Mike McComb has been following the Eurovision Song Contest since 2010 and has covered the competition across a number of websites since 2011. While studying Television, Radio, and Film at Syracuse University, he fell down a video rabbit hole of Ukraine’s previous entries that radicalized him into Eurofandom. Mike first attended Eurovision in Kyiv 2017, which doubled as his honeymoon. He lives in Chicago and has an inscrutable online media algorithm.
Mike McComb has hosted 225 Episodes.
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Episode 223: Encarta
March 19th, 2024 | Season 7 | 51 mins 5 secs
finland, ireland, luxembourg, slovenia, sweden, ukraine
We kick off Eurovision 2024 Review Season with our special guest Sam Gavin! We discuss the entries from Slovenia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Ukraine, and Finland as well as reminisce about My Neighbor Totoro, pre-internet software, and cringe content from back in the day.
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Episode 222: Scrunchy Face Sounds
March 12th, 2024 | Season 7 | 21 mins 38 secs
armenia, australia, azerbaijan, georgia, greece, israel, portugal, sweden
We're at the end of Eurovision Selection Season and get caught up with internal selections from Australia and Greece plus the conclusion of Sweden's Melodifestivalen and Portugal's Festival da Canção. ... what do you mean there are still some unknown tracks?!
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Episode 221: Maximal
March 5th, 2024 | Season 7 | 42 mins 14 secs
austria, cyprus, iceland, netherlands, portugal, serbia, sweden, switzerland, united kingdom
Several internal selections join the Eurovision 2024 field this week and exactly zero of them are holding back. Serbia's national final goes harder than necessary while Iceland... also made a selection this week. We're in the homestretch!
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Episode 220: Go Tiffany
February 27th, 2024 | Season 7 | 31 mins 18 secs
belgium, croatia, iceland, portugal, san marino, sweden
In a relatively quiet week in Eurovision land we check out Belgium's selection from Mustii, recap Una Voce per San Marino, and say meow to Baby Lasagna. We also check in with Sweden's Melodifestivalen, Iceland's Songvakeppnin, and the first semi for Portugal's Festival da Canção.
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Episode 219: Conversion
February 20th, 2024 | Season 7 | 42 mins 39 secs
belgium, croatia, denmark, estonia, germany, iceland, lithuania, moldova, poland, san marino, sweden
5 Eurovision national finals took place this past weekend with mixed results. Well, results that were mixed weirdly due to jury/televote score conversions. We discuss Germany, Estonia, Moldova, Lithuania, and Denmark, plus Poland's internal selection.
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Episode 218: Imaginary Beef
February 13th, 2024 | Season 7 | 37 mins 46 secs
denmark, estonia, finland, germany, iceland, israel, italy, latvia, lithuania, moldova, san marino, sweden
With Ben traveling back from Finland's UMK, guest Trip Payne taps in to discuss that national final, Latvia's Supernova, and Italy's Sanremo Festival. Then we prepare for the biggest Super Saturday of the Eurovision season coming up next weekend.
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Episode 217: Technical Difficulties
February 6th, 2024 | Season 7 | 44 mins 24 secs
finland, germany, italy, latvia, lithuania, malta, norway, spain, sweden, ukraine
It was a Saturday so Super it stretched into Sunday... not by choice, but Ukraine loves drama. Norway, Spain, and Malta also made their Eurovision picks, Latvia and Sweden kicked off their processes, and Lithuania is almost done with their heats. Oh, and The Draw added some structure to the 2024 Contest.
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Episode 216: Squiggle Line Mouth Face
January 30th, 2024 | Season 7 | 39 mins 31 secs
iceland, ireland, lithuania, luxembourg, malta, norway, romania, spain, sweden, ukraine
Eurovision season clicks into second gear this week with Ireland and Luxembourg making selections, Norway setting its final field, Lithuania's holding its third heat, and Malta, Spain, and Ukraine getting ready to decide. How will The Draw shake up things in Malmö?
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Episode 215: That's SLO Raiven
January 23rd, 2024 | Season 7 | 28 mins 27 secs
austria, denmark, estonia, germany, ireland, lithuania, luxembourg, malta, norway, portugal, romania, serbia, slovenia, sweden
Eurovision calmed down a bit this week with qualifying heats from Lithuania and Norway plus the semi-final for Estonia's Eesti Laul. Slovenia turned up the drama with Raiven's "Veronika" and Austria announced their artist for Malmö. Be warned: this is the last bit of calm until March...
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Episode 214: Floodgates
January 16th, 2024 | Season 7 | 21 mins 26 secs
belgium, cyprus, finland, georgia, ireland, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, moldova, norway, sweden, ukraine
The search for the next Eurovision winner began officially this week, with Moldova holding auditions, Norway kicking off NRK MGP, and Lithuania launching its new process Eurovizija.lt. Georgia announced their artist, and everybody had to issue a press release the week that Mike is home alone 😱
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Episode 213: Trickle
January 9th, 2024 | Season 7 | 30 mins 43 secs
albania, croatia, finland, ireland, lithuania, moldova, norway, serbia, sweden, ukraine
Eurovision 2024 barely took a break for the holidays! We get caught up on Albania's Festivali i Këngës, the results of the ESC 250 Countdown, and look forward to Moldova, Norway, and Lithuania this coming weekend.
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Episode 212: 37ish
December 19th, 2023 | Season 7 | 36 mins 26 secs
albania, australia, croatia, czechia, finland, germany, israel, italy, luxembourg, netherlands, romania, slovenia, spain, sweden, ukraine, united kingdom
We finally have a (tentative) roster for next year's Eurovision Song Contest! Czechia has selected their entry, artists have been announced for the Netherlands, Slovenia, and the UK, and national final season details are coming into focus. What a way to wrap 2023!