Welcome back to Eurovision from A to Z! Summer is usually a period of holidays, also for Eurovision, but music never has a rest. For this episode, we count again with our friend Lukas from Austria, who talked about the pros and cons of the cities candidates to host the festival in 2026 (which finally was Vienna). Also, we talk about rumours and recent news like M. Österdahl's end of contract with EBU.
We will deal with the festival held in Dublin in 1971, a year where many things happened as Javier will remember in the facts and trivia section. Didrik, Javier and Lukas will analyse the songs in this festival which supposed the return of the boycotting countries of the last editions and the debut of Malta. You will enjoy classics like Clodagh Rodgers and her "Jack-in-the-box", or music legends like Serge Lama or Massimo Ranieri.
You can also listen our 1971 playlist and enjoy most of the songs of this edition.
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5r3tUkIPeaDCCfEyNbD60k?si=737b001f400f4944&pt=68fbe54117246dddb91e0211239df777
Deezer:
https://www.deezer.com/es/playlist/14232623241
The snippets used for this episode (apart from the Eurovision 1971 songs) are the following:
JJ - Wasted Love
Martin Österdahl gets booed by the crowd in Malmö Arena
Loïc Nottet - Beaux rêves
Dimash - Там, где живет любовь (Where The Love Lives)
Kesh You - Ризамын
L-Innu Malti - National anthem of Malta
Terrifying Moment ITN Reporter Caught in Belfast Explosion (1971)
The Amchitka Program underground nuclear test
Prime Minister Edward Heath two day meeting with French President Pompidou
Nixon suspends the gold patron temporarily in 1971
The Doors - The End
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave
Ozzy Osbourne - Mama, I'm Coming Home
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
Karina - Romeo y Julieta
You can watch the full show at Youtube, where some snippets have been taken to illustrate this episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1A9J1ljmfg&t=4473s
