Wind Machine Podcast - Not your average Eurovision podcast: Recent Episodes
Danie Tregonning & Mark Perkins
Wind Machine Podcast's hosts provide commentary and critique of Eurovision songs from 1990 to the present.
Incorporating a mix of pop-culture, music, history, geography and politics.
Eurovision 2025. Another year of delights and dramas!
We asked our listeners via our socials to give us topics to talk about, and we answered! Please keep in mind, these are just our opinions. And beware – we have kept the swears in!
Song played:
Wasted Love – JJ (Austria)
We’ll be back to regular programming with Episode 103 – 1967 very soon.
And Last Five YouTube series starts soon with Cyprus over at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions so make sure to subscribe!
The Pod Crawl starts June 16th at https://escinsight.com/category/podcast/
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Eurovision 2025 is coming faster than Erika Vikman on a giant microphone stand. So, grab your Milkshake (Man not included), Poison Cake, and/or Espresso Macchiato, and join Danie and Mark as they serve up their thoughts about all 37 songs of this year AND play their Top 10 based on a Jury of Two.
Songs discussed:
Zjerm – Shkodra Elektronike (Albania)
Survivor – PARG (Armenia)
Milkshake Man – Go-Jo (Australia)
Wasted Love – JJ (Austria)
Run with U – Mamagama (Azerbaijan)
Strobe Lights – Red Sebastian (Belgium)
Poison Cake – Marko Bošnjak (Croatia)
Shh – Theo Evan (Cyprus)
Kiss Kiss Goodbye – ADONXS (Czechia)
Hallucination – Sissal (Denmark)
Espresso Macchiato – Tommy Cash (Estonia)
Ich komme – Erika Vikman (Finland)
Maman – Louane (France)
Freedom – Mariam Shengelia (Georgia)
Baller – Abor & Tynna (Germany)
Asteromata – Klavdia (Greece)
Róa – Væb (Iceland)
Laika Party – Emmy (Ireland)
New Day Will Rise – Yuval Raphael (Israel)
Volevo essere un duro – Lucio Corsi (Italy)
Bur man laimi – Tautumeitas (Latvia)
Tavo akys – Katarsis (Lithuania)
La poupée monte le son – Laura Thorn (Luxembourg)
Serving – Miriana Conte (Malta)
Dobrodošli – Nina Žižić (Montenegro)
C’est la vie – Claude (Netherlands)
Lighter – Kyle Alessandro (Norway)
Gaja – Justyna Steczkowska (Poland)
Deslocado – NAPA (Portugal)
Tutta l’Italia – Gabry Ponte (San Marino)
Mila – Princ (Serbia)
How Much Time Do We Have Left – Klemen (Slovenia)
Esa diva – Melody (Spain)
Bara Bada Bastu – KAJ (Sweden)
Voyage – Zoë Më (Switzerland)
Bird of Pray – Ziferblat (Ukraine)
What The Hell Just Happened? – Remember Monday (United Kingdom)
We’ll be back to regular programming with Episode 103 – 1967 after we get back from Eurovision and probably do Supplemental 15.
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In this episode, we chat about host city of Madrid, the host of 1969, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1969, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1969 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Due grosse lacrime bianche – Iva Zanicchi (Italy)
Judy, min vän – Tommy Körberg (Sweden)
Primaballerina – Siw Malmkvist (Germany)
The Wages of Love – Muriel Day (Ireland)
Jennifer Jennings – Louis Neefs (Belgium)
Bonjour, Bonjour – Paola del Medico (Switzerland)
Vivo cantando – Salomé (Spain)
Un jour, un enfant – Frida Boccara (France)
De troubadour – Lenny Kuhr (Netherland)
Boom Bang-a-Bang – Lulu (United Kingdom)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year –
In episode 103, we are heading to Vienna for Eurovision 1967. We’ll continue our series of the sixites after Basel. BUT before that, our 2025 preview is coming soon!!!
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We’re back! And Welcome to The Sixties at Eurovision!
In this episode, we chat about host city of Luxembourg City, the host of 1962, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1962, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1962 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Ton nom – Fud Leclerc (Belgium)
Le Retour – Jean Philippe (Switzerland)
Tipi-tii – Marion Rung (Finland)
Sol och vår – Inger Berggren (Sweden)
Zwei kleine Italiener – Cornelia Froboess (Germany)
Ne pali svetla u sumrak – Lola Novaković (Yugoslavia)
Ring-A-Ding Girl – Ronnie Carroll (United Kingdom)
Petit bonhomme – Camillo Felgen (Luxembourg)
Dis rien – François Deguelt (Monaco)
Un premier amour – Isabelle Aubret (France)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year –
In episode 102, we are heading to Madrid for Eurovision 1969!
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Eurovision 1962 Behind the Scenes Video at https://youtu.be/rTYjPSOncxk?si=ugjWA8Qz3TWYMnp1
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our listeners!
In this episode, we chat about host city of London, the host of 1977, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1977, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1977 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Boom Boom Boomerang – Schmetterlinge (Austria)
De mallemolen – Heddy Lester (Netherlands)
Lapponia – Monica Aspelund (Finland)
Telegram – Silver Convention (Germany)
A Million in One, Two, Three – Dream Express (Belgium)
Swiss Lady – Pepe Lienhard Band (Switzerland)
Mathema solfege – Pascalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy (Greece)
It’s Nice to Be in Love Again – The Swarbriggs Plus Two (Ireland)
Rock Bottom – Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran (United Kingdom)
L’Oiseau et l’Enfant – Marie Myriam (France)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our first year for Season Six: Eurovision in the 1960s
In episode 101, we’re off to Luxembourg City for Eurovision 1962!
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Stewart Morris talkback BBC 1977 https://youtu.be/XTgCLfYdRo4?si=pgZ0UUwxxAnM3jKe
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In this episode, we chat about host city of The Hague, the hosts of 1976, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1976, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1976 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Sing, Sang, Song – Les Humphries Singers (Germany)
Pump Pump – Fredi and The Friends (Finland)
When – Red Hurley (Ireland)
The Party’s Over – Sandra Reemer (Netherlands)
Judy et Cie – Pierre Rapsat (Belgium)
My Little Word – Waterloo and Robinson (Austria)
Djambo Djambo – Peter, Sue and Marc (Switzerland)
Toi, la musique et moi – Mary Christy (Monaco)
Un, deux, trois – Catherine Ferry (France)
Save Your Kisses For Me – Brotherhood of Man (United Kingdom)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our last year for Season Five:
In episode 100, we’re off to London for Eurovision 1977!
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Song Snippets: “Save Your Kisses For Me” by Margo Smith, “Já půjdu tam a ty tam” by Helena Vondráčková and Jíři Korn, “Küsse von dir” by Rex Gildo, and “Mimo opyat” by Philipp Kirkorov used only for comparsions and all their rights are reserved. Same goes for Sponge Bob.
