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 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.

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    Episode 101: Disco Toilet

    January 5th, 2021  |  Season 4  |  38 mins 3 secs
    albania, belarus, croatia, cyprus, iceland, ireland, israel, italy, lithuania, san marino, serbia, slovenia, spain, sweden, turkey

    From Albania's FiK selection to Senhit's latest disco cover to the results of ESC 250, we discuss a lot of Eurovision news from over the holidays.

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    Episode 100: Spotify Warped

    December 15th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  42 mins 59 secs
    albania, croatia, estonia, france, israel, italy, portugal, sweden

    We're celebrating 100 episodes and the end of 2020! After checking the news, we look at our Spotify Wrapped, ESC250 ballots, and our origin stories.

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    Episode 99: Merry FiKmas

    December 1st, 2020  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 3 mins
    albania, bulgaria, croatia, cyprus, estonia, finland, france, lithuania, norway, sweden

    Eurovision season usually begins in December with Albania's Festivali i Këngës, sometimes known as FiKmas. We dig into FiK's history.