We now have all 25 acts confirmed for the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final and host Steve Holden gets some instant reaction from all 10 qualifiers of Semi Final 2.He speaks to Emppu and Aki from Finland's The Rasmus, Sheldon Riley from Australia, Cornelia Jakobs from Sweden, WRS from Romania, Konstrakta from Serbia, Stefan from Estonia, Nadir Rustamli from Azerbaijan, Jérémie Makiese from Belgium, Ochman from Poland and We Are Domi from the Czech Republic. Eurovision YouTuber Alesia Michelle and blogger Madlen Tutelian are back to share their thoughts on the qualifiers and non-qualifiers.And Steve chats to Rosa Linn's manager Tamar Kaprelian, an Armenian-American singer who represented Armenia herself in 2015. Find Steve (@steve_holden_ldn) on Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Presenter Steve Holden gets exclusive reaction chats with all 10 qualifiers from Semi Final 1. He speaks to Amanda from Greece, Systur from Iceland, Monika Liu from Lithuania, MARO from Portugal, S10 from the Netherlands, Roman from Moldova's Zdob și Zdub, Rosa Linn from Armenia, Marius Bear from Switzerland, plus the delegation heads of Norway and Ukraine.Eurovision YouTuber Alesia Michelle and blogger Madlen Tutelian share their thoughts and the qualifiers and non-qualifiers. Also joining Steve is Portugal's Head of Delegation - Carla Bugalho - who was one of the organisers of the Lisbon Contest in 2018. Find Steve (@steve_holden_ldn) on Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The United Kingdom's Sam Ryder chats to host Steve Holden about performing Space Man. At the Opening Ceremony of the Contest, Mahmood and Blanco speak about representing their home country of Italy and Greece's Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord stops for a chat too. Rob Lilley speaks to Croatia's Mia Dimšić and Nadir Rustamli from Azerbaijan. And creative specialists Dan Shipton and Marvin Dietmann reveal how they put together the staging for six of this year's acts.Find Steve Holden (@steve_holden_ldn), Samya Hafsaoui (@samyahafsaoui) and Rob Lilley (@rslilley) on Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been 10 years since Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest with Euphoria.In this special episode of the podcast, the singer chats to host Steve Holden to discuss her memories of that winning night in Baku when she came first for Sweden.She talks about the iconic performance, the legacy of the song and the doors it opened for her.Find Steve (@steve_london_ldn) on Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some of the team behind Norway's Subwoolfer join host Steve Holden to talk about the Contest's infamous yellow wolves,San Marino's Achille Lauro chats about his song Stripper and - more importantly - his mechanical bull, Roberta. France's Alvan & Ahez discuss bringing Breton to the Eurovision stage and Rob Lilley catches up with Sheldon Riley from Australia. And Corinne Cumming, one of Eurovision's official photographers, tells us about her amazing job behind the scenes. Find Steve (@steve_holden_ldn) on Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we get a first glimpse of the Big 5, host Steve Holden catches up with Spain's Chanel.He also chats to Serbia's Konstrakta, Malta's Emma Muscat and Israel's Michael Ben David.Rob Lilley also hangs out with Georgia's Circus Mircus and Denmark's Reddi as Samya Hafsaoui gives her view from the Eurovision stage.The Contest's walking encyclopedia - Sam Ross - also has more brilliant, geeky trivia.Find Steve Holden (@steve_holden_ldn), Samya Hafsaoui (@samyahafsaoui), Rob Lilley (@rslilley) and Sam Ross (@samross125) on Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The rehearsals are in full swing and host Rob Lilley catches up WRS from Romania, Jérémie Makiese from Belgium and Cornelia Jakobs from Sweden. LUM!X & Pia Maria, representing Austria, drop in for a chat too. Rob also explores the arena's stage and finds out what puts the green in the green room. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've arrived in Turin! Joining the podcast after their first rehearsals are Ronela from Albania, Kalush Orchestra from Ukraine, Intelligent Music Project from Bulgaria and Roman from Zdob și Zdub, who are representing Moldova with the Advahov Brothers.And Stefan from Estonia drops in to have a chat too. Find hosts Steve Holden (@steve_holden_ldn) and Samya Hafsaoui (@samyahafsaoui) on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The United Kingdom's 2021 act James Newman joins host Steve Holden to discuss his 'nil points' at the Contest in Rotterdam.From the class of 2022, we're also hearing from Malik Harris from Germany, MARO from Portugal and this year's youngest competitors, LPS from Slovenia. Plus, Christoph and Daniela from German podcast ESC Schnack talk about their country's hits and misses, and Samantha Ross from 12 Points From America has loads of Eurovision facts. Find Steve on Instagram (@steve_holden_ldn) and Twitter (@stevehreports). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Holden and Samya Hafsaoui speaks to Eurovision's Head of Contest Twan van de Nieuwenhuijzen, the man who helps put together the shows' running order and tells acts what they can and can't do on stage.We're also chatting to Andrea from North Macedonia, Marius Bear from Switzerland and Andromache, who's representing Cyprus.And Natalia Anderson from Tuneful TV talks about how to run a YouTube reaction channel.Find Steve on Instagram. He's @steve_holden_ldn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices