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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 261: Evolution

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2025/03/25

We kick off our 2025 Eurovision Review Season with #EurovisionSky poster Ted Van Houten to discuss the entries from Albania, Slovenia, Belgium, Ukraine, and Poland. About Ted Ted is a transportation planner in Washington, DC. As someone who loves European geopolitics, obscure pop music, and being a homosexual, Ted was destined to be a Eurovision fan as soon as he found out about it. Other than Eurovision, Ted enjoys trivia competitions (both online and at his local bar), tennis, reality television,

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Episode 260: Stragglers

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2025/03/18

We reach the end of Eurovision Selection Season 2025 and share our first impressions of the internal selections from Israel, Switzerland, Cyprus, Georgia, and France.Stragglers Summary Israel Debuts "New Day Will Rise" by Yuval Raphael (2:07) Zoë Më will represent host country Switzerland with "Voyage" (9:05) Theo Evan says "Shh" for Cyprus (12:02) Georgia declares "Freedom" with Mariam Shengelia (15:55) France's Louane debuts "maman" (21:04) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever

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Episode 259: Choose Chaos

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2025/03/11

After addressing some KANTroversy, we discuss the Eurovision selections from Austria, United Kingdom, Sweden, San Marino, and Portugal. Choose Chaos Summary KANTroversy: EBU Rejects Current form of Malta's Entry (1:07) Austria's JJ sings of "Wasted Love" (4:57) The United Kingdom's Remember Monday asks "What the Hell Just Happened" (8:35) Reminder: Revamps and Videos on the Way (14:21) KAJ wins Melfest with "Bara Bada Bastu" (15:06) Gabry Ponte wins the San Marino Song Contest with "Tutta L'Italia"

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Episode 258: LUMO

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2025/03/04

We get a mix of Eurovision internal selections and national finals this week from Australia, Netherlands, Serbia, Germany, Denmark, and Croatia. We also meet a new mascot/nemesis. LUMO Summary Lumo is here (1:01) Australia has ordered one "Milkshake Man" to Go-Jo (3:15) Claude says "C'est La Vie" for the Netherlands (7:43) Serbia crowns Princ and his song "Mila" (11:28) Germany goes "Baller" with Abor & Tynna (17:24) Denmark has a "Hallucination" with Sissal (25:03) Croatia's Marko Bošnjak is bring

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Episode 257: Disco Sauna

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2025/02/25

Azerbaijan and Iceland have their Eurovision songs selected, Germany picked their finalists, Sweden and Portugal held heats, and San Marino is doing... something.Disco Sauna Summary Azerbaijan's Mamagama wants to "Run With U" (1:27) VÆB win Iceland's Songvakeppnin with "RÓÁ" (5:33) Italy: Lucio Corsi will go to Basel with "Volevo essere un duro" (11:08) Estonia: Tommy Cash and Joost "United by Music" (12:56) Måns wins heat 4 of Melfest (18:29) Portugal begins the Festival da Canção (26:20) Germany

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Episode 256: Ren Faire

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2025/02/18

We mark the halfway point of Eurovision Selection Season with the third Super Saturday in a row. Ren Faire Summary Poland selects Justyna's "Gaja" (0:57) "Espresso Macchiato" by Tommy Cash wins Eesti Laul (7:52) Norway's Kyle Alessandro will bring "Lighter" to Basel (12:06) Katarsis will represent Lithuania with "Tavo akys" (16:39) Olly wins Italy's Sanremo (20:53) Parg is a Depi Evratesil "Survivor" (26:35) Other national selections: San Marino, Germany, Sweden, Iceland (31:55) Coming up:

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Episode 255: ('Singing')

