Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 56 in total of The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews with the tag “france”.
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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 267: Seasoned
May 6th, 2025 | Season 8 | 59 mins 19 secs
france, germany, italy, spain, switzerland, united kingdom
Graphic designer and puzzler Justin Ladia returns to discuss the Eurovision 2025 auto-qualifiers: Spain, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and host country Switzerland.
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Episode 260: Stragglers
March 18th, 2025 | Season 8 | 28 mins 38 secs
cyprus, france, georgia, israel, switzerland, united kingdom
We reach the end of Eurovision Selection Season 2025 and share our first impressions of the internal selections from Israel, Switzerland, Cyprus, Georgia, and France.
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Episode 254: Super
February 4th, 2025 | Season 8 | 49 mins 13 secs
austria, azerbaijan, belgium, czechia, denmark, finland, france, greece, iceland, ireland, latvia, lithuania, malta, san marino, slovenia, spain, sweden, switzerland, ukraine
Eurovision started to get structure this week thanks to the semi-final allocation draw, the first wave of ticket sales, and selections from Greece, Slovenia, Belgium, and Spain. Sweden kicked off Melfest, Lithuania got competitive, and Latvia picked finalists. This was the easy Super Saturday...
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Episode 249: Pew Pew Pew
December 30th, 2024 | Season 8 | 59 mins 34 secs
austria, belgium, croatia, cyprus, denmark, estonia, finland, france, germany, iceland, ireland, israel, latvia, malta, netherlands, north macedonia, norway, romania, russia, spain, sweden, switzerland, turkey, united kingdom
As we head into 2025, we jump back 25 years to watch the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest. How has the competition, fashion, and pop music changed in the last quarter-century(!)?
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Episode 247: Rebuilt
December 3rd, 2024 | Season 8 | 40 mins 42 secs
denmark, france, germany, italy, romania, spain, switzerland, united kingdom
In 2019 we examined the Big 5—Italy, Spain, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom—and offered suggestions on how they might improve their standing at Eurovision. It's five years later: how are the Big 5 doing now?
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Episode 234: A Lotta Look
June 4th, 2024 | Season 7 | 45 mins 28 secs
armenia, azerbaijan, croatia, finland, france, italy, netherlands, poland, sweden, turkey, united kingdom
Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan from the celebrity fashion blog Go Fug Yourself join us to discuss fashion, stagewear, and all the lewks from Eurovision 2024. What designs worked, which were less successful, and will 2025 be an all-denim affair?
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Episode 231: Poop Chaos
May 10th, 2024 | Season 7 | 33 mins 17 secs
armenia, austria, croatia, cyprus, estonia, finland, france, georgia, germany, greece, ireland, israel, italy, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, netherlands, norway, portugal, serbia, slovenia, spain, sweden, switzerland, ukraine, united kingdom
In our Eurovision 2024 Grand Final Preview, we discuss the results of the two semi-finals in Malmö, make some predictions on what may happen on Saturday, and scratch why Sweden's hosting has been itching us this week.
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Episode 230: Designated Perceived Nudity Corner
May 6th, 2024 | Season 7 | 42 mins 32 secs
albania, armenia, australia, austria, azerbaijan, belgium, croatia, cyprus, czechia, denmark, estonia, finland, france, georgia, germany, greece, iceland, ireland, israel, italy, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, malta, moldova, netherlands, norway, poland, portugal, san marino, serbia, slovenia, spain, sweden, switzerland, ukraine, united kingdom
It's Eurovision Week! After we get caught up on Contest news, we make our predictions on which acts will advance to Saturday's Grand Final. Will there be heartbreak in Malmö?
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Episode 229: "Authenticity"
April 30th, 2024 | Season 7 | 1 hr 3 mins
france, germany, italy, spain, sweden, united kingdom
Chris Molanphy from Slate's Hit Parade joins us to discuss the Big 5 and Sweden's entries for Eurovision 2024. How do the entries from France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the UK, and Sweden stack up to current US Billboard chart sensibilities? Are there any bangers in the mix?