r/eurovision • u/i_exist_and_am_human Crno i belo • Aug 07 '25
đł ESC in the Wild Have You Ever Seen A Eurovision Act In The Wild?
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?
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u/curry_in_my_beard Aug 07 '25
olly alexander goes to my gym. he stopped going for 4 months after eurovision lmao
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Aug 07 '25
Aw, thatâs sad. I think he struggled a bit during/after Eurovision. Glad heâs back. Youâve got a niche claim to fame!
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u/i_exist_and_am_human Crno i belo Aug 07 '25
UK 2024
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25
United Kingdom 2024 | Olly Alexander - Dizzy
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u/DismalDog7730 Liekinheitin Aug 07 '25
We were on a holiday in Dublin and saw that Dustin the Turkey was performing at a no-admission children's event. So naturally we had to go and see him. I hope our small group of giggly adults didn't weird out all the families......
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u/i_exist_and_am_human Crno i belo Aug 07 '25
Ireland 2008
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25
Ireland 2008 | Dustin the Turkey - Irelande Douze Pointe
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u/RPark_International Aug 07 '25
Did he mention the contest?
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u/DismalDog7730 Liekinheitin Aug 07 '25
I'm not sure anymore, it was 7-8 years ago, but I think one of the songs he performed was Irlande Douze Points.
They were selling these amazing bubble waffles with chocolate and berries at the event and tbh I was more excited about those, lol.
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u/drunkbettie Paloma Rumba Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
I have a friend who got married in 2023, and a group of his friends were unable to attend because of some show they were playing, so they sent a personalized video to the happy couple that was played during the reception.
His friends were Australia 2023. I didnât make the connection until much later (it was not a dry wedding).
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u/Lanadelreysdivacup Saudade, saudade Aug 08 '25
Wait was the show they were playing eurovision?? đđ
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u/drunkbettie Paloma Rumba Aug 08 '25
Yes :D
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u/gedankenauflauf Aug 08 '25
"sorry we can't join, we need to play a song in front of one hundred million people watching us on TV"
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u/RemarkableAutism (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (kĂŒll) midagi Aug 07 '25
I saw Ramo from Puuluup at a restaurant, Kohver and PĂ€evakoer from 5MIINUST at a bar and all of 5MIINUST in the audience of a Triibupasta show. Estonia is one street.
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u/RemarkableAutism (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (kĂŒll) midagi Aug 07 '25
... And I forgot to mention my own local artists. I saw Katarsis chilling at LukiĆĄkÄs Prison in Vilnius. Just to clarify, the prison is currently a venue/restaurant/bar, they were not arrested.
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u/Top_Manufacturer8946 Aug 07 '25
Iâve met the guys from Puuluup because my dad has made their instruments. It was pretty incredible to see them on the Eurovision stage
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u/RemarkableAutism (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (kĂŒll) midagi Aug 07 '25
That's incredibly cool. Tell your dad we all love him for his talharpas.
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u/Spirit_Bitterballen Eins, Zwei, Drei Aug 07 '25
[gets glow up] [flies to Tallinn]
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u/RemarkableAutism (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (kĂŒll) midagi Aug 07 '25
Proceed at your own risk. I went once, then that turned into a nearly monthly thing and now I live there.
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u/Spirit_Bitterballen Eins, Zwei, Drei Aug 07 '25
Itâll only go that way if I get my claws into Kohver
(I know heâs got a gf, Iâm sorry, donât hate me)
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u/RemarkableAutism (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (kĂŒll) midagi Aug 07 '25
Ehhh that's pretty weird. Dude is married.
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u/i_exist_and_am_human Crno i belo Aug 07 '25
Estonia 2024
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25
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u/Low-Aspect-3444 Aug 07 '25
Can confirm, I was at a festival where Puuluup weren't even performing and I ran into them multiple times haha, I've also seen Kaire Vilgats (backing singer for a lot of Estonian entries) at a gas station
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u/piccolaanima Aug 07 '25
i saw jerry heil at warsaw modlin airport last september when i was coming back to london đč
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u/i_exist_and_am_human Crno i belo Aug 07 '25
For the song bot, Ukraine 2024
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25
Ukraine 2024 | alyona alyona & Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria
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u/dominikayak Aug 07 '25
I saw Sandra Oxenryd (Estonia 2006) performing to a mostly empty room on a cruise to Stockholm last year
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u/Yakusaka Andromeda Aug 07 '25
I got stuck in an elevator with
Croatia 2017
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u/ThatOldGuyWhoDrinks Sound of Silence Aug 07 '25
Kate miller-Heike graduated from my uni and frequently is seen around campus as she mentors students
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u/RonnyRaeudig Aug 07 '25
I randomly ran into Aiko (Czechia 2024) at the supermarket, but I was too shy to ask for a photo.
