12 Points from America

Holy buckets, three hundred episodes! We’re celebrating this big milestone by answering as many of your questions as we can, as well as speculating on the ramifications of Canada’s sudden […]

Bulgaria is just so hot right now, so there’s never been a better time to look back on the country’s uniquely polarizing history at Eurovision, and count down our favorite […]

Though their success over the last 15 years is undeniable, Sweden’s status as a Eurovision powerhouse has arguably come into question since their last victory. This week, we’re discussing why […]

Eurovision may be over, but is it ever really over? A brief preview of Eurovision Young Musicians, the sudden presence of “Bangaranga” in pro wrestling, and the potential of even […]

With Sam back stateside and a few days removed since this year’s shocking outcome, we reconvened to discuss how things played out in Vienna, the weird controversies that ensued, and […]

The hype was real, and for the first time, Bulgaria has won the Eurovision Song Contest. Moments after the show concluded, Erik, Liz, and Derek convened to share their immediate […]

It call comes down to this. Well, this and the jury final. The team gathered one more time before Saturday’s grand final to discuss the running order, the happenings in […]

Though the results were bereft of any huge surprises, the second semifinal inspired a lot to discuss, raises a number of questions. Derek, Liz, Danny, and Erik convened to discuss […]

Near the end of a very busy day in Vienna, Erik and Liz caught up with Sam to get her first impressions of semifinal 2, including a few songs that […]

A stacked semifinal was not especially conducive to shocking results, but there is still a lot to discuss about Tuesday’s big show. The full team convened (eventually!) to discuss the […]

Sam’s in Vienna and has seen the first full dress rehearsal of semifinal one. We here in the states mostly just have questions, but she has answers! We’ve got those […]

With only the faintest of footage to go from, Liz, Erik, Sam, and Derek convened earlier this week to make some early predictions on how next week’s Eurovision Song Contest […]

After six entire weeks of discussing, praising, and complaining about this year’s entries, the time has come to pick our favorites. With a combination of a jury vote (us) and […]

It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for, plus several other moments. In our sixth and final song preview episode, we’re taking a look at the entries from Poland, Armenia, […]

The great songs and even better opinions continue unabated this week, with our discussions mostly concerning the songs from Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland, Norway, Australia, and the United Kingdom!

Our preview series rolls on with a truly fascinating group of entries from Cyprus, Estonia, Lithuania, Italy, France, and Georgia.

The takes are heating up as we reach the halfway point of this year’s preview series! This week we’re looking at the songs from Malta, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Latvia, and Sweden.

It’s that time again – again! This week, we’re passing judgment – often in surprising ways! – onto the Eurovision entries from Ukraine, Romania, Austria, Czechia, Croatia, and Greece.

Some way, somehow, it is already that time again. This week, Danny returns to the squad as we begin our previews of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. We open by […]

An American-born artist! A Chicago Bears Jersey! Choking! This week’s extensive news roundup has a bit of U.S. flavor, and we couldn’t be more excited. You could say that we […]

The hiatus wasn’t that long, but we sure seem to have missed a lot. This week we’re catching up on the last handful of song reveals and national finals, and […]

This week, we’re welcoming Damon Karakin of Litesound (Belarus 2012), who is sharing his story of Eurovision highs and lows, becoming a political dissident and prisoner, and starting anew in […]

After months of toiling over the other, less interesting song contests, the time has come to check out 2025 PanArctic Vision! This week we’re counting down our favorite songs from […]

We’re back from our holiday break, and ready to take a look at Eurovision 2026. This week, we’re recapping the last few bits of 2025 events (including a couple of […]

With Junior Eurovision in the rear view mirror, it’s finally time to look at what’s been going on at the big show. And, well, there’s been a lot going on. […]