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 160: Just ASCing Questions
May 31st, 2022 | Season 5 | 49 mins 39 secs
azerbaijan, georgia, italy, montenegro, poland, romania, san marino, ukraine
We check in with the Eurovision jury shenanigans and then offer a sample of what we've been doing over on Patreon. Andy Dehnart from Reality Blurred joins us to look back on NBC’s American Song Contest experiment.
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Episode 159: Long Time, First Time
May 24th, 2022 | Season 5 | 58 mins 44 secs
czech republic, ireland, israel, italy, montenegro, san marino, serbia, ukraine, united kingdom
Bradley Dalton-Oates joins us for a deep dive of the full Eurovision experience as a first-time attendee. Did Turin do a good job of promoting brand Italy?
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Episode 158: Slava Ukraini
May 17th, 2022 | Season 5 | 24 mins 52 secs
azerbaijan, georgia, germany, italy, montenegro, romania, san marino, serbia, spain, sweden, switzerland, ukraine, united kingdom
Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra claimed the Eurovision 2022 trophy thanks to a record-breaking televote. Dave Steeves joins us to do a mini-dive into this year's Grand Final.
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Episode 157: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ — Eurovision 2022 Grand Final Preview
May 13th, 2022 | Season 5 | 36 mins 53 secs
armenia, australia, azerbaijan, belgium, czech republic, estonia, finland, france, germany, greece, iceland, italy, lithuania, moldova, netherlands, norway, poland, portugal, romania, serbia, spain, sweden, switzerland, ukraine, united kingdom
We started Eurovision Week with 35 semi-finalists. 20 have moved on to join the Big 5 in Saturday's Grand Final. We take stock of our predictions from last episode and make our picks for who will win Eurovision 2022.
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Episode 156: Bubblicious - Eurovision 2022 Semi-Final Preview
May 8th, 2022 | Season 5 | 34 mins 31 secs
albania, armenia, australia, austria, azerbaijan, belgium, bulgaria, croatia, cyprus, czech republic, denmark, estonia, finland, georgia, greece, iceland, ireland, israel, latvia, lithuania, malta, moldova, montenegro, netherlands, north macedonia, norway, poland, portugal, romania, san marino, serbia, slovenia, sweden, switzerland, ukraine
We make our picks for who we think will advance from this week's Eurovision Semi-Finals. These predictions were made before rehearsals, but surely they're still accurate?
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Episode 155: Sommelier
May 3rd, 2022 | Season 5 | 32 mins 31 secs
france, germany, italy, spain, united kingdom
Glen Weldon from NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour joins us to discuss the songs that have automatically qualified for the Eurovision 2022 Grand Final.
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Episode 154: Himbo
April 26th, 2022 | Season 5 | 46 mins 35 secs
belgium, czech republic, montenegro, poland, romania, sweden
Ned Raggett returns to discuss that last six entries of the second semi-final for Eurovision 2022. Will one of the boys with emotions be able to overtake Sweden’s melancholy? (No. The answer is no.)
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Episode 153: Americana?
April 19th, 2022 | Season 5 | 42 mins 32 secs
australia, cyprus, estonia, ireland, north macedonia, san marino
The middle of the second semi-final for Eurovision 2022 is all over the map, but seems to have a lot of Americana vibes? Bre Booker returns to help us sort through the randomness.
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Episode 152: Subversive
April 12th, 2022 | Season 5 | 54 mins 46 secs
azerbaijan, finland, georgia, israel, malta, serbia
Justin Ladia joins us to start our coverage of the second semi-final for Eurovision 2022, with Finland, Israel, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Malta on the docket this week.
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Episode 151: Lilith Fair (Taylor's Version)
April 5th, 2022 | Season 5 | 44 mins 48 secs
croatia, denmark, greece, iceland, italy, norway, portugal
We have a running order! We have tickets when! We have Mike Nothnagel joining us to discuss the rest of the first semi final for Eurovision 2022: Portugal, Croatia, Denmark, Iceland, Greece, and Norway
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Episode 150: Meditation Therapy
March 29th, 2022 | Season 5 | 38 mins 41 secs
armenia, austria, netherlands, slovenia, switzerland, ukraine
Evan Stewart joins us to discuss more entries from the Eurovision 2022 first semi-final. Will the Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland, Armenia, or Austria be able to challenge current favorite Ukraine?
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Episode 149: Fairgrounds
March 22nd, 2022 | Season 5 | 38 mins 5 secs
albania, bulgaria, latvia, lithuania, moldova
Meredith Clark joins us to discuss Albania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, and Moldova as we kick off our coverage of the first semi-final for Eurovision 2022.