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#Eurovision Expert & Reporter @eurotrippodcast.com | BBC Digital Video & Social Journalist | thecallumrowe@gmail.com | he/him https://linktr.ee/callumrowe

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We're heading into the commentary box on this week's The Contest & Me ๐Ÿ“บ

Mikko Silvennoinen gives us a behind the scenes look at life as Finland's Eurovision commentator ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ

New episode available from midnight! ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

26.08.2025 19:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Whether you like the new #Eurovision identity or not, I hope youโ€™ll hop on over to @eurotrippodcast.com to find out everything you need to know about it.

Rob and I have worked our socks off this morning to bring you the best coverage we possibly can (as we always do ๐Ÿฅน)

18.08.2025 12:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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...have you missed us? ๐Ÿ‘€

The Contest & Me returns this Wednesday as we meet more of Eurovision's most iconic fans ๐Ÿ’ซ

Subscribe so you don't miss it! ๐Ÿ“ฒ

11.08.2025 15:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿšจ NEW: A spokesperson for the EBU has confirmed to me #Eurovision organisers will โ€œlook intoโ€ alleged Israeli Government sponsored adverts on the official Grand Final live stream on YouTube

18.05.2025 00:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 118 ๐Ÿ” 18 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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๐Ÿ†• Hereโ€™s everything you need to know about the new Semi-Final qualifier announcement process

#Eurovision

13.05.2025 17:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thatโ€™s very kind. Hope to have you with us for our coverage next week ๐Ÿคž

07.05.2025 18:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks David. Iโ€™m looking forward to finding out just as much as you are

07.05.2025 18:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿšจ MORE: Reto and Moritz have also confirmed that the new Semi-Final qualifier announcement process is going ahead

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ "Until now, we have the green light"

#Eurovision

07.05.2025 14:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Reto Peritz & Moritz Stadler smiling

Reto Peritz & Moritz Stadler smiling

๐Ÿšจ NEW: #Eurovision Co-Executive Producers Reto Peritz & Moritz Stadler have spoken about Celine Dion's appearance

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ "It would be possible Celine Dion is in Basel, but will not make it to the main venue"

๐ŸŽง Hear my full interview with them on @eurotrippodcast.com at 5pm BST

07.05.2025 14:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I spoke to a #Eurovision winner for @eurotrippodcast.com today ๐Ÿ†

Youโ€™ll hear it on one of our daily episodes from Basel ๐ŸŽง

02.05.2025 21:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hopefully we can make it feel like youโ€™re there ๐Ÿคž

28.04.2025 20:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Iโ€™m very excited to be heading to #Eurovision with @eurotrippodcast.com once again

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญJoin us in May for daily episodes (and so much more ๐Ÿ‘€) from Basel, as we bring you the best coverage of the contest

28.04.2025 18:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Head of Contest Christer Bjรถrkman teasing some spectacular staging details ๐Ÿ‘€

Who do you think will be flying during their #Eurovision performance in Basel?

23.04.2025 07:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง NEW: Colin Berry, the UK's #Eurovision spokesperson for 25 years, has passed away at the age of 79

17.04.2025 09:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Artist to fly as part of their Eurovision 2025 performance In what is expected to be a first at the competition, one of the artistโ€™s performing at next monthโ€™s Eurovision Song Contest in Basel will fly during their live performance.

๐Ÿšจ EXCLUSIVE: One of the artists at this yearโ€™s #Eurovision Song Contest will fly during their live performance, Head of Contest Christer Bjรถrkman tells @eurotrippodcast.com

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ โ€œThereโ€™s a few flying things this year, people for exampleโ€ eurotrippodcast.com/2025/04/17/a...

17.04.2025 08:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ A pleasure to speak to both Sissal and Sergio Jaen for this week's @eurotrippodcast.com

๐ŸŽง I hope you enjoy listening to the conversations as much as I did having them

#Eurovision

09.04.2025 15:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Itโ€™s not easyโ€™: Sergio Jaen teases Cyprus staging details Creative Director Sergio Jaen has revealed details of Cyprusโ€™ Eurovision staging, saying the countryโ€™s artist is doing something not a lot of other performers would be able to do.

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ EXCLUSIVE: Sergio Jaen has teased details of Theo Evan's 'difficult' #Eurovision staging

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ "I donโ€™t think every artist is capable of doing what heโ€™s going to do on stage" eurotrippodcast.com/2025/04/09/i...

09.04.2025 10:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sissal being a chaotic queen for 43 seconds

#Eurovision

06.04.2025 17:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ This was a lot of fun to record. If youโ€™re off to Basel for #Eurovision in May, todayโ€™s episode gives you a little flavour of what you can expect from the city

02.04.2025 08:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Tickets may become available in the coming weeks. Fans with tickets who are unable to attend can sell on Ticketcornerโ€™s reselling platform fanSALE.ch at the original ticket prices

27.03.2025 13:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ NEW: The second wave of tickets for all nine #Eurovision shows this May sold out in just 22 minutes earlier today

27.03.2025 13:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Remember Monday signed up for huge Eurovision promotion tour Remember Monday will soon head out on a multi-country Eurovision promotion tour as they gear up to represent the United Kingdom in Basel this May.

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง EXCLUSIVE: Remember Monday are heading out on a huge #Eurovision promotion tour next week, and their record label manager has some ambitious aims for the group

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ "We donโ€™t just want to do well. We want to win this competition"

eurotrippodcast.com/2025/03/26/r...

26.03.2025 08:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Shitting it.

19.03.2025 22:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ NEW: Switzerland has been drawn to perform in 19th in the #Eurovision Grand Final in May

17.03.2025 12:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What we learned from โ€‹โ€‹Remember Mondayโ€™s exclusive feature-length interview with The Euro Trip the UKโ€™s 2025 Eurovision representatives, Remember Monday, sat down for an exclusive feature-length interview with The Euro Trip. What did we learn?

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง What we learned from Remember Monday's exclusive feature-length interview with
@eurotrippodcast.com

๐Ÿคซ It was the worst-kept secretโ€ฆ even for them
โœ๏ธ BBC set up #Eurovision songwriting sessions
๐ŸŽญ The staging will be "theatrical"

Click here to read more! โคต๏ธ
eurotrippodcast.com/2025/03/08/w...

08.03.2025 09:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“ป Iโ€™ll be on BBC Radio 5 Live before 5pm talking about Remember Monday and #Eurovision

07.03.2025 16:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trumpetingโ€ฆ Very good ๐Ÿ˜‰

07.03.2025 11:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Having now added the UK to his list, Thomas Stengaard is now outright second on the list of most countries written for at #Eurovision with seven: ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

Thomas G:son unsurprisingly holds the record of nine countries: ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ

07.03.2025 08:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Tom Hollings and Sam Brennan from the duo Billen Ted also appear on the credits of What The Hell Just Happened?

They both have #Eurovision experience having written Embers with James Newman in 2021

07.03.2025 08:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง What The Hell Just Happened? was written by Remember Monday members Charlotte Steele, Holly-Anne Hull and Lauren Byrne

+ #Eurovision winning songwriter Thomas Stengaard (๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ 2013 ๐Ÿ†, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ 2021, ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น 2024)

+ Julie โ€˜Kill Jโ€™ Aagaard (๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น 2022 & ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น 2024)

07.03.2025 08:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0