Show #200

Liverpool may be behind us now, but don’t fret – only 51 weeks to the next contest! To keep you going till then, we’re back with a brand new season of the show, and for our 200th edition we welcome a special guest that has brought us all to tears at Eurovision already! The triple play looks back on another nations contest pedigree and the fan favourite slot is back as you get to choose one of your go to entries! Plus a catch up of this weeks biggest news stories…

This Weeks Highlights

Gjon's Tears

Special Guest

Gjon Muharremaj, known professionally as Gjon's Tears, is a Swiss singer and songwriter. He was to represent Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song 'Répondez-moi' prior to the event's cancellation. He was internally selected again as the country's representative for 2021 with 'Tout l'univers'. He finished in third place with 432 points, the best placing for Switzerland since 1993.

Kenan Dogulu

Fan Favourite

Kenan Doğulu is a Turkish singer-songwriter, arranger and record producer. He has released fourteen studio albums and five singles to date, and represented Turkey in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in fourth place.

Germany has participated in every song contest since its inaugural edition in 1956, except in 1996 when its entry did not qualify past the audio-only pre-selection round. No other country has been represented as many times. Along with France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, Germany is one of the “Big Five” countries that are automatically prequalified for the final. This is due to them being the largest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The final is broadcast in Germany on ARD’s flagship channel, Das Erste. They first won the contest in 1982, when Nicole won with “Ein bißchen Frieden”. The second German victory came 28 years later at the 2010 contest, when Lena won with “Satellite”. Katja Ebstein, who finished third in 1970 and 1971, then second in 1980, is the only performer to have made the top three on three occasions. Germany has a total of 11 top three placements, also finishing second with Lena Valaitis (1981) and twice with the group Wind (1985 and 1987), and finishing third with Mary Roos (1972), Mekado (1994) and Sürpriz (1999). The nation has finished last on nine occasions, receiving nul points in 1964, 1965 and 2015. While having not reached the top-ten in 13 of the last 19 contests (2005–23), Michael Schulte achieved Germany’s second-best result of the 21st century, by finishing fourth at the 2018 contest. Although German contestants have had varied levels of success, public interest remains high and the contest is one of the most-watched events each year.

Lena Johanna Therese Meyer-Landrut, also known by the mononym Lena, is a German singer.
She rose to fame after representing Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, winning the event with her song “Satellite”. Both “Satellite” and her debut album My Cassette Player (2010) debuted at number one in Germany and became platinum sellers.

With her three entries from the German national final Unser Star für Oslo, Meyer-Landrut set an all-time chart record in her home country by debuting with three songs in the top five of the German Singles Chart.

She represented Germany for the second consecutive time in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf with the song “Taken by a Stranger”, finishing in tenth place.

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