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 53: Satisfactory Winner
May 21st, 2019 | Season 2 | 52 mins 23 secs
israel, netherlands
André Durham from Eurovision Obsession joins us to discuss the Eurovision 2019 Grand Final and dig into the semi-final data.
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Episode 52: Eurovision 2019 Grand Final Preview
May 17th, 2019 | Season 2 | 49 mins
australia, france, iceland, italy, malta, netherlands, spain, switzerland
This is it. The Eurovision 2019 Semi-Finals are done and we know what 26 countries will compete in Saturday's Grand Final. We add our own wild speculation to the mix.
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Episode 51: Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final Predictions
May 12th, 2019 | Season 2 | 37 mins 46 secs
israel
Ben and Mike have done their rankings, mixed them with other data, and have made their picks for which songs will make it to the Grand Final.
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Episode 50: The Mountaintop
May 7th, 2019 | Season 2 | 47 mins 57 secs
france, germany, israel, italy, spain, united kingdom
Dave Steeves joins us to discuss the Eurovision auto-qualifiers as we ask the eternal question "Could Spain, France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and the host country advance if they had to compete?"
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Episode 49: Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final 2 Part 3: Johnny Bravo
April 30th, 2019 | Season 2 | 37 mins 41 secs
albania, azerbaijan, netherlands, north macedonia, norway, russia
We finish our Eurovision 2019 semi-finals coverage by talking about Russia, Albania, Norway, Netherlands, North Macedonia, and Azerbaijan.
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Episode 48: Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final 2 Part 2: These Are Six Songs
April 23rd, 2019 | Season 2 | 48 mins 31 secs
austria, croatia, denmark, lithuania, malta, sweden
The second semi-final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest will include Denmark, Sweden, Austria, Croatia, Malta, and Lithuania. We can confirm these are songs.
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Episode 47: Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final 2 Part 1: Sorry, Country
April 16th, 2019 | Season 2 | 45 mins 32 secs
armenia, ireland, latvia, moldova, romania, switzerland
We start our exploration of the second semi-final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with special guest Lindsey Weber.
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Episode 46: Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final 1 Part 3: Extremely Online
April 9th, 2019 | Season 2 | 48 mins 31 secs
estonia, georgia, greece, iceland, portugal, san marino
With running order in hand, we finish covering Eurovision Semi Final 1, talking about Georgia, Iceland, Estonia, Portugal, Greece, and San Marino.
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Episode 45: Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final 1 Part 2: “Oof”
April 2nd, 2019 | Season 2 | 38 mins 17 secs
australia, belgium, poland, serbia, slovenia
We finish the first half of the first Eurovision semi-final discussing Poland, Serbia, and Slovenia. Then Australia and Belgium kick off our second half coverage.
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Episode 44: Let’s Discuss Eurovision 2019 Semi Final 1 Part 1
March 26th, 2019 | Season 2 | 51 mins 17 secs
belarus, cyprus, czech republic, finland, hungary, montenegro
We welcome Eurovision newbie Chris King to our first discussion about the first semi-final. This week's countries include Belarus, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, and Montenegro.
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Episode 43: The Ones That Got Away (2019)
March 19th, 2019 | Season 2 | 32 mins 13 secs
azerbaijan, croatia, czech republic, denmark, estonia, france, israel, romania
Another Eurovision Selection Season is behind us, but we are still holding out hope for a strong write-in campaign for six entries that didn't make the cut.
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Episode 42: Madness!
March 12th, 2019 | Season 2 | 42 mins 35 secs
armenia, austria, azerbaijan, belarus, cyprus, greece, ireland, israel, malta, netherlands, north macedonia, poland, russia, san marino, sweden, switzerland
The madness of Eurovision Selection Season has ended. With 16 songs to discuss, we change up the format to get into competition mode.