The hardest I have ever laughed at this very good podcast is listening to the American Song Contest bonus episodes back to back and hearing the steep drop-off in their will to live

ICYMI: The instantly-doomed Great American State Fair was supposed to bring together all 56 US states and territories. What if there was a song contest that did that? NBC tried it in 2022 and we watched it all. Let’s revisit, shall we? www.eurowhat.com/304

🇺🇸 NEW EPISODE 🇺🇸 The instantly-doomed Great American State Fair was supposed to bring together all 56 US states and territories. What if there was a song contest that did that? NBC tried it in 2022 and we watched it all. Let’s revisit, shall we? www.eurowhat.com/304

🇺🇸 NEW EPISODE 🇺🇸 The instantly-doomed Great American State Fair was supposed to bring together all 56 US states and territories. What if there was a song contest that did that? NBC tried it in 2022 and we watched it all. Let’s revisit, shall we? www.eurowhat.com/304

ICYMI: Eurovision 2026 had an interval act featuring Cesár Sampson performing “Vienna” by Billy Joel. Long Island native Maura Johnston joins us to discuss the documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes which debuted on HBO in July 2025. http://patreon.com/e...

🎹 NEW PATREON EPISODE 🎹 Eurovision 2026 had an interval act featuring Cesár Sampson performing “Vienna” by Billy Joel. Long Island native maura johnston joins us to discuss the documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes which debuted on HBO in July 2025. http://patreon.com/e...

🎹 NEW PATREON EPISODE 🎹 Eurovision 2026 had an interval act featuring Cesár Sampson performing “Vienna” by Billy Joel. Long Island native maura johnston joins us to discuss the documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes which debuted on HBO in July 2025. http://patreon.com/e...

ICYMI: Scopitone was a video jukebox from the 1960s that featured short clips that could be considered proto-music videos. Ben discusses the history, production, and cultural impact of the medium while Mike delights in the off-model nature of the content. www.eurowhat.com/303

📼 NEW EPISODE 📼 Scopitone was a video jukebox from the 1960s that featured short clips that could be considered proto-music videos. Ben discusses the history, production, and cultural impact of the medium while Mike delights in the off-model nature of the content. www.eurowhat.com/303

📼 NEW EPISODE 📼 Scopitone was a video jukebox from the 1960s that featured short clips that could be considered proto-music videos. Ben discusses the history, production, and cultural impact of the medium while Mike delights in the off-model nature of the content. www.eurowhat.com/303

ICYMI: What is "Camp"? In 1964, literary critic Susan Sontag investigated this question in her culture-defining essay "Notes on Camp". We discuss how the concept of Camp applies to Eurovision, other forms of pop culture, and our day-to-day lives. www.eurowhat.com/302

I have had Beautiful Song stuck in my head all day after listening to this episode is that camp?

🏕️ NEW EPISODE 🏕️ What is "Camp"? In 1964, literary critic Susan Sontag investigated this question in her culture-defining essay "Notes on Camp". We discuss how the concept of Camp applies to Eurovision, other forms of pop culture, and our day-to-day lives. www.eurowhat.com/302

ICYMI: This season we kept finding ourselves watching clips of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest from Dublin, Ireland. We invited friend of the show Ted Van Houten to join us in a rewatch of the full contest in all its Lite FM glory: www.patreon.com/euro...

House band at Programme 4 is playing L’amour est bleu? -M #EurovisionintheWild

🇮🇪 NEW PATREON EPISODE 🇮🇪 This season we kept finding ourselves watching clips of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest from Dublin, Ireland. We invited friend of the show Ted 🧽🗿👖🆗 to join us in a rewatch of the full contest in all its Lite FM glory: www.patreon.com/euro...

🇮🇪 NEW PATREON EPISODE 🇮🇪 This season we kept finding ourselves watching clips of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest from Dublin, Ireland. We invited friend of the show Ted 🧽🗿👖🆗 to join us in a rewatch of the full contest in all its Lite FM glory: www.patreon.com/euro...

