The Euro Trip | Eurovision Podcast

The sixth season of The Contest & Me starts here as we sit down with Bulgaria's long-time Eurovision commentator.After Elena Rosberg had the honour of announcing DARA's win earlier this year she joins us to look back at her remarkable career covering the world's favourite music competition.Vienna marked her fifteenth Eurovision commentary and she looks back at her first contest, her favourite songs, and looks ahead to Burgas hosting the contest next year.Want to listen to the next episode? Subscribers to The Euro Trip + can listen to each episode a week early.Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com

Returning for the sixth series we're sitting down with more well-loved names from the Eurovision world as they share their memories of everyone's favourite music competition.Episodes will be released every Thursday, starting on 8th October. Want to listen right away? Subscribers to The Euro Trip + will be able to listen to each episode a week earlier meaning the first episode is available now!Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com

Who predicted this? The Netherlands will be back in the Eurovision Song Contest next year after a different broadcaster took over from AVROTROS which is continuing its boycott of the competition.Callum is joined by Dutch Eurovision reporter GJ Kooijman to get the latest on Eurovision's newest returning country as well as a bit of info on Belgium's confirmation of participation.Stick around until the end to hear Callum's news on whether Slovenia and Iceland could be making a return to Eurovision next year too.Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com

Eurovision is heading to Burgas after the shock announcement from the EBU and host broadcaster BNT.The Black Sea resort beat competition from Bulgarian capital Sofia to hold the 71st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, so what do you know about where we're heading? We hear from the EBU's Head of Communications Dave Goodman on why the city was chosen, plus we get the thoughts of Bulgarian Eurovision commentator Elena Rosberg.Finally friend of the podcast Manuela Dimitrova from Exodo Travel returns with her tips for anyone planning to head to Burgas next year.To find out more about Excedo Travel click hereClick this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com

Logic suggests we'll be heading to Bulgaria's capital city for next year's contest, but could a dark horse have entered the race to host Eurovision?In this exclusive episode we meet Manuela Dimitrova, Founder of CEO of Bulgarian based Excedo Travel.She takes us through the cities that have expressed an interest in hosting and assesses the bids fom Sofia, Plovdiv, Burgas and Varna.We also hear how excited her nation is to be welcoming the world next May.Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com

After a few years of rumours and gossip, we finally have official confirmation that Canada will be joining the Eurovision Song Contest in 2027. With the North American nation debuting in next year's contest, we find out why they were welcomed into the family from Eurovision Director Martin Green.We learn when those discussions with Canadian broadcaster CBC first began, how their EBU membership is about far more than the song contest, and what happens if they were to win the competition and therefore the right to host the following year's contest.Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com

In the final episode of the season we conclude the series with a look back at our best loved moments from the last 12 months.We reminisce over the events of this Eurovision year with plenty of highs and lows on the road to Vienna.But most importantly we celebrate you, our brilliant listeners, and the fantastic conversations we had with some our favourite people.Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com

Almost two weeks on from the Eurovision 2026 Grand Final, this year's UK entry joins us for a debrief after his Austrian adventure.Speaking to us from his workshop, Sam Battle (LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER) reflects on his result, working with the BBC, and sets the record straight after that viral Green Room video. We also ask what's next for him, and who he'd like to represent the United Kingdom in Bulgaria next year?Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com

We're back from Vienna to look back on Bulgaria's historic first win at the Eurovision Song Contest.We meet the people that made victorty possible including Bulgaria's Head of Delegation Boryana Gramatikova as she shares her emotions after the Grand Final, while the Creative team behind Bangaranga give us an insight into how they put together DARA's Eurovision winning performance.Bulgarian journalist Cinan Sadula also joins us to share his joy immediately after the end of Saturday's Grand Final.Eurovision expert and broadcaster Adrian Bradley also returns to look at what went wrong for the UK and what needs to change for next year.Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com