The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews

Lithuania's selection series Pabandom is Naujo has returned and we couldn't be more excited. Meanwhile, Norway's MGP held its second semi as several countries drop songs all over the place for Eurovision 2023. We Go Again Summary Lithuania's Pabandom is Naujo Begins (1:34) Norway's MGP Holds Its Second Semi-Final (8:39) Song Drops: Denmark, Portugal, Iceland (13:10) Coming Up: Germany's Finalists,...

Ryan Brazell stops by to discuss the first big weekend of Eurovision 2023 selection season. Belgium makes its pick, France announced their artist, and many processes have started to take shape. Eurosongs Summary Belgium's Eurosong picks Gustaph's "Because of You" (3:48) France Goes Internal and Chooses La Zarra (11:12) Johnny Rotten Could Represent Ireland (13:12) Estonia's Eesti Laul Semi-Finals...

The Eurovision menu includes a buffet of options as more countries drop tracks and announce their selection season plans. We take one last taste test of the appetizers as we await the start of heats and semi-finals. Amuse-Bouche Summary Latvia announces Supernova 2023 details (1:22) This week in TV: Estonia's Eesti Laul, Malta's MESC, Belgium's Eurosong, Norway's NRK MGP (2:55) "Will Israel Be at...

2023 actually started a couple weeks ago in Eurovisionland, with Ukraine and Albania making their selections for Liverpool. We also check in with the ESC Top 250 results, which had some major surprises this year. Nunca Secondary Summary 🇺🇦 Ukraine's VidBir selects TVORCHI's "Heart of Steel" (1:58) 🇦🇱 Albina and Familja Kelmendi win Albania's Festivali i Këngës with "Duje" (7:32) 🇪🇸 Chanel's "SloMo...

Join the fine folks from Star Spangled Eurovision and 12 Points from America for an end-of-the year Euroquiz. Happy holidays everybody! Euroquiz 2022 Summary Round 1: Breaking the Ice...berg 🧊🚢🌊💔(1:39) Score Break with Danny and Erik (17:16) Round 2: Magnetic Poetry 🧲📝(18:45) Score Break with Max and Alix (29:03) Round 3: Eurovision First Drafts 📝❌🗑️ (30:35) Score Break with Sam and Derek...

Suzie Seager from the Euroriffs Podcast joins us to discuss concerts and music releases featuring Eurovision alumni. After the Fact Summary Suzie Seager from Euroriffs (0:40) Slovenia announces Joker Out (5:12) Junior Eurovision 2022 (6:42) Song drops from Estonia and Ukraine (9:11) The Eurovision Aftermarket in 2022 (10:50) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast  is available wherever you get your...

The United Kingdom has had a very rough couple of decades at the Eurovision Song Contest. Now that they're back in the driver's seat, we try to figure out what went wrong. Stiff Upper Lip Summary Eurovision Voting Overhaul (0:55) National Finals: Australia Decides, Malta ESC, Ukraine's VidBir, Estonia's Eesti Laul, Albania's FiK (6:51) Cosa Sta Facendo Maneskin: Grammy Nominations Edition (8:59) T...

Eurovision Selection Season draws nigh with more than half of the countries competing in 2023 airing some form of music competition. This is our guide to having the best Super Saturday experience. Selection Season Summary The Netherlands announce Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper (1:10) No American Song Contest on NBC's mid-season schedule (2:41) Selection Processes: Belgium, Romania, Estonia, Czech Rep...

After we check in with the budding infrastructure for Eurovision 2023, we take a look at some of the non-winning entries over the years that still have an impact. Legacy Summary Eurovision announces the 37 countries going to Liverpool (0:43) Cyprus selects Andrew Lambrou (2:38) National final details: Spain, Norway, San Marino, Finland, Albania, Ukraine (4:03) Що робить Kalush Orchestra? (What is...

Ben takes us through the history of the synth-filled vibes of the music genre known as Italo Disco. Mike's pop music diet growing up may have more in common with the style than he realized. Become a Patron! Patrons get access to bonus episodes like these every month. Italo Disco Summary Liverpool will host Eurovision 2023 (1:04) Just ASCing Questions: Italo Disco (4:15) 🕺What is Italo Disco? (7:2...

It'll be either Liverpool or Glasgow that gets the opportunity to host Eurovision 2023 on behalf of Ukraine. We take a look at both cities as we wait for the announcement. Livergow Summary Snap Chat: American Top 40 Edition (1:46) Patreon: Xanadu (4:14) Liverpool vs. Glasgow (5:14) Cover art photo credits: Artur Kraft on Unsplash and Neil Martin on Unsplash Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast  is...

The United Kingdom will be extending its record of hosting the most editions of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023. We take a look back at several other records held by our host country in this episode. Welcome to the United Kingdom Summary Eurovision in the Wild: Live on NBC Edition (1:23) Intro to the United Kingdom at Eurovision (4:28) Silver 60s (6:55) Solid 70s (13:30) Ehhhhh 80s (19:24) Nos...

Happy Eurovision New Year! As preparations for 2023 begin, we explore defending champion Ukraine's Eurovision journey over the last 20 years. Welcome to Ukraine Summary Host City When? 2023 Rules Edition (2:23) Sara James advances to America's Got Talent Finals (5:30) Cosa Sta Facendo Måneskin? MTV VMAs Edition (7:21) "SNAP" Chat: Hot 100 Edition (11:10) Welcome to Ukraine (12:33) Act I: Ukraine E...