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In this episode, we chat about host city of Brighton, the host of 1974, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1974, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1974 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
The First Day of Love – Anne-Karine and the Bendik Singers (Norway)
Die Sommermelodie – Cindy and Bert (Germany)
Keep Me Warm – Carita (Finland)
Canta y sé feliz – Peret (Spain)
Fleur de liberté – Jacques Hustin (Belgium)
Long Live Love – Olivia Newton-John (United Kingdom)
Bye Bye I love you – Ireen Sheer (Luxembourg)
I See a Star – Mouth and MacNeal (Netherlands)
Si – Gigliola Cinquetti (Italy)
Waterloo – ABBA (Sweden)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year for Season Five:
In episode 99, we’re off to The Hague for Eurovision 1976! Which means, episode 100 will be 1977!
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Hypercut of the postcards: https://www.youtube.com/@EuropeLyrics2012
Check out A Tech Ops History blog here: http://tech-ops.co.uk/next/more-eurovision-memories/
Rewind ESC 1974 here: https://x.com/RewindESC
Snippets from Nine News Melbourne, Jimmy Rees’ Meanwhile in Brighton series, and the theme from The Wombles used only for storytelling and all their rights are reserved. We’re already dealing with Spotify not accepting our music licence, come on and give us a break.
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In this episode, we chat about host city of Amsterdam, the host of 1970, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1970, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1970 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include (either in full or part):
Je suis tombé du ciel – David Alexandre Winter (Luxembourgh)
Pridi, dala ti bom cvet – Eva Sršen (Yugoslavia)
Occhi di ragazza – Gianni Morandi (Italy)
Viens l’oublier – Jean Vallée (Belgium)
Marlène – Dominique Dussault (Monaco)
Waterman – Patricia and Hearts of Soul (The Netherlands)
Retour – Henri Dès (Switzerland)
Marie-Blanche – Guy Bonnet (France)
Gwendolyne – Julio Iglesias (Spain)
Wunder gibt es immer wieder – Katja Ebstein (Germany)
Knock, Knock Who’s There? – Mary Hopkin (United Kingdom)
All Kinds of Everything – Dana (Ireland)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year for Season Five:
In episode 98, we’re in Brighton for Eurovision 1974!
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We’re finally back to Eurovision in the 1970s!
In this episode, we chat about host city of Dublin, the host of 1971, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1971, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1971 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Tvoj dječak je tužan – Krunoslav Slabinac (Yugoslavia)
Pomme, pomme, pomme – Monique Melsen (Luxembourgh)
One Day Love – Angela Farrell (Ireland)
Menina do alto da serra – Tonicha (Portugal)
Tijd – Saskia and Serge (The Netherlands)
L’amore è un attimo – Massimo Ranieri (Italy)
Jack in the Box – Clodagh Rodgers (United Kingdom)
Diese Welt – Katja Ebstein (Germany)
En un mundo nuevo – Karina (Spain)
Un banc, un arbre, une rue – Séverine (Monaco)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year for Season Five:
In episode 97, we’re in Amsterdam for Eurovision 1970!
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Check out the 1971 documentary uploaded by Peter Walsh ESC here: https://youtu.be/p-0f3cSqpLs?si=JwXDBYhKvmar7lBR
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Eurovision 2024. Well. It was a time.
We asked our listeners via our socials to give us topics to talk about, and we answered as best as we could. We hate having to say this, but as always here at WMP: these are our thoughts, and our opinions. 2024 was definitely an experience. You’re going to hear a lot of stories, these are just ours.
And for the first (and maybe only time), we recorded the podcast for YouTube, you can either listen OR watch here: https://youtu.be/dmcWm9n8tAc
Song played:
The Code – Nemo (Switzerland) – Grand Final Live Performance
We’ll be back to regular programming with Episode 96 – 1971 very soon!
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Eurovision 2024 is just around the corner and we are as mentally prepared as we can be in a very difficult time for the fandom.
Join Danie and Mark as they share their thoughts about all 37 songs Eurovision 2024 and play their Top 10 based on a Jury of two.
Songs discussed:
Titan – Besa (Albania)
Jako – Ladaniva (Armenia)
One Milkali (One Blood) – Electric Fields (Australia)
We Will Rave – Kaleen (Austria)
Özünlə apar – Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov (Azerbaijan)
Before the Party’s Over – Mustii (Belgium)
Rim Tim Tagi Dim – Baby Lasagna (Croatia)
Liar – Silia Kapsis (Cyprus)
Pedestal – Aiko (Czechia)
Sand – Saba (Denmark)
(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi – 5miinust and Puuluup (Estonia)
No Rules! – Windows95man (Finland)
Mon Amour – Slimane (France)
Firefighter – Nutsa Buzaladze (Georgia)
Always on the Run – Isaak (Germany)
Zari – Marina Satti (Greece)
Scared of Heights – Hera Björk (Iceland)
Doomsday Blue – Bambie Thug (Ireland)
Hurricane – Eden Golan (Israel)
La Noia – Angelina Mango (Italy)
Hollow – Dons (Latvia)
Luktelk – (Lithuania)
Fighter – Tali (Luxembourg)
Loop – Sarah Bonnici (Malta)
In the Middle – Natalia Barbu (Moldova)
Europapa – Joost Klein (Netherlands)
Ulverham – Gåte (Norway)
The Tower – Luna (Poland)
Grito – Iolanda (Portugal)
11:11 – Megara (San Marino)
Ramonda – Teya Dora (Serbia)
Veronika – Raiven (Slovenia)
Zorra – Nebulossa (Spain)
Unforgettable – Marcus and Martinus (Sweden)
The Code – Nemo (Switzerland)
Teresa & Maria – Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil (Ukraine)
Dizzy – Olly Alexander (United Kingdom)
We’ll be back to regular programming with Episode 96 – 1971 after we get back from Eurovision in Malmö!
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In this episode, we chat about host city of Stockholm, the host of 1975, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1975, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1975 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein – Joy Flemming (Germany)
Gelukkig zijn – Ann Christy (Belgium)
At Ve’Ani – Shlomo Artzi (Israel)
That’s What Friends Are For – The Swarbriggs (Ireland)
Jennie, Jennie – Lars Berghagen (Sweden)
Mikado – Simone Drexel (Switzerland)
Et bonjour à toi l’artiste – Nicole (France)
Era – Wess & Dori Ghezzi (Italy)
Let Me Be The One – The Shadows (United Kingdom)
Ding-A-Dong – Teach-In (Netherlands)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year for Season Five:
In episode 96, we’re back in Dublin for 1971! But before that, we’ll be tackling a big monster with our 2024 preview episode, coming soon!
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In this episode, we chat about host city of Luxembourg, the host of 1973, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1973, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1973 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Baby Baby – Nicole and Hugo (Belgium)
Gori vatra – Zdravko Čolić (Yugosalvia)
Chi sarà con te – Massimo Ranieri (Italy)
Do I Dream – Maxi (Ireland)
Junger Tag – Gitte Hænning (Germany)
Tom Tom Tom – Marion Rung (Finland)
You’re Summer – The Nova (Sweden)
Power to All Our Friends – Cliff Richard (United Kingdom)
Eres tú – Mocedades (Spain)
Tu te reconnaîtras – Anne-Marie David (Luxembourg)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year for Season Five:
In episode 95, we’re off to Stockholm for 1975!
