Displaying items 1-10 of 94 in total of The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews with the tag "israel".
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Episode 296: All Kinds of Everything
March 17th, 2026 | Season 9 | 39 mins 58 secs
austria, ireland, israel, monaco, spain, united kingdom
Boycotts, jury overhauls, technological shifts, major protests, religious and political violence, hot pants... Ireland had a lot to deal with when it hosted Eurovision for the first time in 1971.
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Episode 295: Eye-Catching
March 10th, 2026 | Season 9 | 27 mins 54 secs
austria, israel, romania
Romania returns from its Eurovision hiatus this year, hopefully with some things figured out. We review the country's history at the Contest, its qualification troubles, and how their strategy at the contest may be high risk, high reward.
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Episode 294: Radio Friendly
March 3rd, 2026 | Season 9 | 31 mins
austria, ireland, israel, italy, poland, san marino
The semi-final era has not been kind to Poland. Though the country has done okay at Eurovision the last few years, they haven’t reached the heights of their debut entry in 1994. We’ll be doing a deep dive on what worked 30+ years ago and identify where Poland may secretly have its finger on the pulse of what does well at the Contest.
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Episode 289: Rough
January 27th, 2026 | Season 9 | 35 mins 20 secs
austria, bulgaria, georgia, israel, luxembourg, malta, moldova, switzerland
Bulgaria returns to Eurovision following a three-year absence. We take a look at the country's history at the Contest: a rough start in its initial tenure, a renaissance after its first hiatus, and looking ahead to how Bulgaria's next tenure may go.
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Episode 288: Bad Lucksembourg
January 20th, 2026 | Season 9 | 27 mins 10 secs
austria, israel, luxembourg, united kingdom
Luxembourg returned to Eurovision in 2024 after a 30-year hiatus. When they left the Contest, they were tied with Ireland and France in having won the most times at 5 wins apiece. We’ll explore Luxembourg’s incredible run and see how they’ve adapted to the modern era as we preview the third edition of the Luxembourg Song Contest.
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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 286: Discomfort
December 30th, 2025 | Season 9 | 37 mins 31 secs
austria, finland, israel
How do fans cope when the object of their fandom becomes problematic? Dr. Zoë Jay returns to the show to share insights from her research within the Eurovision community about this topic through the Eurovisionaries project. We also discuss ideas for fans who may be approaching 2026 with the mindset of new year, new me, new special interest.
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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 281: Responsive
October 21st, 2025 | Season 9 | 34 mins 58 secs
armenia, austria, azerbaijan, bosnia and herzegovina, croatia, georgia, israel, montenegro, serbia, slovenia, yugoslavia
The European Broadcasting Union has postponed its plan to hold a membership vote to decide if Israel’s broadcaster KAN will be allowed to compete in next year’s Eurovision. While it remains unclear if the vote will still happen, it doesn’t fully resolve how the EBU got to this point in the first place. We’ll take a closer look at other times the EBU’s non-political stance has been tested and see what lessons can be applied going forward.