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 during the contest off-season, using Eurovision as a lens to analyze what’s happening in pop culture and the world.
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Episodes
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Episode 6: Stupor Saturday
February 28th, 2018 | Season 1 | 45 mins 42 secs
germany, hungary, latvia, moldova, serbia, slovenia, ukraine
The second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest started filling up this past week as nine countries made their selections. There are elevated pianos, Moldovan wedding hijinks, and baffled rockers—it must be the height of selection season!
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Episode 5: Get Excited
February 20th, 2018 | Season 1 | 49 mins 29 secs
armenia, belarus, croatia, germany, greece, hungary, israel, latvia, moldova, montenegro, north macedonia, romania, san marino, serbia, slovenia, ukraine
Three more songs have joined the 2018 Eurovision field—two from national selections and one from... just showing up?
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Episode 4: The Who? and the What? Now!
February 14th, 2018 | Season 1 | 54 mins 28 secs
croatia, denmark, israel, italy, malta, montenegro, switzerland, united kingdom
Lindsey Weber from the Who Weekly podcast stops by to chat about how the Olympics are the perfect world event to prep for Eurovision before getting into the songs selected for Malta, Switzerland, the UK, Denmark, and Italy.
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You ‘kay?
February 6th, 2018 | Season 1 | 37 mins 27 secs
cyprus, denmark, ireland, italy, malta, russia, san marino, switzerland, ukraine, united kingdom
This week, Ben and Mike do a deep dive into the United Kingdom's Eurovision selection process and take a look at why the country has struggled for so long at the Contest.
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Episode 3: Messy, Messy
January 30th, 2018 | Season 1 | 55 mins 39 secs
czechia, france, latvia, north macedonia, russia, spain, ukraine, united kingdom
We have songs to talk about! France, Czechia, and Spain have selected and boy do we have opinions. Russia and Ukraine continue their Eurovision dramarama. Oh, and the semi-finals have been allocated.
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The EuroWhat? Mini Week of January 22, 2018
January 23rd, 2018 | Season 1 | 10 mins 43 secs
armenia, belarus, denmark, france, hungary, lithuania, romania, serbia
A mini-episode with updates about what's happening in Eurovision selection season: Armenia to France, Belarus to Serbia, and places in between.
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Episode 2: What is “Europe”?
January 18th, 2018 | Season 1 | 45 mins 38 secs
armenia, belarus, czech republic, france, hungary, lithuania, norway, sweden, switzerland
We discuss what "Europe" is, get acquainted with this year's hostesses, and get caught up with some of the selection processes.
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Episode 1: Welcome to 2018
January 9th, 2018 | Season 1 | 50 mins 2 secs
albania, australia, austria, azerbaijan, belgium, finland, georgia, netherlands
In our opening episode of The EuroWhat? podcast, our Eurovision specialists introduce themselves and share their first impressions of Albania's entry.