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The Scott Mills Weekly

Eurovision 2024: Meet the acts!

The Scott Mills Weekly

BBC

Society & Culture

4.85.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Scott meets some of the acts competing in Malmö at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. From denim hotpants to singing twins, the glitz and glamour of the competition is heading to Sweden!

In this bonus edition of the podcast, hear from Switzerland's Nemo, Sweden's Marcus and Martinus, the Netherlands' Joost, Italy's Angelina Mango and Finland's Windows95man.

Search 'Eurovision' on BBC Sounds to hear all 37 of this year's Eurovision entries. Then join Scott and Rylan on Radio 2 for commentary of the Grand Final at 8pm on Saturday 11th May - listen live on BBC Sounds.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Before you listen to this BBC podcast I'd like to introduce myself. My name's

0:04.0

Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport

0:07.5

podcasts. I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with leading

0:11.1

journalists, experienced pundits and the biggest

0:13.3

sports stars. Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights

0:17.4

straight from the player's mouth. But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is

0:22.0

our unique access to the sporting world.

0:25.0

What that means is that we can bring you podcasts that create a real connection to

0:28.9

dedicated sports fans across the UK.

0:31.5

So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty across the Scott Mills Hey, that's hello in Swedish. If you haven't already noticed, Eurovision is on and

0:46.7

so this week we're bringing you a bonus episode of this podcast.

0:50.3

Over the past few weeks we've been speaking to some of the artists representing

0:54.3

their countries at the 68th contest in Malmo this year.

0:57.9

Malmo! Malmo!

0:59.9

So to get ourselves all warmed up for Sweden here's your chance to meet some of them right here in one podcast.

1:07.0

Let the Eurovision Song Contest begin.

1:10.0

Eurovision 2024 on BBC Radio 2

1:13.7

Coming up a man who emerges from a denim egg on stage that one is real

1:19.1

The acts with the best surname in pop according to Alex Jones and there's some confusion over the

1:25.1

national dish of the United Kingdom. First Nemo who's representing Switzerland

1:30.5

with their song the Code. Hello!

1:34.0

This is one of many chats you'll be having with me between now and the contest.

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