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Norway, Romania, Serbia, San Marino, Denmark, Russia, Moldova, the Netherlands, and Australia will compete in the first half of the second semi-final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. (Photos courtesy of EBU)

The EuroWhat? #13: Australia and Others

April 18, 2018

The first half of the second Eurovision semi-final is extra bubbly this year. Er... that should be bubble-y because there are few sure bets, even among perfect streak holders. We break down the field in this week's episode.

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

The EuroWhat? #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!

Alekseev lights up the stage at the national final for Belarus (Photo: BTRC)

The EuroWhat? #5: Get Excited

February 20, 2018

Three more songs have joined the 2018 Eurovision field—two from national selections and one from... just showing up? San Marino has a business proposition for you while Israel poses a challenge to the concept of live vocals. Plus, we get ready for the onslaught of Stupor Saturday. Get excited!

Eurovision 2017 First Semi-Final: Our Predictions

May 9, 2017

Will we go 10-for-10 in our guesses for who will qualify out of the first Eurovision semi-final?

SunStroke Project will represent Moldova at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine (Photo: TRM)

Eurovision 2017 Entry: Moldova — SunStroke Project — Hey Mamma

April 4, 2017

Will Epic Sax Guy be able to get Moldova its first trip to the Eurovision Grand Final in four years?

SunStroke Project will represent Moldova at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv. (Screenshot: YouTube)

“Hey Mamma,” Sunstroke Project is Back for Moldova

March 9, 2017

In this episode: Epic Sax Guy does the Running Man.

2016 Rehearsals Day 5: SF1, France, and Spain

May 6, 2016

Friday provided a clearer separation of the wheat from the chaff as all eighteen performers from Semifinal 1 took to the Eurovision stage for their second rehearsals.

Russia's Sergey Lazarev closes out the first day of Eurovision Song Contest rehearsals in Stockholm (Photo: Thomas Hanses / EBU)

2016 Rehearsals Day 1: Finland through Russia

May 2, 2016

The first half of the first Eurovision Song Contest semi final rehearsed their performances on the Globen stage in Stockholm.

Lidia Isac will represent Moldova in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. (Photo: Alexander Ustin)

Eurovision 2016 Entry: Moldova — Lidia Isac — Falling Stars

April 12, 2016

After several fun entries in the first half of this decade, followed by a couple of disastrous ones, Moldova hopes to right the ship with “Falling Stars.”

Lidia Isac will represent Moldova at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. (Screen: YouTube)

First Listen: Moldova Catches “Falling Stars”

February 28, 2016

Moldova’s hitching their wagon to Lidia Isac’s “Falling Stars.” Will it get them back to the Grand Final?