ICYMI: Better late than never: let’s talk about Eurovision 2026. We’ll discuss what happened in Vienna, what this means for the Contest going forward, and share our post-confetti plans. Also: BULGARIA?! www.eurowhat.com/301

Last 15 Eurovision winners ranked by the number of times the title is sung: 1944 - 0 Running Scared - 1 Amar Pelos Dois - 1 Arcade - 1 Zitti e Buoni - 1 Rise Like a Phoenix - 5 The Code - 6 Tattoo - 7 Stefania - 8 Wasted Love - 9 Euphoria - 9 Only Teardrops - 12 Toy - 16 Heroes - 18 Bangaranga - 45

🏆🇧🇬 NEW EPISODE 🇧🇬🏆 Better late than never: let’s talk about Eurovision 2026. We’ll discuss what happened in Vienna, what this means for the Contest going forward, and share our post-confetti plans. Also: BULGARIA?! www.eurowhat.com/301

What do you think of ESC Insight? Let us know in our Reader Survey for the 2026 season, what you didn’t, and what you want to see more of. This year, we'd also like to ask you about how much you have engaged with the Song Contest community and official channels.

🏆🇧🇬 NEW EPISODE 🇧🇬🏆 Better late than never: let’s talk about Eurovision 2026. We’ll discuss what happened in Vienna, what this means for the Contest going forward, and share our post-confetti plans. Also: BULGARIA?! www.eurowhat.com/301

Need the folks over in the press room to confirm if you got a Zandwich with your Zoop or a Zide Zalad instead. -B #Eurovision

It's finally clicked for me that Bangaranga has something similar to JADE's "Angel of My Dreams" happening. -B #Eurovision

Bulgaria wins, and the EBU's learned nothing! I look forward to whatever raw data we get. -B #Eurovision

:::Adds "Learn Cyrillic" to the to do list::: #Eurovision

Thank you Italy for recognizing Lithuania -M #Eurovision

PARG wearing a necktie seems wrong? -M #Eurovision

Oh good, this makes the Billy Joel HBO doc fair game for the Patreon #Eurovision www.patreon.com/eurowhat

My problem with these Professor #Eurovision segments is the director told the professor to look at a bird repeatedly flying into a window instead of where any person would be. -M

"a second Professor Eurovision segment has hit the Grand Final" -B #Eurovision

this is kind of just sparkling "We Speak No Americano" -B #Eurovision

just heard "electro-swing" and had a flashback to Electro Velvet -B #Eurovision

every time I see Alexander Rybak, I think of Lynda Woodruff cheerfully trilling "ALEXANDER RIB-EYE", so thanks for that, Sweden. -B #Eurovision

look, I've covered "Volare" winning the Grammy enough times on the show, I _get_ it, but if Verka's not singing "Dancing Lasha Tumbai", WHAT IS THE POINT OF ANY OF THIS. -B #Eurovision

The first names on the guest list appear to be: The inventor of cold fusion An MMA fighter I don't know An Austrian goalkeeper A serbian politician who died 10 years ago An accordion virtuoso #Eurovision

Anyway, here's Euphoria #Eurovision

I would purchase tickets for the "Lordi covers the great schlager hits" City Winery tour I M M E D I A T E L Y. -B #Eurovision

serving KHAN -B #Eurovision

Kristian Kostov glitching through his jacket. -B #Eurovision

I would like a full "Papa Pingouin" cover by Lordi, please. -B #Eurovision

opening with "All Kinds of Everything" when Ireland's boycotting this year is an interesting choice. -B #Eurovision

I am so glad bluesky allows for the sharing of videos so I can share what happens in the Ariston Theatre when Sal Da Vinci performs

WORK THE NON-ENGLISH SONG TITLES IN YOU COWARDS -B #Eurovision

🇨🇿 Czechia will not perform again as per EBU's statement: "There was a small camera issue during the performance of Czechia's song at the Grand Final [...] The artist’s performance and audio were not affected so the song will not be performed again."

Austria, I thought we agreed to never mention Tuesday's "Austria/Australia are different nations" interval ever again. I will be consulting my attorney. -B #Eurovision

This is SUCH a glow-up from the last time Romania was on the Eurovision stage. LOVE this. -B #Eurovision

ESC pre-recorded videoclip, I see you serving "Kant". -B #Eurovision