Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 97 in total of The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews with the tag “italy”.
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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 276: Lingua Franca
August 12th, 2025 | Season 8 | 37 mins 25 secs
austria, belgium, italy, netherlands, portugal, sweden, switzerland, ukraine
The Grand Final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest featured 21 songs with non-English lyrics, the most to appear since the language rule was abolished in 1999. In this episode, we'll explore the history of the language rule and why language diversity has returned to the Contest.
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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 273: Fan Media Roundtable
July 1st, 2025 | Season 8 | 55 mins 36 secs
australia, austria, italy, switzerland, united kingdom
Eurovision has a unique ecosystem where the EBU and various blogs, podcasts, video channel, and other fans have a work relationship in covering the Contest. But is that relationship working? We discuss the current state of fan media with dudepoints, Niall from Niallpoints, and Derek from 12 Points (all with good points).
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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 267: Seasoned
May 6th, 2025 | Season 8 | 59 mins 19 secs
france, germany, italy, spain, switzerland, united kingdom
Graphic designer and puzzler Justin Ladia returns to discuss the Eurovision 2025 auto-qualifiers: Spain, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and host country Switzerland.
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Episode 257: Disco Sauna
February 25th, 2025 | Season 8 | 35 mins 29 secs
azerbaijan, estonia, germany, iceland, italy, portugal, san marino, sweden, switzerland
Azerbaijan and Iceland have their Eurovision songs selected, Germany picked their finalists, Sweden and Portugal held heats, and San Marino is doing... something.
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Episode 256: Ren Faire
February 18th, 2025 | Season 8 | 46 mins 15 secs
armenia, estonia, germany, iceland, italy, lithuania, norway, poland, portugal, sweden, switzerland
We mark the halfway point of Eurovision Selection Season with the third Super Saturday in a row.
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Episode 248: Three-Card Montesong
December 17th, 2024 | Season 8 | 47 mins 38 secs
albania, armenia, belgium, croatia, czechia, estonia, finland, greece, iceland, italy, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, malta, melfest, moldova, montenegro, norway, poland, serbia, slovenia, spain, switzerland
As we rush to get out of 2024 we're getting details from just about every country participating in Eurovision 2025. We recap last month's Montesong from Montenegro, learn a bit about Czechia's artist, and start adding all the dates to our calendar.
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Episode 247: Rebuilt
December 3rd, 2024 | Season 8 | 40 mins 42 secs
denmark, france, germany, italy, romania, spain, switzerland, united kingdom
In 2019 we examined the Big 5—Italy, Spain, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom—and offered suggestions on how they might improve their standing at Eurovision. It's five years later: how are the Big 5 doing now?