The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews

Past guest of the show Lindsey Weber and her Who? Weekly co-host Bobby Finger recently released their book I Want to Be Famous. We’ll discuss the book’s media theory and how Eurovision’s secondary and tertiary fame generation fits in the modern celebrity machine.

📸 EBU / BBC

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• I Want to Be Famous by Bobby Finger, Lindsey Weber | PenguinRandomHouse
• Q-Feel -- "Dancing in Heaven" (live Eurovision version) | YouTube
• Eurovision Song Contest (2020) - Song Along Scene | YouTube
• Rita Ora auditioning @ Eurovision: Your country needs you 2009 | YouTube
• Rita Ora medley | Eurovision 2023 | #UnitedByMusic 🇺🇦🇬🇧 | YouTube

Eurovision and Eurovision Asia have partnered with Zoop, an app for creators to… something? Ben digs into the company’s history and performs some user testing.

📸 Photo by Michael Effendy on Unsplash

What is Zoop? Summary

• A World of Zoops (5:18)
• Zoop 1.0 (2022-2024) (8:00)
• The Pivot (2025-2026) (19:29)
• Partnerships and an Attempted Acquisition (22:52)
• The Zoop Experience (35:15)

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• Zoop Pitch Deck
• Ben's Zoop Tour | YouTube
• Mike's RuPaul's Drag Race Ad | YouTube
• The Enhanced Games Were A Predictably Stupid Failure | Defector

The Dream Team—composer Philipp Kirkirov, songwriter/producer Dimitris Kontopoulos, and creative director Fokas Evangelinos—have been involved in some of the most memorable Eurovision entries from the last 20 years. Let’s dive into their catalog!

📸 SVT / EBU

The Dream Team Summary

• Fokas Evangelinos (2:39)
• Dimitris Kontopoulous (9:05)
• Philipp Kirkorov (10:23)
• Dream Team Collaborations (15:22)
• Setbacks (24:15)

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• 310 Dream Team Playlist | YouTube
• 34 Traitors to Ukraine Stripped of State Awards: President Signs Relevant Decree | National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
• Rights court backs Lithuanian ban on pro-war Russian pop star | Courthouse News Service

We spend some heritage minutes discussing Canada's previous history in Eurovision and why they may have been brought in to participate.

📸 Alesia Kozik | Pexels

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• Episode 207: Aline!
• Episode 272: I Am: Celine Dion
• CKCO Circus 1979 Promo | YouTube
• 309: Oh? Canada? Playlist | YouTube
• Quick & Easy Homemade Poutine Recipe | Budget Bytes

Happy Eurovision New Year! We start our 10th Season (sidebar: WHAT?!) catching up on the planning for 2027 as Bulgaria prepares to host the big event for the first time.

📸 Photo by Ondrej Bocek on Unsplash

Welcome to Bulgaria Summary

• Eurovision Rule Updates for 2027 (1:39)
• Voting overhaul? (7:55)
• Netherlands Likely Not Returning while Canada(?) Joins (11:09)
• Welcome to Burgas, Bulgaria! (17:59)

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• Justin Ladia
• Eurovision Song Contest updates rules for 2027 | Eurovision
• AVROTROS neemt niet deel aan Eurovisie Songfestival 2027 | AVROTROS
• 289: Rough
• Capybara vs. Seagull: Burgas Debates Eurovision Mascot | Sofia News Agency

The Eurowhat AV Club finishes out the 1980 Disco Musical Trilogy (which includes The Apple and Xanadu) with CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC.

Spoiler: We would like to stop the music...

📸 EMI Films, Ltd.

Can't Stop the Music Summary

• When did you first see Can't Stop the Music? (0:58)
• A Truly Curséd Production (4:43)
• What is Can't Stop the Music about? (13:39)
• Out of Control Promo Budgets (18:23)
• Can't Stop (talking about) the Music (or the Cast) (27:45)
• Would you recommend Can't Stop the Music? (33:39)

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• Episode 20: Bite The Apple
• Episode 306: Xanadu
• Can't Stop The Music (1980) - Official Trailer | YouTube
• Tina Turner and the Nutbush: Australia’s national dance | Slate
• Disastrous Oscars opening ceremony with Rob Lowe & Snow White | YouTube
• The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure Official Trailer #2 (2012) | YouTube
• Ten Baskin-Robbins ice cream movie flavors | B&S About Movies

The Eurowhat Movie Club celebrates the legacy of Olivia Newton-John’s film career with a detour into the roller disco classic(?) Xanadu. And OH BOY do we have questions...

