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A figurine of a drummer during a drum solo to represent the ideas of rockism vs poptimism

#84: What is Poptimism?

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Music critic Ned Raggett joins us to discuss rockism, poptimism, and why Eurovision songs are worthy of critique.

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Slavko from Montenegro performs "Fuego" as part of the Eurovision Home Concerts series

#83: Fanopticon

April 7, 2020 45:35

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Despite Eurovision’s cancellation this year, the fandom is still fully engaged in the Contest. Eurovision Obsession’s André Durham joins us to chat about how we’re coping.

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Rein Alexander performs "One Last Time" at the NRK Melodi Grand Prix final

#77: Anarchy in the NRK

February 18, 2020 53:16

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The Eurovision 2020 songlist has hit double digits after this past weekend as we encounter internal selections and national final results.

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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 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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#75: Austvia Superdecides

February 4, 2020 55:39

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It’s time to update your Eurovision Top 2 videos as Czech Republic makes their choice and Australia, Italy, and Latvia get ready to make theirs.

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Chantal Janzen holds the Czech Republic's paper slip at the semi final allocation draw in Rotterdam City Hall

#74: Semi Final Allocation Czech In

January 28, 2020 50:32

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Czech Republic came to play, y’all. We do a deep dive on this year’s Eurovision selection entries and check in with news across Europe.

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Didrik and Emil stand on stage at Norway's Melodi Grand Prix semi-final

#73: Boys!

January 21, 2020 31:28

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We have an avalanche of Eurovision news this week, including two new artist selections, a bunch of songs, and Billie Eilish?

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MEANDI performs the song "DRIP" at Lithuania's selection show

#72: DRIP in a Box

January 14, 2020 27:05

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Eurovision Selection Season 2020 begins in earnest with Norway’s revamped Melodi Grand Prix and Lithuania’s fashion makeover.

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#71: Sticks Nix FiK Picks

January 7, 2020 37:44

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We’re barely a week into 2020 and we already have Eurovision drama up to our ears (HI ALBANIA!). We get caught up on the news from over the holidays in this episode.

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