euro Trip podcast's Big Eurovision Quiz hosted at the Wien Museum at 1pm on Saturday 16th May*** This year we're delighted to be teaming up with the Europarty app to help you bring even more enjoyment to this year's Eurovision season. Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month. Follow us on  Twitter , Instagram & TikTok  or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at  eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: The Euro Trip

Guests: Daniel Zizka, Jonas Lovv, Dea Norberg

Topics covered

• Eurovision
• music
• cultural reactions
• semi-final results
• interviews

Keywords

• Eurovision
• semi-final
• Australia
• Czechia
• qualifiers
• interviews
• Daniel Zizka
• Jonas Lovv
• Dea Norberg

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Europarty

Places: Australia, Czechia, Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Malta, Norway, Romania, Ukraine

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