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Not your average Eurovision podcast since 2016.
Season Six - Eurovision in the 60s!
Episode 105 - 1965 OUT NOW!
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Episode 106 - 1961: “A Garden Party, Introductions, and The Taboo Lovers” is coming very soon!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and purples, large purple/blue bubble text ringed in black reads the episode number, large pink bubble text ringed in black reads the year, and smaller white bubble text ringed in black reads the episode title. Under all that in the middle bottom is the podcast logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
November 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Episode 106: 1961 will be out soon! Out of these 16 songs, which do you think will make our Top 10?
🇦🇹 Jimmy Makulis "Sehnsucht" 🇧🇪 Bob Benny "September, gouden roos" 🇩🇰 Dario Campeotto "Angelique"  🇫🇮 Laila Kinnunen "Valoa ikkunassa" 🇫🇷 Jean-Paul Mauric "Printemps (avril carillonne)"       🇩🇪 Lale Andersen "Einmal sehen wir uns wieder" 🇮🇹 Betty Curtis "Al di là"   🇱🇺 Jean-Claude Pascal "Nous les amoureux" 🇲🇨 Colette Deréal "Allons, allons les enfants"     🇳🇱 Greetje Kauffeld "Wat een dag"          🇳🇴 Nora Brockstedt "Sommer i Palma"            🇪🇸 Conchita Bautista "Estando contigo"          🇸🇪 Lill-Babs "April, april"           🇨🇭 Franca di Rienzo "Nous aurons demain"            🇬🇧 The Allisons "Are You Sure?"         YU Ljiljana Petrović "Neke davne zvezde" Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in blue, pink, lime green, and yellow, 16 vinyl single covers are scattered with our logo with all the modern flags of Eurovision in the centre with green bubble text with black border that reads 1961 underneath
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Episode 106 is coming soon! Before we do that, check out the Top Ten songs on the Australian charts for 1961!
1. Eddie Hodges - I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door 2. Del Shannon - Runaway 3. Elvis Presley - Wooden Heart 4. Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou 5. Charlie Drake - My Boomerang Won't Come Back 6. Andy Stewart - A Scottish Soldier 7. Johnny O'Keefe - I'm Counting on You 8. Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra - Wonderland by Night 9. Ferrante and Teicher  - Theme from Exodus 10. Roy Orbison - Crying / Candy Man Image description: on a gold, light blue, and yellow psychedelic swirl background, text reads Australian Top Ten Songs of 1961 in blue bubble font and black outline, ten vinyl single covers are scattered over the image with two vinyl icons the bottom left corner and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision in the bottom right corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Episode 106 - 1961 is coming soon!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and greens, the movie poster of “West Side Story” in red with black text, a black and white photo of Ham the chimpanzee in a capsule wearing a NASA hat, a black and white photo of the scoreboard of a VFL match between Richmond 0 8 8 and St Kilda 12 19 91, a colour photo of a yellow and green tram on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the original box for the game “Slip ‘n Slide”, a black and white photo of ex Soviet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, a Time Magazine cover with an illustration of astronaut Yuri Gagarin, a black and white photo of The Berlin Wall, the first boxed Ken Doll, the logo of ESC 1961 with red text plus gold design on a white background, 1961 in purple bubble text and black outline, first edition of the book “Catch 22” by Joseph Heller, the single “Hit The Road Jack” by Ray Charles and a vinyl graphic in black, and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Episode 105 - 1965: “Ireland’s Arrival, Backstage Slapping, and Singing Dolls” is coming very soon!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and purples, large purple/blue bubble text ringed in black reads the episode number, large pink bubble text ringed in black reads the year, and smaller white bubble text ringed in black reads the episode title. Under all that in the middle bottom is the podcast logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
September 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Episode 105: 1965 will be out soon! Out of these 18 songs, which do you think will make our Top 10?
