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#90: Wine Aunt Energy

Season 3

Episode 33

00:51:31

We open up our mailbag and a chilled bottle of pinot grigio as we get caught up on Eurovision news from the last month or so.

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#80: This is Fine

March 10, 2020

Season 3

Episode 20

00:40:13

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We made it through the end of Eurovision Selection Season! Well, the competitions in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Portugal, at least.

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Morgan gave his song partner Bugo an earful at the Sanremo Festival Friday, leading to the duo's disqualification. (Screen: RAI)

#76: Sanremo LXX (Long, Xtra Xtra)

February 11, 2020

Season 3

Episode 16

00:52:16

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Saturday proved to be a marathon as Australia, Latvia, and Italy chose their Eurovision entries and a whole bunch of other countries made progress.

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Israel, Russia, Armenia, and Iceland have all raised the question: do flags run counter to Eurovision not being a political contest? (Screens: EBU)

#63: Flags on the Play

October 8, 2019

Season 3

Episode 3

00:50:51

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Who knew that flags—symbols of national identity—could have political implications at the Eurovision Song Contest? Drink!

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#61: It’s Rotterdam! Ahoy!

September 10, 2019

Season 3

Episode 1

00:32:53

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Happy Eurovision New Year! We’re talking about Eurovision 2020’s host country the Netherlands and the host city of Rotterdam.

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The 24th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Jerusalem on March 31, 1979. (Photo: Eurovision.tv)

#60: Hallelujah

August 27, 2019

Season 2

Episode 38

00:48:33

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With Tel Aviv about to pass the Eurovision hosting baton to Rotterdam or Maastricht, we watch the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest to see what has changed in the last 40 years.

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Madonna performed at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in the lead up to the release of Madame X (Screen: YouTube)

#54: Madame X is Eurovision

June 4, 2019

Season 2

Episode 32

00:45:07

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Maura Johnston joins us to discuss Madonna’s Eurovision performance, Madame X, and how the Queen of Pop can navigate 2019.

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Duncan Laurence won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest for the Netherlands with "Arcade" (Photo: Thomas Hanses)

#53: Satisfactory Winner

May 21, 2019

Season 2

Episode 31

00:52:24

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André Durham from Eurovision Obsession joins us to discuss the Eurovision 2019 Grand Final and dig into the semi-final data.

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#51: Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final Predictions

May 13, 2019

Season 2

Episode 29

00:37:46

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Ben and Mike have done their rankings, mixed them with other data, and have made their picks for which songs will make it to the Grand Final.

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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

Season 2

Episode 28

00:47:57

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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?”

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