Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 147 in total of The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews with the tag “sweden”.
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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 280: Weird Little Dudes
October 7th, 2025 | Season 9 | 46 mins 13 secs
austria, croatia, estonia, finland, france, germany, iceland, ireland, israel, italy, latvia, lithuania, malta, netherlands, norway, san marino, sweden
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 279: Perceived Aura
September 23rd, 2025 | Season 9 | 35 mins 41 secs
austria, sweden, switzerland
Eurovision has given their branding elements a makeover in preparation for next year's 70th edition. Graphic Designer Justin Ladia joins Ben to discuss why rebrands happen, what the EBU may want to accomplish with this rebrand, and first impressions on the new fonts and images introduced for Vienna 2026.
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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 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 263: Genre Confusion
April 8th, 2025 | Season 8 | 47 mins 13 secs
croatia, cyprus, portugal, san marino, sweden, switzerland
Culture critic Euny Hong joins us to discuss the multiple genres represented by Croatia, Sweden, San Marino, Portugal, and Cyprus at this year's Eurovision.
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Episode 259: Choose Chaos
March 11th, 2025 | Season 8 | 38 mins 24 secs
austria, czechia, malta, portugal, san marino, sweden, switzerland, united kingdom
After addressing some KANTroversy, we discuss the Eurovision selections from Austria, United Kingdom, Sweden, San Marino, and Portugal.