Episode Archive

282 episodes of The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews since the first episode, which aired on January 9th, 2018.

  • Episode 276: Lingua Franca

    August 12th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  37 mins 25 secs
    austria, belgium, italy, netherlands, portugal, sweden, switzerland, ukraine

    The Grand Final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured 21 songs with non-English lyrics, the most to appear since the language rule was abolished in 1999. In this episode, we'll explore the history of the language rule and why language diversity has returned to the Contest.

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    Episode 275: Good to Go

    July 29th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  23 mins 56 secs
    austria, belarus, iceland, israel, russia, spain, switzerland

    Quite a bit has happened since we last checked in on Eurovision news. Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl will be stepping down, there's a new head of the Reference Group, and we know which cities have made bids to host next year's competition.

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    Episode 274: Yugoslavia 1990

    July 15th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  52 mins 37 secs
    austria, france, iceland, ireland, italy, netherlands, portugal, spain, switzerland, united kingdom, yugoslavia

    1990 was the European Year of Tourism. The map of Europe was also changing, as the fall of the Berlin Wall and the movement toward what would become the European Union started to redefine the concept of borders. We’ll be taking a look at how the 1990 Contest in Yugoslavia reflected this new era in Europe, as well as how the 2025 Contest mirrors those reflections 35 years later.

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    Episode 273: Fan Media Roundtable

    July 1st, 2025  |  Season 8  |  55 mins 36 secs
    australia, austria, italy, switzerland, united kingdom

    Eurovision has a unique ecosystem where the EBU and various blogs, podcasts, video channel, and other fans have a work relationship in covering the Contest. But is that relationship working? We discuss the current state of fan media with dudepoints, Niall from Niallpoints, and Derek from 12 Points (all with good points).

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    Episode 272: I Am: Celine Dion

    June 17th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  24 mins 24 secs
    switzerland

    We are opening the Patreon vault to share our discussion of Amazon's 2024 documentary I Am: Celine Dion, which chronicles the singer's rise to fame, her prolific career, and her struggles with Stiff Person Syndrome.

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    Episode 271: Integrity

    June 3rd, 2025  |  Season 8  |  27 mins 54 secs
    austria, israel, san marino, switzerland

    We ease into the off-season by getting caught up on the news in the immediate aftermath of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. We also dig into the jury and televote results and try to read the tea leaves for what might happen in Austria 2026.

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    Episode 270: Bird Noises

    May 20th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  21 mins 22 secs
    albania, austria, estonia, iceland, israel, malta, poland, sweden, switzerland

    We have a winner! Eurovision Song Contest 2025 held its Grand Final in Basel, Switzerland and named a champion after tense rounds of juries and televoting. We discuss the show, the results, and what's in store for Eurovision 2026…

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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.

  • 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.