Energia: ‘We were sat in an office not knowing what to expect – it was like auditioning for The X Factor’

By Joe Bleasdale Last updated Feb 20, 2025

In an ESCBubble first, we got hold of an actual Sammarinese act pre-San Marino Song Contest! Energia, a British pop combo helmed by producer Mark Andrewes, kindly reached out to our very own Joe B, who not only asked them about the rigorous audition process for attempting to represent the micro-nation at Eurovision, but also put them through their paces in an impromptu quiz on all things San Marino!

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I'm Joe. I was born in Copenhagen, grew up in London, speak French and Spanish and have been a near-lifelong fan of Eurovision.

I accidentally stumbled across Eurovision after staying up past my bedtime in 2005, then got hooked in 2009, discovered semi-finals in 2011, then national finals in 2016, and now, it's my favourite sport (you can bet on it, after all). I'm also a newly-huge fan of Sanremo, which means I've inadvertantly learned Italian given about 80% of my playlists are made up of those artists.

My all-time favourite Eurovision songs are Sergio Dalma's "Bailar pegados" (Spain 1991) and Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah" (Finland 2006).

You can find me at @SirBleasdale on the socials (Instagram / Twitter), and at www.joebleasdale.com.

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