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Snippets:
Cliff – Rik (The Young Ones, courtesy of BBC Two)
Brez besed – Berta Ambrož (Yugosalvia 1966)
In this episode, we chat about host city of Paris, the hosts of 1978, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1978, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1978 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Dai li dou – Gemini (Portugal)
Boom Boom – Mabel (Denmark)
Det blir alltid värre framåt natten – Björn Skifs (Sweden)
‘t Is OK – Harmony (Netherlands)
The Bad Old Days – Co-Co (United Kingdom)
Parlez-vous français ? – Baccara (Luxembourg)
Feuer – Ireen Sheer (Germany)
Born to Sing – Colm CT Wilkinson (Ireland)
L’amour ça fait chanter la vie – Jean Vallée (Belgium)
A-Ba-Ni-Bi – Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta (Israel)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year for Season Five:
In episode 94, we’re off to Luxembourg City for 1973!
If you like what we do, you can shout us a coffee https://ko-fi.com/windmachinepodcast. Every $3 goes towards the running costs of this podcast. Huge thanks to Bart for your Ko-Fi!
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Follow our YouTube channel for Mark’s insights into Eurovision 2024 at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions
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Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.
Song snippets:
Yes Sir, I Can Boogie – Baccara
In this episode, we chat about host city of Jerusalem, the hosts of 1979, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1979, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1979 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Satellit – Ted Gärdestad (Sweden)
J’ai déjà vu ça dans tes yeux – Jeane Manson (Luxembourg)
Colorado – Xandra Group (Netherlands)
Oliver – Anita Skorgan (Norway)
Mary Ann – Black Lace (United Kingdom)
Disco Tango – Tommy Seebach (Denmark)
Dschinghis Khan – Dschinghis Khan (Germany)
Je suis l’enfant soleil – Anne-Marie David (France)
Su canción – Betty Missiego (Spain)
Hallelujah – Milk and Honey (Israel)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year for Season Five:
In episode 93, we’re off to Paris for 1978!
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Song snippets:
Agadoo – Black Lace
เจงกิสข่าน (Ce ngkis̄ k̄h̀ān) – Royal Sprites (Thai)
Jingisu Kan (ジンギスカン) – Berryz Kobo (Japanese)
Yidden – Mordechai Ben David (Yiddish)
Tsingis Khan – Frederik (Finnish)
Djingis Khan – Vikingarna (Swedish)
Genghis Khan – Malibú (Spanish)
Sin Amor – Ivan
Moscow – Dschinghis Khan
Welcome to Eurovision in the 1970s!
In our first episode of Season Five, we chat about host city of Edinburgh, the host of 1972, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1972, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1972 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Ceol an Ghrá – Sandie Jones (Ireland)
Småting – Grethe Kausland & Benny Borg (Norway)
Härliga sommardag – Family Four (Sweden)
Muistathan – Päivi Paunu & Kim Floor (Finland)
C’est la chanson de mon amour – Véronique Müller (Switzerland)
Falter im Wind – The Milestones (Austria)
Als het om de liefde gaat – Sandra & Andres (Netherlands)
Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben – Mary Roos (Germany)
Beg, Steal, or Borrow – The New Seekers (United Kingdom)
Après toi – Vicky Leandros (Luxembourg)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year for Season Five:
In episode 92, we’re off to Jerusalem for 1979!
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We are not affiliated with the EBU (European Broadcasting Union), its partners, or SBS (Special Broadcasting Service). We are just fans.”
Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.
“Smoking is a health hazzard” courtesy of Murray Tregonning.
A new decade and new season is coming! Bring out your polyester pants, dust off your disco shoes, and get ready for ABBA… at some point along the way (Spotify will LOVE THAT).
We’ll be back soon with Episode 91 – 1972!
In our last episode of Season Four, we chat about host city of Munich, the host of 1983, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1983, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1983 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Rendez-vous – Pas de Deux (Belgium)
Fantasiaa – Ami Aspelund (Finland)
Do Re Mi – Jahn Teigen (Norway)
Hurricane – Westend (Austria)
I’m Never Giving Up – Sweet Dreams (United Kingdom)
Rücksicht – Hoffmann & Hoffmann (Germany)
Džuli – Daniel (Yugoslavia)
Främling – Carola Häggkvist (Sweden)
Hi – Ofra Haza (Israel)
Si la vie est cadeau – Corinne Hermès (Luxembourg)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our first year for Season Five:
Eurovision in the 70s begins, and we’re off to Edinburgh for 1972 for episode 91!
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In this episode, we chat about host city of Dublin, the host of 1981, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1981, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1981 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Playback – Carlos Paião (Portugal)
Reggae O.K. – Riki Sorsa (Finland)
Lejla – Seid Memić Vajta (Yugoslavia)
Krøller eller ej – Tommy Seebach & Debbie Cameron (Denmark)
Fångad i en dröm – Björn Skifs (Sweden)
Monika – Island (Cyprus)
Horoscopes – Sheeba (Ireland)
Io senza te – Peter, Sue & Marc (Switzerland)
Johnny Blue – Lena Valaitis (Germany)
Making Your Mind Up – Bucks Fizz (United Kingdom)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our last year for Season Four:
For our last episode of Season Four Eurovision in the 80s, we’re off to Munich for 1983 for epsiode 90!
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Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.
In this episode, we chat about host city of Gothenburg, the host of 1985, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1985, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1985 based on a … Continue reading Episode 88 – “1985: Underpants, Repeat Offenders, and A Swinging Winner”
We’re back to the 1980s of Eurovision, finally! In this episode, we chat about host city of Bergen, the host of 1986, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1986, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play … Continue reading Episode 87 – “1986: Fortress Of Solitude, 7 Kilos Of Dress, and She’s Only 13!”
Join Danie and Mark as they say goodbye to the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contet held in Liverpool, UK. We chat about the city, the contest, all the weird and wonderful things that happen being on the ground, and answer some listener questions! If you want to only hear about what we thought … Continue reading WMP Supplemental 11: Our Long Farewell to Liverpool
Our tenth supplemental! Wow, a bit of a milestone! Also our BIGGEST episode yet!
Join Danie and Mark as they share their thoughts about all 37 songs Eurovision 2023 and play their Top 10 based on a Jury of two!
