Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 82 in total of The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews with the tag “israel”.
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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 275: Good to Go
July 29th, 2025 | Season 8 | 23 mins 56 secs
austria, belarus, iceland, israel, russia, spain, switzerland
Quite a bit has happened since we last checked in on Eurovision news. Executive Supervisor Martin Österdahl will be stepping down, there's a new head of the Reference Group, and we know which cities have made bids to host next year's competition.
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Episode 271: Integrity
June 3rd, 2025 | Season 8 | 27 mins 54 secs
austria, israel, san marino, switzerland
We ease into the off-season by getting caught up on the news in the immediate aftermath of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. We also dig into the jury and televote results and try to read the tea leaves for what might happen in Austria 2026.
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Episode 270: Bird Noises
May 20th, 2025 | Season 8 | 21 mins 22 secs
albania, austria, estonia, iceland, israel, malta, poland, sweden, switzerland
We have a winner! Eurovision Song Contest 2025 held its Grand Final in Basel, Switzerland and named a champion after tense rounds of juries and televoting. We discuss the show, the results, and what's in store for Eurovision 2026…
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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 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 266: Mélange
April 29th, 2025 | Season 8 | 59 mins 40 secs
australia, austria, denmark, georgia, israel, serbia, switzerland
Ned Raggett joins us to close out our coverage of the second semi-final for Eurovision 2025. This week, we approach the entries from Australia, Serbia, Denmark, Austria, Israel, and Georgia.
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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 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.
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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(!)?