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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 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.

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 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

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.

WMP Supplemental 14: Eurovision 2025 – Basel. Bankruptcy. Bastu.

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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.

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. The flags of Eurovision design never goes out of style!

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 100 – “1977: Postponements, Tatooine, and The Bird And The Child…ren”

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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!

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 massive thanks to Shane for his coffees!

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

Follow our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@windmachineproductions

Stewart Morris talkback BBC 1977 https://youtu.be/XTgCLfYdRo4?si=pgZ0UUwxxAnM3jKe

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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 99 – “1976: Bouquets, Judgement, and He Was Only 26?”

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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!

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

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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“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 98 – “1974: Briiiighton, Wombledon, and Finally Facing Our (Spotify) Waterloo”

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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!

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

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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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.

WMP Supplemental 13: Eurovision 2024: A Contest For The History Books (For Probably The Wrong Reasons)

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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!

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. The flags of Eurovision design never goes out of style!

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 91 – “1972: Juries Of Two, Scotland The Brave, and A Greek Winner For A Grand Dutchy”

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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!

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 thanks to Simon and Jay!

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

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.

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