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 269: Eurovision 2025 Grand Final Preview
May 16th, 2025 | Season 8 | 33 mins 28 secs
albania, armenia, austria, denmark, estonia, finland, france, germany, greece, iceland, israel, italy, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, malta, netherlands, norway, poland, portugal, san marino, spain, sweden, switzerland, ukraine, united kingdom
Twenty songs have emerged from the Eurovision 2025 Semifinals and will join six auto-qualifiers on Saturday. We recap the shows from Tuesday and Thursday and get ready for the Grand Final.
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Episode 268: Eurovision 2025 Semi-Final Preview
May 12th, 2025 | Season 8 | 44 mins 50 secs
albania, armenia, australia, austria, azerbaijan, belgium, croatia, cyprus, czechia, denmark, estonia, finland, georgia, greece, iceland, ireland, israel, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, malta, montenegro, netherlands, norway, poland, portugal, san marino, serbia, slovenia, sweden, switzerland, ukraine
Eurovision Week for 2025 is upon us as well as the 37 artists gathered in Basel. We get caught up on the news leading up to this week before discussing the rehearsals and our predictions for who will advance to Saturday's Grand Final.
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Episode 267: Seasoned
May 6th, 2025 | Season 8 | 59 mins 19 secs
france, germany, italy, spain, switzerland, united kingdom
Graphic designer and puzzler Justin Ladia returns to discuss the Eurovision 2025 auto-qualifiers: Spain, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and host country Switzerland.
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Episode 266: Mélange
April 29th, 2025 | Season 8 | 59 mins 40 secs
australia, austria, denmark, georgia, israel, serbia, switzerland
Ned Raggett joins us to close out our coverage of the second semi-final for Eurovision 2025. This week, we approach the entries from Australia, Serbia, Denmark, Austria, Israel, and Georgia.
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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.