Songs Include (either in full or part):
Duje – Albina and Familja Kelmendi (Albania)
Future Lover – Brunette (Armenia)
Promise – Voyager (Australia)
Who the Hell Is Edgar? – Teya and Salena (Austria)
Tell Me More – TuralTuranX (Azerbaijan)
Because Of You – Gustaph (Belgium)
Mama ŠČ! – Let 3 (Croatia)
Break A Broken Heart – Andrew Lambrou (Cyprus)
My Sister’s Crown – Vesna (Czechia)
Breaking My Heart – Reiley (Denmark)
Bridges – Alika (Estonia)
Cha Cha Cha – Käärijä (Finland)
Évidemment – La Zarra (France)
Echo – Iru (Georgia)
Blood and Glitter – Lord of The Lost (Germany)
What They Say – Victor Vernicos (Greece)
Power – Diljá (Iceland)
We Are One – Wild Youth (Ireland)
Unicorn – Noa Kirel (Israel)
Due vite – Marco Mengoni (Italy)
Eat Your Salad – Citi Zēni (Latvia)
Stay – Monika Linkytė (Lithuania)
Dance (Our Own Party) – The Busker (Malta)
Soarele și luna – Pasha Parfeni (Moldova)
Burning Daylight – Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper (Netherlands)
Queen Of Kings – Alessandra (Norway)
Solo – Blanka (Poland)
Ai coração – Mimicat (Portugal)
D.G.T. (Off and On) – Theodor Andrei (Romania)
Like An Animal – Piqued Jacks (San Marino)
Samo mi se spava – Luke Black (Serbia)
Carpe Diem – Joker Out (Slovenia)
Eaea – Blanca Paloma (Spain)
Tattoo – Loreen (Sweden)
Watergun – Remo Forrer (Switzerland)
I Wrote A Song – Mae Muller (United Kingdom)
Heart Of Steel – TVORCHI (Ukraine)
We’ll be back to regular programming with Episode 87 – 1986 after we get back from Eurovision in Liverpool!
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Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.
In this episode, we chat about host city of Dublin (again!), the hosts of 1988, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1988, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1988 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Sufi – MFÖ (Turkey)
Stad i ljus – Tommy Körberg (Sweden)
La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain) – La Década (Spain)
Shangri-La – Gerard Joling (The Netherlands)
Take Him Home – Jump The Gun (Ireland)
For vår jord – Karoline Krüger (Norway)
Croire – Lara Fabian (Luxembourg)
Ka’ du se hva’ jeg sa’? – Hot Eyes (Denmark)
Go – Scott Fitzgerald (United Kingdom)
Ne partez pas sans moi – Céline Dion (Switzerland)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year for Season Four:
We’re going to Bergin for 1986 for episode 87 and that’s coming after our trip to Liverpool!
But before that, out ESC 2023 preview is coming very very very soon!
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Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.
In this episode, we chat about host city (town?) Harrogate, the host of 1982, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1982, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1982 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Nuku pommiin – Kojo (Finland)
Video-video – Brixx (Denmark)
Bem bom – Doce (Portugal)
Sonntag – Mess (Austria)
Dag efter dag – Chips (Sweden)
One Step Further – Bardo (United Kingdom)
Mono i agapi – Anna Vissi (Cyprus)
Si tu aimes ma musique – Stella (Belgium)
Hora – Avi Toledano (Israel)
Ein bißchen Frieden – Nicole (Germany)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year for Season Four:
We’re back in Dublin for 1988 for episode 86.
We’re taking a short break and will be back soon!
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In this episode, we chat about host city Luxembourg, the host of 1984, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1984, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1984 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Ciao, amore – Vlado and Isolda (Yugoslavia)
Ik hou van jou – Maribelle (The Netherlands)
Aufrecht geh’n – Mary Roos (Germany)
Hengaillaan – Kirka (Finland)
Love Games – Belle and the Devotions (United Kingdom)
I treni di Tozeur – Alice and Franco Battiato (Italy)
Det’ lige det – Hot Eyes (Denmark)
Lady, Lady – Bravo (Spain)
Terminal 3 – Linda Martin (Ireland)
Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley – Herreys (Sweden)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year for Season Four:
We’re off to Harrogate for 1982 for episode 85.
We will then have a baby break as we’re away… but never fear, we’ll be back to 80s goodness soon!
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Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.
Snippets of Voulez-Vous by ABBA and Halay by Beş Yıl Önce, On Yıl Sonra included for discussion.
Happy Johnny Logan New Year, everybody!
In this episode, we chat about host city Brussels, the host of 1987, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1987, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1987 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Amour, amour – Plastic Bertrand (Luxembourg)
Only the Light – Rikki (United Kingdom)
Soldiers of Love – Liliane Saint-Pierre (Belgium)
Stop – Bang (Greece)
Shir Habatlanim – Lazy Bums (Israel)
Rechtop in de wind – Marcha (The Netherlands)
Ja sam za ples – Novi Fosilli (Yugoslavia)
Gente di mare – Umberto Tozzi and Raf (Italy)
Laß die Sonne in dein Herz – Wind (Germany)
Hold Me Now – Johnny Logan (Ireland)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year for Season Four:
We’re off to Luxembourg City for 1984 for episode 84. Nice!
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Merry Johnny Logan Christmas, everyone!
In this episode, we chat about host city The Hague, the host of (and the rest) of 198), the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1980, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1980 based on a jury of two.
Songs Include:
Bitaqat Hub – Samira Said (Morocco)
Euro-Vision – Telex (Belgium)
Sámiid ædnan – Sverre Kjelsberg and Mattis Hætta (Norway)
Papa Pingouin – Sophie and Magaly (Luxembourg)
Du bist Musik – Blue Danube (Austria)
Amsterdam – Maggie MacNeal (The Netherlands)
Cinéma – Paola (Switzerland)
Love Enough for Two – Prima Donna (United Kingdom)
Theater – Katja Ebstein (Germany)
What’s Another Year – Johnny Logan (Ireland)
The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year for Season Four:
We’re off to Brussels for 1987! Back to back Johnny Logan wins!
If you like what we do, you can shout us a coffee https://ko-fi.com/windmachinepodcast. Every $3 goes towards the running costs of this podcast. Huge thanks to Jay and Craig!
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WELCOME TO SEASON FOUR! In this episode, we chat about host city Lausanne, the two hosts of 1989, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1989, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of … Continue reading Episode 81 – “1989: Neons, Cheese, and Rocked By 7 Points”
In this our last episode for Season 3, we chat about host city Zagreb, the two hosts of 1990, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1990, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 … Continue reading Episode 80 – “1990: Too Old, Euro Cat, and Toto Unites Europe”
In this episode, we chat about host city Jerusalem, the three hosts of 1999, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1999, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1999 based on a … Continue reading Episode 79 – “1999: Religious Education, Red Wine, and That Heavenly Outfit”
HAPPY EUROVISION NEW YEAR! In this episode, we chat about host city Malmö, the two hosts of 1992, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1992, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of … Continue reading Episode 78 – “1992: EuroBird, Some Bloke Named Christer Björkman, and Why? Johnny Logan!”
