Find out more about Callum! Our brand new member of the team...

Meet the latest member of The Euro Trip team!

"My name is Callum Rowe and I’m just about still clinging onto my teenage years.

I’ve been a Eurovision fan all my life having always made an effort to watch all the shows, but it took me until 2013 until I started to follow the Contest all-year-round. It was Emmelie de Forest’s victory that converted me to become a so-called Eurofan and I’m happy to live with that label attached to me.

 

I discovered after Emmelie’s victory that there was a whole different side to Eurovision that 99% of people don’t realise there is; host city selections, Semi-Final running order allocations, national selections and so on. These all opened my eyes to everything else that goes on before the three main shows in May.

Eurovision brings together 40 or so nations and their differing cultures, music genres and performers, but it also brings Europe together as a whole. It’s an event that everyone can watch together with their friends and family and enjoy the music on offer. That’s what Eurovision is all about to me; the element of happiness that we can all feel when we are with the people we love and music from across a continent is played and performed. What’s not to love? It’s beautiful!

My favourite song from Eurovision is A Monster Like Me by Mørland & Debrah Scarlett. The mystery of the ballad from the first line when Mørland sings of a secret from his youth which builds to a crescendo of himself and Debrah singing at the top of their voices sends shivers down my spine each time I hear it"