Hello and welcome to Instead We Made a Pod - a Eurovision podcast from The Phoenix ESC! Adam and MJ will be your hosts joined by guests and The Phoenix Team as ...
Instead We Made a Pod is back with our latest instalment and this week it's time to head to Sweden for our review of Melodifestivalen 2025! 🇸🇪 12 artists will compete in Sweden's popular Melfest national final but only one will be crowned the winner and represent Sweden at Eurovision 2025 🎤MJ and resident Phoenix expert Liv discuss their favourite competing entries across the heats and give their thoughts and predictions on who will win! Can Måns Zelmerlöw seal a second Melfest victory and represent Sweden again? We'll find out on Saturday 8 March when the Melfest Final takes place at 20:00 CET live from the Strawberry Arena in StockholmCompeting artists and songs:John Lundvik - "Voice of the Silent"Dolly Style - "Yihaa"Greczula - "Believe Me"Klara Hammarström - "On and On and On"Scarlet - "Sweet N' Psycho"Erik Segerstedt - "Show Me What Love Is"Maja Ivarsson - "Kamikaze Life"Meira Omar - "Hush Hush"Måns Zelmerlöw - "Revolution"Saga Ludvigsson - "Hate You So Much"Annika Wickihalder - "Life Again"Kaj - "Bara bada bastu"Hosts - MJ & LivProduced by - Aaron (@Aaron_F320)Listen now to find out more and don't forget you can keep up with all the latest Eurovision news by following us @ThePhoenixESCEurovision, Eurovision Song Contest, ESC, ESC2025, Eurovision 2025, Melfest 2025, Melodifestivalen, Mello, Melfest, National Final, Sweden, Stockholm, music analysis, songs, Måns Zelmerlöw, Phoenix ESC, finalkval, culture, entertainment
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Ukraine 🇺🇦 - Vidbir 2025
Episode 3 is here and this week we're bringing you our pre show thoughts, discussions and predictions on Ukraine's national final, Vidbir 2025 ! 🇺🇦Adam and MJ are joined by previous Vidbir episode guest and friend of the show, ESC Gottem (@escgottem). They explore the mixed opinions surrounding the quality of this year's songs, highlight the wild card entry, and delve into specific tracks. The conversation also touches on the representation of post-punk music in Vidbir and concludes with predictions for the winner.Ten artists competed in Ukraine's national final which took place on 8 February 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine.Competing artists and songs:Vlad Sheryf - Wind of ChangeAbiye - ДімMOLODI - my seaFuture Culture - Waste My TimeMasha Kondratenko - No Time to CryKHAYAT - HONORFIЇNKA - КультураKRYLATA - STAY TRUEZiferblat - Bird of PrayDK Energetyk - СільHosts - Adam P & MJSpecial Guest - ESC GottemProduced by - Aaron (@Aaron_F320)Listen now to find out more and don't forget you can keep up with all the latest Eurovision news by following us @ThePhoenixESCVidbir 2025, Eurovision, Ukrainian music, national finals, music critique, song reviews, Masha Kondratenko, FIЇNKA, Vlad Sheryf, DK Energetyk, Vidbir, Eurovision 2025, ESC, ESC2025, Ukraine
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Ireland 🇮🇪 - Eurosong 2025
Episode 2 of Instead We Made a Pod's new season is here and this week we're bringing you our review of all things Eurosong 2025 ! 🇮🇪
Six artists will compete in Ireland's popular Late Late Show national final but only one will be crowned Bambi Thug's successor and represent Ireland at Eurovision 2025 🎤
Join Adam and MJ plus this week's special guest Alex Basmati from the amazing Eirevision podcast (@eirevisionpod) as they review each of the competing entries and give their thoughts and predictions on who will win!
The Late Late Show Eurosong 2025 will take place at RTÉ Television Centre, Dublin on Friday 7 February.
Competing artists and songs:
Bobbi Arlo - Powerplay
Reylta - Fire
Adgy - Run into the Night
Samantha Mumba - My Way
EMMY - Laika Party
NIYL - Growth
Hosts - Adam P & MJ
Special Guest - Alex Basmati
Produced by - Aaron (@Aaron_F320)
Listen now to find out more and don't forget you can keep up with all the latest Eurovision news by following us @ThePhoenixESC
Eurovision, Eurosong, Ireland, Ireland Eurosong, NIYL, EMMY, Samantha Mumba, Adgy, Bobbi Arlo, Reylta, music analysis, national final, Ireland, podcast, Eurovision 2025, Eurovision Song Contest, RTE, Eirevision, Late Late Show
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Finland 🇫🇮 - UMK 2025
The 2025 Eurovision season is here and Instead We Made a Pod is back for season 2!
We're kicking off the new Eurovision year with a brand new episode all about the upcoming Finnish National Final, UMK!
In this episode, MJ and Georga dive into UMK 2025, discussing the national final's songs, their impressions, and predictions.
Six artists will battle it out at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, on Saturday 8th February to become Finland's entry for Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland.
Competing artists:
NEEA RIVER - NightmaresNelli Matula - Hitaammin Hautaancostee - Sekaisin VIIVI - AinaGoldielocks - Made OfErika Vikman - ICH KOMME
Hosts - MJ & Georga
Produced by - Aaron (@Aaron_F320)
Listen now to find out more and don't forget you can keep up with all the latest Eurovision news by following us @ThePhoenixESC
Eurovision, Eurovision 2025, UMK 2025, Finland, song reviews, national finals, Eurovision predictions, music analysis, pop songs, ballads, Eurovision Song Contest, music
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Internal Selections - 🇧🇪🇬🇷🇳🇱🇦🇺🇦🇹🇨🇭
We're back with a brand new episode and this week it's all about artists that were selected internally by their broadcasters. In this episode we're talking about:
Belgium 🇧🇪 - Mustii - Before The Party's Over
Greece 🇬🇷 - Marina Satti - ZARI
Netherlands 🇳🇱 - Joost Klein - Europapa
Australia 🇦🇺 - Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Blood)
Austria 🇦🇹 - Kaleen - We Will Rave
Switzerland 🇨🇭- Nemo - The Code
Hosts - Adam & MJ
Produced by - Aaron (@Aaron_F320)
Listen now to find out more and don't forget you can keep up with all the latest Eurovision news by following us @ThePhoenixESC
About Instead We Made A Pod - A Eurovision Podcast
Hello and welcome to Instead We Made a Pod - a Eurovision podcast from The Phoenix ESC! Adam and MJ will be your hosts joined by guests and The Phoenix Team as we take you through the exciting twists and turns of everything Eurovision!
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