Episode Archive

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

  • Episode 281: Responsive

    October 21st, 2025  |  Season 9  |  34 mins 58 secs
    armenia, austria, azerbaijan, bosnia and herzegovina, croatia, georgia, israel, montenegro, serbia, slovenia, yugoslavia

    The European Broadcasting Union has postponed its plan to hold a membership vote to decide if Israel’s broadcaster KAN will be allowed to compete in next year’s Eurovision. While it remains unclear if the vote will still happen, it doesn’t fully resolve how the EBU got to this point in the first place. We’ll take a closer look at other times the EBU’s non-political stance has been tested and see what lessons can be applied going forward.

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    Episode 280: Weird Little Dudes

    October 7th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  46 mins 13 secs
    austria, croatia, estonia, finland, france, germany, iceland, ireland, israel, italy, latvia, lithuania, malta, netherlands, norway, san marino, sweden

    Käärijä, Joost, Baby Lasagana, Tommy Cash... we've used the term "Weird Little Dudes" to describe these contestants from the last few editions of Eurovision. Something else they have in common: all were favorites to win and did extremely well in the televote. We attempt to define the term and try to identify what other Eurovision contestants may fall into this category.

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    Episode 279: Perceived Aura

    September 23rd, 2025  |  Season 9  |  35 mins 41 secs
    austria, sweden, switzerland

    Eurovision has given their branding elements a makeover in preparation for next year's 70th edition. Graphic Designer Justin Ladia joins Ben to discuss why rebrands happen, what the EBU may want to accomplish with this rebrand, and first impressions on the new fonts and images introduced for Vienna 2026.

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    Episode 278: Welcome to Austria

    September 9th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  24 mins 54 secs
    austria, germany, greece, israel, latvia, lithuania, montenegro, slovenia, ukraine

    It's offficially the pre-season for Eurovision 2026 and we have a lot of news to get caught up on. We're heading to Vienna in May and planning for the national final season is underway. We also review Austria's CV at Eurovision.