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Episode 113 – “1959: A Triptych Stage, The Top Three, and A Little Bit Of Faith”

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The 10th and FINAL year of Wind Machine Podcast continues, and we are ending where Eurovision started – the 1950s! Welcome to our third last episode EVER!

In this episode, we chat about host city of Cannes, the host of 1959, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1959, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and… since 1959 was 11 songs, we’ll play our top 10 in full, plus a snippet of the song that came last!

Songs Include:

Mon ami Pierrot – Jacques Pills (Monaco)

Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien – Ferry Graf (Austria)

Augustin – Brita Borg (Sweden)

Heut’ woll’n wir tanzen geh’n – Alice and Ellen Kessler (Germany)

Hou toch van mij – Bob Benny (Belgium)

Piove – Domenico Modugno (Italy)

Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig – Birthe Wilke (Denmark)

Irgendwoher – Christa Williams (Switzerland)

Oui oui oui oui – Jean Philippe (France)

Sing little birdie – Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson (United Kingdom)

Een beetje – Teddy Scholten (Netherlands)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year –

In episode 114, we’re heading to Lugano for the first ever Eurovision -1956!

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. A big thank you to Daniel for his coffees!

Flags of Eurovision design now with ADDED CANADA! at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod.

Follow our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions to see our limited reaction series “The Last Five…”

Danie’s new YouTube channel “They Did What?! On Television?” can be found here https://youtube.com/@danietreg

Mark’s new YouTube channel “Previously On… TV” can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@PreviouslyOnTelevision

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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.

Episode 112 – “1958: A Revolving Stage, THAT Italian Song, and A Lovely Lullaby”

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The 10th and FINAL year of Wind Machine Podcast continues, and we are ending where Eurovision started – the 1950s!

In this episode, we chat about host city of Hilversum, the host of 1958, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1958, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play all 10 songs of 1958!

Songs Include:

Heel de wereld – Corry Brokken (Netherlands)

Un grand amour – Solange Berry (Luxembourg)

Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog – Raquel Rastenni (Denmark)

Für zwei Groschen Musik – Margot Hielscher (Germany)

Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe – Liane Augustin (Austria)

Ma petite chatte – Fud Leclerc (Belgium)

Lilla stjärna – Alice Babs (Sweden)

Nel blu, dipinto di blu – Domenico Modugno (Italy)

Giorgio – Lys Assia (Switzerland)

Dors, mon amour – André Claveau (France)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year –

In episode 113, we’re heading to Cannes for Eurovision 1959! We only have three episodes to go until we’re done!

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.

Flags of Eurovision design now with ADDED CANADA! at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod.

Follow our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions to see our limited reaction series “The Last Five…”

Danie’s new YouTube channel “They Did What?! On Television?” can be found here https://youtube.com/@danietreg

Mark’s new YouTube channel “Previously On… TV” can be found here https://www.youtube.com/@PreviouslyOnTelevision

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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.

Snippets:

“Volare” by Dean Martin

“Nel blu, dipinto di blu” by David Bowie

“Nel blu, dipinto di blu” by Mariah Carey (live at the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics 2026)

“Volare” by Tim Ferguson (live closing credits of “Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush”)

Episode 111 – “1957: Telephones, A Kiss, and A Nostalgic Romance”

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The 10th and FINAL year of Wind Machine Podcast continues, and we are ending where Eurovision started – the 1950s!

In this episode, we chat about host city of Frankfurt, the host of 1957, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1957, European and Australian news, what was happening in entertainment, the WTF and OMG moments of the contest, the voting, and play all 10 songs of 1957!

Songs Include:

Wohin, kleines Pony? – Bob Martin (Austria)

L’Enfant que j’étais – Lys Assia (Switzerland)

Straatdeuntje – Bobbejaan Schoepen (Belgium)

All – Patricia Bredin (United Kingdom)

Corde della mia chitarra – Nunzio Gallo (Italy)

Telefon, Telefon – Margot Hielscher (Germany)

Tant de peine – Danièle Dupré (Luxembourg)

Skibet skal sejle i nat – Birthe Wilke & Gustav Winckler (Denmark)

La Belle Amour – Paule Desjardins (France)

Net als toen – Corry Brokken (Netherlands)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year –

In episode 112, we’re heading to Hilversum for Eurovision 1958!

