About the show

The Eurowhat? Podcast launched in 2018 and features two Americans (Ben Smith and Mike McComb) attempting to make sense of the Eurovision Song Contest. The show tracks national selections and artist announcements, breaks down each year’s songs with a diverse array of guests, and dives into the 65+ years of contest history using Eurovision as a lens to analyze what’s happening in pop culture and the world.

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Episodes

  • 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.

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    Episode 264: Polyethylene

    April 15th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  45 mins 16 secs
    czechia, greece, ireland, luxembourg, montenegro, switzerland

    Music journalist Fred Bronson returns to start our conversations about Eurovision 2025 Semi-Final 2. We discuss Montenegro, Luxembourg, Greece, Czechia, and Ireland, plus some delightful stories about long distance friendships and phone calls.

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    Episode 263: Genre Confusion

    April 8th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  47 mins 13 secs
    croatia, cyprus, portugal, san marino, sweden, switzerland

    Culture critic Euny Hong joins us to discuss the multiple genres represented by Croatia, Sweden, San Marino, Portugal, and Cyprus at this year's Eurovision.

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    Episode 262: Huzzah

    April 1st, 2025  |  Season 8  |  59 mins 42 secs
    azerbaijan, estonia, iceland, netherlands, norway, switzerland

    Bradley Dalton-Oates from the Eurovision Song Context podcast joins us to discuss the entries from Norway, Estonia, Azerbaijan, Iceland, and the Netherlands.

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    Episode 261: Evolution

    March 25th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  39 mins 1 sec
    albania, belgium, poland, slovenia, switzerland, ukraine

    We kick off our 2025 Eurovision Review Season with #EurovisionSky poster Ted Van Houten to discuss the entries from Albania, Slovenia, Belgium, Ukraine, and Poland.

  • Episode 260: Stragglers

    March 18th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  28 mins 38 secs
    cyprus, france, georgia, israel, switzerland, united kingdom

    We reach the end of Eurovision Selection Season 2025 and share our first impressions of the internal selections from Israel, Switzerland, Cyprus, Georgia, and France.

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    Episode 259: Choose Chaos

    March 11th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  38 mins 24 secs
    austria, czechia, malta, portugal, san marino, sweden, switzerland, united kingdom

    After addressing some KANTroversy, we discuss the Eurovision selections from Austria, United Kingdom, Sweden, San Marino, and Portugal.

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    Episode 258: LUMO

    March 4th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  45 mins 54 secs
    australia, croatia, denmark, germany, netherlands, portugal, san marino, serbia, sweden, switzerland

    We get a mix of Eurovision internal selections and national finals this week from Australia, Netherlands, Serbia, Germany, Denmark, and Croatia. We also meet a new mascot/nemesis.

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    Episode 257: Disco Sauna

    February 25th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  35 mins 29 secs
    azerbaijan, estonia, germany, iceland, italy, portugal, san marino, sweden, switzerland

    Azerbaijan and Iceland have their Eurovision songs selected, Germany picked their finalists, Sweden and Portugal held heats, and San Marino is doing... something.

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    Episode 256: Ren Faire

    February 18th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  46 mins 15 secs
    armenia, estonia, germany, iceland, italy, lithuania, norway, poland, portugal, sweden, switzerland

    We mark the halfway point of Eurovision Selection Season with the third Super Saturday in a row.

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    Episode 255: ('Singing')

    February 11th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  50 mins 55 secs
    armenia, azerbaijan, czechia, denmark, estonia, finland, germany, iceland, ireland, latvia, lithuania, malta, norway, poland, sweden, switzerland, ukraine

    It's the biggest weekend of Eurovision 2025 so far with Ireland, Ukraine, Finland, Latvia, and Malta making picks while several other countries' processes continued. Do-re-mi-fa-serving exhausted, but we shall persevere!