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 283 Episodes.
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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.
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Episode 105: AHHHHHHHH!
February 2nd, 2021 | Season 4 | 43 mins 2 secs
bulgaria, croatia, estonia, france, lithuania, norway, san marino, sweden
We try to keep calm as we discuss the live audience at France's Eurovision final, Sweden's Melfest "plan" and make our picks for Eesti Laul Semi 1.
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Episode 104: Où est la Discoteque?
January 26th, 2021 | Season 4 | 31 mins 45 secs
cyprus, finland, france, israel, lithuania, north macedonia, norway, portugal
Norway opts for a preliminary "Hero", Lithuania takes us to the "Discoteque", and France gets ready for you to decide their Eurovision entry.
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Episode 103: Pabandom is When?
January 19th, 2021 | Season 4 | 29 mins 41 secs
finland, france, israel, italy, lithuania, norway
Lithuania's Pabandom is Naujo and Norway's Melodi Grand Prix have begun and we are optimistic about Eurovision Selection Season 2021.
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Episode 102: Hoe is de Zorg?
January 12th, 2021 | Season 4 | 35 mins 11 secs
finland, france, greece, israel, lithuania, netherlands, norway, sweden
We have songs to talk about! Israel and Norway have Eurovision tracks in the wild while we consider the optics of putting on the Contest amid a pandemic.