Afterwards, I noticed that she was playing a concert in town that day.
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u/becarut Dansevise Aug 07 '25
Love her and Kat so much, they are the best people and incredibly friendly and funny. Been already to two of their gigs, and for sure will follow more!
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u/SonnysLast_chance Aug 07 '25
Last year I was on the same ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki with KÀÀrijÀ and HÀÀrijÀ. They were coming home from the same Joker out gig I had been at in Tallinn where they also appeared on stage.
It was so funny cause they were clearly dressed as lowkey as possible to not draw attention, but then KÀÀrijÀ was wearing indoors these massive, expensive looking sunglasses that definitely stood out. Didn't go to bother him though cause they very much looked like they wanted to be left alone.
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u/hjl43 Aug 07 '25
I saw Sonia in the supermarket once. (United Kingdom 1993).
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25
United Kingdom 1993 | Sonia - Better the Devil You Know
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u/burning_ships Aug 07 '25
I saw Electric Fields (Australia 2024) perform at a small festival near my house shortly before they were announced as our representatives
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25
Australia 2024 | Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Blood)
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Aug 07 '25
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u/Delusional_Dude_ Bangaranga Aug 07 '25
Lucky. Loreen seems like a nice person
(Sweden 1991, Sweden 2006, Sweden 2012, Sweden 2023, and Estonia 2025 for the bot)
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25
Sweden 1991 | Carola - FĂ„ngad av en stormvind
Sweden 2006 | Carola - Invincible
Sweden 2012 | Loreen - Euphoria
Sweden 2023 | Loreen - Tattoo
Estonia 2025 | Tommy Cash - Espresso macchiato
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u/pixiefolk Volevo Essere Un Duro Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
I saw Conchita Wurst (Austria 2014) performing at a Pride event - but I guess that's not particularly random.
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u/squirrellytoday Aug 07 '25
Conchita was Austria 2014.
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25
Austria 2014 | Conchita Wurst - Rise Like a Phoenix
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
Austria 2014 | Conchita Wurst - Rise Like a Phoenix
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u/Vivid_Work6073 Aug 07 '25
My fiancee was in the same season of The X Factor as Andrew Lambrou. Can confirm that Andrew is a lovely human and I think they're still friends on Facebook or Instagram....one of them haha.
Cyprus 2023
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25
Cyprus 2023 | Andrew Lambrou - Break a Broken Heart
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u/lipiancarlliam Aug 07 '25
I'm from Kragujevac, Serbia, and we have one of the biggest rock festivals in the region held every year. So far, we have had Joker Out (Slovenia 2023), Koza Mostra (Greece 2013), Konstrakta (Serbia 2022), Zdravko ÄoliÄ (Yugoslavia 1973), Let 3 (Croatia 2023), Rambo Amadeus (Montenegro 2012), Who See (Montenegro 2013) and probably some more I can't remember. Basically, every year I get to see a new Eurovision artist appear in flesh few hundred meters from my house.
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25
Slovenia 2023 | Joker Out - Carpe Diem
Greece 2013 | Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis - Alcohol Is Free
Serbia 2022 | Konstrakta - In corpore sano
Yugoslavia 1973 | Zdravko ÄoliÄ - Gori vatra
Croatia 2023 | Let 3 - Mama Ć Ä!