"Nel blu, dipinto di blu" (also known as "Volare") is not only one of the most well-known Eurovision songs, it's one of the most successful Italian songs ever. We dig into the song's backstory and it's continued impact on popular culture. Volare Summary Noa Kirel confirms for Israel (1:27) Host City When: Short List Edition (3:43) SNAP Chat: Bubbling Under Edition (5:51) What do you know about "Vo...

How did the first Eurovision Song Contest telecast come about in 1956? We talk about coronations, cattle calls, and continental broadcasting in this week's episode. Lugano Summary Host city when? Bid Process Edition (1:21) Snap Status (2:55) Cosa Sta Facendo Måneskin: VMAs Edition (3:54) Hooverphonic for Brussels Airlines (6:40) History of Eurovision: 1930 Onward (10:34) The European Television Se...

Now that the United Kingdom will officially host Eurovision 2023 on Ukraine's behalf, we take a look back at the other times substitutes needed to be called in to produce the Contest. Host Country Where? Summary United Kingdom will host Eurovision 2023 (1:22) Israel selects Noa Kirel for Eurovision Wishlist (5:29) Rosa Linn's "Snap" is Charting (7:13) American Song Contest Emmy Nomination (9:04) E...

With around 250 entries on the Reddit post for the 2022 Eurovision Iceberg, we take a look at some of the stories we missed (or skipped) in this year's Contest. Iceberg Summary Layer 1: What is the Eurovision Iceberg? (1:02) Layer 2: Electric Callboy, Sam Ryder Illuminati (3:41) Layer 3: The Eurowhat's Level (9:51) Level 4: Circus Mircus, S10 and Ronela, Carol McGee (10:52) Level 5: Subwoolfer Thr...

We're joined by @dudepoints to discuss some Swedish post-Eurovision activities: ABBA's Voyage concert experience and Martin Osterdahl's Max Anger book series. Midsommar Summary Ukraine will not host Eurovision 2023 (0:57) Eurovision Live to Tape 2022 (7:52) Eurovision in the Wild: AGT 2022 Edition (11:13) Main Topic: Midsommar with @dudepoints (13:54) ABBA Voyage (17:14) Max Anger (23:16) Subscrib...

Professional TV quiz writer Alex McMillan joins us to talk about how to write tantalizing Eurovision trivia. We also learn about some of the differences between UK and US game show writing. Trivial Pursuits Summary News: Russia suspended (for realsies), Kalush Orchestra sells trophy, Cyprus using All Together Now (1:21) Eurovision Learned League 1DS (4:43) Welcome, Alex McMillan! (7:22) How does o...

We check in with the Eurovision jury shenanigans and then offer a sample of what we've been doing over on Patreon. Andy Dehnart from Reality Blurred joins us to look back on NBC’s American Song Contest experiment. Just ASCing Questions Summary News: Jury Doody (1:42) Just ACing Questions: Is it you? Is it me? ( Originally published May 9, 2022 ) (8:10) Could the American Song Contest have worked?...

Bradley Dalton-Oates joins us for a deep dive of the full Eurovision experience as a first-time attendee. Did Turin do a good job of promoting brand Italy? Long Time, First Time Summary How to watch Eurovision in Turin (1:13) How did the rehearsal shows compare to the Grand Final live show? (10:41) What did you think of the second semifinal? (14:27) What was your semifinal one experience? (23:00)...

Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra claimed the Eurovision 2022 trophy thanks to a record-breaking televote. Dave Steeves joins us to do a mini-dive into this year's Grand Final. Slava Ukraini Summary Numbers! (2:03) Jury Doody (11:12) Cosa Sta Facendo Måneskin: Wish.com Edition (16:33) Welcome to the off-season! (21:34) Eurovision 2022 Review Series Semi-Final 1 Part 1 Semi-Final 1 Part 2 Semi-Final 1 Par...

We started Eurovision Week with 35 semi-finalists. 20 have moved on to join the Big 5 in Saturday's Grand Final. We take stock of our predictions from last episode and make our picks for who will win Eurovision 2022. ¯_(ツ)/¯ Eurovision 2022 Grand Final Preview Summary Eurovision Semi-Final 1 (2:27) Eurovision Semi-Final 2 (12:34) Eurovision Grand Final Preview (24:37) Who will win Eurovision 2022...

We make our picks for who we think will advance from this week's Eurovision Semi-Finals. These predictions were made before rehearsals, but surely they're still accurate? Bubblicious Summary Eurovision Week 2022 (1:42) Our Semi-Final 1 Picks (6:55) Our Semi-Final 2 Picks (19:56) Eurovision 2022 Review Series Semi-Final 1 Part 1 Semi-Final 1 Part 2 Semi-Final 1 Part 3 Semi-Final 2 Part 1 Semi-Final...

Glen Weldon from NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour joins us to discuss the songs that have automatically qualified for the Eurovision 2022 Grand Final. Standing Summary France - Alvan & Ahez - "Fulenn" (2:54) Germany - Malik Harris - "Rockstars" (6:54) Spain - Chanel - "SloMo" (11:49) United Kingdom - Sam Ryder - "SPACE MAN" (15:07) Italy - Mahmood e Blanco - "Brividi" (20:04) Eurovision 2022 Somme...