EP10: The Road to the Grand Final

Sally Ann Triplett 18:41 (Prima Donna - Love Enough For Two - UK 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8fUTTwOp40, Bardo - One Step Further UK 1982 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qy6S7LvtNc) Tvorchi 31:26 (Heart of Steel- Ukraine 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neIscK1hNxs) Size Matters With Josh Keating 36:44   In this episode, we talk about a core inequality in Eurovision's system for choosing the acts that make it to the Grand Final-- and how that's a reflection of a difficult balance that most international institutions have to face: How do you balance a commitment to fairness with the need to appeal to the larger countries that keep you funded. We talk to two Eurovision acts: Sally Ann Triplett, who represented the UK twice, and Tvorchi, who represented Ukraine this past year in Liverpool. Then Vox.com Senior Foreign Policy Correspondent Josh Keating stops by for a game focused on how the power imbalance at the core of Eurovision affects the music on the night of the Grand Final-- as Eurovision's largest countries ("the big 5") get to skip the semi-finals entirely. This very serious game is one we're calling "Size Matters with Josh Keating" 1.  I Want Your Love - Eduard Romanyuta - Moldova 2015 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px1MoZ0k7qY) 2. Still In Love With You - Electro Velvet - UK 2015  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6r1tUhl1cQ) 3. Divine - Sebastian Tellier - France 2008 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZQjBCvFd9E) 4.  Let Me Love You - Tamara, Vrcak & Adrijan - North Macedonia 2008 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLpZyiROXzk) 5. Blood & Glitter - Lord Of The Lost - Germany 2023 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y12_YMs9kCQ) 6. Sudden Lights - Aija - Latvia 2023 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAjVA3qwqGk) 7. Help You Fly - Ivan - Belarus 2016 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-13I_VF5d4k) 8.  Say Yay! - Barei - 2016 Spain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0I37W3RN_U) 9. That Sounds Good To Me- Josh Dubovie - UK 2010 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8363R9XbGY 10. Eastern European Funk - InCulto - Lithuania 2010 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8363R9XbGY&t=31s)