📸 Universal Pictures

Xanadu Summary

• Remembering Olivia Newton-John (1:15)
• What is Xanadu about? (5:47)
• Is Xanadu a musical? (11:12)
• What is the business plan for Xanadu? (22:23)
• Would we recommend Xanadu? (31:46)

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• Tresóna Multimedia v. Burbank High School Vocal Music Association
• Making Xanadu behind-the-scenes special | YouTube
• Episode 20: Bite the Apple
• The Number Ones: Olivia Newton-John’s “Magic” | Stereogum
• 5 Reasons 1980 Wasn't the Best Year for Movie Musicals | Mental Floss (via Archive.org)

The instantly-doomed American Song Contest really did seem like a good idea at the time: 56 states and territories competing for the hearts and minds of the public on NBC. The execution was not great, but we were pot-committed back in 2022 when we covered this pale imitation of Eurovision. What lessons can be learned before Asia tries its hand at the ESC formula?

📸 NBC

Revisiting the American Song Contest Part 2 Summary

• Episode 5: That's Not My Jam (5:28)
• Episode 6: Having Nunavut (27:17)
• Episode 7: ......Trash (49:53)
• Episode 8: Grahn Feenal (1:08:22)

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• Episode 5 Playlist | Spotify
• M&M's Commercials - Works | Archive of Our Own (AO3)
• Miley Cyrus - Do It For The Phones (T-Mobile ad campaign) | YouTube
• White vs Black: We Try Each Other's Potato Salad | Taste Wars / Buzzfeed
• LONDON Eurovision Pre-Party: Citi Zēni - Eat Your Salad (FULL Live Performance - Latvia) | YouTube

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.

This episode pulls out some of the best bits from the first half of the series as we consider Eurovision’s next attempt at expanding their brand in Asia later this year.

📸 NBC

American Song Contest Revisited Part 1 Summary

• Episode 1: These Boots Were Made for Goofin’ (5:07)
• Episode 2: Sunk Cost Fallacy (22:15)
• Episode 3: Stockholm Syndrome (40:47)
• Episode 4: ENTHUSIASM! IS! FLAGGING! (1:10:21)

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• Episode 1 Playlist | Spotify
• Episode 2 Playlist | Spotify
• Episode 3 Playlist | Spotify
• Episode 4 Playlist | Spotify
• American Song Contest | YouTube
• Brat TV takes YouTube and TikTok stars like Jules LeBlanc and turns them into actors | Vox

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.

📸 Cover Image by Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Scopitone Summary

• What is Scopitone? (3:03)
• Scopitone Production in America (8:15)
• The End of the Scopitone Era (13:44)
• Let's Sample Some Scopitone (19:17)

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• Scopitone in the MoMA collection
• Scopitone YouTube playlist
• Movin' with Nancy (1967)
• Les Surfs at Sanremo

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.

📸 Cover Image by Loyloy Thal from Pixabay

Notes on Camp Summary

• Notes from Future Mike (0:00)
• Episode Intro (1:32)
• Notes on Camp Background (3:26)
• Is Eurovision Camp? (17:16)
• Camp vs. Time (25:29)

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• Notes on "Camp" - Susan Sontag (pdf) | Monoskop.org
• What Is Camp? How Susan Sontag's Essay Was Explained in 1964 | Time.com
• Rainbow Rant: Notes on ‘Notes on “Camp”’ | Columbus Monthly
• Eurovision Song Context Episode 17: (Part 1) Discotequing At Home: Eurovision & The Pandemic
• All of the Red Carpet Looks From the 2019 Met Gala
• House on the Rock
• Chloe "Summer" - YouTube
• Episode 239: ABBA Gold

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?!

📸 Sarah Louise Bennett | EBU

BOOM Bangaranga Summary

• Were we engaged with the Contest this year? (0:56)
• The Eurovision Brodacasts (6:16)
• First Semi-Final (10:06)
• Second Semi-Final (16:24)
• The Grand Final (28:41)
• Data Tidbits (46:19)
• Looking Ahead to 2027 (50:21)

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• How Israel Turned Eurovision’s Stage Into a Soft Power Tool - The New York Times
• TRM director, "surprised" by the jury's decision, which awarded Romania's representative only 3 points: "We made sure that the jury would be independent"

Spain has been ride-or-die for Eurovision since debuting in 1961. In this episode, we’ll be taking a look at how Spain’s original approach to the Contest may have informed their decision to not attend the festivities in Vienna for the first time in 65 years.

