EP 13: Eurovision Icons (Featuring Eurovision Icons!)

Linda Martin (Winner, Ireland 1992), Elisabeth Andreasson (Winner, Norway 1985), Senhit (Grand Final feat Flo Rida, 2021), Barrett Foa (NCIS: LA, The Residence - Netflix)

 

On this episode, we explore what it takes to be a Eurovision Icon and what separates Eurovision icons from pop icons-- diving into how the aesthetics, music and politics of Eurovision affect the stars who get elevated. 

 

More importantly, we talk to three (!!) Eurovision icons: Linda Martin, who is one of only five performers to place both #1 and #2 at Eurovision, Elisabeth Andreasson (aka Bettan), who shares that distinction with Linda Martin-- and who has competed in Eurovision four times, and Senhit, who was selected to represent San Marino at three separate Eurovisions.

 

Finally we talk to Barrett Foa, who came back to NCIS: LA for 12 seasons about what it's like to be an icon within a particular fandom. We then play a game where he tries to identify what makes a Eurovision icon. It's a game we're calling Eurovision Tops and Bottoms, Icon or I Can't!

 

SONGS FROM DEEP DIVE

 

Cliff Richard, Move It: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5mIq3yF6Nc

Cliff Richard, Congratulations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xJcE9tnY6E

Zdob si Zdub, Boonika Bate Toba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVhtWfC7RF4

Loreen, Euphoria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfo-8z86x80

Dima Bilan, Believe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-72s4WzUcKI

Tommy Seebach, Under the Stars in the Sky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HOHvMXYOwA

 

Special credit to Christian Fahrenbach, who introduced Charlie to the list of artists who had competed over three separate decades.

 

SONGS FROM GUESTS

 

Linda Martin, Why Me?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zyicQLmQq4

Bobbysocks, La Det Swinge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDN2xut6IBw

Senhit, Adrenalina feat Flo Rida: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRAN7AzEKak

 

TOPS AND BOTTOMS: Icon or I Can't

 

Malcolm Lincoln

-Siren: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFbVAQjESzE

-Bye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9EW385MtKY

 

Elisabeth Andreasson

- La Det Swinge (Bobbysocks): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDN2xut6IBw

- I Evighet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3tthxma94o

 

Kati Wolf

-What About My Dreams?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuGUz1ExflY

- Ne Engedj El!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb0snaRL_zE

 

Senhit

- Stand By: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYR9twFdeYc

- Adrenalina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRAN7AzEKak

 

Linda Martin

- Terminal 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDN2xut6IBw

- Why Me?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zyicQLmQq4