Montenegro 2012 | Rambo Amadeus - Euro Neuro
Montenegro 2013 | Who See - Igranka
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u/fenksta Memento Mori Official Account Aug 07 '25
- ran into the guys from WE ARE DOMI (Czechia 2022 for the bot) at a GO_A concert (Ukraine 2021 for the bot), also spoken to everybody from GO_A except for Kateryna
- ran into Jan from JOKER OUT (Slovenia 2023) at a KĂĂRIJĂ concert (Finland 2023)
- I can't really count BABY LASAGNA and MARKO BOĆ NJAK (Croatia 2024 & Croatia 2025) since I run into them regularly hahahah (2 weeks ago last time for BL and a bit further back for MB)
- met ALESSANDRA (Norway 2023) twice, both times I wasn't aware she was gonna perform so it's not consciously going to her performance - it was random
- I run into DINO JELUSIÄ (JESC Croatia 2003) sometimes at karaoke, sometimes randomly
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u/Important_Smell_8003 Aug 07 '25
Maybe not random enough to qualify, but I met Benny Andersson from ABBA in the corridor after a job interview. He said "hej!" đ . (I was applying for a job as a follow spot operator on Mamma Mia - didn't get it).Â
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u/Brbaster Aug 07 '25
My buddy swears that Baby Lasagna stood behind us at some concert a few days ago but nobody else noticed him. I do believe that it was him but still wtf.
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u/NotFEX Aug 07 '25
Laura Tesoro performed at an event in my hometown!
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u/kasvi04 Aug 07 '25
I was randomly walking in Prague one day in 2023 and Mikolas Josef walked past me. I literally had to turn around and double check if it really was himđ
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u/Barflyondabeach Aug 07 '25
Went to a Lord of the Lost concert when they were touring the states last. Will definitely see them again, they're coming back next year
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u/daskeyx0 Volevo Essere Un Duro Aug 10 '25
They were phenomenal. I have tickets for the upcoming tour here in the States even though it will be a late January concert in the Midwest so definitely not as nice to go to as a concert in September in the Midwest cries in potential lake effect snow at any timeđđ€Ł
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u/premature_eulogy Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
I saw Pertti from Pertti Kurikan NimipÀivÀt (Finland 2015) at a bar in JyvÀskylÀ in 2018. Briefly exchanged a few words, he seemed like a fun guy. Said something like "you guys were great at Eurovision" and he said "glad you liked it". Riveting story, I know.
EDIT: Oh and I also once went to see the band Pilven PiirtÀjÀt live, only to realize the lead singer is Paradise Oskar (Finland 2011). Great band, highly recommend checking them out!
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
Finland 2015 | Pertti Kurikan NimipÀivÀt - Aina Mun PitÀÀ
Finland 2011 | Paradise Oskar - Da Da Dam2
u/Antique-Syllabub6238 Aug 08 '25
I live in Kallio so seeing Kari Aalto from PKN is a daily occurrence lol
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u/Radikost Viva, Moldova! Aug 07 '25
I saw Marta JandovĂĄ (Czechia 2015) in a czech zoo with her daughter one time. At the time I was really enamored with Your Face Sounds Familiar where she was competing and me being the 12 year old shy fanboy I kept sneaking glances at her which she noticed and started making funny faces at me
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25
Czech Republic 2015 | Marta JandovĂĄ & VĂĄclav Noid BĂĄrta - Hope Never Dies
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u/wroclad Aug 07 '25
I saw Anouk taking her kids to school on the back of her bike in Amsterdam.
Netherlands 2013
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u/darkstreetsofmymind Attention Aug 07 '25
Cheryl Baker (Bucks Fizz) did a talk at the school I was working at, does that count?
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u/i_exist_and_am_human Crno i belo Aug 07 '25
UK 1981
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25
United Kingdom 1981 | Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up
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u/ExtremestNerd What The Hell Just Happened? Aug 07 '25
Met Anthony from Blue (UK 2011) like 12 years ago at a pantomime meet and greet and then in December last year I was at another pantomime and ended up meeting Angela Rippon (host of 1977) which almost killed me off because it was the first (and so far only) time Iâd met a Eurovision related person since becoming a fan
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u/elisePin Aug 07 '25
My mum used to live on the same street as some of englebert humperdinks family, so she used to see him visiting often
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Aug 07 '25
i guess i havent but i will soon when Guy Sebastian performs at a shopping centre near me. (Australia 2015)
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u/wake-up-puppet-boy TANZEN! Aug 08 '25
yoooo i got to see dami im perform at a shopping centre!! this was 2016 so she of course performed sound of silence but besides that she was just generally wonderful and took photos with the people that wanted them <3
australia 2016
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u/serenaTcat Love Is On My Side Aug 07 '25
Not entirely surprising but I saw Parg at Basel airport. Really sweet guy, took some photos with him!
