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Eurovangelists | Eurovision Podcast
Each week, Eurovangelists - North America’s top Eurovision podcast and Signal Award winner - will guide you through everything you need to know about the Eurovision Song Contest, Europe’s yearly competition to determine which country has the best original song. But it’s no mere competition. This extraordinary live musical showdown is also one of the most important tools defending free speech and independent public broadcasting across the world. Join American superfans Dimitry Pompée, Oscar…
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Spooky Songs from Eurovision National Finals
It’s Halloween time once again, so Dimitry’s gone searching for some treats among national finals songs from the last few decades for all of you. We’re joined…
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Eurovision Asia: Cambodia's Finest Voice
It's certainly a lot easier to manage than its European counterpart, so we're sad to see the end of national final season for Eurovision Asia. Cambodia's made…
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Eurovision Asia: Nepal, Malaysia & Mongolia
Three songs in one week gives us a wealth of new Eurovision Asia competitors, and the field of songs is nearly complete. We've got the triumphant Nepal Decides…
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Eurovision Asia: The Voice of Bangladesh & The Sound of Vietnam
Two more Eurovision Asia songs have been selected, and we've got the report on The Voice of Bangladesh, the (somewhat sleepy) Bangladeshi national final, and…
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Eurovision Asia: Laos' Sieng Lao & Thailand's Chosen One
We're delighted to be back to Eurovision Asia coverage for the next few weeks, and we're happy to announce there's another fun final full of good songs…
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Episode 137: (Some of) The Worst Performances in Eurovision
Sometimes good things happen to good people, as has happened with friend of the show, Worldvishawn! Shawn is now a consultant and producer for the CBC as he…
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Episode 136: Ireland's Eurovision Songs
Ireland emerged victorious in our New Big Five t-shirt contest earlier this year, which means they've earned themselves an episode about their many fantastic…
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Episode 135: Eurovision Asia - Korea's Next Wave
It's finally time for the hotly anticipated South Korean national final, and it delivers... sort of. We discuss what we feel was missing from Korea's Next Wave…
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Episode 134: Eurovision Asia - Philippine Selection Night
Mabuhay to all the Filipino music fans out there, because Philippine Selection Night has arrived and with it, another entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest…
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Episode 133: Eurovision Asia - Malaysia & Rhythm of Bhutan
Despite a false start in 2025, Eurovision Song Contest Asia looks like it's really happening in 2026! The proof? A full-on national final from Bhutan called…
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Episode 132: Songs from Eurovision's Class of 2026
We thought we were going to sit down for a nice simple episode of the podcast, and then the EBU announced everything. Burgas! New age limit! No more…
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Episode 131: Ranking 80s & 90s Eurovision Winners, Pt. 3
The votes are in, the jury's got its favorite and the same for the public: it's time to see who reigns supreme as we sort through the winners of the Eurovision…
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Episode 130: Ranking 80s & 90s Eurovision Winners, Pt. 2
We're back with our second episode of taking a look back at the winners of the 80s & 90s, and we hope you like Ireland because they're out in force in the 90s…
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Episode 129: Ranking 80s & 90s Eurovision Winners, Pt. 1
It's time to continue the work from 2024 and keep ranking the winners of Eurovision! This time, we're turning our attention to the top tunes from the end of…
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Episode 128: Eurovision 1991 Recap
We'll be covering the famously terrible 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in a livestream later this year, but we thought we ought to cover the second place winner…
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Episode 127: Another Eurovangelists Summer Playlist
Temperatures are soaring across the US & Europe, so we've got the perfect poolside playlist to keep you cool and bring some fun with the sun. Joining us in…
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Episode 126: Bulgaria's Eurovision History - Bust, Boom, & Bangaranga
We're still riding the high of Dara's win from this year's contest, but how close had Bulgaria come to the glass microphone before? Pretty close... and very…
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Episode 125: The Apple (1980)
Thank you to all our wonderful backers this year who've brought this BoCo episode from last year to the main feed! Now everyone can experience the magic(?) of…
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Episode 124: Canadians in Eurovision (who aren't Celine)
July 1st is Canada Day, so we're celebrating Canadian artists who have graced the Eurovision Song Contest stage with one very notable exception. But we needed…
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Episode 123: A(nother) Eurovangelists Juneteenth
Tomorrow is Juneteenth here in America, so we're once again taking a listen to Black artists in Eurovision over the years. We're joined by Danielle Radford…
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Episode 122: Underrated LGBTQI+ Moments in Eurovision
It's Pride Month and it simply wouldn't do to not honor the many trailblazing queer artists and their allies that helped push Eurovision forward to greater…
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Episode 121: Post-Eurovision Depression? Try Het Grote Songfestivalfeest!
