The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews – Details, episodes & analysis

We say farewell to Eurovision 2024 host nation Sweden by examining the facts and figures of its long-running song selection method: Melodifestivalen. We also make our picks of who we would like to see make an appearance in Melfest 2025. How to Win Melfest Summary Who has written the most songs for Melfest? (2:38) Do non-English songs do well at Melfest? (6:02) Should Melfest's Andra Chansen be given a second chance? (11:53) If you already won Melfest, should you come back? (15:32) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/eurowhat.bsky.social). Join the EuroWhat AV Club! If you would like to help financially support the show, we are hosting the EuroWhat AV Club over on Patreon! We have a slew of bonus episodes with deep dives on Eurovision-adjacent topics.

Elisabeth Vincentelli examined the 1992 greatest hits collection ABBA Gold for the music criticism book series 33 1/3. We discuss the book, our respective relationships with ABBA, and marvel at the band's influence on pop music 50 years after their Eurovision win. ABBA Gold Summary What is your relationship with ABBA? (2:53) ABBA Gold (1992) (7:30) 33 1/3: ABBA Gold by Elisabeth Vincentelli (10:04) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/eurowhat.bsky.social). Malmö 2024 Stay up to date on everything happening in the leadup to the Eurovision Song Contest on our page dedicated to Malmö 2024 (https://www.eurowhat.com/2024-malmo). You can keep tabs on the countries, artists, and songs, set your laundry folding schedule with our EuroWhat's On calendar, and futz with your Spotify algorithm with our Selection Season playlist (https://eurowhat.com/selection-season)! Join the EuroWhat AV Club! If you would like to help financially support the show, we are hosting the EuroWhat AV Club over on Patreon! We have a slew of bonus episodes with deep dives on Eurovision-adjacent topics.

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? Designated Perceived Nudity Corner Summary Eurovision News: Peacock, Producer's Choice, Flags (1:19) Eurovision Semi-Final 1 Predictions (13:01) Eurovision Semi-Final 2 Predictions (25:52) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/eurowhat.bsky.social). Malmö 2024 Stay up to date on everything happening in the leadup to the Eurovision Song Contest on our page dedicated to Malmö 2024 (https://www.eurowhat.com/2024-malmo). You can keep tabs on the countries, artists, and songs, set your laundry folding schedule with our EuroWhat's On calendar, and futz with your Spotify algorithm with our Selection Season playlist (https://eurowhat.com/selection-season)! Join the EuroWhat AV Club! If you would like to help financially support the show, we are hosting the EuroWhat AV Club over on Patreon! We have a slew of bonus episodes with deep dives on Eurovision-adjacent topics.

Dave Steeves returns to the program to discuss Norway's Melodi Grand Prix, a casual approach to Eurovision Selection Season, and the pivoting that is happening in response to the pandemic. Pivot Summary Last week in Eurovision (2:51) Malta snippets drop Finland UMK announces acts and songs Poland switches to a national final Omicron disrupts Melfest and Songvakeppnin Cosa sta facendo Måneskin? Coachella edition (8:27) Norway's Melodi Grand Prix begins (10:57) Coming up this week (18:43) Spotify Playlists Eurovision Selection Season 2022 (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Lc19haW2ZINm7MX6VWrb2?si=805cedcbe1084b90) EuroWhat Podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/5jx73fNIBsTO8alQvTy9qz?si=538762591ef54170) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. When you subscribe (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe), please rate and review us. We welcome your feedback and the ratings will help other Eurovision fans find us. Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or find us on Twitter @eurowhat (https://twitter.com/eurowhat). Special Guest: Dave Steeves.

This week we travel to Lithuania for Pabandom is Naujo, check out the Eurovision menus in Romania and Latvia (ooo, salad), and see how famous Maneskin's birthdays are. Hunker Down Summary Montenegro chooses Vladana and "Breathe (Unforgivable)" (1:16) Song drops: Romania and Latvia (2:57) Pabandom is Naujo! Week 1 (6:14) Cosa sta facendo Måneskin? Famous Birthdays Edition (10:32) This week: Finland's UMK artists, Norway's MGP, Poland's Artist (maybe) (13:38) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. When you subscribe (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe), please rate and review us. We welcome your feedback and the ratings will help other Eurovision fans find us. Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or find us on Twitter @eurowhat (https://twitter.com/eurowhat).