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2025/02/11

It's the biggest weekend of Eurovision 2025 so far with Ireland, Ukraine, Finland, Latvia, and Malta making picks while several other countries' processes continued. Do-re-mi-fa-serving exhausted, but we shall persevere!('Singing') Summary Mid-week drops: Azerbaijan's Mamagama and Czechia's "Kiss Kiss Goodbye" (2:25) Ireland accepts invitation to Emmy's "Laika Party" (6:15) Erika Vikman wins Finland's UMK with "Ich Komme" (15:43) Ziferblat's "Bird of Pray" will represent Ukraine (21:44) Latvia's

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Episode 254: Super

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2025/02/04

Eurovision started to get structure this week thanks to the semi-final allocation draw, the first wave of ticket sales, and selections from Greece, Slovenia, Belgium, and Spain. Sweden kicked off Melfest, Lithuania got competitive, and Latvia picked finalists. This was the easy Super Saturday...Super Summary Eurovision Semi-Final Allocation and Ticket Sales (1:18) Artist Announcements: Austria's JJ and France's Louane (8:45) Klavdia's "Asteromata" wins Greece's national final (11:16) Slovenia:

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Episode 253: Vox Lux

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2025/01/28

Luxembourg selected their Eurovision representative at the end of a surprisingly busy week. Moldova has withdrawn, several countries released potential songs, and Finland's UMK faces a significant shakeup.Vox Lux Summary 🫢 Shakeups: Moldova out; Finland's UMK DQ's One Morning Left (1:15) 🇱🇺 Luxembourg chooses Laura Thorn's "La Poupée Monte Le Son" (4:55) 🎧 Song Drops: Portugal, Ukraine, Ireland, Norway, Belgium (14:59) 🇱🇹 Lithuania's Eurovizija.LT Tiebreaker (20:00) 🤹 This Week: Semi-Final

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Episode 252: Process

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2025/01/21

It's another hopping Eurovision 2025 setup week with another wave of potential songs, information about Basel, the ESC hosts, ticket sales, plus auditions and previews from Moldova and Belgium.Process Summary 📢 Announcements: Mascots, ArenaPlus, and the Eurovision Hosts (1:03) 🎟️ Next in Logistics: Semi-Final Allocation and Eurovision Tickets (3:44) 💿 National Final Songs and Artists: Poland, Norway, Ukraine, Iceland (6:17) 🇲🇩 Moldova Etapa Nationala Auditions (11:30) 🇱🇹 Lithuania's

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Episode 251: Wading

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2025/01/14

We ease into the waters of the Eurovision TV season, thanks to the first heat of Lithuania's Eurovizija.LT. We also check in on the candidate song drops for the processes happening in Finland, Malta, Croatia, and Greece.Wading Summary Finland Announces 7 Acts for UMK (2:05) Malta, Croatia, and Greece Drop Their National Final Songs (6:46) Lithuania's Eurovizija.LT Begins (12:56) This week: Moldova Auditions; Acts from Poland, Norway, Iceland; Belgium TV; Eurovision Hosts (21:27) Subscribe The

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Episode 250: Loaded with Energy

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2025/01/07

Before 2025 gets into full swing, we catch up on Eurovision news from the end of 2024. We have designs! We have fonts! We have an entry where we're not not saying Tirana 2026! Plus, we go deep on the results from the ESC 250 Countdown.Loaded with Energy Summary 💕Unity. Shapes. Love. Branding. (0:55) 🇦🇱 Albania selects "Zjerm" by Shkodra Elektronike (12:36) 🇳🇱 Netherlands selects Claude as their act for Basel (21:41) 📰 Other Process Updates: Ukraine, San Marino, Ireland, Iceland, Moldova

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Episode 249: Pew Pew Pew

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2024/12/30

As we head into 2025, we jump back 25 years to watch the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest. How has the competition, fashion, and pop music changed in the last quarter-century(!)? Pew Pew Pew Summary 🗓️ In the Year 2000... (3:17) ⛳️ Part I: Israel, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Estonia, France, Romania (7:07) 🎤 Part II: Malta, Norway, Russia, Belgium, Cyprus, Iceland (17:30) 🪽 Part III: Spain, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Croatia, Sweden, FYR Macedonia (27:49) 🌟 Part IV: Finland, Latvia, Turkey,

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Episode 248: Three-Card Montesong

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2024/12/17

As we rush to get out of 2024 we're getting details from just about every country participating in Eurovision 2025. We recap last month's Montesong from Montenegro, learn a bit about Czechia's artist, and start adding all the dates to our calendar. Three-Card Montesong Summary 😾 Is anyone still mad at the EBU? (1:30) 🇲🇪 Montenegro returns with Montesong... and shenanigans (7:48) 🇨🇿 Czechia selects ANDONXS for Basxl (17:34) 🇪🇺 What's Happening in the EU (Eurowhat Universe) (20:00) 🌊 All the

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Episode 247: Rebuilt

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2024/12/03

In 2019 we examined the Big 5—Italy, Spain, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom—and offered suggestions on how they might improve their standing at Eurovision. It's five years later: how are the Big 5 doing now?Rebuilt Summary 🇮🇹 Italy (3:46) 🇪🇸 Spain (9:19) 🤗 Eurowhat AV Club Patreon and the ESC250 (16:25) 🇩🇪 Germany (18:25) 🇫🇷 France (27:07) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (33:10) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here

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Episode 246: Rockin' the Kremlin

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2024/11/19

David Junk, originally from Ohio, was the first CEO of Universal Music Russia. In his memoir Rocking the Kremlin', he and co-author Fred Bronson (from Billboard Magazine) share stories about the "Wild, Wild East", Eurovision, and the influence of western pop culture after the fall of the USSR.Rockin' the Kremlin Summary 📖 What is Rockin' the Kremlin about? (3:23) 🎶 Alsou, t.A.T.u., and Sergey Lazarev (10:33) 🇺🇦 Building the Ukrainian Music Industry (32:46) 📱Where to find David, Fred, and

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Episode 245: Avalanche

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2024/11/05

It's been a couple months since we last checked in on Eurovision news… hoo boy there's a lot to get caught up on. We have elections, new heads of delegations, and info about way too many national selections. Avalanche Summary 💊 Exotic Switzerland: Funding Referendum, Novartis Sponsorship (1:41) 🇳🇱 Is Everyone (Netherlands?) Still Mad at the EBU? (6:31) 🔴 Coming up on the podcast: Iceland Airwaves and Rockin' the Kremlin (12:16) 🎓 New Heads of Delegations for 2025 (14:42) 📆 National Selection

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Episode 244: Yugonostalgia

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2024/10/22

We welcome back @dudepoints, who recently completed their Master's thesis which included discussion of the intersection of the Yugoslavian Art Practice and recent Eurovision entries from Serbia and Croatia. More simply: let's talk about performance art at Eurovision! Yugonostalgia Summary What is the Yugoslavian Art Practice? (2:39) How does Eurovision interact with the Yugoslavian Art Practice? (7:59) Who else has been a Performance Artist at Eurovision? (17:50) How do you define "performance

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Episode 243: Verily

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2024/10/08

The Reference Group is one of the governing bodies for the Eurovision Song Contest. Who sits on this board and what experience do they bring to the table? We go through the dossiers in this episode. Verily Summary What are the Eurovision Heads of Delegation and Reference Group? (1:29) Who is currently in the Eurovision Reference Group? (8:05) Who isn't on the Eurovision Reference Group? (21:52) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to

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Episode 242: Eurovisionaries

The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews ·

2024/09/24

Dr. Zoë Jay returns to discuss Eurovisionaries, an academic research project investigating the ways Eurovision fans think about and practice forms of cultural diplomacy.Eurovisionaries Summary What was the inspiration for the Eurovisionaries project? (3:16) How to define "political" (5:56) Eurovision's shift from "political" (2023) to "Political" (2024) (10:41) Initial findings from speaking with the Eurofandom (15:31) Politics, cultural relations, and social media (20:45) What is the goal of the

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