Have you ever heard of “post-Eurovision depression”? This is the name given to the depression that falls on the aficionados of the competition once the final is over and the adrenaline has subsided. It was discussed on Tuesday, at the Etage du Gibus (Paris 10th) where 12 points, the podcast that deciphers Eurovision recorded, in front of more than a hundred spectators, the last episode of its second season – the first part of which is already online.
If the subject was mentioned, since it was a question of taking stock of the past months and talking about the specificities of the competition, the mood was however far from being gloomy. With a good dose of humor, repartee and a handful of musical excerpts, the team allowed fans to rediscover the unifying state of mind of the competition for a few hours.
“The question was who is listening to us”
Thomas Duseaux, creator and host of the podcast, prepared the event for six months, including 20 minutes was a partner. He experienced the moment as “an enchantment”. “It was incredible, exactly as I envisioned it, he debriefs us. We had taken the audacity to record in public without knowing if the room would be full or not. The real question of this evening, it was to know who listens to us and if people were going to appreciate. »
Result: The Etage du Gibus was full and, if the majority of the public was from the Ile-de-France region, some had traveled from afar. “I am a very big fan of Eurovision and I love this podcast which talks about it beyond the glitter aspect, so it was important to me to be there”, tells us Clémentine Schollaert, researcher on the competition. , came from Brussels (Belgium) with her boyfriend. “He is not a fan of Eurovision, she specifies, but he had a good evening because the team created a great atmosphere. »
“It’s an audience that has supported us a lot”
The recording revolved around interviews with the headliners: Madame Monsieur, who represented France in 2018, and Gjon’s Tears, the Swiss candidate for 2021. The latter says he came “to share the pleasure [qu’il a] had to participate in this competition. “This experience is one of the best in my life and my career. This is what allowed me to make myself known internationally”, continues the artist whose first album, The Gamecame out in the spring.
Same story on the side of the French duo. Emilie Satt recalled at the microphone that she and Jean-Karl Lucas were “fervent defenders” of Eurovision and its concept. “Sometimes, it’s true that we want people to talk to us about something else, but we’ll never refuse to talk about Eurovision,” confided, before leaving, Jean-Karl Lucas to 20 minutes. It is important in our history, we will always be proud to have done it. The duo on stage and couple in the city did not hesitate to participate in the recording. Jean-Karl explains: “It’s an audience that supported us a lot, gave us a lot of love and it’s important to give it back a little bit. Forget the “post-Eurovision depression”, it was a “post-Eurovision celebration”.