In this episode we speak German, English and French (also Canadian and Raccoon), admire some floristry and we float the simply ludicrous notion that juries don’t have the musical knowledge to appreciate music outside of their own specialist interest. I know, who’da thunk it? – Please accept our apologies for some sound issues with static noises at a couple of points ⁠Somewhere That’s Green – Little Shop of Horrors ⁠ ⁠New Romantic Icons, Visage – Fade to Grey ⁠ ⁠Bucks Fizz – Making Your Mind Up ⁠ ⁠Jane Fonda Workout ⁠ ⁠Tony Clifton on the Fantastic Miss Piggy Show ⁠ ⁠Whip It – Devo ⁠ ⁠Bananara ..read more

In this week’s DNQ Files Kris treats a post-Covid Chrissy to an easy going song, perfect for somebody currently convalescing… sorry, I mean he goes out of his way to traumatise her!  Following Matti finding himself merely whelmed, we look at something that is definitely not going to have that effect on Chrissy. This episode features a haunted puppet. ⁠Cabaret Punk legends, The Tiger Lillies – Crack of Doom ⁠ ⁠Overthinking It… Eurovision – The Four Ways Eurovision Gets Political (featuring a segment on Eurovision and Soft Power) ⁠ Support the Think About Eurovision Network, and our Thin ..read more

In this week’s DNQ Files we look at a song that both qualified for Eurovision, and didn’t go to Eurovision at all, as we are dashed upon the rocks, listening to ⁠Maruv’s Siren Song⁠ for Ukraine in 2019 ⁠WELLBOY – Nozzy Bossy ⁠ ⁠Svetlana Loboda – Be My Valentine ⁠ ⁠Go_A – Solovey ⁠ ⁠Go_A – Shum ⁠ ⁠Freedom Jazz – Cupidon ⁠ ⁠Kazka – Apart ⁠ ⁠Páll Óskar – Minn Hinsti Dans⁠ ⁠Aisel – X My Heart⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠TuralTuranX – Tell Me More⁠   Support the Think About Eurovision Network, and our Think About Eurovision co-host Matti, by visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OneChicGeek.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and using promo code TAE15 for 15 ..read more

In this weeks DNQ Files, Kris is joined by Hannah Maxwell, a storyteller who blends theatre, performance art, stand-up, spoken words and musicals into brilliant shows, and shares a French treat with her (and it’s not a croissant, email your complaints to the usual address!) We talk about her ⁠solo Edinburgh Fringe show, Nan, Me & Barbara Pravi⁠, discuss the hosts of BBC quiz shows for smartypants and fail to speak French. ⁠Barbra Pravi – Voila⁠ ⁠Mastermind⁠  ⁠Conchita Wurst – Rise Like A Phoenix  ⁠ ⁠Join Us Lisa ⁠ ⁠Novi Fosili – Ja sam za ples (4th place at Eurovision 1987)  ..read more

Firstly, I’d like to apologise for the shocking audio quality from my end – for some reason our online recording software decided to switch my default microphone to the inline one on my headphones.  Now that’s out of the way, in this week’s DNQ files, we take a look at two songs that could have replaced Coco with Bad Old Days in Eurovision 1978, starting with a band formerly known as The Bicycle Turds, and Britain’s answer to The Three Degrees.  ⁠Coco – Bad Old Days ⁠ ⁠The Fruit Eating Bears – Door In My Face ⁠ ⁠John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett – Old Grey Whistle Test performance ..read more

In this week’s episode, Kris flubs his introduction, Matti has a religious revelation and we indulge in a light spot of schadenfreude, as we take a look at two songs that failed to qualify for the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest… could the UK have done better in 2007? Ooh, it’s such a mystery…. *wryly looks to camera* ⁠Scooch – Flying The Flag ⁠ ⁠The DNQ Files – They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To – Justin Hawkins⁠ ⁠Celtic Women – The Water Is Wide ⁠ ⁠Avenue Q – Schadenfreude ⁠ ⁠Terry Wogan, ballsing it up⁠ ⁠Big Brovas – Nu Flow ⁠ ⁠Mahmoud – Soldi ⁠ ⁠Kalush Orchestra – Stefania ⁠ ⁠Electric Fie ..read more

In this episode the trio *finally* bring you the episode we’ve been looking forward to for the past couple of months, and absolutely haven’t stalled on recording, 1962. We discuss how much we can remember 16 songs (spoiler, not much), Kris provides health and safety advice for around the home and we suggest that Ronnie Carrol was availing himself of the services of call girls. So, there’s that. ⁠Lovely Girls Competition ⁠ ⁠Käärijä – Cha Cha Cha  ⁠ ⁠Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson – Sing Little Birdie ⁠ ⁠Andrews Sisters – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy  ⁠ ⁠The Magic Flute – Queen of the Nigh ..read more

Once again, Kris has taken part in the latest EuroVersy debate, to discuss The Big 5 Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany and France, as the 5 countries who put the most money into Eurovision, and as a result get a direct place in the Grand Final. We talk about how the Big 5 got on this year, the successes, the not-so-successes, what the Big 5 can do to improve their fortunes, and finally, whether there should be a Big 5 at ..read more

Earlier this week Kris joined a panel of Eurovision content creators and fans to discuss what went wrong for Ireland at Eurovision 2023 (and… well, before then in all honesty) and what they need to do next. Spoiler alert: As a team, we basically solved Eurovision for Ireland, you’re welcome! #JedwardForHoD2024 Follow the panel on Twitter: ⁠⁠Pete⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Kris⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Will⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Tobias⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Jamie⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Faith⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Meg⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Elliot⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Ewan ..read more

Kris and Chrissy are back from a short post-Eurovision break, and straight into looking at some songs that failed to qualify, and today we’re heading over to Sweden for Melodifestivalen 2023, and the icons, the moment, the legends, Eva and Ewa! We discuss conspiracy theories, Swedish language and we are nothing but respectful towards senior citizens. ⁠The DNQ Files National Finals Special 2021 ⁠ ⁠Rena Rama Ding Dong ⁠ ⁠A Ding Dong Worldwide Remix ⁠ ⁠Ja Ja Ding Dong ⁠ ⁠Schlager at Eurovision ⁠ ⁠Bobbysocks – La Det Swinge⁠ ⁠Benny and Björn on AI-Music, virtual avatars & Eurovision⁠ ⁠ABBA ..read more