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 275 Episodes.
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Episode 117: Cake or Death
April 27th, 2021 | Season 4 | 34 mins 30 secs
albania, georgia, iceland, moldova, serbia
Taber Bain helps us navigate cake body horror, Jenna Maroney energy, and existential despair in the Eurovision experience.
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Episode 116: Me in Grease!
April 20th, 2021 | Season 4 | 42 mins 4 secs
austria, czech republic, estonia, greece, poland, san marino
Lindsey Weber from Who Weekly joins us to talk about Flo Rida, Greece, Grease, and why Eurovision is the highlight of spring.
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Episode 115: Will It Play in Winnipeg?
April 13th, 2021 | Season 4 | 38 mins 20 secs
azerbaijan, israel, malta, romania, ukraine
Graphic designer Justin Ladia joins us from Winnipeg to help us close out the first semi-final of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. North America has opinions!
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Episode 114: Satan’s Glowup
April 6th, 2021 | Season 4 | 45 mins 32 secs
belgium, croatia, cyprus, norway, slovenia, sweden
Ned Raggett joins us to discuss the heaven and hell aspects of Eurovision Semi-Final 1. Who knew that 2021 would be Satan's pop culture year?
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Episode 113: Container Ship of Love
March 30th, 2021 | Season 4 | 43 mins 21 secs
australia, belarus, ireland, lithuania, north macedonia, russia
A container ship of 39 songs heads to Eurovision! Chris King joins us to discuss Australia, Ireland, Lithuania, North Macedonia, and Russia.
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Episode 112: A Whole Thing
March 23rd, 2021 | Season 4 | 24 mins 29 secs
azerbaijan, belarus, georgia, malta, north macedonia, russia
All Eurovision 2021 songs are in! (Except Belarus... that's a whole thing...). We discuss the latest entries and think about promo season.
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Episode 111: The Homestretch
March 16th, 2021 | Season 4 | 52 mins 28 secs
austria, belarus, bulgaria, greece, iceland, latvia, north macedonia, poland, sweden, switzerland, united kingdom
We're in the homestretch of an unusual Eurovision Selection Season. Melfest is the main event, new songs, scandals... maybe not unusual...
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Episode 110: Oops! All Songs!
March 9th, 2021 | Season 4 | 54 mins 54 secs
armenia, australia, belgium, denmark, estonia, italy, moldova, netherlands, portugal, romania, russia, san marino, serbia, sweden
Oops! Everyone looked at the calendar and realized Eurovision entries are due next week! We give a first listen to 25% of the 2021 field.
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Episode 109: Eye of the Hurricane
March 2nd, 2021 | Season 4 | 38 mins 10 secs
belarus, cyprus, denmark, estonia, germany, iceland, ireland, italy, moldova, netherlands, portugal, russia, san marino, slovenia, sweden
It's the calm before a hurricane of Eurovision entries washes ashore for 2021. We give Cyprus, Germany, Ireland, and Slovenia a first listen.
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Episode 108: Sábado Gigante
February 23rd, 2021 | Season 4 | 40 mins 24 secs
bulgaria, cyprus, czech republic, estonia, finland, germany, ireland, norway, portugal, san marino, serbia, slovenia, spain, sweden, united kingdom, united states
Sábado Gigante 2021 ha quedado atrás y estamos listos para discutir un puñado de nuevas canciones de Eurovisión. Eso es todo el español que conocemos.
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Episode 107: Poof, Pow, Surprise!
February 16th, 2021 | Season 4 | 41 mins 47 secs
bulgaria, croatia, czech republic, estonia, finland, moldova, north macedonia, norway, portugal, spain, sweden
Poof! Croatia has entered the Eurovision chat! Pow! Melfest names a woman! Surprise! Our first genuine "What?!" delivered on this show.
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Episode 106: Determined Yet Realistic
February 9th, 2021 | Season 4 | 48 mins 11 secs
croatia, denmark, estonia, germany, hungary, lithuania, norway, serbia, slovenia, spain, sweden, ukraine, united kingdom
Lithuania and Ukraine have determined their entries and Eurovision gets realistic about its scenarios for Rotterdam.