Displaying Episode 11 - 20 of 55 in total of The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews with the tag “latvia”.
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Episode 246: Rockin' the Kremlin
November 19th, 2024 | Season 8 | 49 mins 6 secs
latvia, russia, sweden, switzerland, ukraine
David Junk, originally from Ohio, was the first CEO of Universal Music Russia. In his memoir Rocking the Kremlin', he and co-author Fred Bronson from Billboard Magazine share stories about the "Wild, Wild East", Eurovision, and the influence of western pop culture after the fall of the USSR.
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Episode 238: Vacay
July 30th, 2024 | Season 7 | 17 mins 48 secs
cyprus, ireland, italy, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, norway, san marino, serbia, spain, sweden, switzerland
It's the Geneva Convention vs Basel Exposition for the chance to host Eurovision in 2025. Meanwhile, the production team has been announced and a new job for ESC Director is available if you wanna work with Martin. We go over July 2024 Eurovision headlines in this episode.
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Episode 235: Calm
June 18th, 2024 | Season 7 | 22 mins 52 secs
albania, belgium, finland, germany, italy, kosovo, latvia, liechtenstein, moldova, norway, slovenia, sweden, switzerland
We check in on Eurovision headlines from June 2024 including budget discussions, host city where/when, and which countries have already expressed interest in the 2025 Contest.
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Episode 231: Poop Chaos
May 10th, 2024 | Season 7 | 33 mins 17 secs
armenia, austria, croatia, cyprus, estonia, finland, france, georgia, germany, greece, ireland, israel, italy, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, netherlands, norway, portugal, serbia, slovenia, spain, sweden, switzerland, ukraine, united kingdom
In our Eurovision 2024 Grand Final Preview, we discuss the results of the two semi-finals in Malmö, make some predictions on what may happen on Saturday, and scratch why Sweden's hosting has been itching us this week.
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Episode 230: Designated Perceived Nudity Corner
May 6th, 2024 | Season 7 | 42 mins 32 secs
albania, armenia, australia, austria, azerbaijan, belgium, croatia, cyprus, czechia, denmark, estonia, finland, france, georgia, germany, greece, iceland, ireland, israel, italy, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, malta, moldova, netherlands, norway, poland, portugal, san marino, serbia, slovenia, spain, sweden, switzerland, ukraine, united kingdom
It's Eurovision Week! After we get caught up on Contest news, we make our predictions on which acts will advance to Saturday's Grand Final. Will there be heartbreak in Malmö?
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Episode 226: Oops! All Revamps
April 9th, 2024 | Season 7 | 45 mins 1 sec
albania, czechia, latvia, malta, norway, sweden
First-time guest Katie Proctor joins us to kick off our coverage of Eurovision 2024 Semi Final 2! We explore the full range of revamps with this week's set, including lyrics tweaks, remastering, and translation. Were the changes made by Czechia, Albania, Norway, Malta, and Latvia successful?
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Episode 218: Imaginary Beef
February 13th, 2024 | Season 7 | 37 mins 46 secs
denmark, estonia, finland, germany, iceland, israel, italy, latvia, lithuania, moldova, san marino, sweden
With Ben traveling back from Finland's UMK, guest Trip Payne taps in to discuss that national final, Latvia's Supernova, and Italy's Sanremo Festival. Then we prepare for the biggest Super Saturday of the Eurovision season coming up next weekend.
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Episode 217: Technical Difficulties
February 6th, 2024 | Season 7 | 44 mins 24 secs
finland, germany, italy, latvia, lithuania, malta, norway, spain, sweden, ukraine
It was a Saturday so Super it stretched into Sunday... not by choice, but Ukraine loves drama. Norway, Spain, and Malta also made their Eurovision picks, Latvia and Sweden kicked off their processes, and Lithuania is almost done with their heats. Oh, and The Draw added some structure to the 2024 Contest.
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Episode 214: Floodgates
January 16th, 2024 | Season 7 | 21 mins 26 secs
belgium, cyprus, finland, georgia, ireland, latvia, lithuania, luxembourg, moldova, norway, sweden, ukraine
The search for the next Eurovision winner began officially this week, with Moldova holding auditions, Norway kicking off NRK MGP, and Lithuania launching its new process Eurovizija.lt. Georgia announced their artist, and everybody had to issue a press release the week that Mike is home alone 😱
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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.