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.

You can also find WMP merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod

Follow our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions to see our limited reaction series The Last Five…

Danie’s new YouTube channel “They Did What?! On Television?” can be found here https://youtube.com/@danietreg

Legal and Licencing Notice:

“We at Wind Machine Podcast have taken every legal step allowed to us to present this podcast with a current APRA licence and we claim “Fair Use” for the music played.

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.

Episode 110 – “1968: Skivvies, Living Colour, and 138 La’s”

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Welcome to the 10th and FINAL year of Wind Machine Podcast!

In this episode, we chat about host city of London, the host of 1968, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1968, 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 1968 based on a jury of two.

Songs Include:

Guardando il sole – Gianni Mascolo (Switzerland)

Stress – Odd Børre (Norway)

Marianne – Sergio Endrigo (Italy)

Jedan dan – Luciano “Lući” Capurso and Hamo Hajdarhodžić (Yugoslavia)

Ein Hoch der Liebe – Wenche Myhre (Germany)

Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej – Claes-Göran Hederström (Sweden)

Chance of a Lifetime – Pat McGeegan (Ireland)

La Source – Isabelle Aubret (France)

Congratulations – Cliff Richard (United Kingdom)

La, La, La – Massiel (Spain)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year, and it’s our first for the 1950s –

In episode 111, we’re heading to Frankfurt for Eurovision 1957! That will be out at the end of June 2026.

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.

You can also find WMP merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod

Follow our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions to see our limited reaction series The Last Five…

Danie’s new YouTube channel “They Did What?! On Television?” can be found here https://youtube.com/@danietreg

Legal and Licencing Notice:

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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.”

Snippets:

“Jeg har aldri vært så glad i noen som deg” by Odd Børre

“Summer Holiday” by Cliff Richard

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

Episode 109 – “1966: Fashion Clones, Back To The Villa, and Thanks Darls”

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Welcome to the 10th and FINAL year of Wind Machine Podcast!

In this episode, we chat about host city of Luxembourg City, the host of 1966, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1966, 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 1966 based on a jury of two.

Songs Include:

Fernando en Philippo – Milly Scott (Netherlands)

Stop – mens legen er go’ – Ulla Pia (Denmark)

Ele e ela – Madalena Iglésias (Portugal)

Playboy – Ann-Christine (Finland)

A Man Without Love – Kenneth McKellar (United Kingdom)

Un peu de poivre, un peu de se – Tonia (Belgium)

Come Back to Stay – Dickie Rock (Ireland)

Intet er nytt under solen – Åse Kleveland (Norway)

Nygammal vals – Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson (Sweden)

Merci, Chérie – Udo Jürgens (Austria)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next and final year of the 1960s –

In episode 110, we’re back to London for Eurovision 1968!

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.

You can also find WMP merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod

Follow our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions to see our limited reaction series The Last Five…

Danie’s new YouTube channel “They Did What?! On Television?” can be found here https://youtube.com/@danietreg

Legal and Licencing Notice:

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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.”

1966 Australian decimal currency advertisement jingle courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive.

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

Episode 108 – “1960: Norway’s Debut, Catherine?, and A Bad Boyfriend”

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Welcome to the 10th and FINAL year of Wind Machine Podcast!

In this episode, we chat about host city of London, the host of 1960, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1960, 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 1960 based on a jury of two.

Songs Include:

Wat een geluk – Rudi Carrell (Netherlands)

Alla andra får varann – Siw Malmkvist (Sweden)

Det var en yndig tid – Katy Bødtger (Denmark)

Cielo e terra – Anita Traversi (Switzerland)

Mon amour pour toi – Fud Leclerc (Belgium)

Voi-voi – Nora Brockstedt (Norway)

Bonne nuit ma chérie – Wyn Hoop (Germany)

Ce soir-là – François Deguelt (Monaco)

Looking High, High, High – Bryan Johnson (United Kingdom)

Tom Pillibi – Jacqueline Boyer (France)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year –

In episode 109, we’re back to Luxembourg City for Eurovision 1966!

