Building Bridges - A Eurovision Podcast For The Rest Of Us

• 158. The East is Back! Celebrating Moldova, Romania & Bulgaria's return!

  In the episode we celebrate the fantastic news that three old friends are back in the Eurovision family, and will perform at the 70ᵗʰ Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna — Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania! We take a look back at their previous efforts in the Contest and pick our favourites from each country in this special episode!04:35 - 🇲🇩 Moldova10:57 - 🇷🇴 Romania16:46 - 🇧🇬 BulgariaFor more information about this episode, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com as well as our social media profiles on Instagram, X, and TikTok!Thank you so much for listening! We'll be back with another episode very soon!

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• 157. Is Canada next to join the Eurovision family? Discussing the Canadian POV.

  In this episode, we're finally back after a brief hiatus, and discussing something we never thought possible — is Canada getting ready to join the Eurovision family?Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney released his budget, and included were $150 million CAD (€92.45 million) for national broadcaster CBC to explore joining the Contest. Even more eyebrows were raised when Eurovision's Director Martin Green confirmed that talks between CBC and the EBU are in early stages.To cover this story from all angles, we first check in with Dale Roberts from Aussievision to find out how Canada's potential début is similar and different than Australia's from 2015. You can read more of Dale's thoughts on this on Aussievision's website.Then we check in with some well-known Canadian Eurovision fans to get the reaction on the ground in Canada. In our first ever round-table, we are pleased to welcome:Alexander Plant, host of the ESC101 podcastMatti McLean, artist and performer, creator of the show “A Canadian Explains Eurovision to Other Canadians“Shawn Vickar, Eurovision content creator @worldvishawnFor more information about this episode, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com as well as our social media profiles on Instagram, X, and TikTok!Thank you so much for listening! We'll be back with another episode very soon!

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• 156. The Irish perspective on a potential Eurovision boycott (with Adam McCallig)

  Not the season opener we expected! In this episode, the Building Bridges podcast welcomes a special guest from Ireland. The Eurovision TikTok and Instagram creator Adam McCallig reacts to the recent news of Ireland's potential Eurovision boycott and shares his opinion on RTÉ's statement.For more information about this episode, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com as well as our social media profiles on Instagram, X, and TikTok!Thank you so much for listening! We'll be back with another episode very soon!

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• 155. Insight on Austria - Part 4 - LIVE Host City Announcement Reaction

  In this episode, Sebi, Jan and Dave record in the early morning hours, to react to the big host city announcement of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Austria. The build-up is particularly thrilling for Sebi, who lives in Vienna but grew up close to Innsbruck. Find out to which city we will build a bridge to next May, live in our episode.For more information about this episode, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com as well as our social media profiles on Instagram, X, and TikTok!Thank you so much for listening! We'll be back with another episode very soon!

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• 154. Insight on Austria - Part 3 - Rumored Hosts, City Battle & Eurovision Parties

  In this episode, Sebi, Jan and Dave catch up on the most recent events in the Eurovision world in July. They discuss the rumored hosts for next year's contest, which of the two remaining cities would be their preferred choice and talk about their wishes for 2026. Furthermore, two major Eurovision parties will take place in Vienna and Milano this year.For more information about this episode, check out our website at buildingbridgespod.com as well as our social media profiles on Instagram, X, and TikTok!Thank you so much for listening! We'll be back with another episode very soon!

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