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#89: 12 Points to Fire Saga?

July 3, 2020 00:47:08

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga arrived on Netflix last week and 12 Points from America joins us to discuss the music in Will Ferrell’s new comedy.

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#85: #EurovisionAgain

May 5, 2020 0:52:59

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#EurovisionAgain impresario Rob Holley speaks with us about the Eurovision Twitter time machine extravaganza.

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#81: WHY ARE WE YELLING?

March 17, 2020 50:33

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We finish up our initial evaluations of the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest entries with the last nine songs to drop in March.

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Uku Suvitse performs at the 2020 Eesti Laul Semi-Final

#79: Songageddon 2020

March 3, 2020 1:01:36

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Somehow we managed to be verbal after mainlining hours upon hours of Eurovision content this past weekend. It’s Songageddon 2020!

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An assortment of flags of the European Union, Turkey, and Hungary

#67: Hungary for Turkey

December 3, 2019 34:29

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Hungary’s reasons for withdrawing from Eurovision sound similar to Turkey’s. What else do the two countries have in common?

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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 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 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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Russia, Albania, Norway, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, and Azerbaijan will close out the second semi-final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest (Photos: Eurovision.tv)

#49: Semi-Final 2 Part 3 Johnny Bravo

April 30, 2019 37:41

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We finish our Eurovision 2019 semi-finals coverage by talking about Russia, Albania, Norway, Netherlands, North Macedonia, and Azerbaijan.

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In the madness of 16 songs dropping in one week, we cope by changing up the competition format.

#42: Madness!

March 12, 2019 42:35

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The madness of Eurovision Selection Season has ended. With 16 songs to discuss, we change up the format to get into competition mode.

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Hatari performs at Iceland's Söngvakeppnin 2019 Semi-Final, delighting the Internet (Photo: RÚV)

#38: Euro Vortex

February 12, 2019 38:53

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Eurovision 2019 Selection Season is in full swing! We dive into the Euro Vortex with the United Kingdom, Montenegro, Italy, and Hatari among many others.

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