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.

You can also find WMP merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod

Follow our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions to see our limited reaction series The Last Five…

Danie’s new YouTube channel “They Did What?! On Television?” can be found here https://youtube.com/@danietreg

Legal and Licencing Notice:

“We at Wind Machine Podcast have taken every legal step allowed to us to present this podcast with a current APRA licence and we claim “Fair Use” for the music played.

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.

Episode 107 – “1963: A Snub, The Magic Of Television, and A Beloved Friend”

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Happy New Year!

2026 will be a bit different for us. Our statement regarding the future of Wind Machine Podcast starts this episode, and 1963 review begins around the 10 minute mark.

In this episode, we chat about host city of London, the host of 1963, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1963, 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 1963 based on a jury of two.

Songs Include:

Brodovi – Vice Vukov (Yugosalvia)

Waarom? – Jacques Raymond (Belgium)

À force de prier – Nana Mouskouri (Luxembourg)

Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder – Carmela Corren (Austria)

L’amour s’en va – Françoise Hardy (Monaco)

Elle était si jolie – Alain Barrière (France)

Say Wonderful Things – Ronnie Carroll (United Kingdom)

Uno per tutte – Emilio Pericoli (Italy)

T’en va pas – Esther Ofarim (Switzerland)

Dansevise – Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann (Denmark)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year –

In episode 107, we’re staying in London for Eurovision 1960!

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.

You can also find WMP merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod

Follow our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions to see our limited reaction series The Last Five…

Danie’s new YouTube channel “They Did What?! On Television?” can be found here https://youtube.com/@danietreg

Legal and Licencing Notice:

“We at Wind Machine Podcast have taken every legal step allowed to us to present this podcast with a current APRA licence and we claim “Fair Use” for the music played.

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.

Episode 106 – “1961: A Garden Party, Introductions, and The Taboo Lovers”

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In this episode, we chat about host city of Cannes, the host of 1961, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1961, 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 1961 based on a jury of two.

Songs Include:

April, april – Lill-Babs (Sweden)

Einmal sehen wir uns wieder – Lale Andersen (Germany)

Wat een dag – Greetje Kauffeld (Netherlands)

Allons, allons les enfants – Colette Deréal (Monaco)

Estando contigo – Conchita Bautista (Spain)

Angelique – Dario Campeotto (Denmark)

Printemps (avril carillonne) – Jean-Paul Mauric (France)

Nous aurons demain – Franca di Rienzo (Switzerland)

Are You Sure? – The Allisons (United Kingdom)

Nous les amoureux – Jean-Claude Pascal (Luxembourg)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year –

In episode 107, we’re back in London for Eurovision 1963!

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.

You can also find WMP merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod

Follow our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions to see our limited reaction series The Last Five…

The Eurovision Podcrawl can be found here https://linktr.ee/eurovisionpodcrawl featuring ESC Insight, us, EuroWhat?, Niall Points, 12 Points From America, That Euro Site, and Douze Points (UK).

Legal and Licencing Notice:

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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.

Episode 105 – “1965: Ireland’s Arrival, Backstage Slapping, and Singing Dolls”

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In this episode, we chat about host city of Naples, the host of 1965, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1965, 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 1965 based on a jury of two.

Songs Include:

Qué bueno, qué bueno – Conchita Bautista (Spain)

Aurinko laskee länteen – Viktor Klimenko (Finland)

Het is genoeg – Conny Vandenbos (Netherlands)

Absent Friend – Ingvar Wixell (Sweden)

I’m Walking the Streets in the Rain – Butch Moore (Ireland)

Se piangi, se ridi – Bobby Solo (Italy)

Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen – Udo Jürgens (Austria)

N’avoue jamais – Guy Mardel (France)

I Belong – Kathy Kirby (United Kingdom)

Poupée de cire, poupée de son – France Gall (Luxembourg)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year –

In episode 106, we’re off to Cannes for Eurovision 1961!

