21. Is Eurovision's new voting format a Mistake? (with Jan Bors)

04/27/23 • 47 min

Building Bridges - A Eurovision Podcast For The Rest Of Us

Sebi, Jan and Dave welcome a special guest in this episode, to discuss the voting changes that have been made for this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. Jan Bors, who was the head of delegation for the Czech Republic from 2016 to 2019, visits the Building Bridges studio, after releasing a video on his YouTube channel, calling the new voting system a big mistake.Jan's YouTube video about the voting changes:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmIZLt3yBMg&t=217s

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20. Top Or Bottom? The Big 5 + Ukraine

Sebi, Jan and Dave take a look at the six countries that have automatically qualified for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. They discuss the entries from Italy, Germany, France, Spain, United Kingdom and last year's winners Ukraine.

1:34 Italy

6:37 Germany

13:35 France

21:07 Spain

26:11 Ukraine

31:28 United Kingdom

39:30 Escalation / Quiz

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22. Semi-Final 1: Our Prediction and Review

In this episode, Sebi, Jan and Dave finally review the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool.0:42 - Norway: Alessandra Mele - "Queen Of Kings"3:21 - Malta: The Busker - "Dance (Our Own Party)"6:37 - Serbia: Luke Black - "Samo Mi Se Spava"9:56 - Latvia: Sudden Lights - "Aijā"13:04 - Portugal: Mimicat - "Ai Coração"15:28 - Ireland: Wild Youth - "We Are One"18:21 - Croatia: Let 3 - "Mama ŠČ!"22:18 - Switzerland: Remo Forrer - "Watergun"25:33 - Israel: Noa Kirel - "Unicorn"29:04 - Moldova: Pasha Parfeny - "Soarele şi Luna"32:11 - Sweden: Loreen - "Tattoo"33:06 - Azerbaijan: TuralTuranX - "Tell Me More"35:25 - Czechia: Vesna - "My Sister's Crown"38:41 - Netherlands: Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper - "Burning Daylight"40:44 - Finland: Käärijä - "Cha Cha Cha"