EP 7: Eurovision and Contemporary Pop

Mysteries of the EuroVerse

1:07- Deep Dive- Eurovision and Contemporary Pop

21:43 Joker Out (Slovenia 2023)

39:58 Killer Notes or Killer Nodes with Telly Leung

This week we're discussing Eurovision's relationship to contemporary pop-- and specifically what it is about the rules of the world's largest song competition that complicate its relationship to the charts. We cover rules around back-up singers, auto-tune, the orchestra, and use of tracks.

Then, we talk to pop rock darlings Joker Out, who represent a new wave at Eurovision-- their hit song Carpe Diem garnered a tremendous amount of streams across platforms. They followed that up with Novi Val, releasing an English language version with music legend Elvis Costello. Finally, Telly Leung (Broadway's Allegiance and Aladdin, Glee, Netflix's Warrior) stops by. In addition to being a broadway star, Telly is also a professor of vocal performance-- and he uses his knowledge of vocal technique to analyze some of Eurovision's most dramatic vocal showcases. It's a game we're calling Killer Notes or Killer Nodes. Mentioned: One Step Further - Bardo Album Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qy6S7LvtNc Eurovision Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSAoeFYipxc Loreen - Euphoria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfo-8z86x80 Reiley - Breaking My Heart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04C8E7PUMQo Joker Out's Carpe Diem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfTiuZaESKs From "Killer Notes or Killer Nodes": Dancing in the Rain, Spain 2014, Ruth Lorenzo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OtuM3Zvkeo Harel Skaat, Milim, Israel 2010: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj0qaNnLk9M Playing with Fire, Ovi and Paula Seling, Romania 2010- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9EtMZXeQZw Manel Navarro Do It For Your Lover 2017 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwS45HBhzTs (the song), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWP67FyGwUI (the fail) Bulgaria Krassimir Avramov 2009 - Illusion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL3VuL1Vy7w