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The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews

The EuroWhat? Podcast

The Eurowhat? Podcast launched in 2018 and features two Americans (Ben Smith and Mike McComb) attempting to make sense of the Eurovision Song Contest. The show tracks national selections and artist announcements, breaks down each year’s songs with a diverse array of guests, and dives into the 65+ years of contest history using Eurovision as a lens to analyze what’s happening in pop culture and the world.

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Episode 162: Midsommar

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/06/28

We're joined by @dudepoints to discuss some Swedish post-Eurovision activities: ABBA's Voyage concert experience and Martin Osterdahl's Max Anger book series. Midsommar Summary Ukraine will not host Eurovision 2023 (0:57) Eurovision Live to Tape 2022 (7:52) Eurovision in the Wild: AGT 2022 Edition (11:13) Main Topic: Midsommar with @dudepoints (13:54) ABBA Voyage (17:14) Max Anger (23:16) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. You can find a service to subscribe

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Episode 161: Trivial Pursuits

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/06/14

Professional TV quiz writer Alex McMillan joins us to talk about how to write tantalizing Eurovision trivia. We also learn about some of the differences between UK and US game show writing. Trivial Pursuits Summary News: Russia suspended (for realsies), Kalush Orchestra sells trophy, Cyprus using All Together Now (1:21) Eurovision Learned League 1DS (4:43) Welcome, Alex McMillan! (7:22) How does one become a quiz show writer? (12:18) How do you distill a body of knowledge into something manageable

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Episode 160: Just ASCing Questions

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/05/31

We check in with the Eurovision jury shenanigans and then offer a sample of what we've been doing over on Patreon. Andy Dehnart from Reality Blurred joins us to look back on NBC’s American Song Contest experiment. Just ASCing Questions Summary News: Jury Doody (1:42) Just ACing Questions: Is it you? Is it me? (Originally published May 9, 2022) (8:10) Could the American Song Contest have worked? (12:31) How could the American Song Contest have generated buzz? (19:09) Could the voting and jury have

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Episode 159: Long Time, First Time

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/05/24

Bradley Dalton-Oates joins us for a deep dive of the full Eurovision experience as a first-time attendee. Did Turin do a good job of promoting brand Italy? Long Time, First Time Summary How to watch Eurovision in Turin (1:13) How did the rehearsal shows compare to the Grand Final live show? (10:41) What did you think of the second semifinal? (14:27) What was your semifinal one experience? (23:00) The Rainbow of Death: Brand Italy (31:44) What about the United Kingdom Eurovision experience

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Episode 158: Slava Ukraini

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/05/17

Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra claimed the Eurovision 2022 trophy thanks to a record-breaking televote. Dave Steeves joins us to do a mini-dive into this year's Grand Final. Slava Ukraini Summary Numbers! (2:03) Jury Doody (11:12) Cosa Sta Facendo Måneskin: Wish.com Edition (16:33) Welcome to the off-season! (21:34) Eurovision 2022 Review Series Semi-Final 1 Part 1 (http://eurowhat.com/149) Semi-Final 1 Part 2 (http://eurowhat.com/150) Semi-Final 1 Part 3 (http://eurowhat.com/151) Semi-Final 2 Part 1

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Episode 157: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ — Eurovision 2022 Grand Final...

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/05/13

We started Eurovision Week with 35 semi-finalists. 20 have moved on to join the Big 5 in Saturday's Grand Final. We take stock of our predictions from last episode and make our picks for who will win Eurovision 2022. ¯_(ツ)/¯ Eurovision 2022 Grand Final Preview Summary Eurovision Semi-Final 1 (2:27) Eurovision Semi-Final 2 (12:34) Eurovision Grand Final Preview (24:37) Who will win Eurovision 2022? (31:42) Eurovision 2022 Review Series Semi-Final 1 Part 1 (http://eurowhat.com/149) Semi-Final 1 Part 2

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Episode 156: Bubblicious - Eurovision 2022 Semi-Final...