🇦🇹 "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen"     🇧🇪 "Als het weer lente is"   🇩🇰 "For din skyld"  🇫🇮 "Aurinko laskee länteen"           🇫🇷 “N'avoue jamais"           🇩🇪 "Paradies, wo bist du?” 🇮🇪 "I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain"                   🇮🇹 "Se piangi, se ridi"         🇱🇺 "Poupée de cire, poupée de son"           🇲🇨 "Va dire à l'amour"        🇳🇱 "Het is genoeg"              🇳🇴 "Karusell"          🇵🇹 "Sol de inverno"             🇪🇸 "Qué bueno, qué bueno"           🇸🇪 "Absent Friend"              🇨🇭 "Non, à jamais sans toi"             🇬🇧 "I Belong"          YU "Čežnja" Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in blue, pink, lime green, and yellow, 18 vinyl single covers are scattered with our logo with all the modern flags of Eurovision in the centre with green bubble text with black border that reads 1965 underneath
September 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Episode 105 is coming soon! Before we do that, check out the Top Ten songs on the Australian charts for 1965
1. Normie Rowe - Que Sera, Sera / Shakin’ All Over 2. The Seekers - The Carnival Is Over 3. The Beatles - Help! 4. The Beatles - Rock And Roll Music / Honey Don’t 5. Elvis Presley - Crying In The Chapel 6. The Seekers - I’ll Never Find Another You 7. Julie Rogers - The Wedding 8. Rolling Stones - Under The Boardwalk / Walking The Dog 9. Herman’s Hermits - Mrs Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter 10. The Beatles - Ticket to Ride Image description: on a gold, light blue, and yellow psychedelic swirl background, text reads Australian Top Ten Songs of 1965 in blue bubble font and black outline, ten vinyl single covers are scattered over the image with two vinyl icons the bottom left corner and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision in the bottom right corner
September 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Episode 105 - 1965, is coming soon!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and greens, the single “Turn Turn Turn” by The Byrds and a vinyl graphic in black, Time Magazine cover with soldiers depicted with the title “The Turning Point in Viet Nam”, Jean Shrimpton in a short white dress, the movie poster for Doctor Zhivago, The Sun Newspaper with the headline “Troops to Vietnam”, Canada’s new flag with red maple leaf as designed by George Stanley, the illegal corned beef sandwich that went on Gemini 3 in a small glass case, the logo for Eurovision 1965 in white and gold, a black and white photo of missing teenagers Christine Sharrock and Marianne Schmidt, the first edition of the game Operation, 1965 in purple bubble text and black outline, first edition of the book Dune by Frank Herbert, The March Of Progress / The Road To Homo Sapiens illustration by Rudolph Zallinger, and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
September 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Episode 104 - 1964: “Missing Pieces, A Protest, and She Was Too Young But Also Old Enough” is coming very soon!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and purples, large purple/blue bubble text ringed in black reads the episode number, large pink bubble text ringed in black reads the year, and smaller white bubble text ringed in black reads the episode title. Under all that in the middle bottom is the podcast logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
August 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Episode 104: 1964 will be out soon! Out of these 16 songs, which do you think will make our Top 10?
