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#66: Iceland Airwaves

November 19, 2019

Our Senior Hatari Correspondent Ben traveled to Reykjavik to check in with the Iceland Airwaves festival and what's going on in the Icelandic music scene.

The final scoreboard of the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest. The Netherlands, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom tied at the end of the evening with 18 points each.

#64: Win Win Win Win

October 22, 2019

We jump back 50 years to that time Eurovision had a four-way tie for first place... and no way to break it.

#59: 12 Angry Points

August 13, 2019

Nothing courts Eurovision controversy quite like the juries. We journey back to 1997 when the introduction of the televote made the juries A Thing.

#57: The Big 5 Gut Rehab (Spain and Germany)

July 16, 2019

Our July renovations continue as we wander the Eurovision wilderness with Big 5 countries Spain and Germany.

Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, and Israel automatically qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final, to be held in Tel Aviv on Saturday, May 18. (Photos: Eurovision.tv)

#50: The Mountaintop

May 7, 2019

Dave Steeves joins us to discuss the Eurovision auto-qualifiers as we ask the eternal question "Could Spain, France, Germany, Italy, the UK, and the host country advance if they had to compete?"

Jamala has some pointed questions (with literal pointing!) for MARUV at Ukraine's Vidbir final. (Screen: UA:PBC)

#40: YIKES

February 26, 2019

Eurovision ticket prices? Yikes. Lithuania Marathon finale shenanigans? Yikes. Ukraine's Vidbir Inquisition? YIKES. It's been a week, y'all.

We get caught up with some of the news and headlines in the world of Eurovision.

#26: Tel Aviv and Other Headlines

September 26, 2018

Tel Aviv will be hosting Eurovision in 2019! I mean, we pretty much knew that, but now it's official!

Even though the 2018 World Cup is over, what we'll remember is the music?

#22: World Cup Song Contest

July 18, 2018

Is there anything more EuroWhat? than the World Cup? How about World Cup songs performed by Eurovision Song Contest alumni? Yeah, that oughta do it...

France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom are the auto qualifiers for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final. (Photos courtesy of EBU)

As the Eurovision semi-finalist rehearsals are underway in Lisbon, the EuroWhat chats about the six auto qualifiers for this year's Grand Final. Will Portugal be a repeat winner? Will a Big Five country take the crown? Why so serious, Europe?

Laura Rizzotto will be Latvia's "Funny Girl" at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest (Photo: LTV / Eurovision)

#6: Stupor Saturday

February 28, 2018

The second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest started filling up this past week as nine countries made their selections. There are elevated pianos, Moldovan wedding hijinks, and baffled rockers—it must be the height of selection season!