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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 Mammadov (2013)

Hour Of The Wolf  – Elnur Huseynov (2015)

Running Scared  – Ell and Nikki (2011)

…And they discuss geography, religion, and the massive on-going spat with Armenia.

Then the Yoda Beanie Of Doom gave us our next country…

Next, we’re off to The Netherlands!

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Farid’s Turkish version from 2013 can be found here.

Elnur’s Turkish version from 2015 can be found here.

Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, June 2015 – (audio taken from YouTube)

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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 Dreams – Kejsi Tola (2009)

One Night’s Anger  – Hersi Matmuja (2014)

Suus  – Rona Nishliu (2012)

…And they also briefly discuss Kosovo, communism and pop music, song lyrics, and forced atheism.

Then the Yoda Beanie Of Doom gave us our next country…

Next, we’re off to Azerbaijan! (Oh my, Yoda spelt it wrong, shhhhh, don’t tell anyone!)

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Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.

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Family Guy snippet from Shows Where Albania Is Mentioned (audio taken from YouTube)

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Episode 6 – The Last Austrian Hero

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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 Makemakes (2015)

Get A Life – Get Alive – Eric Papilaya (2007)

Say A Word – Manuel Ortega (2002)

Rise Like A Phoenix – Conchita Wurst (2014)

… with facts about history, geography, Conchita and her role in the world, with a little bit of Ultravox thrown in!

And then, The Yoda Beanie of Doom gave us our next country!

We’re off to Albania!

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Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.

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Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Sound Of Music – Edelweiss (audio taken from YouTube)

Ultravox – Vienna (audio taken from YouTube)

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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)

2 Long – Andrzej Piaseczny (2001)

Czarna Dziewczyna – Ivan and Delfin (2005)

Colour Of Your Life – Michel Szpak (2016)

… with facts about geography, climate, politics and of course, MUSIC! Polish is hard, but we tried!

And then The Yoda Beanie of Doom gave us our next country!

We’re off to Austria!!

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Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.

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Fawlty Towers – The Germans (audio taken from YouTube)

Ghostbusters 2 – Vigo The Carpathian (audio taken from YouTube)

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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 facts about geography, politics, religion, climate and a serious history lesson, plus Finland in Eurovision since 2000! Finnish is hard. Seriously. So many k’s and i’s.

Then the Yoda Beanie of Doom gave us our next country!

We’re off to Poland!

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Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.

Find Eurovision’s shortest ever song here, Aina Mun Pitää by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät (2015)

Snippets of audio used for comparison / entertainment purposes only: 

Monty Pythons’ Finland Song (audio taken from YouTube)

The Shadow’s Apache (audio taken from YouTube)

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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 Marino – 2016)

… with facts from the countries and chats about why we love Eurovision, also Danie messes up pronunciation like a boss, oops! Also, we introduce The Yoda Beanie Of Doom, which determines which country we cover next episode.

We’re off to Sweden!

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Intro and Indents provided by Shock Wave Sound. Into The Lights by Global Sound System.

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