In this episode, we chat about host city Dublin (for the last time this season!!), the two hosts of 1994, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1994, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top … Continue reading Episode 77 – “1994: Giant Nightmare Heads, Riverdance, and Oops, Another Win”
In this episode, we chat about host city Oslo, the two hosts of 1996, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1996, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1996 based on a … Continue reading Episode 76 – “1996: A Rebrand, Ooh Aah A-ha, and RTE’s Wallet Opens Again”
Our Supplemental Series returns after a long break – thanks Jay! Join Danie and Mark as they share their thoughts about all 40 songs Eurovision 2022 and play their Top 10 based on a Jury of two! Songs Include (either in full or part): Sekret – Ronela Hataji (Albania) Snap – Rosa Linn (Armenia) Not The … Continue reading WMP Supplemental 9: The Sound of Us Chatting About Eurovision 2022
In this episode, we chat about host city Dublin, the host of 1995, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1995, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1995 based on a jury … Continue reading Episode 75 – “1995: Happy 40th, The Kirkorov Factor, and 24 Words”
In this episode, we chat about host city Millstreet, the host of 1993, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1993, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1993 based on a jury … Continue reading Episode 74 – “1993: Sexy Sax, HORSIES!, and a Host Country Win”
WE ARE BACK! We’ve moved house, copped a flooded room, survived the rest of 2021 covid free, and haven’t even finished building the booth! Hello 2022, and 1998! In this episode, we chat about host city Birmingham, the two hosts of 1998, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1998, the interval act, European … Continue reading Episode 73 – “1998: Cowbell, Double Wogan, and the Diva We Needed”
In this episode, we chat about host city Dublin, the two hosts of 1997, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1997, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of 1997 based on a … Continue reading Episode 72 – “1997: Ronan Keating’s Mullet, Bye For Now To Italy, and That Winning Green Shirt”
WELCOME TO SEASON THREE AND WELCOME TO THE GLORIOUS NINETIES AT EUROVISION!! In this episode, we chat about host city Rome, the two hosts of 1991, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1991, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, … Continue reading Episode 71 – “1991: Allora, A South American Farewell to Yugoslavia, and Those Five Ten Points”
In this episode, we chat about Tel Aviv, the four hosts, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2019 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval acts, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 … Continue reading Episode 70 – “2019: Four Hours Eleven Minutes Twenty Seconds, Fallen Madonna, and In A Big Arcade”
In this episode, we chat about Helsinki, the two (well three) hosts, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2007 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval acts, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top … Continue reading Episode 69 – “2007: Battle of the Bands, Semi Final of Death, and Serbian KD Lang”
In this episode, we chat about Moscow, the two sets of hosts, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2009 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval acts, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top … Continue reading Episode 68 – “2009: Hot Mess Hosts, Hefty Props, and the One Winning Violin”
In this episode, we chat about Belgrade, the two hosts, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2008 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval acts, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play our top 10 of … Continue reading Episode 67 – “2008: Lovable Hosts, MySpace, and We Liked Your Other Song More”
Listen to the episode here: This is the biggest episode we have ever done so strap yourselves in! In this installment, we chat about Kyiv, the three hosts, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2017 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval acts, European and Australian news, what was happening … Continue reading Episode 66 – “2017: Giant Heads, Weird Props, and Fast Food Music”
Listen to the episode here: WE’RE BACK!!! And we missed you! In this episode, we chat about Oslo, the three hosts, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2010 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval acts, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments … Continue reading Episode 65 – “2010: Orbs, Violins, and Underwear? They’re Blue.”
Listen to the episode here: In this episode, we chat about Dusseldorf, the three hosts, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2011 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval acts, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and … Continue reading Episode 64 – “2011: Slapstick, A Welcome Return, and Drunken Karaoke.”
Listen to the episode here: In this episode, we chat about Kyiv, the two hosts, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2005 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval acts, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and … Continue reading Episode 63 – “2005: A Thousand Drums Drumming, a Random Wind Chime, and Our Number One”
Listen to the episode here: Before we get to the main bit, we’re absolutely devastated that Eurovision 2020 is cancelled for May in Rotterdam. While we kinda knew that this contest was in danger, it’s still a shock anyway. We’ll be business as usual here at WMP but please support your other favourite Eurovision … Continue reading Episode 62 – “2006: A Confused American, a Button Shortage, and Praise for Hard Rock”
Listen to the episode here: In this episode, we chat about Baku, the three hosts, the postcards (and SUPER POSTCARDS), the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2012 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval acts, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, … Continue reading Episode 61 – “2012: Mouse Clicking, Flames, and The Beginning of A New Era”
Listen to the episode here: In this episode, we chat about Lisbon, the four hosts, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2018 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval acts, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, … Continue reading Episode 60 – “2018: Robberies, Tarts, and a Homeward Bound Pikachu”
Listen to the episode here: In this episode, we chat about Malmo, Petra Mede doing enough hosting of four people, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2013 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval acts, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments … Continue reading Episode 59 – “2013: Queen Petra, Bare Feet, and Eric Saade’s Toilet Humour”
Listen to the episode here: In this episode, we chat about Copenhagen, the two hosts of 2001, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2001 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the … Continue reading Episode 58 – “2001: Danish Pride, A Couple of Couplets, and an Aruban Import”
Listen to the episode here: In this episode, we chat about Vienna, the four hosts of 2015, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2015 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the … Continue reading Episode 57 – “2015: Our Guy, Two Nul Points, And More Than One Hero”
Listen to the episode here: In this episode, we chat about Stockholm, the two hosts of 2000, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2000 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the … Continue reading Episode 56 – “2000: Syrian Flags, Sheet Dancing, and The Wings Of Love”
Listen to the episode here: It’s our 3rd Birthday! In this episode, we chat about Riga, the two hosts of 2003, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2003 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments … Continue reading Episode 55 -“2003: Russian Screaming, Elton John’s Toupee, and Nul Points”
Listen to the episode here : Danie and Mark have returned from Tel Aviv! After jet lag and Mark’s flu, they are finally back behind the mic! They chat about their personal experiences of their first Eurovision (and their first Eurovision with a press pass), their time in Israel, and they review and recap all … Continue reading Eurovision 2019: Recap and Review
In this episode we give our thoughts on the first rehearsals for the countries participating in Semi Final 2. Listen to it here:
In this episode we give our thoughts on the first rehearsals for the countries participating in Semi Final 1. Listen to it here:
Listen to the episode here: In this episode, we chat about Istanbul, the two hosts of 2004, the postcards, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 2004 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the … Continue reading Episode 54 – “2004: Turkish Pride, Technical Issues, and Wild Dancing”
Listen to the episode here: Danie and Mark trawl through all 41 +1 songs entered into this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and play their top 10, based on jury of two. Song include in Eurovision alphabetical order Ktheju Tokes – Jonida Maliqi (Albania) Walking Out – Srbuk (Armenia) Limits – Paenda (Austria) Zero Gravity – … Continue reading WMP Supplemental: Eurovision 2019 Preview Episode
Listen to the episode here: In this episode, we chat about Stockholm, the two hosts of 2016, the postcards, the controversies and returning artists, the fashion at Eurovision 2016 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of … Continue reading Episode 53 – “2016: Love Love, Peace Peace, and The Heartbreak Of That Tele-vote”
Listen to the episode here: Episode 52 – Boos, Beards and Boobs In this episode, we chat about Copenhagen, the three hosts of 2014, the amazing postcards, the controversies and returning artists, the fashion at Eurovision 2014 plus the winner of the Barbara Dex Award, the interval act, European and Australian news, what was happening … Continue reading Episode 52 – 2014: Boos, Beards, and Boobs
Listen to the episode here: Welcome to Season Two! Glad to have you with us! In this season, Danie and Mark explore the Eurovision Song Contest by Contests from 2000 to now. New Season, New Format, Same Old Them! In this episode, we chat about Tallinn Estonia, the hosts of 2002, the postcards, the … Continue reading Episode 51 – 2002: Passwords, Rachel Hair, and The Last 12 Points
Listen to the episode here: Episode 50 – Congratulations, We Have Arrived! In this episode, Danie and Mark wrap up Season One of Wind Machine Podcast, chat about Season Two, and roll tape on some of their bloopers from over the years. ** Some of the blooper footage does include some coarse language and adult themes, … Continue reading Episode 50 – Congratulations, We Have Arrived!
