The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews

Our July renovations continue as we wander the Eurovision wilderness with Big 5 countries Spain and Germany. The Big 5 Gut Rehab (Spain and Germany) Summary How many cities in the Netherlands (0:47) Podcast Awards: Please Clap (5:15) Gut Rehab: Spain (6:45) Gut Rehab: Germany (18:17) Links Podcast Awards nomination ballot

We love a summer renovation project and the Eurovision Big 5 could use some work. Well, maybe not Italy... The Big 5 Gut Rehab (Italy) Summary How many cities are in the Netherlands? (1:10) #SayNomNomNom (3:43) What is the Big 5? (7:11) Gut Rehab: Italy (12:54) Links Podcast Awards Nominations now open! #27: Orchestras, Synthesizers, and Lulu

As Eurovision explores making the American Song Contest a thing, we watch NBC's new songwriting series Songland. Is the process telegenic? Visiting Songland Summary Remember Bravo's Platinum Hit ? (3:37) NBC's Songland (6:43) Links Platinum Hit homepage (really?!) (BravoTV.com) Songland homepage (NBC.com) Songland Podcast (iHeartRadio)

Maura Johnston joins us to discuss Madonna's Eurovision performance, Madame X , and how the Queen of Pop can navigate 2019. Madame X is Eurovision Summary Welcome, Maura Johnston ! Grand Final scoreboard updates (3:32) Hatari wins Iceland Kids' Choice Awards (8:01) Eurovision in the Wild: Billboard Edition (9:06) Barbara Dex update (10:10) Madonna: Eurovision, Madame X, and 2019 Pop (14:47) What o...

André Durham from Eurovision Obsession joins us to discuss the Eurovision 2019 Grand Final and dig into the semi-final data. Satisfactory Winner Summary Duncan Laurence's "Arcade" from the Netherlands wins (3:13) Semi-Final 1 Data Dump (10:41) Semi-Final 2 Data Dump (18:00) How did the auto-qualifiers do? (25:37) The Eurovision viewing experience (31:57) Awards! (45:37) Links @euro_bruno's Belarus...

This is it. The Eurovision 2019 Semi-Finals are done and we know what 26 countries will compete in Saturday's Grand Final. We add our own wild speculation to the mix. We break down the results from the semi-finals and how accurate our predictions were (Hint: hoo boy...) and what we think of Israel's presentation of the Contest so far. After checking in with the auto-qualifiers rehearsals, we make...

Happy Eurovision week! Ben and Mike have done their rankings, mixed them with other data, and have made their picks for which songs will make it to the Grand Final. Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final Predictions Summary SPOILER WARNING  This episode will discuss details from the rehearsal clips on Eurovision's YouTube page. It will be safe to listen to the Semi-Final 1 section on Wednesday to find ou...

Dave Steeves joins us to discuss the Eurovision auto-qualifiers as we ask the eternal question "Could Spain, France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and the host country advance if they had to compete?" The Mountaintop Summary Language musing (1:56) EBU Eurovision Podcast (4:08) Hatari Merch (5:55) Spain - Miki - "La Venda" (8:43) France - Bilal Hassani - "Roi" (12:54) United Kingdom - Michael Rice - "Big...

We finish our coverage of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals talking about Russia, Albania, Norway, Netherlands, North Macedonia, and Azerbaijan. Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final 2 Part 3: Johnny Bravo Summary Russia - Sergey Lazarev - SCREAM (2:10) Albania - Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju Tokës (8:31) Norway - KEiiNO - Spirit in the Sky (13:01) Netherlands - Duncan Laurence - Arcade (18:17) North Mac...

The second semi-final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest will include Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Croatia, Malta, and Lithuania. We can confirm these are songs. Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final 2 Part 2: These Are Six Songs Summary News: Interval acts, Netta on the charts, Madrid Pre-Party, Ticket$ (3:04) Denmark - Leonora - "Love is Forever" (15:57) Sweden - John Lundvik - "Too Late for Love" (20:15) Au...

We start our exploration of the second semi-final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with special guest Lindsey Weber. Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final 2 Part 1: Sorry, Country Summary Welcome back , Lindsey Weber! (0:50) News: Logo drops Eurovision ; Full album available; Special Guests (4:54) Armenia - Srbuk - "Walking Out" Ireland - Sarah McTernan - "22" Moldova - Anna Odobescu - "Stay" Switzerland...

With running order in hand, we finish covering Eurovision Semi Final 1, talking about Georgia, Iceland, Estonia, Portugal, Greece, and San Marino. Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final 1 Part 3: Extremely Online Summary Followups ! My Heritage Gets a B ; Italy's Feeling the Music (1:25) News: Eurovision in Concert ; Madonna ; Running Order (2:52) Georgia - Oto Nemsadze - Keep on Going (8:16) Iceland - Hatari...

