David Brown Carr presents another show about the Eurovision Song Contest, which began in 1956 with just 7 participating nations, as a way of bringing the countries of Europe together in music, after the horrors of world war two. This year, Switzerland is the host country for the third time since the contest began, after the non-binary Nemo Mettler won Eurovision 2024, singing their song, “The Code”. Thirty-eight countries will be participating in May.
In his show, David will play some of his favourite Eurovision duos from recent years. And by no means were they all romantic couples. Among them, there was a poignant plea for peace by two Israelis from different ethnic and religious backgrounds; his two favourite Bulgarian percussionists; an Irish Norwegian duo who came first with their mainly instrumental entry; an unusual electronic music duo from Down Under; and an almost winning multi-cultural duo from Denmark who were definitely not a couple.
Later in this show, he’ll have more information about Eurovision 2025, being held in Basel, including how viewers in Aotearoa can watch the contest live or later and can even vote for their favourite entrants.
More information about the contest can be found on the official website, https://eurovision.tv/
