Episode 111: The Homestretch

We're in the homestretch of an unusual Eurovision Selection Season. Melfest is the main event, new songs, scandals... ok, maybe not so unusual...

The Homestretch Summary

• "Husavik" Awards Watch: The Grammy Awards and the Oscars (1:12)
• The Last Week of Eurovision 2021 Selection Season
  • Tuesday: Belarus potentially disqualified (5:43)
  • Wednesday song drops: (11:20)
    • Austria's Vincent Bueno "Amen"
    • Greece's Stefania "Last Dance"
    • Switzerland's Gjon's Tears "Tout L'Univers"
    • Bulgaria's VICTORIA's "Growing Up is Getting Old"
    
    
  • Thursday song drops: (23:54)
    • United Kingdom's James Newman "Embers"
    • North Macedonia's Vasil Garvanliev "Here I Stand"
    
    
  • Friday song drops: (32:25)
    • Poland's Rafal "The Ride"
    • Latvia's Samanta Tina "The Moon is Rising"
    
    
  • Saturday's Songs: (39:00)
    • Sweden's Melfest Final chooses Tusse's "Voices"
    • Iceland's Daði & Gagnamagnið "10 Years"
    
    
  
  
  
• Coming Up: Heads of Delegations, Georgia, Malta, and Azerbaijan (50:52)
  

Links

• Cover art Stina Stjernkvist / SVT
• Spotify Playlists: Selection Season | Albania | Croatia | Denmark | Estonia | Finland | France | Lithuania | Norway | Portugal | Sweden
• Eurovision 2021 Calendar
• The Museum of Whales You Will Never See (Penguin/Random House)
• The Warsaw Neon Museum (Atlas Obscura)

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