It's full steam ahead to Eurovision 2022, with Albania making its (correct?) choice, a wild ESC 250 countdown, and looking forward to selection season series starting Saturday. Unprecedented Summary Eurovision 2022 Selections: Festivali i Këngës 60 () Cosa sta facendo Måneskin? New Year's Rockin' Eve Edition () ESC 250 Results () Coming up this week: Montenegro and NRK MGP Artists, Lithuania's Pabandom is Naujo () Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. When you subscribe (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe), please rate and review us. We welcome your feedback and the ratings will help other Eurovision fans find us. Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or find us on Twitter @eurowhat (https://twitter.com/eurowhat).

The Czech Republic has made their selection, a number of processes have released more details, and we check in with the Eurovision Class of 2021. Class of 2021 Summary Selections: We Are Domi, S10, Amanda Tenfjord (1:22) Processes: Pabandom is Naujo, Australia Decides, Benidorm, Festivali i Këngës (8:15) News: Eurovision 1964 Video Clip; Cosa sta facendo Måneskin? (12:40) Checking in on the Class of Eurovision 2021 (16:31) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. When you subscribe, please rate and review us. We welcome your feedback and the ratings will help other Eurovision fans find us. Want to support the show? Join our Patreon (https://patreon.com/eurowhat)! Listener support has helped with getting episode transcriptions and refreshing our website (https://eurowhat.com). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or find us on Twitter @eurowhat (https://twitter.com/eurowhat).

With a lot of new folks discovering Eurovision over the past year and selection season 2022 underway, we put together a tutorial to answer the question: How does Eurovision work? Eurovision 101 Summary Bulgaria's Intelligent Music Project debuts "Intention" (1:01) What's Måneskin Up To? Grammys and the Voice (6:10) Selection season news (8:35) Estonia's Eesti Laul Slovenia's EMA freš Czech Republic's online selection Sweden announces artists for Melfest 2022 Una Voce per San Marino begins casting round Norway's Melodi Grand Prix details its format Albania's Festivali i Këngës releases its songs Eurovision 101 What is the Eurovision Song Contest? (16:54) What are the Eurovision rules? (19:33) What does a year in Eurovision look like? (23:09) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. When you subscribe, please rate and review us. We welcome your feedback and the ratings will help other Eurovision fans find us. Want to support the show? Join our Patreon (https://patreon.com/eurowhat)! Listener support has helped with getting episode transcriptions and refreshing our website (https://eurowhat.com). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or find us on Twitter @eurowhat (https://twitter.com/eurowhat).

The dreaded Nul Points visited Rotterdam at Eurovision this year. We take a look at the sordid history of the dubious distinction. Nul Points Summary News: Georgia's Circus Mircus, American Song Contest Launch Date, Estonia's Eesti Laul, Albania's Festivali i Këngës, Czech Republic's Online Selection (2:23) Eurovision Again: 2004 (11:01) Nul Points: A Taxonomy (13:58) A Pointless History of Eurovision (21:44) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. When you subscribe, please rate and review us. We welcome your feedback and the ratings will help other Eurovision fans find us. Want to support the show? Join our Patreon (https://patreon.com/eurowhat)! Listener support has helped with getting episode transcriptions and refreshing our website (https://eurowhat.com). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or find us on Twitter @eurowhat (https://twitter.com/eurowhat).

Belarus won't be competing at Eurovision in the foreseeable future, so this seems like a good time to take an historical view of the country and its identity. Belarus Summary News: Australia, Germany, American Song Contest, ESC Top 250 (1:11) A Brief History of Belarus (6:33) Belarus at Eurovision (14:22) Belarus Today (28:49) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. When you subscribe, please rate and review us. We welcome your feedback and the ratings will help other Eurovision fans find us. Want to support the show? Join our Patreon (https://patreon.com/eurowhat)! Listener support has helped with getting episode transcriptions and refreshing our website (https://eurowhat.com). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:eurowhatpodcast@gmail.com) or find us on Twitter @eurowhat (https://twitter.com/eurowhat).