Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 63 in total of The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews with the tag “ireland”.
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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EBU's new Eurovision rules, Israel will be in Vienna while the Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia, Ireland, and Iceland have withdrawn from the Contest.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 284: "Joke" Entries
December 2nd, 2025 | Season 9 | 33 mins 19 secs
austria, iceland, ireland, italy, latvia, norway, russia, serbia, sweden
Over-the-top costumes, silly phrases twisted to make catchy hooks, and a backdrop that is not always taken seriously can cause a lot of Eurovision hopefuls to be lumped (or perhaps dismissed) into the category of “joke entries.” We’ll explore some examples and try to “get it” in terms of what might be happening under the hood of these songs. Chris Molanphy from Slate’s Hit Parade will join us to help with analyzing the novelty of Eurovision entries.
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Episode 280: Weird Little Dudes
October 7th, 2025 | Season 9 | 46 mins 13 secs
austria, croatia, estonia, finland, france, germany, iceland, ireland, israel, italy, latvia, lithuania, malta, netherlands, norway, san marino, sweden
Käärijä, Joost, Baby Lasagana, Tommy Cash... we've used the term "Weird Little Dudes" to describe these contestants from the last few editions of Eurovision. Something else they have in common: all were favorites to win and did extremely well in the televote. We attempt to define the term and try to identify what other Eurovision contestants may fall into this category.
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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 274: Yugoslavia 1990
July 15th, 2025 | Season 8 | 52 mins 37 secs
austria, france, iceland, ireland, italy, netherlands, portugal, spain, switzerland, united kingdom, yugoslavia
1990 was the European Year of Tourism. The map of Europe was also changing, as the fall of the Berlin Wall and the movement toward what would become the European Union started to redefine the concept of borders. We’ll be taking a look at how the 1990 Contest in Yugoslavia reflected this new era in Europe, as well as how the 2025 Contest mirrors those reflections 35 years later.
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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 264: Polyethylene
April 15th, 2025 | Season 8 | 45 mins 16 secs
czechia, greece, ireland, luxembourg, montenegro, switzerland
Music journalist Fred Bronson returns to start our conversations about Eurovision 2025 Semi-Final 2. We discuss Montenegro, Luxembourg, Greece, Czechia, and Ireland, plus some delightful stories about long distance friendships and phone calls.
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Episode 255: ('Singing')
February 11th, 2025 | Season 8 | 50 mins 55 secs
armenia, azerbaijan, czechia, denmark, estonia, finland, germany, iceland, ireland, latvia, lithuania, malta, norway, poland, sweden, switzerland, ukraine
It's the biggest weekend of Eurovision 2025 so far with Ireland, Ukraine, Finland, Latvia, and Malta making picks while several other countries' processes continued. Do-re-mi-fa-serving exhausted, but we shall persevere!
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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 253: Vox Lux
January 28th, 2025 | Season 8 | 30 mins 44 secs
austria, belgium, croatia, finland, greece, ireland, israel, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, moldova, norway, portugal, serbia, slovenia, spain, sweden, switzerland, ukraine
Luxembourg selected their Eurovision representative at the end of a surprisingly busy week. Moldova has withdrawn, several countries released potential songs, and Finland's UMK faces a significant shakeup.