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 37: Australia Decides Gets AUSome
February 5th, 2019 | Season 2 | 59 mins 8 secs
australia, austria, finland, iceland, italy, lithuania, montenegro, north macedonia, romania, sweden, ukraine, united kingdom
We discuss Australia Decides with Mike and Dale from the Aussievision Podcast! Which entries are we most excited about in this year's field?
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Episode 36: Logistics!
January 29th, 2019 | Season 2 | 28 mins 37 secs
czechia, denmark, estonia, france, malta, north macedonia, norway, sweden
We have Eurovision semi-final logistics! Hosting logistics! France and Czechia selection logistics! It's the most wonderful time of year!
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Episode 35: Molasses Flood
January 23rd, 2019 | Season 2 | 26 mins 28 secs
belgium, france, netherlands, san marino, spain
A flood of Eurovision updates this week, including Spain's selection and artists from Belgium, Netherlands, and San Marino.
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Episode 34: Czech Out Those Triangles
January 16th, 2019 | Season 2 | 46 mins 3 secs
czechia, france, hungary, lithuania, north macedonia
We break down the entries in Czechia's Eurovision selection and talk triangles. Lots of triangles.
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Episode 33: Welcome to 2019
January 9th, 2019 | Season 2 | 34 mins 40 secs
albania, cyprus, czech republic, france, georgia, israel, lithuania, malta, san marino, spain, sweden, united kingdom
Happy new year! Now that we can begin 2019 in earnest, we have our first Eurovision entry up for discussion.
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Episode 32: Spotify Wrapping Up 2018
December 19th, 2018 | Season 2 | 22 mins 21 secs
albania, belarus, belgium, cyprus, estonia, france, hungary, latvia, norway, spain, sweden
As we wrap up 2018, we get ready for Albania's Eurovision selection process, check in with Spain, and see how Spotify puts us on blast.
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Episode 31: Eurovision Gifts for 2018
December 5th, 2018 | Season 2 | 36 mins 51 secs
armenia, estonia, latvia, sweden
Are you looking for Eurovision gifts for friends or loved ones? We have suggestions.
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Episode 30: Dustin the Turkey Day
November 21st, 2018 | Season 2 | 31 mins 43 secs
belarus, greece, ireland, israel, united kingdom
Happy Thanksgiving! We're talking turkey this week and that means either the country or Ireland's Dustin the Turkey. Guess what we chose.
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Episode 29: Start Voting Now
November 7th, 2018 | Season 2 | 36 mins 24 secs
bulgaria, france, ireland, israel, netherlands, norway, spain, sweden, switzerland
How does the voting process work at Eurovision? If you think it's confusing now, the history of voting at the Contest has many surprises.
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Episode 28: The Aftermarket
October 24th, 2018 | Season 2 | 33 mins 2 secs
australia, bulgaria, malta, ukraine
Eurovision provides an aftermarket for winners of singing competitions. Why don't we have that in America? Andy Dehnart from Reality Blurred joins us to discuss.
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Episode 27: Orchestras, Synthesizers, and Lulu
October 10th, 2018 | Season 2 | 32 mins 59 secs
ireland, israel, italy, netherlands, norway, spain, ukraine, united kingdom
Orchestras used to be a requirement at Eurovision. In this episode, we take a look at the evolution of live music at the competition.
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Episode 26: Tel Aviv and Other Headlines
September 26th, 2018 | Season 2 | 36 mins 41 secs
bulgaria, finland, germany, iceland, israel, netherlands, san marino, sweden
Tel Aviv will be hosting Eurovision in 2019! I mean, we pretty much knew that, but now it's official!