🇦🇹 Udo Jürgens "Warum nur, warum?"  🇧🇪 Robert Cogoi "Près de ma rivière" 🇩🇰 Bjørn Tidmand "Sangen om dig" 🇫🇮 Lasse Mårtenson "Laiskotellen"  🇫🇷 Rachel "Le Chant de Mallory" 🇩🇪 Nora Nova "Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne" 🇮🇹 Gigliola Cinquetti "Non ho l'età"   🇱🇺 Hugues Aufray "Dès que le printemps revient" 🇲🇨 Romuald "Où sont-elles passées" 🇳🇱 Anneke Grönloh "Jij bent mijn leven" 🇳🇴 Arne Bendiksen "Spiral"      🇵🇹 António Calvário "Oração" 🇪🇸 Nelly with Tim and Tony "Caracola" 🇨🇭 Anita Traversi "I miei pensieri" 🇬🇧 Matt Monro "I Love the Little Things"  YU Sabahudin Kurt "Život je sklopio krug" Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in blue, pink, lime green, and yellow, 16 vinyl single covers are scattered with our logo with all the modern flags of Eurovision in the centre with green bubble text with black border that reads 1964 underneath
August 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Episode 104 is coming soon! Before we do that, check out the Top Ten songs on the Australian charts for 1964
1. The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There / Love Me Do 2. The Beatles - I Feel Fine / She’s A Woman 3. The Beatles - Can’t Buy Me Love / You Can’t Do That 4. The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night / Things We Said Today 5. The Beatles - All My Loving 6. The Beatles - I Should Have Known Better / If I Fell 7. Elvis Presley - Ain’t That Loving You Baby 8. The Honeycombs - Have I The Right? 9. Cilla Black - You’re My World 10. Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman Image description: on a gold, light blue, and yellow psychedelic swirl background, text reads Australian Top Ten Songs of 1964 in blue bubble font and black outline, ten vinyl single covers are scattered over the image with two vinyl icons the bottom left corner and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision in the bottom right corner
July 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Episode 104 - 1964 is coming soon!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and greens we have the movie poster for Goldfinger featuring Sean Connery as James Bond in gold and grey imagery, the first GI Joe action figure in army greens and a toy gun, the logo of BBC 2, a black and white photo of two protestors holding a sign that reads “Please Boycott Apartheid Sport”, a black and white photo of The Beatles on the Melbourne Town Hall balcony with people below on the street, the first edition of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, a single of The Beach Boy’s “I Get Around” with a black vinyl graphic, a light tan 1964 Ford Mustang, the logo for ESC 1964 with white cursive text on red, an advert for Channel 0’s first broadcast on August 1st, 1964 in purple bubble text and black outline, Time Magazine cover with Martin Luther King as Man of the Year, Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews from Mary Poppins in white and red outfits, and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
July 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Catch up with The Last Five… series here ⤵️

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July 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Episode 103 - 1967: “Podcrawl!, Oh Vienna, and The Barefooted Mistress Of Puppets” is coming on June 30th. More info about the Podcrawl can be found at escinsight.com
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and purples, large purple/blue bubble text ringed in black reads the episode number, large pink bubble text ringed in black reads the year, and smaller white bubble text ringed in black reads the episode title. Under all that in the middle bottom is the podcast logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
June 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Episode 103: 1967 will be out on June 30 as part of the Podcrawl! Out of these 17 songs, which do you think will make our Top 10?
🇦🇹 Peter Horton “Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt” 🇧🇪 Louis Neefs “Ik heb zorgen” 🇫🇮 Fredi “Varjoon - suojaan” 🇫🇷 Noëlle Cordier “Il doit faire beau là-bas” 🇩🇪 Inge Brück “Anouschka” 🇮🇪 Sean Dunphy “If I Could Choose” 🇮🇹 Claudio Villa “Non andare più lontano” 🇱🇺 Vicky Leandros “L’amour est bleu” 🇲🇨 Minouche Barelli “Boum-Badaboum” 🇳🇱 Thérèse Steinmetz “Ringe-dinge” 🇳🇴 Kirsti Sparboe “Dukkemann” 🇵🇹 Eduardo Nascimento “O vento mudou” 🇪🇸 Raphael “Hablemos del amor” 🇸🇪 Östen Warnerbring “Som en bröm” 🇨🇭 Géraldine “Quel cœur vas-tu briser?” 🇬🇧 Sandie Shaw “Puppet on a String” YU Lado Leskovar “Vse rože sveta” Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in blue, pink, lime green, and yellow, 17 vinyl single covers are scattered with our logo with all the modern flags of Eurovision in the centre with green bubble text with black border that reads 1967 underneath
June 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Episode 103 is coming soon! Before we do that, check out the Top Ten songs on the Australian charts for 1967
1. Engelbert Humperdinck- The Last Waltz 2. Petula Clark - This Is My Song 3. The Royal Guardsmen - Snoopy vs The Red Baron 4. Tom Jones - Green, Green Grass Of Home 5. The Beatles - Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever 6. Nancy & Frank Sinatra- Somethin’ Stupid 7. The Seekers - Georgy Girl 8. The Beatles - All You Need Is Love / Baby, You’re A Rich Man 9. Procol Harum - Whiter Shade Of Pale 10. The Monkees - I’m A Believer / (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone Image description: on a gold, light blue, and yellow psychedelic swirl background, text reads Australian Top Ten Songs of 1967 in blue bubble font and black outline, ten vinyl single covers are scattered over the image with two vinyl icons the bottom left corner and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision in the bottom right corner
June 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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We’re back to 1967 for episode 103!
