Udo Jürgens

Udo Jürgens was already a big star when he first competed in Eurovision for his Austria in 1964. He didn't win, but got the biggest hit after the contest, both with his own version and with covers in various languages. He was back again the year after, and this time he almost competed for another country as well. It took some heavy convincing to get him to return for a third time in 1966, which was when he finally won the contest.

Emil has a nice chat with Udo's son John Jürgens, who tells us about his father's early years in Austria during the second world war, how he rose to fame as a composer and artist and sang his songs not only in German but also in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Japanese. We'll also learn about his relation to the contest, and John also tells us about both the positives and the negatives about growing up with such a famous father.

Legend: Udo Jürgens

Expert on the subject: John Jürgens (aka John Munich)

Songs: Warum nur, warum? (Austria 1964), Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen (Austria 1965), Merci, Cherie (Austria 1966) & Tausend Fenster (Austria 1968, Karel Gott)

Host: Emil Löfström

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Udo Jürgens

I have been a Eurovision fan since '87, and I have watched annually ever sinlce. Except 2020 because of covid, but everyone missed that year. Udo Jürgens unfortunatily died in 2014. The host of this podcast there fot spoke to John Jürgens, who is the son of Udo Jürgens. I think John Jürgens told many great and funy stories of his father. I enjoyed this podcast very much.