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• Spain was not Living a Celebration: TVE and the Eurovision Song Contest During the Years of Franco’s Dictatorship | VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture
• Catalonia and Eurovision: A love/hate relationship
• 40 years on, congratulations may be in order | Music | The Guardian
• Flashback to ESC 1964, when a stage invader held up a banner reading "Boycott Franco & Salazar", in reference to dictatorships in Spain and Portugal respectively, between Anita Traversi's (Switzerland) and Robert Cogoi's (Belgium) performances. : r/eurovision

Eurovision is an expensive enterprise, and the Netherlands has been one of the Contest’s largest financial supporters. In this episode, we’ll be taking a look at the financial impact of Netherland’s absence from Eurovision 2026.

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• The EuroWhat? Episode 128: Bordspel
• The EuroWhat? Episode 200: PopCon 2023
• Costs for the ESC: How much does Germany pay to participate? | eurovision.de

Slovenia has struggled to find momentum and consistency on the Eurovision scoreboard. In this episode, we take a look at how rule changes—especially around who qualifies—has impacted Slovenia’s ability to succeed at the Contest.

Hvala, Ne Summary

• Slovenia and the Relegation Era (4:39)
• One Semi to Rule Them All (11:32)
• Semi Finals go to Pot (15:17)
• Slovenia vs. the Televote (25:39)

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Iceland's television broadcaster RUV turns 60 this year and 2026 is also their 40th anniversary of entering Eurovision. We take a look at why it took 20 years for Iceland to join the party, how the country helped push the Contest into a more modern mode, and why they won't be in Vienna this year.

Icy Reception Summary

• History of Iceland Speedrun Any% (4:51)
• 1986: Iceland Joins Eurovision (19:38)
• Iceland's First Decade at Eurovision (27:03)
• Pall Oskar / Paul Oscar (29:30)

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• Intro clip: Björk and her TV - Definitive Restoration - YouTube
• The History and Development of Broadcasting in Iceland by James Richard Williamson | Wayback Machine
• Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 1986 - Gleðibankinn - YouTube
• Gleðibankinn - Iceland 1986 - Eurovision songs with live orchestra - YouTube
• Hera Björk - Gleðibankinn & Til hamingju Ísland at the Eurovision Cruise 2012 - YouTube
• Daði Freyr Pétursson Gleðibankinn (Live Cover) - YouTube
• Minn hinsti dans - Iceland 1997 - Eurovision songs with live orchestra - YouTube
• Páll Óskar - Björk dragshow MH 1995 - YouTube

Boycotts, jury overhauls, technological shifts, major protests, religious and political violence, hot pants... Ireland had a lot to deal with when it hosted Eurovision for the first time in 1971.

All Kinds of Everything Summary

• Ireland at Eurovision (0:39)
• The State of Eurovison 1970-1971 (4:33)
• RTE presenting Eurovision in Color (13:53)
• Protests and Politics (22:29)
• Wrapping Up (35:43)

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• RTÉ Archives | Entertainment | Eurovision In Ireland And In Colour
• RTÉ Archives | Entertainment | Ireland Hosts Eurovision For 1st Time (in Black and White)
• RTÉ Archives | Media | The Question Of Colour TV
• Clodagh Rodgers, Northern Irish pop star who took Jack in the Box to the 1971 Dublin Eurovision
• Look Around You: Water - YouTube
• Eurovision in Dublin, 1971: hotpants, ‘women’s lib’ and boycotts – The Irish Times — Brand New Retro Irish

Romania returns from its Eurovision hiatus this year, hopefully with some things figured out. We review the country's history at the Contest, its qualification troubles, and how their strategy at the contest may be high risk, high reward.

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• Romania 🇷🇴 - Eurovision 2003 - Nicola - Don't break my heart - YouTube
• Luminita Anghel & Sistem - Let Me Try (Romania) 2005 Eurovision Song Contest - YouTube

The semi-final era has not been kind to Poland. Though the country has done okay at Eurovision the last few years, they haven’t reached the heights of their debut entry in 1994. We’ll be doing a deep dive on what worked 30+ years ago and identify where Poland may secretly have its finger on the pulse of what does well at the Contest.

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• Ultimate Love Song Collection Commercial - YouTube
• the Snacks at Trader Joe's that Only Women Can See - YouTube

Finland's UMK is one of the premiere selection shows each Eurovision season, but it didn't start out that way. We explore the evolution of the format and how YLE continues to make the program must see TV.

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