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. Big thanks to Christian for the coffees!

You can also find WMP merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod

Follow our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions to see our limited reaction series The Last Five…

The Eurovision Podcrawl can be found here https://linktr.ee/eurovisionpodcrawl featuring ESC Insight, us, EuroWhat?, Niall Points, 12 Points From America, That Euro Site, and Douze Points (UK).

Legal and Licencing Notice:

“We at Wind Machine Podcast have taken every legal step allowed to us to present this podcast with a current APRA licence and we claim “Fair Use” for the music played.

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.

Episode 104 – “1964: Missing Pieces, A Protest, and She Was Too Young But Also Old Enough”

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In this episode, we chat about host city of Copenhagen, the host of 1964, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1964, 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 1964 based on a jury of two.

Songs Include:

Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne – Nora Nova (Germany)

Jij bent mijn leven – Anneke Grönloh (Netherlands)

Sangen om dig – Bjørn Tidmand (Denmark)

Spiral – Arne Bendiksen (Norway)

Laiskotellen – Lasse Mårtenson (Finland)

Warum nur, warum? – Udo Jürgens (Austria)

Dès que le printemps revient – Hugues Aufray (Luxembourg)

Où sont-elles passées – Romuald Figuier (Monaco)

I Love The Little Things – Matt Monro (United Kingdom)

Non ho l’età – Gigliola Cinquetti (Italy)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year –

In episode 105, we’re off to Naples for Eurovision 1965!

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.

You can also find WMP merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod

Follow our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions for our limited reaction series The Last Five…

Keep up with the Podcrawl here https://linktr.ee/eurovisionpodcrawl. Episode 3 1990 by EuroWhat? and episode 4 2003 by Niall Points are out now!

We based this episode on the 1964 reconstruction by JejTheDoodle23 that can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS4WLDPKwNU&list=RDMS4WLDPKwNU&start_radio=1&t=322s

Check out Frank’s channel for restorations of Eurovision performances here: https://www.youtube.com/@Eurovision-OLD

Dan’s 1964 staging video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VehKF02e_4

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

Episode 103 – “1967: Podcrawl!, Oh Vienna, and The Barefooted Mistress of Puppets”

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Welcome to Episode 103 for our regular listeners, and a big hello to those joining us as part of the Eurovision Podcrawl. This is episode 2 of the ‘crawl where a whole bunch of ESC podcasters chat about the first time a country hosted the contest. More information about the podcrawl can be found below!

In this episode, we chat about host city of Vienna, the host of 1967, the controversies, the fashion at Eurovision 1967, 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 1967 based on a jury of two.

Songs Include:

Ringe-dinge – Thérèse Steinmetz (Netherlands)

Dukkemann – Kirsti Sparboe (Norway)

O vento mudou – Eduardo Nascimento (Portugal)

Varjoon – suojaan – Fredi (Finland)

Ik heb zorgen – Louis Neefs (Belgium)

Boum-Badaboum – Minouche Barelli (Monaco)

L’amour est bleu – Vicky Leandros (Luxembourg)

Il doit faire beau là-bas – Noëlle Cordier (France)

If I Could Choose – Sean Dunphy (Ireland)

Puppet on a String – Sandie Shaw (United Kingdom)

The Yoda Beanie of Doom then gave us our next year –

In episode 104, we’re off to Copenhagen for Eurovision 1964!

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.

You can also find WMP merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/WindMachinePod

Follow our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions for our limited reaction series The Last Five…

Keep up with the Podcrawl here https://linktr.ee/eurovisionpodcrawl. Episode 3 of that is coming from The EuroWhat? Podcast and they are covering 1990 when Yugosalvia hosted for the first (and only time). Their episode will drop on July 15th 2025!

Legal and Licencing Notice:

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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.