About this episode

Essyla discusses her journey to the Eurovision Song Contest and the support she receives from her community.

We're joined by Essyla, who will be Dancing On The Ice for Belgium in Vienna. She meets Steve to chat about fulfilling her lifelong dream to sing at the Eurovision Song Contest, the support she's getting from her tiny city in Belgium, and the advice she's been getting from former Belgian entrants Gustaph and Mustii. The Official Eurovision Song Contest Podcast is produced and presented for the EBU by Steve Holden. The music is composed by Will Kitchener. Design by Ángela Espejo & Chris Fox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Steve

Guest: Essyla

Topics covered

• Eurovision
• music
• dreams
• support
• interviews

Keywords

• Eurovision
• Essyla
• Belgium
• Dancing On The Ice
• Gustaph
• Mustii
• music
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EBU

Places: Belgium, Vienna

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