Show #233

We welcome our first special guest of 2024 as 90s Eurovision legend and UK runner up Imaani pops in to chat and share new music with us!

We welcome our first special guest of 2024 as 90s Eurovision legend Imaani pops in to chat and share new music with us! The January weather has us heading to the Costa for a sun drenched National Triple Play, and there’s more mediterranean bliss served up by the first Fan Favourite choice of the new year. Plus of course a well overdue catch up of Eurovision News…

Show Timeline

08:14

National Triple Play

21:01

Eurovision News

25:53

Special Guest

47:51

Fan Favourite

This Weeks Highlights

Imaani
Special Guest

Imaani Saleem is an English singer, best known for representing the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with the song 'Where Are You'. The song placed second in the contest, and became a top 20 hit in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Belgium.

Marco Mengoni
Fan Favourite

Marco Mengoni is an Italian singer-songwriter who rose to fame in 2009, after winning the third season of Italian talent show X Factor. He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 2013 and again in 2023, therefore representing Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in both years, respectively.

Spain has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in every edition since 1961, in total 62 times. Since 1999, Spain has been one of the “Big Five” countries, along with France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, that are automatically prequalified for the final each year as they are the biggest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Spain has won the contest twice, first in 1968 with the song “La La La” sung by Massiel and again in 1969, when Salomé’s “Vivo cantando” was involved in a four-way tie with France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The 1969 contest in Madrid is the only time Spain has hosted the event, since lots were drawn after 1969’s four-way tie and the 1970 contest was hosted by the Netherlands. Other good results in the 20th century were four second places with Karina in 1971, Mocedades in 1973, Betty Missiego in 1979 and Anabel Conde in 1995, and a third place with Bravo in 1984. The country finished last with nul points three times: in 1962, 1965 and 1983, and also finished last in 1999 and 2017.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsMiJJlElAY
Edurne Spain 2015

Edurne García Almagro is a Spanish singer, actress, and television presenter. She rose to fame in late 2005 when she took part in the Spanish casting show Operación Triunfo on TVE and finished in sixth place in 2006.

On 14 January 2015, TVE announced the internal selection of Edurne to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song “Amanecer”. In the final of the contest, which took place in Vienna on 23 May 2015, the song finished 21st overall out of 27, scoring 15 points. “Amanecer” is included in Edurne’s sixth studio album Adrenalina, which was released on 16 June 2015

Track List

1
It Hurts
Lena Philippson
2004 Sweden

2
Envie De Vivre
Nathalie Sorce
2000 Belgium

3
Eres Tu
Mocedades
1973 Spain

4
Hombres
Eva Santamaría
1993 Spain

5
Amanecer
Edurne
2015 Spain

6
Ding Dong
Dana International
2011 Israel

7
Where Are You
Imaani
1998 United Kingdom

8
Best of My Love
Revival Project Feat. Imaani
2023 Non Contest

9
Take Him Home
Jump The Gun
1988 Ireland

10
L’Essenziale
Marco Mengoni
2013 Italy

11
Zero Gravity
Kate Miller-Heidke
2019 Australia