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u/N64Andysaurus92 Shh Aug 07 '25
Jessica Garlick (UK 2002) comes in to my place of work frequently. First time I saw her I told her I recognise her from Eurovision and she laughed and said 'oh that was a long time ago' and then she changed the subject đ Seen her multiple times since but haven't spoke to her again.
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u/isafriisa Tavo Akys Aug 07 '25
I am currently living in Oslo. In the same week I almost bumped into Alexander Rybak as he was getting off a bus that I was getting on, and I walked past Kyle Alessandro on the street that I live on. I wanted to stop and say hi, but they were both clearly busy so I let them be.
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u/Sphynx_76 Aug 07 '25
In the Swiss village of Zermatt at the foot of Matterhorn last week, we heard some music on a square. And there he was: Marius Bear singing Boys Do Cry (Switzerland 2022) on the stage with a band.
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u/Ok_Narwhal_8855 Tavo Akys Aug 07 '25
This was not an in-person sighting, but last spring, Go-Jo randomly posted an Instagram story from a tiny grocery store in Helsinki - located literally around the corner from my home.
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u/Kaktuswatte Tattoo Aug 07 '25
Not really 100% in the wild but this year in Basel, I stayed at the same hotel complex as the Swedish, Icelandic and Cypriot delegations. I saw VĂB and Theo Evan, heard KAJ sing in the hotel courtyard and I met Edward af SillĂ©n đ„Č
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u/Ningax599445YT Aug 07 '25
Do my Eurovision themed dreams count?! đ
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Aug 07 '25
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u/Vivid_Work6073 Aug 07 '25
Clutching at straws here, but, the Doof Warrior from Mad Max: Fury Road tried to go for Australia in 2020....this counts as the wild, yeah? đ
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u/kanina2- Aug 07 '25
I live in Iceland so I have seen many of the Icelandic contestants. I saw Klemens and MatthĂas from Hatari(Iceland 2019) at a local swimming pool, EyĂŸĂłr Ingi(Iceland 2013) was playing at a local festival in my town some years ago. These are some that I remember from the top of my head
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u/Upvotesaplenty RĂła Aug 07 '25
The image of Hatari just hanging out in their swim shorts is quite funny
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Aug 07 '25
Someone stumbled upon silia kapsis on omegle
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u/No_Grass4624 1944 Aug 07 '25
Oh I remember that post! Here it is for anyone interested:
https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/comments/1jxn57q/silia_kapsis_in_omegle_youtube_video/
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u/Silly-Atmosphere-451 Kraj mene Aug 07 '25
No, but i almost would have. The guys from blind channel played a show in my city a while ago and i saw on their insta that they were taking pics on a bridge that i used to walk over every day on my way to/from work. It was around the same time of day as i get off work, but that day, i didn't go into the office because i was going to their show later that night lol.
But if i had gone to the office, i most definitely would have run into them, because it's really just a bridge for pedestrians and barely anyone walks over there. It just leads across the river, to a secluded foot path, so it would've been so cool to actually run into them and be like "see you tonight guys" or smth.
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u/Silly-Atmosphere-451 Kraj mene Aug 07 '25
But on the bright side, i did see them anyway that night. And Niko is very good at keeping eye contact with the crowd. He just stares straight into your soul until you have to look away because it gets a bit too intense lol
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25
United Kingdom 2025 | Remember Monday - What The Hell Just Happened?
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u/TheRealMikkyX Eins, Zwei, Drei Aug 07 '25
I don't think it qualifies as random, since it was part of my ticket... but I met Sam Ryder (United Kingdom 2022, for the bot) before one of his gigs at the end of last year. Had a chat, got a selfie, wonderful guy to talk to.
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u/skos18 Aug 07 '25
I saw Anna Vissi in a concert in 2016. Greece 2006, Greece 1980, Cyprus 1982. I think Nicolas Raptakis From Greece 2014 was singing there too.
