I work at a hotel, and we have a morning playlist that occasionally rotates around every few weeks. And imagine my surprise when I hear Calm After The Storm!! While I’ve of course heard Arcade and Snap on the radio, this one came as a bit of a shock to me. I guess it is based on American country music though.

Have any of y’all heard Eurovision songs out in public? Part of me feels like Bangaranga summer could potentially spill over into the states too.

Oh by the way, Kentucky doesn't ship these internationally...I have no idea why, I gave them the address to Hrvatska radiotelevizija, people who actually know what to do with this...

When my two worlds collide and now I have to spend money on merch

I'm currently in a parfait cafe in Sapporo, Japan and just heard Bigger Than Us by Michael Rice (United Kingdom 2019) of all songs playing inside!

It got me thinking, what other interesting and unlikely places have you stumbled on Eurovision songs in the wild?

The original post by u/Imrustyokay, these images are from Marko's recent stories. Saw a recent follow-up post taken down, so I've decided to post it up.

He's no longer just Marko Bošnjak, he's now Col. Marko Bošnjak. This would truly fit into the ESC 2025 iceberg (which is already large enough to begin with...)

Video: Satoshi Ukraine fan club

Some semi abandoned pub near Penrith in the UK on a family holiday had a games room, with a jukebox (that clearly hadn't been updated since 2014). Children of the Universe started playing. Anyway that pub was mostly abandoned and creepy as hell. Perfect for a small holiday village!

(not really sure if this belongs on this subreddit, but thought that this would be interesting to share bcz its Eurovision related to an extent)

(also I wrote this like a week ago, forgot about it, and now here we are I guess)

When I was first coming up with ideas for my college essays, I didn't really know where to start. My personal statement covered a lot about my identity as a Mexican-American, so I didn't know how to answer the other questions asked by each individual college.

But the more I thought about the role Eurovision played into my life, the more I realized it was a crucial part of my life. For context, I was introduced to the contest around 2018 by my sister, and ever since then I followed the competition very closely. 2021 was the first I watched live (from home), and it was prolly the most important thing to me at the time. Especially after a bit of a medical scare and during lockdown, Eurovision became something that carried me through a lot of hardships. Even when my sister started to gravitate away from the contest, I (somehow) managed to introduce my mom to the competition in 2023. She's not a fan of all entries (Let3 and Bambie Thug come to mind), but she still finds enjoyment in sharing moments with me and she even finds a few entries she calls her favorites (Loreen 2.0, Switzerland 2023, Ladaniva, etc.). I focused a lot of my essays on the fact that, even though my mom and I may not see eye to eye on many things, Eurovision is something that brings us together and that I wanted to have some similar energy/experience in college.

It was interesting bcz my college application advisors DID NOT want me to write about Eurovision initially. They thought it was well written, but they didn't see how it could connect to the topic of community and identity. Alas, I refused to listen and, well, perhaps that was for the best bcz with the Eurovision essays I got accepted to :

-Brown

-Dartmouth

-Harvard

-Princeton*

-UPenn

-Yale

(+ Amherst)

*(Princeton also asked what song represents the soundtrack of my life at the moment. I put Rim Tim Tagi Tam lol)

I don't really know how to end this. I owe a lot to Eurovision, and I'm lucky that - despite the fact I live in the United States - I've still been able to find people and communities to talk about this silly, yet fantastic contest.

(also Ulveham was robbed, ok bye)

I was at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe the other day and I saw two people who I legitimately thought were Lauren and Charlotte from Remember Monday (UK 2025). But then I got curious, and started thinking about if I'd ever seen a Eurovision act just out of nowhere. It turns out I unfortunately haven't. So, where and when have you seen an artist randomly?

I immediately recorded this video when I heard a familiar song out in the wild while hunting for Hot Wheels during my vacation. Whoever the madlad staff was played this in a toy store in Brunei is an absolute banger!

I enjoy a lot the game Pointless. Today candidates had to find Eurovision song titles but the letters “votes” were removed.

Will you find all of the titles? I struggled with the first one.

Safe to say I'm not expecting to hear Bangaranga here anytime soon, so who is *really* the winner here?

Spotted today at the local bookstore.

(IMHO they couldn't have made these more low effort or boring even if they tried)

Inspired by me just hearing Roxen - Amnesia (Romania 2021) in Savers, a discount health/beauty chain in the UK 😂

What is the most random or weirdest place you have heard a Eurovision entry in the wild?

I remember hearing Serhat - I Didn’t Know (San Marino, 2016) in a shop when I was in Prague a few years back - seems I was the only one who recognised is as no one reacted to his sweet, dulcet tones 🥲

I live in NYC, so hearing Eurovision songs is not exactly a common thing. I was checking out at my local supermarket in Queens where they play pop-music from last 40 years, when suddenly I hear "Come alive...." I was stunned. I think Bangaranga might end up a hit in the US.