The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews

Jan 27 2025 259 ep. 39 mins 80
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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 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 Moldova has withdrawn, several countries released potential songs, and Finland's UMK faces a significant shakeup.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

Episode 248: Three-Card Montesong

Dec 16 2024 47 mins  
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... a

Episode 247: Rebuilt

Dec 02 2024 40 mins  
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

Episode 246: Rockin' the Kremlin

Nov 18 2024 49 mins  
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 abo

Episode 245: Avalanche

Nov 04 2024 38 mins  
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) 🔴 Co

Episode 244: Yugonostalgia

Oct 21 2024 36 mins  
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 th