Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 51 in total of The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews with the tag “albania”.
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Episode 287: Folklore & Rock & Roll
January 13th, 2026 | Season 9 | 51 mins 26 secs
albania, austria, israel, malta, moldova, montenegro
Moldova has returned to Eurovision after a one-year break and has selected 16 songs to compete for a trip to Vienna in May. Malta has also streamlined their process a bit and will select their entrant from among 18 hopefuls. We’ll take a look at the history of these two countries and preview the selections that will be taking place on Saturday, January 17.
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Episode 285: Kerflooey
December 16th, 2025 | Season 9 | 32 mins 29 secs
albania, austria, cyprus, iceland, ireland, israel, montenegro, netherlands, portugal, serbia, slovenia, spain, switzerland
With the passage of the EBU's new Eurovision rules, Israel will be in Vienna while the Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia, Ireland, and Iceland have withdrawn from the Contest. We’ll be discussing the fallout from the decision and figuring out how we’ll be navigating 2026...
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Episode 282: Momentum
November 4th, 2025 | Season 9 | 20 mins 54 secs
albania, austria, bulgaria, estonia, israel, luxembourg, moldova, montenegro, romania, san marino, spain
It was a busy October in Eurovision Land: The EBU unscheduled an extraordinary member session, two countries announced their return to the Contest, and several national selections are getting their ducks in a row. We get caught up on the headlines as Eurovision 2026 starts to take shape.
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Episode 277: Nice
August 26th, 2025 | Season 8 | 19 mins 37 secs
albania, austria, belgium, denmark, finland, germany, greece, ireland, israel, italy, luxembourg, malta, netherlands, north macedonia, norway, san marino, sweden, switzerland, turkiye, ukraine, united kingdom
As we wrap up our 8th season and Eurovision's 69th (nice) edition, we take a rapid fire tour of the Contest up to this point while trying to find something nice or interesting to say about each year. Content warning: goofiness.
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Episode 270: Bird Noises
May 20th, 2025 | Season 8 | 21 mins 22 secs
albania, austria, estonia, iceland, israel, malta, poland, sweden, switzerland
We have a winner! Eurovision Song Contest 2025 held its Grand Final in Basel, Switzerland and named a champion after tense rounds of juries and televoting. We discuss the show, the results, and what's in store for Eurovision 2026…
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Episode 269: Eurovision 2025 Grand Final Preview
May 16th, 2025 | Season 8 | 33 mins 28 secs
albania, armenia, austria, denmark, estonia, finland, france, germany, greece, iceland, israel, italy, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, malta, netherlands, norway, poland, portugal, san marino, spain, sweden, switzerland, ukraine, united kingdom
Twenty songs have emerged from the Eurovision 2025 Semifinals and will join six auto-qualifiers on Saturday. We recap the shows from Tuesday and Thursday and get ready for the Grand Final.
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Episode 268: Eurovision 2025 Semi-Final Preview
May 12th, 2025 | Season 8 | 44 mins 50 secs
albania, armenia, australia, austria, azerbaijan, belgium, croatia, cyprus, czechia, denmark, estonia, finland, georgia, greece, iceland, ireland, israel, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, malta, montenegro, netherlands, norway, poland, portugal, san marino, serbia, slovenia, sweden, switzerland, ukraine
Eurovision Week for 2025 is upon us as well as the 37 artists gathered in Basel. We get caught up on the news leading up to this week before discussing the rehearsals and our predictions for who will advance to Saturday's Grand Final.
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Episode 261: Evolution
March 25th, 2025 | Season 8 | 39 mins 1 sec
albania, belgium, poland, slovenia, switzerland, ukraine
We kick off our 2025 Eurovision Review Season with #EurovisionSky poster Ted Van Houten to discuss the entries from Albania, Slovenia, Belgium, Ukraine, and Poland.
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Episode 250: Loaded with Energy
January 7th, 2025 | Season 8 | 44 mins 15 secs
albania, estonia, finland, iceland, ireland, lithuania, moldova, netherlands, san marino, spain, sweden, switzerland, ukraine
Before 2025 gets into full swing, we catch up on Eurovision news from the end of 2024. We have designs! We have fonts! We have an entry where we're not not saying Tirana 2026! Plus, we go deep on the results from the ESC 250 Countdown.
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Episode 248: Three-Card Montesong
December 17th, 2024 | Season 8 | 47 mins 38 secs
albania, armenia, belgium, croatia, czechia, estonia, finland, greece, iceland, italy, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, malta, melfest, moldova, montenegro, norway, poland, serbia, slovenia, spain, switzerland
As we rush to get out of 2024 we're getting details from just about every country participating in Eurovision 2025. We recap last month's Montesong from Montenegro, learn a bit about Czechia's artist, and start adding all the dates to our calendar.