Displaying Episode 21 - 30 of 97 in total of The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews with the tag “iceland”.
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Episode 225: Optimistic
April 2nd, 2024 | Season 7 | 38 mins 46 secs
australia, azerbaijan, iceland, portugal, serbia, sweden
Meredith Clark from Light Treason News joins us to chat about our last set of songs for Eurovision Semi Final 1: Serbia, Iceland, Australia, Portugal, and Azerbaijan. Topics include: Memes popular in Bangladesh, Whose Line is It Anyway, didgeridoos, three-minute world building, and arms appreciation.
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Episode 221: Maximal
March 5th, 2024 | Season 7 | 42 mins 14 secs
austria, cyprus, iceland, netherlands, portugal, serbia, sweden, switzerland, united kingdom
Several internal selections join the Eurovision 2024 field this week and exactly zero of them are holding back. Serbia's national final goes harder than necessary while Iceland... also made a selection this week. We're in the homestretch!
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Episode 220: Go Tiffany
February 27th, 2024 | Season 7 | 31 mins 18 secs
belgium, croatia, iceland, portugal, san marino, sweden
In a relatively quiet week in Eurovision land we check out Belgium's selection from Mustii, recap Una Voce per San Marino, and say meow to Baby Lasagna. We also check in with Sweden's Melodifestivalen, Iceland's Songvakeppnin, and the first semi for Portugal's Festival da Canção.
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Episode 219: Conversion
February 20th, 2024 | Season 7 | 42 mins 39 secs
belgium, croatia, denmark, estonia, germany, iceland, lithuania, moldova, poland, san marino, sweden
5 Eurovision national finals took place this past weekend with mixed results. Well, results that were mixed weirdly due to jury/televote score conversions. We discuss Germany, Estonia, Moldova, Lithuania, and Denmark, plus Poland's internal selection.
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Episode 218: Imaginary Beef
February 13th, 2024 | Season 7 | 37 mins 46 secs
denmark, estonia, finland, germany, iceland, israel, italy, latvia, lithuania, moldova, san marino, sweden
With Ben traveling back from Finland's UMK, guest Trip Payne taps in to discuss that national final, Latvia's Supernova, and Italy's Sanremo Festival. Then we prepare for the biggest Super Saturday of the Eurovision season coming up next weekend.
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Episode 216: Squiggle Line Mouth Face
January 30th, 2024 | Season 7 | 39 mins 31 secs
iceland, ireland, lithuania, luxembourg, malta, norway, romania, spain, sweden, ukraine
Eurovision season clicks into second gear this week with Ireland and Luxembourg making selections, Norway setting its final field, Lithuania's holding its third heat, and Malta, Spain, and Ukraine getting ready to decide. How will The Draw shake up things in Malmö?
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Episode 208: Calendaring
October 24th, 2023 | Season 7 | 19 mins 25 secs
albania, armenia, azerbaijan, cyprus, denmark, estonia, finland, germany, iceland, israel, lithuania, malta, norway, san marino, slovenia, sweden
As we continue to wait for the full guest list for Eurovision 2024,: Cyprus announces their artist, a bunch of selection processes release start dates (FRIDAY?!), end dates, and a few name changes (EEK!), plus we start filling out this winter's TV calendar.
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Episode 203: Iconic
August 15th, 2023 | Season 6 | 36 mins 24 secs
france, iceland, montenegro, serbia, spain, sweden, turkey, ukraine, united kingdom
We say farewell to our host nations by discussing one area where Ukraine and the United Kingdom overlap: iconic runner-up entries. But what does "iconic" mean for Eurovision entries?
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Episode 200: PopCon 2023
July 4th, 2023 | Season 6 | 1 hr 13 mins
albania, armenia, australia, belarus, denmark, france, germany, iceland, israel, italy, lithuania, netherlands, russia, san marino, spain, ukraine, united kingdom
In celebration of 200(!) episodes, we're sharing the presentation we gave at this year's Pop Conference entitled: “Let’s Discoteque Right At My Home”: Eurovision, the Pandemic, and Learning to “Open Up” Again
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Episode 197: Debut
May 23rd, 2023 | Season 6 | 31 mins 35 secs
denmark, finland, iceland, romania, sweden, ukraine, united kingdom
Ben has returned from his Eurovision debut in Liverpool, both as an audience member and as part of the in-person press team. He shares stories from his jam-packed trip.