Listen to the episode here: Episode 49 – Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda’s Part 2 In this episode, Danie and Mark continue to take a trip into the Time Tunnel to see which songs Coulda Shoulda or Woulda made the country episodes if the Yoda Beanie Of Doom picked a different order. Songs Include (full or in part): … Continue reading Episode 49 – Coulda Shoulda Woulda’s: Part 2
Listen to the episode here: Episode 48 – Coulda Shoulda Woulda’s Part 1 In this episode, Danie and Mark get in the TARDIS and travel back to 2016/2017 to see what songs Coulda Shoulda or Woulda made the country episodes if the Yoda Beanie Of Doom picked a different order based on the Jury Of Two. … Continue reading Episode 48 – Coulda Shoulda Woulda’s: Part 1
Listen to the episode here: Episode 47 – Lithuanian Graffiti In this episode, Danie and Mark explore the last country out of the Yoda Beanie Of Doom – Lithuania!! We can’t believe it either! For the last time, we do our regular wrap up of history, geography, and politics, murder Lithuanian language, and play our top … Continue reading Episode 47 – Lithuanian Graffiti
Listen to the episode here: Episode 46 – Captain Espania Civil War In this episode, Danie and Mark explore the last of the Big Five countries of Eurovision: Spain! And this is a long episode because of the country’s extensive history, massive politics, and intriguing religion. They also, naturally, play their favourite songs from 2000 to … Continue reading Episode 46 – Captain Espania: Civil War
Listen to the episode here: Episode 45 – To Belarus With Love In this episode, Danie and Mark explore Belarus! They talk about the history with Russia and Lithuania, with all the name changes too, the geography, the politics, and focus on their top 5 songs from the country! Songs Include: Time – Uzari and Maimuna … Continue reading Episode 45 – To Belarus With Love
Listen to the episode here: Episode 44 – Montenegro The Next Generation In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to Montenegro and explore the history with Yugoslavia and the country’s multiple attempts at independence, the geography, politics, and share their favourite Eurovision songs based on the jury of two. Songs Include: The Real Thing – Highway … Continue reading Episode 44 – Montenegro The Next Generation
Listen to the episode here: Episode 43 – Iceland Discovery In this episode, Danie and Mark explore the geography, politics, and history of Iceland. They also try really hard to pronounce Icelandic! Like really, really hard. Also, they share their top 5 songs based on the jury of two. Songs Include: This Is My Life – … Continue reading Episode 43 – Iceland Discovery
Listen to the episode here: Episode 42 – The Hitchhikers Guide to Moldova In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to the mystical land of Epic Sax Guy – Moldova. They explore its history with Romania and the former Soviet Union; the geography and climate; and how Moldovan Eurovision acts are like a strange family … Continue reading Episode 42 – The Hitchhikers Guide to Moldova
Listen to the episode here: Episode 41 – The Swiss Redemption In this episode, Danie and Mark journey to Switzerland and discuss the history, politics, and neutrality of the country. This is one of Mark’s favourite Eurovision countries so getting a top 5 was hard work. This episode also means we have been doing this for … Continue reading Episode 41 – The Swiss Redemption
Listen to the episode here: Episode 40 – The Maltese Falcon In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to Malta and explore the history with the UK (and why the geography made Malta important in war), the language, religion of the region, and chat about their favourite songs based on a jury of two. Songs … Continue reading Episode 40 – The Maltese Falcon
Listen to the episode here: WMP Supplemental – Eurovision 2018 Debrief Danie and Mark have a chat about Eurovision 2018. They talk about how Australia voted, who voted for Australia, and how WMP predicted the jury winner! They also chat about their three happy and sad surprises of this year, their most improved entries from the … Continue reading WMP Supplemental – Post Eurovision 2018 Debrief
Listen to the episode here: Episode 39 – All Quiet on the German Front In this episode, Danie and Mark trek to Germany, one of the Eurovision Big 5 countries! They explore the history, geography and climate, politics, and play their top 5 songs from 2000 to now based on a jury of two. Songs … Continue reading Episode 39 – All Quiet On The German Front
Listen to the episode here: Eurovision 2018 Preview Danie and Mark trawl through all 43 songs entered into this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and play their top 10, based on jury of two. Song include in alphabetical order by title (spoilers): . . . . . Bones – Equinox Lie To Me – Mikolas Josef Light … Continue reading WMP Supplemental: Eurovision 2018 Preview Episode
Listen to the episode here: Episode 38 – Odds & Sods In this episode, Danie and Mark explore their Odds and Sods of Eurovision: Slovakia, Monaco, and Australia. They talk about each country’s history, politics, geography, and play their top two songs from each, based on a jury of two. We would also like to acknowledge … Continue reading Episode 38 – Odds and Sods
Listen to the episode here: Episode 37 – Guardians of Estonia In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to the mystical land of Estonia, home of Koit Toome’s facial expressions! They explore the history (oh hai Russia, Sweden, and Germany), politics, geography, and pick their top 5 songs from 2000 to now. Songs Include: Verona – Koit … Continue reading Episode 37 – Guardians of Estonia
Listen to the episode here: Episode 36 – Eire Force One HAPPY ST PATRICK’S DAY! In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to The Republic of Ireland. They explore the massive history of the region, the role of the Catholic Church, politics and the IRA, geography, and share their favourite Irish Eurovision songs from 2000 … Continue reading Episode 36 – Eire Force One
Listen to the episode here: Episode 35 – Hungary with a Vengeance In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to Hungary (hello Fleur!) and explore the rich history, geography, religion, and politics, while they share their top 5 Hungarian Eurovision songs from 2000 to now. CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains theme of violence/family violence/domestic violence. … Continue reading Episode 35 – Hungary with a Vengeance
Listen to the episode here: Episode 34 – Missing in Turkey In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to Turkey, who haven’t returned to Eurovision since 2012. They explore the history, religion, the issues with Cyprus and Armenia, geography, and politics of the country. They also try really really hard with Turkish pronunciation. Songs Include: … Continue reading Episode 34 – Missing In Turkey