And this episode is part of the Eurovision Podcrawl - head to escinsight.com for more details!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and greens we have an advertisement for the new McDonald’s Big Mac, a colour photo of Jayne Mansfield, The Sun Newspaper with the headline “Holt’s Death Feared - vanishes in Portsea high surf”, Small Faces’ “Itchycoo Park” vinyl in orange, white, and black with a black album graphic, the movie poster for The Graduate, a black and white photo the original cast of the musical “Hair”, the first handheld calculator, Time Magazine cover about the contraceptive pill with a pile of pills in the female symbol, the first Boeing 737, a colour photo of The Doors on The Ed Sullivan Show, the first edition of the game Battleship, the logo of ESC 1967, a black and white photo of the wedding of Priscilla Beaulieu and Elvis Presley, and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
June 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Something new!
The Last Five, coming soon to our YouTube Wind Machine Productions 🥳
June 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Episode 102 - 1969: “Surrealism, Girl Power, and A Day The Singing Poet Goes Bang” is coming very very soon!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and purples, large purple/blue bubble text ringed in black reads the episode number, large pink bubble text ringed in black reads the year, and smaller white bubble text ringed in black reads the episode title. Under all that in the middle bottom is the podcast logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
April 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Episode 102: 1969 is coming soon! Out of these 16 songs, which do you think will make our Top 10?
🇧🇪 Louis Neefs “Jennifer Jennings” 🇫🇮 Jarkko & Laura “Kuin silloin ennen” 🇫🇷 Frida Boccara “Un jour, un enfant” 🇩🇪 Siw Malmkvist “Primaballerina” 🇮🇪 Muriel Day “The Wages of Love” 🇮🇹 Iva Zanicchi “Due grosse lacrime bianche” 🇱🇺 Romuald “Catherine” 🇲🇨 Jean-Jacques “Maman, Maman” 🇳🇱 Lenny Kuhr “De troubadour” 🇳🇴 Kirsti Sparboe “Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg skal bli” 🇵🇹 Simone de Oliveira “Desfolhada portuguesa” 🇪🇸 Salomé “Vivo cantando” 🇸🇪 Tommy Körberg “Judy, min vän” 🇨🇭 Paola “Bonjour, Bonjour” 🇬🇧 Lulu “Boom Bang-a-Bang” YU Ivan & M’s “Pozdrav svijetu” Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in blue, pink, lime green, and yellow, 16 vinyl single covers are scattered with our logo with all the modern flags of Eurovision in the centre with green bubble text with blue border that reads 1969 underneath
April 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Episode 102 is coming soon! Before we do that, check out the Top Ten songs on the Australian charts for 1969
1. The Beatles - Something / Come Together 2. Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman 3. The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da / While My Guitar Gently Weeps 4. Russell Morris - The Real Thing 5. Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds 6. Russell Morris - Part Three Into Paper Walls / The Girl That I Love 7. Roy Orbison - Penny Arcade 8. The Beatles - Get Back / Don’t Let Me Down 9. The Cowsills - Hair 10. Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) Image description: on a gold, light blue, and yellow psychedelic swirl background, text reads Australian Top Ten Songs of 1969 in blue bubble font and black outline, ten vinyl single covers are scattered over the image with two vinyl icons the bottom left corner and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision in the bottom right corner
