About the show
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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Episodes
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Episode 265: Do Re Mi
April 22nd, 2025 | Season 8 | 41 mins 1 sec
armenia, finland, latvia, lithuania, malta, switzerland
Critic and educator Maura Johnston joins us again to chat about the Eurovision entries from Finland, Latvia, Malta, Lithuania, and Armenia.
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Episode 264: Polyethylene
April 15th, 2025 | Season 8 | 45 mins 16 secs
czechia, greece, ireland, luxembourg, montenegro, switzerland
Music journalist Fred Bronson returns to start our conversations about Eurovision 2025 Semi-Final 2. We discuss Montenegro, Luxembourg, Greece, Czechia, and Ireland, plus some delightful stories about long distance friendships and phone calls.
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Episode 263: Genre Confusion
April 8th, 2025 | Season 8 | 47 mins 13 secs
croatia, cyprus, portugal, san marino, sweden, switzerland
Culture critic Euny Hong joins us to discuss the multiple genres represented by Croatia, Sweden, San Marino, Portugal, and Cyprus at this year's Eurovision.
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Episode 262: Huzzah
April 1st, 2025 | Season 8 | 59 mins 42 secs
azerbaijan, estonia, iceland, netherlands, norway, switzerland
Bradley Dalton-Oates from the Eurovision Song Context podcast joins us to discuss the entries from Norway, Estonia, Azerbaijan, Iceland, and the Netherlands.
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Episode 261: Evolution
March 25th, 2025 | Season 8 | 39 mins 1 sec
albania, belgium, poland, slovenia, switzerland, ukraine
We kick off our 2025 Eurovision Review Season with #EurovisionSky poster Ted Van Houten to discuss the entries from Albania, Slovenia, Belgium, Ukraine, and Poland.
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Episode 260: Stragglers
March 18th, 2025 | Season 8 | 28 mins 38 secs
cyprus, france, georgia, israel, switzerland, united kingdom
We reach the end of Eurovision Selection Season 2025 and share our first impressions of the internal selections from Israel, Switzerland, Cyprus, Georgia, and France.
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Episode 259: Choose Chaos
March 11th, 2025 | Season 8 | 38 mins 24 secs
austria, czechia, malta, portugal, san marino, sweden, switzerland, united kingdom
After addressing some KANTroversy, we discuss the Eurovision selections from Austria, United Kingdom, Sweden, San Marino, and Portugal.
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Episode 258: LUMO
March 4th, 2025 | Season 8 | 45 mins 54 secs
australia, croatia, denmark, germany, netherlands, portugal, san marino, serbia, sweden, switzerland
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.
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Episode 257: Disco Sauna
February 25th, 2025 | Season 8 | 35 mins 29 secs
azerbaijan, estonia, germany, iceland, italy, portugal, san marino, sweden, switzerland
Azerbaijan and Iceland have their Eurovision songs selected, Germany picked their finalists, Sweden and Portugal held heats, and San Marino is doing... something.
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Episode 256: Ren Faire
February 18th, 2025 | Season 8 | 46 mins 15 secs
armenia, estonia, germany, iceland, italy, lithuania, norway, poland, portugal, sweden, switzerland
We mark the halfway point of Eurovision Selection Season with the third Super Saturday in a row.
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Episode 255: ('Singing')
February 11th, 2025 | Season 8 | 50 mins 55 secs
armenia, azerbaijan, czechia, denmark, estonia, finland, germany, iceland, ireland, latvia, lithuania, malta, norway, poland, sweden, switzerland, ukraine
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!
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Episode 254: Super
February 4th, 2025 | Season 8 | 49 mins 13 secs
austria, azerbaijan, belgium, czechia, denmark, finland, france, greece, iceland, ireland, latvia, lithuania, malta, san marino, slovenia, spain, sweden, switzerland, ukraine
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...