We finish the first half of the first Eurovision semi-final discussing Poland, Serbia, and Slovenia. Then Australia and Belgium kick off our second half coverage. Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final 1 Part 2: “Oof” Summary News Desk: Score presentation, "Douze Points" , security , and photo apps   (1:46) Poland - Tulia - "Fire of Love (Pali się)"  (10:01) Serbia - Nevena Božović - "Kruna" (18:53)...

We welcome Eurovision newbie Chris King to our first discussion about the first semi-final. This week's countries include Belarus, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, and Montenegro. Let’s Discuss Eurovision 2019 Semi Final 1 Part 1 Summary Belarus - Zena - "Like It" (3:28) Cyprus - Tamta - "Replay" (9:54) Czech Republic - Lake Malawi - "Friend of a Friend" (18:40) Finland - Darude feat. Seb...

Another Eurovision Selection Season is behind us, but we are still holding out hope for a strong write-in campaign for six entries that didn't make the cut. We welcome back Noam Roth to the Eurowhat! He gives us an update on what's going on in Tel Aviv as the city gets ready to host the Contest. Then we hand out our honorable mentions for this year's selection season entries that have a place in o...

The madness of Eurovision Selection Season has come to an end. With 16 songs to discuss, we change up the format to get into competition mode. Madness! Summary We Stan Hatari: Öskudagur edition (2:01) Eurovision Madness Bracket! (4:11) Round of 16 (6:59) Round of 8 (20:18) Final Four (30:22) The Grand Final (35:06) VOTE in our Twitter poll Links End of Selection Season Bracket (pdf) Israeli Civil...

Sweden's Melodifestivalen — AKA Melfest — will wrap its 59th edition on Saturday. We go through the 12 entries competing to represent Sweden at Eurovision in Tel Aviv. Melodifestivalen Running Order Jon Henrik Fjällgren "Norrsken (Goeksegh)" Lisa Ajax "Torn" Mohombi "Hello" Lina Hedlund "Victorious" Bishara "On My Own" Anna Bergendahl "Ashes to Ashes" Nano "Chasing Rivers" Hanna Ferm & LIAMOO...

The loose ends of Eurovision national final season started wrapping up this past weekend, with seven songs selected, one country confirming withdrawal, and tickets... well... Loose Ends Summary Ukraine confirms withdrawal (1:54) Tickets are on sale... until they're not. Surprise! (3:27) Belgium asks Eliot to "Wake Up" (4:28) Looking at Finland's "Look Away" (6:33) HATARI (9:54) Can Moldova "Stay"...

Eurovision ticket prices? Yikes. Lithuania Marathon finale shenanigans? Yikes. Ukraine's Vidbir Inquisition? YIKES. It's been a week, y'all. YIKES Summary Eurovision ticket prices announced (1:25) France not a fan of Duz Pua (3:42) Ben and Mike are 23rd cousins twice removed (5:55) Germany chooses S!sters' "Sister" (7:14) Hungary's Joci Pápai returns to Eurovision with “Az Én Apám” (11:04) Ukraine...

All the things happened this past weekend in Eurovision-land and the trend that's emerging: Eurovision is in a mood. Eurovision is a Whole Mood Summary Australia locked in until 2023! (1:39) Israel chooses Kobi Marimi (2:36) Poland announces Tulia (5:01) Greece announces Katerine Duska (7:11) Dora: Croatia chooses Roko Blazevic's "The Dream" (8:46) Eesti Laul: Estonia chooses Victor Crone's "Storm...

Eurovision 2019 Selection Season is in full swing! We dive into the Euro Vortex with the United Kingdom, Montenegro, Italy, and Hatari among many others. First up, Ben and Mike recover from last week's polar vortex by checking in with some Eurovision in the Wild on US TV. Kseniya Simonova—the sand artist from Ukraine's 2011 entry "Angel"— blew away Terry Crews on  America's Got Talent and mig...

We discuss Australia Decides with Mike and Dale from the Aussievision Podcast! Which entries are we most excited about in this year's field? Eurovision selection season is starting to get into full swing. We have artist announcements from three countries kicking off this episode, with Austria's choice reminding us of Netta. Speaking of last year's winner, we take a listen to her follow-up single "...

We have Eurovision semi-final logistics! Hosting logistics! France and Czechia selection logistics! It's the most wonderful time of year! First, we do what little extrapolation we can based on how this year's Semi-Final Allocation draw shook out. Spoiler: a random draw created a random assortment. Now that we know how the field has divvied up, we can speculate on how hosting duties will be split a...

A flood of Eurovision updates this week, including Spain's selection and artists from Belgium, Netherlands, and San Marino. After learning that there was such a thing as the Molasses Flood 100 years ago AND that it was not at all funny , we pick up right where we left off in last week's episode. Or, more like 15 minutes after we signed off because Belgium announced Eliot Vassamillet as their artis...

We break down the entries in Czechia's Eurovision selection and talk triangles. Lots of triangles. After we triangulate our opinions on the triangle-inspired logo for this year's competition, we also chat about the expected ticket sales date (hint: it's the end of this month). We do go on a bit of a tangent about a possible name change for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , but we're wait...