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 191: Hotel Art
April 18th, 2023 | Season 6 | 39 mins 45 secs
georgia, greece, iceland, poland, slovenia, ukraine, united kingdom
Susan Rogers from Berklee College of Music and author of This Is What It Sounds Like joins us for a record pull of the middle section of Eurovision Semi-Final 2. How do Iceland, Greece, Poland, Slovenia, and Georgia interact with our listener profiles?
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Episode 190: Starter Pack
April 11th, 2023 | Season 6 | 45 mins 8 secs
armenia, belgium, cyprus, denmark, estonia, romania, ukraine, united kingdom
We welcome back Reality Blurred's Andy Dehnart to chat about the first chunk of Eurovision 2023's second semi-final, which has almost too much variety in what the Contest has to offer.
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Episode 189: Lv100 Paladin
April 4th, 2023 | Season 6 | 44 mins 40 secs
israel, moldova, netherlands, sweden, switzerland, ukraine, united kingdom
We close out our coverage of Eurovision Semi-Final 1 with Allegra Kuney, who has brought her media studies hats for our discussions about Switzerland, Israel, Moldova, Sweden, and the Netherlands.
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Episode 188: Capsaicin
March 28th, 2023 | Season 6 | 53 mins 26 secs
azerbaijan, czechia, finland, portugal, serbia, ukraine, united kingdom
We welcome back Ned Raggett to discuss five more entries from Eurovision Semi-Final 1. How has the running order affected our thoughts on Serbia, Portugal, Azerbaijan, Czechia, and Finland?
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Episode 187: Nostradamus Type Whatever
March 21st, 2023 | Season 6 | 38 mins 3 secs
croatia, ireland, latvia, malta, norway, ukraine, united kingdom
We welcome back Justin Ladia as we begin our Eurovision 2023 review series. Starting in the first half of the first semi-final, we discuss Croatia, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, and Norway. Spoiler: it gets weird almost instantly.
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Episode 186: Spring Back
March 14th, 2023 | Season 6 | 56 mins 45 secs
armenia, austria, azerbaijan, georgia, greece, israel, portugal, sweden, switzerland, ukraine, united kingdom
The Eurovision 2023 deadline is here, so we have a slew of entries from countries waiting to reveal their songs at the last minute. We also get to chat with David Allwood from the UK to tell us what the vibe is in this year's host country.
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Episode 185: Raw Boost Energy
March 7th, 2023 | Season 6 | 33 mins 9 secs
armenia, austria, azerbaijan, cyprus, georgia, germany, greece, iceland, israel, moldova, netherlands, portugal, serbia, sweden, switzerland, ukraine, united kingdom
Six more songs enter the Eurovision thunderdome courtesy of the Netherlands, Cyprus, Germany, Moldova, Serbia, and Iceland. We also find out what the finals in Sweden and Portugal will look like. Oh, and tickets are on sale... or at least they were...
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Episode 184: Did the Thing
February 28th, 2023 | Season 6 | 36 mins 56 secs
australia, cyprus, finland, germany, iceland, moldova, netherlands, poland, portugal, san marino, serbia, sweden, switzerland, ukraine, united kingdom
Have we heard the winner of Eurovision 2023? Finland's selection made a strong case this weekend while Sweden's Loreen debuted her contender at Melfest. San Marino, Poland, and Australia also announced their picks as we get closer to the end of Selection Season.
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Episode 183: Halftime
February 21st, 2023 | Season 6 | 28 mins 8 secs
finland, france, iceland, lithuania, poland, portugal, san marino, sweden, ukraine, united kingdom
We got to catch our breath this weekend with only two Eurovision selections coming through: Lithuania and France. With this break, we check in to see how Selection Season is going and what the back half may have in store.
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Episode 182: Everything Everywhere All at Once
February 14th, 2023 | Season 6 | 39 mins 11 secs
croatia, czechia, denmark, estonia, iceland, italy, latvia, lithuania, malta, romania, san marino, sweden, ukraine, united kingdom
We are all googly-eyed after a Saturday with more than 50 hours of Eurovision programming. The good news: we now have 8 more songs heading to Liverpool.
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Episode 181: Peanut Butter Yelly Time
February 7th, 2023 | Season 6 | 50 mins 8 secs
armenia, austria, croatia, czech republic, denmark, estonia, georgia, greece, ireland, italy, latvia, lithuania, malta, norway, romania, slovenia, spain, sweden, ukraine, united kingdom
This weekend was a practice run for Eurovision Super Saturday as Ireland, Norway, and Spain made their selections and Slovenia shared their song. Sweden and Latvia also kicked off their processes as we get ready for a deluge of entries for Liverpool.
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Episode 180: Click... Click... Click...
January 31st, 2023 | Season 6 | 31 mins 43 secs
czech republic, georgia, germany, iceland, ireland, italy, latvia, lithuania, malta, moldova, norway, portugal, serbia, slovenia, spain, sweden, ukraine, united kingdom
After recapping the last (not so) quiet weekend of Eurovision Selection Season, we set our sights on finals, semi-finals, and song reveals all over Europe next weekend. Strap in: It's February, y'all.