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/05/08

We make our picks for who we think will advance from this week's Eurovision Semi-Finals. These predictions were made before rehearsals, but surely they're still accurate? Bubblicious Summary Eurovision Week 2022 (1:42) Our Semi-Final 1 Picks (6:55) Our Semi-Final 2 Picks (19:56) Eurovision 2022 Review Series Semi-Final 1 Part 1 (http://eurowhat.com/149) Semi-Final 1 Part 2 (http://eurowhat.com/150) Semi-Final 1 Part 3 (http://eurowhat.com/151) Semi-Final 2 Part 1 (http://eurowhat.com/152) Semi-Final

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Episode 155: Sommelier

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/05/03

Glen Weldon from NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour joins us to discuss the songs that have automatically qualified for the Eurovision 2022 Grand Final. Standing Summary France - Alvan & Ahez - "Fulenn" (2:54) Germany - Malik Harris - "Rockstars" (6:54) Spain - Chanel - "SloMo" (11:49) United Kingdom - Sam Ryder - "SPACE MAN" (15:07) Italy - Mahmood e Blanco - "Brividi" (20:04) Eurovision 2022 Sommelier (25:37) Eurovision 2022 Review Series Semi-Final 1 Part 1 (http://eurowhat.com/149) Semi-Final 1 Part 2

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Episode 154: Himbo

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/04/26

Ned Raggett returns to discuss that last six entries of the second semi-final for Eurovision 2022. Will one of the boys with emotions be able to overtake Sweden’s melancholy? (No. The answer is no.) Himbo Summary Romania - WRS - "Llámame" (2:56) Poland - Ochman - "River" (9:21) Montenegro - Vladana - "Breathe" (17:03) Belgium - Jérémie Makiese - "Miss You" (22:45) Sweden - Cornelia Jakobs - "Hold Me Closer" (28:05) Czech Republic - We Are Domi - "Lights Off" (36:08) Eurovision 2022 Review

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Episode 153: Americana?

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/04/19

The middle of the second semi-final for Eurovision 2022 is all over the map, but seems to have a lot of Americana vibes? Bre Booker returns to help us sort through the randomness. Americana? Summary San Marino - Achille Lauro - "Stripper" (1:46) Australia - Sheldon Riley - "Not the Same" (8:24) Cyprus - Andromache - "Ela" (14:28) Ireland - Brooke Scullion - "That's Rich" (21:30) North Macedonia - Andrea - "Circles" (28:56) Estonia - STEFAN - "Hope" (34:27) Eurovision 2022 Review Series Semi-Final 1

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Episode 152: Subversive

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/04/12

Justin Ladia joins us to start our coverage of the second semi-final for Eurovision 2022, with Finland, Israel, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Malta on the docket this week. Subversive Summary Finland - The Rasmus - "Jezebel" (2:23) Israel - Michael Ben David - "I.M" (8:30) Serbia - Konstrakta - "In Corpore Sano" (16:17) Azerbaijan - Nadir Rüstəmli - "Fade to Black" (25:22) Georgia - Circus Mircus - "Lock Me In" (33:03) Malta - Emma Muscat - "I Am What I Am" (44:16) Eurovision 2022 Review

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Episode 151: Lilith Fair (Taylor's Version)

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/04/05

We have a running order! We have tickets when! We have Mike Nothnagel joining us to discuss the rest of the first semi final for Eurovision 2022: Portugal, Croatia, Denmark, Iceland, Greece, and Norway Lilith Fair (Taylor's Version) Summary Eurovision News: Running Orders and Tickets (sort of) (1:36) Cosa Sta Facendo Måneskin: Lollapalooza Edition (3:43) Welcome, Mike Nothnagel! (8:40) Portugal - MARO - "saudade, saudade" (9:35) Croatia - Mia Dimšić - "Guilty Pleasure" (14:34) Denmark - ReDDI - "The

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Episode 150: Meditation Therapy

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/03/29

Evan Stewart joins us to discuss more entries from the Eurovision 2022 first semi-final. Will the Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland, Armenia, or Austria be able to challenge current favorite Ukraine? Meditation Therapy Summary Netherlands - S10 - "De Diepte" (4:14) Slovenia - LPS - "Disko" (9:33) Switzerland - Marius Bear - "Boys Do Cry" (15:09) Ukraine - KALUSH Orchestra - "Stefania" (21:19) Armenia - Rosa Linn - "Snap" (28:22) Austria - LUM!X featuring Pia Maria - "Halo" (32:51) Eurovision 2022