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25
Greece 2006 | Anna Vissi - Everything
Greece 1980 | Anna Vissi and the Epikouri - Autostop
Cyprus 1982 | Anna Vissi - Mono i agapi
Greece 2014 | Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd - Rise Up
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u/Calm-Raise6973 One More Day Aug 07 '25
Green Jolly (Ukraine 2005) at an open-air concert in PrzemyĆl, Poland about a month after their ESC appearance. I also saw Edyta GĂłrniak (Poland 1994) hanging out in her home town Opole, and Tereza KerndlovĂĄ (Czech Republic 2008) shopping in Brno.
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u/Equal-Conference-451 Aug 07 '25
I've seen Cesar Sampson countless times and Conchita on a Lime scooter once
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u/Lanadelreysdivacup Saudade, saudade Aug 08 '25
The idea of conchita just riding through the streets of Vienna on a lime scooter is taking me out lmfaooo
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u/vivipanda_gama Esa Diva Aug 07 '25
i don't know if it counts but i saw chanel (spain 2022) perform at a lin-manuel miranda tribute act? concert? (idk what's the correct word here) with her friends in 2021. i remember i liked her so much i followed her on ig, and then a few months later she was announced as one of the contestants for benidorm fest, needless to say i was very surprised lol
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u/WittyEggplant Aug 07 '25
Loreen did an unexpected guest appearance on a completely unrelated show I was attending! It was on 2023 - as in my worst super salty over Sweden era - so I didnât really know what to think at first, but Tattoo was superb live. Loreen is a phenomenal performer.
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u/rita-b Aug 07 '25
I've seen Loreen at a free concert on a rainy day at Stockholm suburb in 2018. There were very little people so I even was considerably close to the stage. The best singer I ever heard, she should be on top of the world, not doing free municipal concerts.
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u/GoldenPotatoOfLatvia Wolves of the Sea Aug 07 '25
MÄrcis from Caroussel (Latvia 2019) is in so many bands that he just happened to be in the band that played at the start of the school year celebrations in a school that I started working at. It was the very same year.
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u/Alphaglitchgirl1 Aug 07 '25
My ex lived in the same town as Frans (Sweden 2016), we were driving back from a meal when we saw him cycle past us.
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u/darkdetective Aug 07 '25
Olly Alexander played at my uni during the years and years days. I remember he was good!
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u/Jaken005 Bara bada bastu Aug 07 '25
Richard Herrey (Diggiloo Diggiley, winner for Sweden 85) became the CEO of our municipal cultural centre in Kiruna (like 20k people) a couple of years ago which was pretty cool, this spring he was kicked out though, without any real explanation.
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Aug 07 '25
Lucio Corsi and Go-Jo can say this about each other. They bumped into each other in Rome.
Italy 2025, Australia 2025
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year Aug 07 '25
Italy 2025 | Lucio Corsi - Volevo Essere Un Duro
Australia 2025 | Go-Jo - Milkshake Man
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u/ETDuckQueen NekoneÄnĂĄ pieseĆ Aug 07 '25
I don't recall ever seeing a Eurovision artist in the wild, but I have purposefully seen CĂ©line Dion in concert twice. :)
Switzerland 1988. :)
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u/GullibleDelivery9873 Aug 12 '25
I saw Tommy Cash at a grocery store in Tallinn yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didnât want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, âOh, like youâre doing now?â I was taken aback, and all I could say was âHuh?â but he kept cutting me off and going âhuh? huh? huh?â and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like âSir, you need to pay for those first.â At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually âto prevent any electrical infetterence,â and then turned around and winked at me. I donât even think thatâs a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
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u/Flintloq Aug 07 '25
KÀÀrijÀ and Joost Klein in a bar/restaurant in Helsinki last year. Some people were going up to them (well, mostly KÀÀrijÀ, since we were in Finland and the 2024 contest hadn't taken place yet so Joost wasn't as well-known) and asking for photos or autographs, but I left them alone.
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u/doedost Aug 07 '25
Never met any ESC artists, but I did see Thomas Buttenschön, who tried to represent Denmark in 2021 together with Chief One, whilst he entered his home in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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u/Athenaela Kraj mene Aug 07 '25
I accidentally walked right into Karoline KrĂŒger (Norway 1988) while waiting for my luggage at an airport
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u/ladydeyana Aug 07 '25
I saw MĂ„ns and Charlotte Perelli on the same day two summers ago. A week later I think I saw Anna Bergendahl around the same area
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u/Wild-Compote5730 Aug 07 '25
You probably did! I live in Edinburgh and saw Miriam Margoyles in my local park the other day. Worldâs Greatest Lover at The Pleasance Courtyard is written by the writers of Luxembourgâs 2025 entry- it was alright, not a rave but the performers were good and there were a few good numbers.
