Instead We Made a Pod is back with our latest instalment and this week it's time to head to Sweden for our review of Melodifestivalen 2025! 🇸🇪

12 artists will compete in Sweden's popular Melfest national final but only one will be crowned the winner and represent Sweden at Eurovision 2025 🎤

MJ and resident Phoenix expert Liv discuss their favourite competing entries across the heats and give their thoughts and predictions on who will win!

Can Måns Zelmerlöw seal a second Melfest victory and represent Sweden again? We'll find out on Saturday 8 March when the Melfest Final takes place at 20:00 CET live from the Strawberry Arena in Stockholm

Competing artists and songs:

John Lundvik - "Voice of the Silent"

Dolly Style - "Yihaa"

Greczula - "Believe Me"

Klara Hammarström - "On and On and On"

Scarlet - "Sweet N' Psycho"

Erik Segerstedt - "Show Me What Love Is"

Maja Ivarsson - "Kamikaze Life"

Meira Omar - "Hush Hush"

Måns Zelmerlöw - "Revolution"

Saga Ludvigsson - "Hate You So Much"

Annika Wickihalder - "Life Again"

Kaj - "Bara bada bastu"

Hosts - MJ & Liv

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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Episode 3 is here and this week we're bringing you our pre show thoughts, discussions and predictions on Ukraine's national final, Vidbir 2025 ! 🇺🇦

Adam and MJ are joined by previous Vidbir episode guest and friend of the show, ESC Gottem (@escgottem). They explore the mixed opinions surrounding the quality of this year's songs, highlight the wild card entry, and delve into specific tracks. The conversation also touches on the representation of post-punk music in Vidbir and concludes with predictions for the winner.

Ten artists competed in Ukraine's national final which took place on 8 February 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Competing artists and songs:

Vlad Sheryf - Wind of Change

Abiye - Дім

MOLODI - my sea

Future Culture - Waste My Time

Masha Kondratenko - No Time to Cry

KHAYAT - HONOR

FIЇNKA - Культура

KRYLATA - STAY TRUE

Ziferblat - Bird of Pray

DK Energetyk - Сіль

Hosts - Adam P & MJ

Special Guest - ESC Gottem

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

Vidbir 2025, Eurovision, Ukrainian music, national finals, music critique, song reviews, Masha Kondratenko, FIЇNKA, Vlad Sheryf, DK Energetyk, Vidbir, Eurovision 2025, ESC, ESC2025, Ukraine

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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