Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 55 in total of The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews with the tag “serbia”.
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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EBU's new Eurovision rules, Israel will be in Vienna while the Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia, Ireland, and Iceland have withdrawn from the Contest.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 284: "Joke" Entries
December 2nd, 2025 | Season 9 | 33 mins 19 secs
austria, iceland, ireland, italy, latvia, norway, russia, serbia, sweden
Over-the-top costumes, silly phrases twisted to make catchy hooks, and a backdrop that is not always taken seriously can cause a lot of Eurovision hopefuls to be lumped (or perhaps dismissed) into the category of “joke entries.” We’ll explore some examples and try to “get it” in terms of what might be happening under the hood of these songs. Chris Molanphy from Slate’s Hit Parade will join us to help with analyzing the novelty of Eurovision entries.
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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 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 258: LUMO
March 4th, 2025 | Season 8 | 45 mins 54 secs
australia, croatia, denmark, germany, netherlands, portugal, san marino, serbia, sweden, switzerland
We get a mix of Eurovision internal selections and national finals this week from Australia, Netherlands, Serbia, Germany, Denmark, and Croatia. We also meet a new mascot/nemesis.
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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 252: Process
January 21st, 2025 | Season 8 | 22 mins 13 secs
belgium, iceland, ireland, lithuania, luxembourg, moldova, norway, poland, portugal, serbia, slovenia, switzerland, ukraine
It's another hopping Eurovision 2025 setup week with another wave of potential songs, information about Basel, the ESC hosts, ticket sales, plus auditions and previews from Moldova and Belgium.
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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 245: Avalanche
November 5th, 2024 | Season 8 | 38 mins 49 secs
albania, australia, azerbaijan, croatia, czechia, estonia, finland, germany, greece, iceland, ireland, luxembourg, malta, montenegro, north macedonia, norway, poland, serbia, slovenia, spain, sweden, switzerland, ukraine, united kingdom
It's been a couple months since we last checked in on Eurovision news… hoo boy there's a lot to get caught up on. We have elections, new heads of delegations, and info about way too many national selections.