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Episode 149: Fairgrounds

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/03/22

Meredith Clark joins us to discuss Albania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, and Moldova as we kick off our coverage of the first semi-final for Eurovision 2022. Fairgrounds Summary Albania - Ronela Hijati - "Sekret" (5:32) Bulgaria - Intelligent Music Project - "Intention" (10:42) Latvia - Citi Zēni - "Eat Your Salad" (18:00) Lithuania - Monika Liu - "Sentimentai" (25:04) Moldova - Zdob și Zdub & Fratii Advahov - Trenulețul (29:57) Spotify Playlists Eurovision Selection Season 2022

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Episode 148: One More Google

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/03/15

In the last week of Eurovision Selection Season, we have a manageable number of internal selections to process and ease into the sunset with chill vibes from three national finals. One More Google Summary Tuesday: Switzerland (2:02) Wednesday: Georgia and Cyprus (4:52) Thursday: Belgium, United Kingdom, and Greece (10:44) Friday: Austria (22:57) Saturday: Sweden's Melfest, Iceland's Songvakeppnin, and Portugal's Festival da Cancao (27:18) Coming up this week: Israel, Malta, Azerbaijan, Armenia

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Episode 147: Math

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/03/08

Our brains may have turned into soup, but we survived the last overstuffed Saturday of Eurovision Selection Season. Just barely though... we were told there would be no math... Math Summary Internal selections: The Netherlands and Montenegro (1:43) 12 Points Germany goes to "Rockstars" by Malik Harris (5:25) Denmark's REDDI won "The Show" (11:13) WRS wins Romania's Selectia Nationala with "Llamame" (14:47) "Fulenn" wins France's C'est Vous Qui Decidez (19:09) Konstrakta will represent Serbia with

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Episode 146: Україна

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/03/01

We stand with Ukraine. Україна Summary Eurovision Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (1:31) Eurovision in the Wild: David Byrne Edition (7:02) Australia Decides on Sheldon Riley's "Not the Same" (9:15) The Rasmus wins Finland's UMK with "Jezebel" (15:49) More Super Saturdays: Iceland, Sweden, France, Romania, and more (20:45) Spotify Playlists Eurovision Selection Season 2022 (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Lc19haW2ZINm7MX6VWrb2?si=805cedcbe1084b90) EuroWhat Podcast

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Episode 145: Quante voci? In questa economia?

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/02/22

In the biggest Saturday for Eurovision 2022 selection season, 6 songs were chosen for Turin. We travel to Norway, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, San Marino, and Malta and examine a variety of TV formats along the way. Quante voci? In questa economia? Summary News: Kelly Clarkson, Snoop Dogg to Host American Song Contest; Ukraine Update (1:25) Azerbaijan announces Nadir Rüstəmli (4:32) Norway Gives That Subwoolfer a Ticket to Turin (6:19) Slovenia hits the "Disko" with LPS (13:07) Croatia Gives in to Mia

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Episode 144: HyperRoop

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/02/15

It was another busy week for Eurovision as Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia made their picks for Turin. We get caught up and look ahead to the next Super Saturday in this week's episode. HyperRoop Summary Austria selects Lum!x and Pia Maria to perform "Halo" (1:25) Ukraine's VidBir chooses Alina Pash's "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" (3:49) Estonia puts all its "Hope" in STEFAN (9:23) Monika Lui wins Lithuania's Pabandom is Naujo with "Sentimentai" (14:36) Citi Zeni's "Eat Your Salad" wins

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Episode 143: Oops! All Screens!

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2022/02/08

North Macedonia, Ireland, Israel, and Italy have determined their songs for Turin, and that was only about 1/3 of Eurovision Super Saturday number 1 for the 2022 season. We recap this weekend's non-stop content stream. Oops! All Screens! Summary Eurovision 2022 Hosts (1:22) North Macedonia runs "Circles" around Andrea (3:50) Brooke representing Ireland? "That's Rich" (6:02) Michael Ben David wins X Factor Israel with "I.M." (12:08) Cosa Sta Facendo Maneskin? Italy Picks "Brividi" Edition

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