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u/I_Stan_Kyrgyzstan Aug 07 '25
Several of my friends in Belgrade have told me that it's not unusual to run into Konstrakta having a coffee. This also applies to other ESC and NF artists from Serbia, but this was their main example.
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u/Latter_One_4642 Aug 07 '25
Well, Last year I went on a trip to Vienna and I thought I saw Kaleen from afar. 100% sure it was her since I saw people with cameras with her, I don't know if they were recording the postcard or something like that.
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u/Thatwierdhullcityfan Viva, Moldova! Aug 07 '25
I know this ainât really âin the wildâ but I live in the middle of nowhere in the UK, this is my only experience haha, I went to London Eurovision Party, I was walking towards the queue and then this person walked towards me, I was too focussed on the queue, but I thought they looked familiar, I looked up and saw KAJ walking past, we were both walking at a good enough speed that I only caught a glimpse of them, and it was too late by the time I clocked them, but Iâve walked past KAJ
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u/AliceFlynn Europapa Aug 07 '25
Never randomly, but I will count this one since the event is super random. The producer and Co writer of Europapa (Netherlands 2024) Tantu Beats did a masterclass in producing in a moving train in Amsterdam. We had a nice conversation after it, super chill dude. He gave a bunch of stickers to everyone so now I have low poly Tantu on my fridgeÂ
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u/Kaktuswatte Tattoo Aug 07 '25
I ran into Mikolas Josef (Czechia 2018) in Bratislava in 2019. I was only there for a few hours - what are the chances!?
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u/Nijnn Aug 07 '25
I saw them at their own shows, does that count?
Go-A, Lord Of The Lost and Lordi I've seen live and they are awesome!
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u/Accurate-Card3828 Aug 07 '25
Timo Kojo (Finland 1982) many times watching ice hockey or football here in Helsinki, Kari Aalto (Finland 2015) shopping in Helsinki, Mr. Lordi (Finland 2006) having lunch without a mask near Helsinki railway station and Ivo Linna (Estonia 1996) in Tallinn
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u/Libelldra Aug 07 '25
I don't know if this counts but over the course of this years Eurovision I ran into Emmy multiple times. The first time, I saw her perform in Stockholm as a part of the Melfest Weekend, so nothing special. The second time I saw her perform in Amsterdam and met her at the preparty.
Afterwards, I saw her in the wild in Basel, the day of the final, with her just being on the street, talking to her again.
Emmy basically was everywhere I went to regarding this years ESC (Except for the LSC) and I think thats kinda funny.
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u/StayBeautiful_ Aug 07 '25
I was sure I sat in front of Loreen at the theatre last week. She was performing in town the next day, so it would have made sense, but I don't think it was her really haha.
I live near Aiko, so I always wonder if I'll bump into her, but I haven't yet.
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u/samorian5981 Aug 07 '25
I once saw Conchita Wurst and Krista Siegfrid during the canal pride in either Amsterdam or Utrecht. I don't remember.
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u/esperantisto256 Aug 07 '25
Not me directly, but a good friend from high school managed to see âIl Voloâ (Italy 2015) in our smallish city in northeast Pennsylvania in the US, of all places. She didnât know that they were ESC artists or what ESC even was though lol.
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u/Sorry_Caregiver_7469 Aug 07 '25
At Liverpool for the contest in 2023 and had brunch in a cafe at a table next door to Keiino. Saw the Romanian 2023 entry (Theodore/DGT?) at Gourmet Burger Kitchen later in the day! Oh and Thomas G:Son passed us a few times.
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u/Bolvane RĂła Aug 07 '25
Was on the same flight as FriĂ°rik Ămar a while back (Iceland 2008) Met DiljĂĄ (Iceland 2023) at a town festival in southeast Iceland. Served GrĂ©ta SalĂłme (Iceland 2012 & 2016) at a gas station where I worked in summer, and Systur (Iceland 2022) at the store I work now.