Listen to the episode here: Episode 33 – Adventures in Slovenia In their first episode 2018, Danie and Mark travel to Slovenia and explore the history of the country including the time as Yugoslavia, geography, politics, and how Slovenia is full of beautiful women. Songs Include: Here For You – Maraaya (2015) Round And Round – … Continue reading Episode 33 – Adventures in Slovenia
Listen to the episode here: Episode 32 – Bulgarian Dawn In their last episode for 2017, Danie and Mark travel to Bulgaria, and explore the history, geography, politics, and the jury of two play their favourite top five. Songs Include: DJ, Take Me Away – Deep Zone & Balthzar (2008) If Love Was A Crime – Poli … Continue reading Episode 32 – Bulgarian Dawn
Listen to the episode here: Episode 31 – Romanian Holiday In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to Transylvania… well, Romania. They explore the history with Moldova, the language, the politics, and the geography of the country, plus their top five Romanian in Eurovision from 2000 to now. Songs Include: Yodel It! – Ilinca feat. Alex … Continue reading Episode 31 – Romanian Holiday
Listen to the episode here: Episode 30 – The Portuguese Legacy Danie and Mark travel to Portugal and explore the history of the region, language, geography, Portugal in Eurovision, and try really hard to get Portuguese right. Songs Include: Quero Ser Tua – Suzy (2014) Coisas De Nada – NonStop (2006) Ha Um Mar Que Nos Separa … Continue reading Episode 30 – The Portuguese Legacy
Listen to the episode here: Episode 29 – March of the Ukranians Danie and Mark travel to Ukraine, the host of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. They explore the history, Crimea, politics, geography, and Ukraine’s role and successes in Eurovision. Songs Include: Be My Guest – Gaitana (2012) Shady Lady – Ani Lorak (2008) Tick Tock – Mariya … Continue reading Episode 29 – March Of The Ukrainians
Listen to the episode here: Episode 28 – Czechmate! Danie and Mark explore one half of the former Czechoslovakia: Czech Republic! They explore the history, geography, and politics of this very interesting country. Plus, as always, their entries in Eurovision. Songs Include: Mala Dama – Kabat (2007) My Turn – Martina Barta (2017) Aven Romale – … Continue reading Episode 28 – Czechmate!
Listen to the episode here: Episode 27 – Get Him To The Greek Danie and Mark hop into the Wind Machine Podcast Machine and travel to Greece… and if you thought our attempts at French were bad, get a load of our Greek pronunciation! We’re so sorry, BUT we still explore the huge history, geography, politics … Continue reading Episode 27 – Get Him To The Greek!
Listen to the episode here: Episode 26 – The French Connection Danie and Mark stutter and stumble over the French language (we’re so sorry!), while exploring the history, geography, politics, and France’s role in Eurovision as a Top 5 country. Songs Include: Allez Olla Ole – Jessy Matador (2010) Moustache – Twin Twin (2014) Echo (You … Continue reading Episode 26 – The French Connection
Listen to the episode here: Episode 25 – The Macedonian Candidate Recorded the day after the ESCFAN Eurovision Disco, Danie croaks a lot but Mark holds it together, and they both explore the super fascinating Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Rich history, massive conflicts, and fabulous Eurovision songs! Songs Include: Neshto Shto Ke Otsane – Next … Continue reading Episode 25 – The Macedonian Candidate
Listen to the episode here: Episode 24 – Dude, Where’s San Marino In this episode, Danie and Mark explore the tiny micro-state popped in the middle of Italy, also known as the magical land of Valentina Monetta! Songs Include: Spirit Of The Night – Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson (2017) Chain Of Lights – Anita Simoncini and Michele … Continue reading Episode 24 – Dude, Where’s San Marino?
Listen to the episode here: Episode 23 – Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Excellent Adventure In this episode, Danie and Mark try to figure out what is going on with this very messy, but awkwardly polite country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while discussing the history, war, geography, and politics of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Republika … Continue reading Episode 23 – Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Excellent Adventure
Listen to the episode here: Episode 22 – The Italian Job Danie and Mark travel to Italy and cover the history and politics of the country, plus Catholicism, environmental issues, volcanoes AND Italy in Eurovision. Songs Include: Occidentali’s Karma – Francesco Gabbani (2017) L’Amore E’ Femmina – Nina Zilli (2012) No Degree Of Separation – Francesca Michielin (2016) … Continue reading Episode 22 – The Italian Job
Listen to the episode here: Episode 21 – Belgium Beyond Danie and Mark travel to Belgium and celebrate their 1st Birthday with the 21st episode in the series. They also talk about the shared history with France, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Austria, and Luxembourg, the geography and climate, and the politics of Belgium. Plus they get … Continue reading Episode 21 – Belgium Beyond
Listen to the episode here: Episode 20 – Russia Reloaded Danie and Mark travel to Russia, the largest country in the world! They cover a brief history of the country, the geography, and the politics, while focusing on their Top 5 Eurovision songs based on a jury of two. Songs Include: Party For Everybody – Buranovskiye … Continue reading Episode 20 – Russia Reloaded
Listen to the episode here: WMP Supplemental 2 – Post Eurovision 2017 Debrief Danie and Mark have a quick chat about Eurovision 2017. We talk about how well we thought Australia went, compared our Top 10 to that of the final results, and how Australia voted. We also chat about our three happy/sad surprises, our most … Continue reading WMP Supplemental: Post-Eurovision 2017 Debrief
A little while back, we joined Jason-Scott Watkins and Carly Findlay on Refreshments Provided Podcast! You can listen to the podcast here! Since Carly is new to Eurovision, Jason invited us to help her dip her toes in the glitz, glamour, politics, and music of the song contest. We also tried out Jason’s Ukrainian Poppy Seed biscuits! … Continue reading WMP Guest Spot #2: Refreshments Provided Podcast
Listen to the episode here: Episode 19 – Israel The Man With The Golden Song Danie and Mark travel to the State of Israel and chat about the serious history, serious politics, and serious geography with Palestine, all which make up this Eurovision country that’s not actually in Europe. But seriously, don’t fight us on that … Continue reading Episode 19 – Israel: The Man with the Golden Song
Since we’re getting to the pointy end of Eurovision Mania, we were very honoured to be guests on Kids Love Balloons podcast this week, recorded in Richmond! You can listen to the episode here! We talked about why we love Eurovision, what people should expect from this year’s contest and more! We joined: Chris Holland, host of Kids … Continue reading WMP Guest Spot #1: Kids Love Balloons
