Richard Herrey

A young Swedish teenager and his mormon family moves to the United States to learn the trade of show business, then moves back to Sweden and together with his two brothers participate as ''Herrey's'' in the in the Swedish Melodifestivalen, virtually unknown and in spray-painted boots and shirts made from shower curtains, confidently wins both Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision, becomes the biggest artists in Sweden at the time, gets besieged by screaming fans, briefly dates Carola and goes on tour behind the iron curtain. It is not quite your run-of-the-mill life story that Rikard Herrey has to tell Emil in this episode, where we also learn about Rikard's companionship with Christer Björkman, his further attempts to return to Melodifestivalen and all of the other projects he has been involved in, from restaurants to a stunt in the Swedish parliament.Legend: Richard HerreySong: Diggi-loo Diggi-leyHost: Emil LöfströmContact: emil@schlagervannerna.seInstagram Facebookhttp//www.eurovisionlegends.se Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Eurovision Legends is the biggest podcast about the Eurovision Song Contest. Emil Löfström invites songwriters, artists and other important people from the world of the Eurovision Song Contest for a warm and lighthearted conversation about their Eurovision adventures and careers. How did the songs originate, what happened behind the scenes, who ought to have won the contest and what did the song demos sound like? This and much more in this award-nominated podcast that goes out globally over the internet and on British broadcast radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.