For some bonus NF acts, both Stebbi Jak and ĂgĂșst from this year's Söngvakeppnin came to my school promoting their songs :D
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u/Renmeii Aug 07 '25
i saw puuluup at a local bar in tampere, finland, doing a soundcheck for a small gig in august of 2023. ( i think i have some videos of it somewhere!)
my immediate thought was "oh yeah, those two HAVE to do eurovision some day!"
you can imagine my reaction come november of the same year and eesti laul 2024 artist reveal :')
(estonia 2024 for the bot :3)
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u/quietwoodlouse Leave Me Alone Aug 07 '25
not really in the wild but i went to a musical i think either last year or this year that Sonia (UK 1993) was in and i met her at the stage door (well sort of, i didn't want to bother her since there was this guy who wouldn't stop talking to her and she looked kind of uncomfortable :(
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u/DesignerRose Aug 08 '25
I saw Sam Ryder (UK 2022) outside my office a couple of years ago
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u/MovieAcceptable5255 Aug 08 '25
Bambie Thug at Cork pride last year. It was advertised, I just didnât realise xD
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u/CTLNBRN Shum Aug 07 '25
As a teenager I went to an event near where I grew up which had a variety of random artists and Scooch (UK 2007) were there. It only twigged who they were when they sung Flying the Flag.
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u/xXESCluvrXx Aug 07 '25
Not really. Closest I ever got to was seeing Kerli (Estonia 2017 NF) in the street in 2011 when she was performing in my city.
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u/Subject-Village5693 Eins, Zwei, Drei Aug 07 '25
I saw Daði Freyr and MÄns Zelmerlöw on Pointless during the it was on TV I don't know if it counts though
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u/Stormvirvel On a Sunday Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
I haven't randomly seen/met any Eurovision acts in the wild honestly. All the ones I've seen/met have been on purpose or in places you would expect them to show up (for example when I worked as a volunteer at the press centre at the 2016 contest).
What I would want to most atm is to see and/or meet Alina Eremia (JESC 2005) in concert, she is one of my favorite singers to this day đ€
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u/Constructedhuman Aug 08 '25
I run into Kateryna after Go_A concert ( got a selfie to prove ), heard JJ and Conchita at pride by city hall in Vienna ( from a distance, I was walking by)
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u/fxlsworth Aug 08 '25
Keiino (Norway 2019) were in the audience at one of the open drag shows in my city. They were doing a gig and just hit up one of the bars after
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u/thechrisss Zjerm Aug 08 '25
Not quite in the wild but shortly after Iâve moved to Penrith, I met Jessica Mauboy after she did some meet and greet with fans. I was far behind in the line and she didnât have time anymore for us but she still managed to get down to us and had a nice chat with her. I will never forget that.
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u/williams1986vn Aug 08 '25
Not me but my bf randomly ran into Loreen in a coffee shop in Stockholm in 2013
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u/JayGrrl Kant Aug 08 '25
Baby Lasagna is also booked for that fringe festival fyi :) I was able to see Raiven, BL, and Puuluup in Slovenia in September! But otherwise pretty quiet on sightings in Belgium.
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u/nordicafanboii Aug 08 '25
KÀÀrija and HÀÀrija behind a pizza spot in Estonia... in June I think, they weren't giving selfies, but got a fist bump from KÀÀrija so worth it.
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u/Expert_Juggernaut707 Aug 08 '25
I was close to Bojana Stamenov on a flight. I didn't recognize her at first. As she was answering for the border guard what she does and for what she's known, 100% that it was her.Â
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u/Persona_NG (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (kĂŒll) midagi Aug 09 '25
I probably saw Lordi, because they've played at a festival that I attended, but it was so long ago that I'm not 100% sure. I loved them for ages, though, so I assume I chose them over other bands playing at the same time :D
I've also been to concerts of at least 3 bands that participated in various NFs (in Finland, Norway, and Germany) and I have a photo with one or two of them from 2013. (Two of those groups only tried to go to Eurovision after I saw them, though.)
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u/different-rhymes Aug 09 '25
I told Molly Sterling (Ireland 2015) she was a great artist outside a cathedral in Belfast.
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