April 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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One small step for a podcast, one giant leap for Eurovision. Episode 102 - 1969 coming soon!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and greens we have the film poster for “Easy Rider” in yellow and black that depicts Peter Fonda, a black and white photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono during the bed-in in Amsterdam, an article about the murder of Sharon Tate, the book cover of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, Time Magazine cover with the title “What if we just pull out?” with alternating photos of Vietnam War protests and Richard Nixon, the Eurovision 1969 logo in white and gold with a red circle, the poster for Woodstock in red with a white dove sitting on a cartoon guitar, Neil Armstrong on the moon with a USA flag, a 747 Jumbo jet, a black and white photo of then Australian Prime Minister John Gorton being interviewed outside the Parkes Observatory, the original logo of the children’s TV show “Sesame Street” in yellow and green, 1969 in purple bubble text ringed in black, “White Room” single cover of Cream, the first artificial heart, and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
March 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Episode 101 - 1962: “The Brownlow, Electricity, and A First Love” is coming very soon!
Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in pinks and purples, large purple/blue bubble text ringed in black reads the episode number, large pink bubble text ringed in black reads the year, and smaller white bubble text ringed in black reads the episode title. Under all that in the middle bottom is the podcast logo with the modern flags of Eurovision
February 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Episode 101: 1962 is coming soon! Out of these 16 songs, which do you think will make our Top 10?
🇦🇹 Eleonore Schwarz “Nur in der Wiener Luft” 🇧🇪 Fud Leclerc “Ton nom” 🇩🇰 Ellen Winther “Vuggevise” 🇫🇮 Marion Rung “Tipi-tii” 🇫🇷 Isabelle Aubret “Un premier amour” 🇩🇪 Conny Froboess “Zwei kleine Italiener” 🇮🇹 Claudio Villa “Addio, addio” 🇱🇺 Camillo Felgen “Petit bonhomme” 🇲🇨 François Deguelt “Dis rien” 🇳🇱 De Spelbrekers “Katinka” 🇳🇴 Inger Jacobsen “Kom sol, kom regn” 🇪🇸 Victor Balaguer “Llámame” 🇸🇪 Inger Berggren “Sol och vår” 🇨🇭 Jean Philippe “Le Retour” 🇬🇧 Ronnie Carroll “Ring-A-Ding Girl” YU Lola Novaković “Ne pali svetla u sumrak” Image description: on a psychedelic swirl background in blue, pink, lime green, and yellow, 16 vinyl single covers are scattered with our logo with all the modern flags of Eurovision in the centre with green bubble text with blue border that reads 1962 underneath
February 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Episode 101 is coming soon! Before we do that, check out the Top Ten songs on the Australian charts for 1962
1. Roy Orbison - Working for the Man / Leah 2. Elvis Presley - Can’t Help Falling in Love / Rock-A-Hula 3. Elvis Presley - Good Luck Charm / Anything That’s Part of You 4. Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (My Love) 5. Bobby Darin - Multiplication 6. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - The Lonely Bull 7. Ray Charles - I Can’t Stop Loving You 8. Acker Bilk - Stranger on the Shore 9. The Tornadoes - Telstar 10. Del Shannon - The Swiss Maid Image description: on a gold, light blue, and yellow psychedelic swirl background, text reads Australian Top Ten Songs of 1962 in blue bubble font and black outline, ten vinyl single covers are scattered over the image with two vinyl icons the bottom left corner and our logo with the modern flags of Eurovision in the bottom right corner
February 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM