The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews

Mar 03 2025 264 ep. 39 mins 86
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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 258: LUMO

Mar 03 2025 45 mins  
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

Episode 257: Disco Sauna

Feb 24 2025 35 mins  
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 du

Episode 256: Ren Faire

Feb 17 2025 46 mins  
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)

Episode 255: ('Singing')

Feb 10 2025 50 mins  
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

Episode 254: Super

Feb 03 2025 49 mins  
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 Announ

Episode 253: Vox Lux

Jan 27 2025 30 mins  
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&

Episode 252: Process

Jan 20 2025 22 mins  
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 Fi

Episode 251: Wading

Jan 13 2025 24 mins  
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 Begin

Episode 250: Loaded with Energy

Jan 06 2025 44 mins  
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

Episode 249: Pew Pew Pew

Dec 29 2024 59 mins  
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 (17:3