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
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Episode 65: Lebanon-starter
November 5th, 2019 | Season 3 | 39 mins 19 secs
bulgaria, hungary, lebanon, moldova, netherlands
Lebanon was supposed to debut at Eurovision 2005. We examine the unexpected ways international relations impact the Song Contest.
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Episode 64: Win Win Win Win
October 22nd, 2019 | Season 3 | 32 mins 12 secs
france, georgia, germany, hungary, iceland, italy, malta, netherlands, spain, united kingdom
We jump back 50 years to that time Eurovision had a four-way tie for first place... and no way to break it.
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Episode 63: Flags on the Play
October 8th, 2019 | Season 3 | 50 mins 50 secs
armenia, belgium, iceland, israel, russia, spain, united kingdom
Who knew that flags—symbols of national identity—could have political implications at the Eurovision Song Contest? Drink!
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Episode 62: Morocco 1980
September 24th, 2019 | Season 3 | 24 mins 30 secs
iceland, ireland, morocco, spain, turkey, united kingdom
Remember that time Morocco competed at the Eurovision Song Contest? We don't since neither of us existed at the time. Let's learn about it together!
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Episode 61: It’s Rotterdam! Ahoy!
September 10th, 2019 | Season 3 | 32 mins 53 secs
israel, italy, netherlands, russia, spain
Happy Eurovision New Year! We're talking about Eurovision 2020's host country the Netherlands and the host city of Rotterdam.
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Episode 60: Hallelujah
August 27th, 2019 | Season 2 | 48 mins 32 secs
israel, luxembourg, monaco, netherlands, spain
With Tel Aviv about to pass the Eurovision hosting baton to Rotterdam or Maastricht, we watch the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest to see what has changed in the last 40 years.
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Episode 59: 12 Angry Points
August 13th, 2019 | Season 2 | 33 mins 53 secs
germany, iceland, netherlands, turkey, united kingdom
Nothing courts Eurovision controversy quite like the juries. We journey back to 1997 when the introduction of the televote made the juries A Thing.
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Episode 58: The Big 5 Gut Rehab (France and United Kingdom)
July 30th, 2019 | Season 2 | 47 mins 10 secs
france, netherlands, united kingdom
Helen Groothuis joins us as we finish our Eurovision gut rehab project with France and a United Kingdom intervention.
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Episode 57: The Big 5 Gut Rehab (Spain and Germany)
July 16th, 2019 | Season 2 | 36 mins 7 secs
germany, netherlands, spain
Our July renovations continue as we wander the Eurovision wilderness with Big 5 countries Spain and Germany.
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Episode 56: The Big 5 Gut Rehab (Italy)
July 2nd, 2019 | Season 2 | 27 mins 47 secs
italy, netherlands
We love a summer renovation project and the Eurovision Big 5 could use some work. Well, maybe not Italy...
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Episode 55: Visiting Songland
June 18th, 2019 | Season 2 | 22 mins 25 secs
netherlands
As Eurovision explores making the American Song Contest a thing, we watch NBC's new songwriting series Songland. Is the process telegenic?
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Episode 54: Madame X is Eurovision
June 4th, 2019 | Season 2 | 45 mins 7 secs
iceland, israel, italy, north macedonia, portugal
Maura Johnston joins us to discuss Madonna's Eurovision performance, Madame X, and how the Queen of Pop can navigate 2019.