Displaying Episode 21 - 30 of 59 in total of The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews with the tag “ireland”.
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Episode 209: Millstreet
November 7th, 2023 | Season 7 | 40 mins 19 secs
bosnia and herzegovina, croatia, denmark, greece, ireland, italy, luxembourg, netherlands, slovenia, sweden
It's been 30 years since a small town in Ireland took on the challenge of hosting Eurovision while the concept of Europe was undergoing a transformation. We look back at Millstreet 1993, the accommodation of several new countries wanting to join the party, and... the Bartman?
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Episode 207: Aline!
October 10th, 2023 | Season 7 | 37 mins 11 secs
denmark, france, ireland, switzerland
Discussing Valérie Lemercier's "freely-inspired" Celine Dion biopic — What do you do if your pop culture idol doesn't sign off on you making a biopic about them? Change their name, tweak some of the facts, and play all the roles so you can make a movie like Aline!
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Episode 194: Internet People
May 8th, 2023 | Season 6 | 34 mins 39 secs
albania, armenia, australia, austria, azerbaijan, belgium, croatia, cyprus, czechia, denmark, estonia, finland, georgia, greece, iceland, ireland, israel, latvia, lithuania, malta, moldova, netherlands, norway, poland, portugal, romania, san marino, serbia, slovenia, sweden, switzerland, ukraine, united kingdom
Ben and Mike met up in person to make their picks on what they think will qualify from the Eurovision 2023 semi-finals. Then we saw rehearsals. Experience both the before and after as we make our best guesses for Tuesday and Thursday.
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Episode 187: Nostradamus Type Whatever
March 21st, 2023 | Season 6 | 38 mins 3 secs
croatia, ireland, latvia, malta, norway, ukraine, united kingdom
We welcome back Justin Ladia as we begin our Eurovision 2023 review series. Starting in the first half of the first semi-final, we discuss Croatia, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, and Norway. Spoiler: it gets weird almost instantly.
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Episode 181: Peanut Butter Yelly Time
February 7th, 2023 | Season 6 | 50 mins 8 secs
armenia, austria, croatia, czech republic, denmark, estonia, georgia, greece, ireland, italy, latvia, lithuania, malta, norway, romania, slovenia, spain, sweden, ukraine, united kingdom
This weekend was a practice run for Eurovision Super Saturday as Ireland, Norway, and Spain made their selections and Slovenia shared their song. Sweden and Latvia also kicked off their processes as we get ready for a deluge of entries for Liverpool.
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Episode 180: Click... Click... Click...
January 31st, 2023 | Season 6 | 31 mins 43 secs
czech republic, georgia, germany, iceland, ireland, italy, latvia, lithuania, malta, moldova, norway, portugal, serbia, slovenia, spain, sweden, ukraine, united kingdom
After recapping the last (not so) quiet weekend of Eurovision Selection Season, we set our sights on finals, semi-finals, and song reveals all over Europe next weekend. Strap in: It's February, y'all.
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Episode 178: Eurosongs
January 17th, 2023 | Season 6 | 30 mins 26 secs
belgium, denmark, estonia, finland, france, ireland, lithuania, malta, norway, portugal, ukraine, united kingdom
Ryan Brazell stops by to discuss the first big weekend of Eurovision 2023 selection season. Belgium makes its pick, France announced their artist, and many processes have started to take shape.
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Episode 161: Trivial Pursuits
June 14th, 2022 | Season 5 | 38 mins 14 secs
belgium, cyprus, ireland, russia, ukraine, united kingdom
Professional TV quiz writer Alex McMillan joins us to talk about how to write tantalizing Eurovision trivia. We also learn about some of the differences between UK and US game show writing.
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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 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?