Show Notes
Lithuania's Lion Ceccah and Estonia's Vanilla Ninja join the podcast straight after their first rehearsal.
Lion Ceccah chats to Steve about his silver era, his multilingual song Sólo Quiero Más , and the support he's getting back home in Vilnius.
Meanwhile, Vanilla Ninja are back at the contest, 21 years after they first entered. They chat about returning to Eurovision, ice cream and their interesting side hustle.
The Official Eurovision Song Contest Podcast is produced and presented for the EBU by Steve Holden.
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