{"id":1084,"date":"2019-06-21T14:10:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T13:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondcherry-vision.stackstaging.com\/?page_id=1084"},"modified":"2025-11-08T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T15:05:00","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/secondcherry.vision\/index.php\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Second Cherry<\/strong><\/h2>
Second Cherry is almost the Eurovision Song Contest. It\u2019s the alternative competition we could have had. It\u2019s our celebration of songs that competed in contests across Europe for the chance to represent their countries at Eurovision \u2013 but failed.<\/div>
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As Eurovision fans we\u2019re frustrated every year by the ones that got away; those little gems that deserve another moment in the spotlight. A second bite of the cherry.\u00a0<\/div>
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This is their time.<\/div>
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The Second Cherry Song Contest<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>
Second Cherry was born in 2006, the creation of three London-based Eurovision fans: Russell Davies, Monty Moncrieff, and Nico Pittortou. Together we curated a collection of the best also-rans of the year and brought them into a party where our friends became the juries and voted for their winner.<\/div>
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Nico stepped down after 2008 and we expanded the team to include more fans: Juha Repo, Jody West and Micka\u00ebl Denis, who continued the tradition until 2015. The first two years were private house parties. In 2008 we moved into a pub and added a disco after the voting sequence with the help of internationally renowned Eurovision DJ, Dave Simmons. Technical wizardry was provided by Gary Thomas, before Robin Scott produced our video content and scoreboard from 2009. After 10 “Cherries” we were knackered and took a well-earned break. But in 2019 we returned!<\/div>
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Second Cherry \u2013 almost a Eurovision podcast<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>
2019 saw a new Second Cherry format, and a new member in the team, Matt Baker. Matt and Monty guide you through a weekly podcast, looking back at the season\u2019s national finals, and revealing our Cherries week by week.<\/div>
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As listeners to the show, you\u2019ll have the chance to contribute to the outcome and cast your own votes in November.\u00a0We hope you\u2019ll join us over the summer for your perfect antidote to Post Eurovision Depression and to pass the off-season.\u00a0<\/div>
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The live final\u00a0<\/h2>

Our live final also returned and on Friday 8th November 2019 we teamed up with Eurofest, the UK’s leading Eurovision club night, to host the final in the first part of their November event. Eurofest’s special guests that night were the 2019 winner of the Eurovision televote – the ‘People’s Champions’ KEiiNO from Norway.\u00a0<\/p>

The audience on the night voted as juries and formed 50% of the vote. The other 50% came from an online vote of our podcast listeners – that’s you!\u00a0<\/p>

You can read about the 2019 final here <\/a>and listen to our podcast episode about it here<\/a>.<\/p>

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Winner – 2021 Monstas – Best Podcast Award<\/h2>

We are thrilled to have been awarded the Best Podcast Award in the 2021 Monstas<\/a> by Monstagigzz. Thanks for all your support!\u00a0<\/p>

Follow us<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>
You can subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, and TuneIn<\/a>, or listen on the website. New episodes will be released on Mondays.<\/div>
You can also follow us on social media:\u00a0<\/div>
\u2022 Twitter – @SecondCherry<\/a><\/div>
\u2022 Instagram \u2013 second_cherry<\/a><\/div>
\u2022 Facebook \u2013 secondcherrypodcast<\/a><\/div>
\u2022 Hashtag #SecondCherry<\/div>
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Previous years’ winning songs<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>
2006 \u2013 Slovenia \u2013 Mandoline<\/i> by Sa\u0161a Lendero<\/div>
2007 \u2013 Spain \u2013 La Reina de la Noche<\/i> by Mirela<\/div>
2008 \u2013 Spain \u2013 La Revolucion Sexual<\/i> by La Casa Azul<\/div>
2009 \u2013 Denmark \u2013 Someday<\/i> by Hera Bjork\u00a0<\/div>
2010 \u2013 Sweden \u2013 Headlines<\/i> by Alcazar<\/div>
2011 \u2013 Iceland \u2013 N\u00f3tt<\/i> by J\u00f3hanna Gu\u00f0r\u00fan J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir<\/div>
2012 \u2013 Norway \u2013 High On Love<\/i> by Reidun S\u00e6ther<\/div>
2013 \u2013 Norway \u2013 Bombo<\/i> by Adel\u00e9n<\/div>
2014 \u2013 Belarus \u2013 Via Lattea<\/i> by Elena Sinyavskaya<\/div>
2015 \u2013 Belarus \u2013 Accent<\/i> by Milki<\/div>
2016 \u2013 No Second Cherry Song Contest<\/div>
2017 \u2013 No Second Cherry Song Contest<\/div>
2018 \u2013 No Second Cherry Song Contest
2019 \u2013 Ukraine \u2013 Siren Song<\/i> by Maruv<\/div>
2020 \u2013 Finland \u2013 Cicciolina<\/i> by Erika Vikman<\/div>
2021 \u2013 Norway \u2013 Monument<\/i> by KEiiNO
2022 – Spain – Ay Mama<\/i> by Rigoberta Bandini
2023 – Spain – Quiero Arder<\/i> by Agoney
2024 – Italy – Sinceramente <\/i>by Annalisa
2025 – Malta – Heaven Sent\u00a0<\/em>by Kristy Spiteri<\/div>
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