Episode 2 of Instead We Made a Pod's new season is here and this week we're bringing you our review of all things Eurosong 2025 ! 🇮🇪

Six artists will compete in Ireland's popular Late Late Show national final but only one will be crowned Bambi Thug's successor and represent Ireland at Eurovision 2025 🎤

Join Adam and MJ plus this week's special guest Alex Basmati from the amazing Eirevision podcast (@eirevisionpod) as they review each of the competing entries and give their thoughts and predictions on who will win!

The Late Late Show Eurosong 2025 will take place at RTÉ Television Centre, Dublin on Friday 7 February.

Competing artists and songs:

Bobbi Arlo - Powerplay

Reylta - Fire

Adgy - Run into the Night

Samantha Mumba - My Way

EMMY - Laika Party

NIYL - Growth

Hosts - Adam P & MJ

Special Guest - Alex Basmati

Produced by - Aaron (⁠⁠⁠@Aaron_F320⁠⁠⁠)

Listen now to find out more and don't forget you can keep up with all the latest Eurovision news by following us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠ThePhoenixESC⁠⁠⁠⁠

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The 2025 Eurovision season is here and Instead We Made a Pod is back for season 2!

We're kicking off the new Eurovision year with a brand new episode all about the upcoming Finnish National Final, UMK!

In this episode, MJ and Georga dive into UMK 2025, discussing the national final's songs, their impressions, and predictions.

Six artists will battle it out at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, on Saturday 8th February to become Finland's entry for Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland.

Competing artists:

NEEA RIVER - Nightmares
Nelli Matula - Hitaammin Hautaan
costee - Sekaisin
VIIVI - Aina
Goldielocks - Made Of
Erika Vikman - ICH KOMME

Hosts - MJ & Georga

Produced by - Aaron (⁠⁠@Aaron_F320⁠⁠)

Listen now to find out more and don't forget you can keep up with all the latest Eurovision news by following us ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠ThePhoenixESC⁠⁠⁠⁠

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We're back with a brand new episode and this week it's all about artists that were selected internally by their broadcasters. In this episode we're talking about:

Belgium 🇧🇪 - Mustii - Before The Party's Over

Greece 🇬🇷 - Marina Satti - ZARI

Netherlands 🇳🇱 - Joost Klein - Europapa

Australia 🇦🇺 - Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Blood)

Austria 🇦🇹 - Kaleen - We Will Rave

Switzerland 🇨🇭- Nemo - The Code

Hosts - Adam & MJ

Produced by - Aaron (⁠⁠@Aaron_F320⁠⁠)

Listen now to find out more and don't forget you can keep up with all the latest Eurovision news by following us ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠ThePhoenixESC⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