Episode 33: A Eurovision Debrief With Akylas 🇬🇷 & JONAS LOVV 🇳🇴

About this episode

Akylas and JONAS LOVV join Steve to discuss their experiences at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest.

Two of this year’s Grand Finalists join Steve to debrief the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest! Akylas won the hearts of everyone when he sang Ferto for Greece, finishing in 10th position. He talks about his memories of Vienna, and the release of his debut album Press Start. Also joining the chat is JONAS LOVV, who represented Norway with Ya Ya Ya. He chats about his special friendship with winner DARA, proposing to Søren Torpegaard Lund and his summer of music. The Official Eurovision Song Contest Podcast is brought to you by Novartis! It 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 Holden

Guests: Akylas, JONAS LOVV

Topics covered

• Eurovision
• music
• debrief
• friendship
• album release

Keywords

• Eurovision
• Akylas
• JONAS LOVV
• Press Start
• Ferto
• Ya Ya Ya
• Vienna
• music

Sponsors

Novartis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ferto, Press Start, Ya Ya Ya

Places: Vienna

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