Displaying items 11-20 of 100 in total of The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews with the tag "israel".
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Episode 288: Bad Lucksembourg
January 20th, 2026 | Season 9 | 27 mins 10 secs
United Kingdom, austria, israel, luxembourg
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EBU's new Eurovision rules, Israel will be in Vienna while the Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia, Ireland, and Iceland have withdrawn from the Contest.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.
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Episode 280: Weird Little Dudes
October 7th, 2025 | Season 9 | 46 mins 13 secs
Norway, Sweden, austria, croatia, estonia, finland, france, germany, iceland, ireland, israel, italy, latvia, lithuania, malta, netherlands, san marino
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 278: Welcome to Austria
September 9th, 2025 | Season 9 | 24 mins 54 secs
Ukraine, austria, germany, greece, israel, latvia, lithuania, montenegro, slovenia
It's offficially the pre-season for Eurovision 2026 and we have a lot of news to get caught up on. We're heading to Vienna in May and planning for the national final season is underway. We also review Austria's CV at Eurovision.
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Episode 277: Nice
August 26th, 2025 | Season 8 | 19 mins 37 secs
Norway, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, albania, austria, belgium, denmark, finland, germany, greece, ireland, israel, italy, luxembourg, malta, netherlands, north macedonia, san marino, switzerland, turkiye
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
Russia, austria, belarus, iceland, israel, 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.