Show #234

Katerina, lead vocalist from Ukraines Go_A joins us this week as special guest, and brings new music from the band for us too.

Katerina, lead vocalist from Ukraines Go_A joins us this week as special guest, and brings new music from the band for us too. One of you picks an Irish 90s classic as fan favourite, and our triple play travels take us on a whistle stop tour of Slovenia. Plus we have the biggest stories making this weeks Eurovision News…

Show Timeline

08:16

National Triple Play

19:52

Eurovision News

24:43

Special Guest

47:50

Fan Favourite

This Weeks Highlights

Go_A
Special Guest

Go_A is a Ukrainian folktronica band formed in 2012. The name was made by combining the English word 'Go' with the Greek letter 'Alpha', which symbolizes the beginning of everything. They represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, performing 'Shum', and placed fifth in the final.

Linda Martin
Fan Favourite

Linda Martin is an Irish singer and television presenter. She is best known as the winner of the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest during which she represented Ireland with the song 'Why Me?'. She is also known within Ireland as a member of the band Chips.

Slovenia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 28 times since its debut in 1993. They have only missed the event twice in 1994 and 2000 due to the relegation rule. After a poor average score in the 1990s, Slovenia’s best result is seventh position achieved on two occasions; in 1995 with “Prisluhni mi” performed by Darja Švajger and in 2001 with Nuša Derenda and “Energy”.

Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Slovenia has qualified for the final on seven occasions. As of 2023, Slovenia has not made it to the top ten since their seventh place finish in 2001, only making it to the thirteenth position in 2002 and 2011.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vqjb2OYnYs
Maja Keuc Slovenia 2011

Maja Keuc, also known as Amaya, is a Slovenian singer.
In 2010, Maja competed in the talent show Slovenija ima talent (Slovenia’s Got Talent) and finished as a runner-up to a 7-year-old girl Lina Kuduzović.

She represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song “No One” eventually finishing 13th in the grand final. She finished 3rd in the second semi-final with 113 points. According to jury votes only in semi-final she would have finished 1st (3rd by televoters) and according to votes only from jury in final she would finish 4th (but only 22nd by televoters).

Track List

1
Tornero
Mihai Traistariu
2006 Romania

2
Du Bist
Tie Break
2004 Austria

3
Samo Ljubezen
Sestre
2002 Slovenia

4
Verjamem
Eva Boto
2012 Slovenia

5
No One
Maja Keuc
2011 Slovenia

6
Time To Shine
Melanie Rene
2015 Switzerland

7
Shum
Go_A
2021 Ukraine

8
Dumala
Go_A
2023 Non Contest

9
Papa Pingouin
Sophie & Magaly
1980 Luxembourg

10
Why Me
Linda Martin
1992 Ireland

11
Soldiers Of Love
Lighthouse X
2016 Denmark