Listen to the episode here: Episode 18 – Serbia and the Beast Danie and Mark return to usual programming to bring you all the facts about Serbia’s history, geography, politics, and of course their favourite Eurovision songs since 2000. Songs Include: Caroban – Nina (2011) Beauty Never Lies – Bojana Stamenov (2015) Ovo je Balkan – Milan Stankovic … Continue reading Episode 18 – Serbia and The Beast
Listen to the episode here: Eurovision 2017 Preview Danie and Mark trawl through all 42 songs entered into this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and play their top 10, based on jury of two, and all votes verified by government supervisors yeah, thanks Russia. **our cats. Songs Include, in alphabetical order (only slight spoilers): … Continue reading WMP Supplemental: Eurovision 2017 Preview Episode
Listen to the episode here: Episode 17 – Norway by Northwest Danie and Mark visit Scandinavia for the final time, discovering the history, politics, and geography of Norway. Songs Include: I Feed You My Love – Margaret Berger (2013) A Monster Like Me – Morland and Debrah Scarlett (2015) Stay – Tooji (2012) Silent Storm – Carl … Continue reading Episode 17 – Norway by Northwest
Listen to the episode here: Episode 16 – Cyprus Revolutions Danie and Mark return after another warm spell of “Smarch Weather” in Melbourne to chat everything Cyprus, including the divisions of the country and UN involvement. Songs Include: La La Love – Ivi Adamou (2012) Comme Ci Comme Ca – Evidiki (2007) Alter Ego – Minus One … Continue reading Episode 16 – Cyprus Revolutions
Listen to the episode here: Episode 15 – An Unexpected Winner Danie and Mark return after a very warm week in Melbourne to explore everything Denmark, including the ever changing geography, the country’s absence from the world wars, and politics. Songs Include: Cliche Love Song – Basim (2014) Should’ve Known Better – Soluna Samay (2012) The … Continue reading Episode 15 – Denmark: An Unexpected Winner
Listen to the episode here: Episode 14 – From Georgia With Love After a little rest over New Year, Danie and Mark now turn their attention to Georgia, not to be confused with the state in America. They chat about the country and Eurovision music, while totally stuffing up Georgian pronunciation (you thought the Croatian … Continue reading Episode 14 – From Georgia With Love
Listen to the episode here: Episode 13: The UK: Invasion of the Country Snatchers In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to the United Kingdom, where they both have ancestral ties, and explore the history (very briefly) with some Eurovision tunes they like, based on the jury of two. Songs Include: Believe In Me – Bonnie … Continue reading Episode 13 – The UK: Invasion Of The Country Snatchers
Listen to the episode here: Episode 12 – Game of Croats In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to Croatia, stumble over Croatian language (we’re so sorry!), and explore all the great things about this country with some Eurovision tunes. Songs Include: Celebrate – Daria (2011) Romanca – Kraljevi Ulice and 75 Cents (2008) Lighthouse – Nina … Continue reading Episode 12 – Game Of Croats
Listen to the episode here: Episode 11 – The Day Armenia Stood Still In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to Armenia, and explore the geography, the heartbreaking history, and of course, the Eurovision music . Songs Include: Boom Boom – Emmy (2011) LoveWave – Iveta Mukuchyan (2016) Lonely Planet – Dorians (2013) Face The Shadow – … Continue reading Episode 11 – The Day Armenia Stood Still
Listen to the episode here: Episode 10 – The Andorran Games In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to Andorra, and explore the history and geography of this tiny country as well as it’s brief stint in Eurovision. Songs Include: Get A Life (Le Teva Decisio) – Susanne Georgi (2009) Jugarem A Estimar-Nos – Maria Roure (2004) … Continue reading Episode 10 – The Andorran Games
Listen to the episode here: Episode 9 – The Netherlanding Story In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to The Netherlands, and explore the history, geography and Eurovision. Songs Include: You And Me – Joan Franka (2012) Slow Down – Douwe Bob (2016) Birds – Anouk (2013) Walk Along – Trijntje Oosterhuis (2015) Calm After The Storm – … Continue reading Episode 9 – The Netherlanding Story
Listen to the episode here: Episode 8 – The Search for Azerbaijan In this episode, Danie and Mark delve into the trickiness of Azerbaijan – the politics, geography, and the country’s rise as one of the ones to watch at Eurovision. Songs Include: Always – AySel and Arash (2009) Miracle – Samra (2016) Hold Me – Farid … Continue reading Episode 8 – The Search of Azerbaijan
Listen to the podcast here: Episode 7 – Return of the Albanians In this episode, Danie and Mark marvel at all things Albanian, including the history, politics, geography and of course, Albania in Eurovision! Songs Include: It’s All About You – Juliana Pasha (2010) Identitet – Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko (2013) Carry Me In Your … Continue reading Episode 7 – Return Of The Albanians
Episode 6 – The Last Austrian Hero Listen to the podcast here: In this episode, Danie tries super hard not to make it all about The Sound Of Music, while she and Mark cover all you need to know about the wonderful country of Austria… Songs include: Loin d’ici – Zoe (2016) I Am Yours – The … Continue reading Episode 6 – The Last Austrian Hero
Listen to the podcast here: Episode 5 – The Fast and the Polish In this episode, Danie and Mark explore the highs and lows of Polish history, while enjoying all that Poland has to offer Eurovision! Songs include: Time To Party – The Jet Set (2007) My Slowianie (We Are Slavic) – Donatan and Cleo (2014) … Continue reading Episode 5 – The Fast And The Polish!
Episode 4 – The Finnish Menace In this episode, Mark and Danie transport themselves to Finland through the magic and music of Eurovision! Songs Include: Sing It Away – Sandhja (2016) Marry Me – Krista Seigfrids (2013) Da Da Dam – Paradise Oskar (2011) Something Better – Softengine (2014) Hard Rock Hallelujah – Lordi (2006) … with … Continue reading Episode 4 – The Finnish Menace
Episode 3 – Latvia Strikes Back In this episode, Mark and Danie travel to Latvia through the magic and music of Eurovision! Songs Include: Here We Go – PeR (2013) Wolves Of The Sea – Pirates Of The Sea (2008) Beautiful Song – Anmary (2012) Cake To Bake – Aarezemnieki (2014) I Wanna – Marie … Continue reading Episode 3 – Latvia Strikes Back
Episode 2 – Revenge of the Swedes In this episode, Mark and Danie learn all about Sweden! Songs include: Heroes – Mans Zelmerlow (2015) When Spirits Are Calling My Name – Roger Pontare (2000) Popular – Eric Saade (2011) The Worrying Kind – The Ark (2007) Euphoria – Loreen (2012) … with facts about history, … Continue reading Episode 2 – Revenge of The Swedes
Episode 1 – The Podcast Awakens The Aussie Eurovision Podcast Awakens! Mark and Danie present their favourite songs: Tomorrow – Gianluca Bezzina (Malta – 2013) Pollaponk – No Prejudice (Iceland – 2014) Push The Button – Teapacks (Israel – 2007) Woki Mit Deim Popo – Trackshittaz (Austria – 2012) I Didn’t Know – Serhat (San … Continue reading Episode 1 – The Podcast Awakens