We're now three weeks from the excitement of Vienna and crowning a new winner, so now what the heck do we do? Well, one of our favorite guests, the President…
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Episode 120: The 2026 Eurovangie Awards
We're decked out in our red carpet finest for our podcast's official awards ceremony: the Eurovangies! It just wouldn't be the end of the Eurovision 2026…
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Episode 119: Eurovision 2026 Recap
Another Grand Final has come and gone, and hoo boy, what a year for Eurovision! A new winner, a first-time winning country, drama, intrigue, hot mic moments -…
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Episode 118: The Spirit of Eurovision 2026
It's nearly time for the Grand Final, and whether you're watching or not this year, we wanted to celebrate songs that conjure up the feeling of pan-European…
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Episode 117: Udo Jürgens, Austria's Eurovision GOAT
Eurovision season wouldn't feel complete without a visit from Tobias Larsson, Eurovision fan & historian, to tell us the backstory of another ESC luminary…
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Episode 116: Top Ten Times Four Times Two
While we're not doing as much predicting this year, you better believe we've got opinions about our favorites, so we're welcoming back pop music expert Dave…
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MaxFunDrive BoCo Preview: Cliff Richard's Heathcliff
Hey Eurovision fans: we're in the middle of the MaxFunDrive, Maximum Fun's annual fundraising drive to keep the lights on and help support our show. We've got…
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Episode 115: Music Video Recap 2026
If we're going to talk about all the music videos from Eurovision 2026, we need another opinionated Eurovision fan in the mix, so we're joined this week by ESC…
Eurovangelists | Eurovision PodcastCasters on Casters: Sequoia Holmes, Ella McLeod, and Dimitry Pompée
It's MaxFunDrive. And here, for the first time, we give you an exclusive look (well, listen) at the craft of podcasting: presenting Casters on Casters. Three…
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Episode 114: Daniela Simmons of Eurovision 1986
This week we're joined by Eurovision royalty, and it's the delightful Daniela Simmons, Switzerland's second place competitor from the 1986 Eurovision Song…
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Episode 113: Eurovision 1986 Recap
We're heading back in time and to Bergen, Norway for the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest alongside the hilarious Siobhan Thompson of Dimension 20, Rick & Morty…
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Episode 112: Benidorm Fest 2026
If we're talking Spain's Benidorm Fest 2026, who better to join us than the two native Spaniards that host one of our favorite ESC podcasts, the…
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Episode 111: Priority Postcards 2026
We've had a sea change in regards to answering our mail: we've decided to answer postcards mid-national final seasons when the questions are relevant as…
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Episode 110: Internal Selection Round Up 2026
Our Super Saturdays have come to an end, which means there's only a cornucopia of new songs to discuss from all the Eurovision 2026 internal selections! We're…
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Episode 109: Super Saturday 2026, ft. Boy George
With five more national finals, we've made it to the end of the super Saturdays until 2027, but not without first covering Romania's Selecția Națională, the…
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Episode 108: Super Saturday 2026, Round Two
This Super Saturday almost knocked us out, but we've got a super-sized episode covering SIX national finals: Lithuania's Eurovizija.LT, Norway's Melodi Grand…
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Episode 107: Super (Not) Saturday 2026
It just wouldn't be Eurovision season without a visit to the doctor: Dr. Ella Hubber from Let's Learn Everything. The good doctor joins us once again…
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Episode 106: Super Saturday 2026, Round One
The Eurovision 2026 national finals start coming fast and furious from here on out, so all our Saturdays will be super for the next weeks. We've got Estonia's…
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Episode 105: Vidbir 2026
We're back to Eurovision 2026 national final season, and boy, is it a good one. Ukraine's Vidbir is here, and with it, a veritable wave of Eurovision royalty…
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Episode 104: Benidorm Fest 2022
Dimitry finally got his wish granted: we're finally taking a look at Spain's very first Benidorm Fest from 2022, and wouldn't you know it? It's a doozy…
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Episode 103: Luxembourg Song Contest 2026
The Eurovision 2026 national finals are about to hit us like a tidal wave, but not quite yet - for now, it's the gentle rain of Luxembourg's eight-song…
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Episode 102: Moldova & Malta 2026
The Eurovision 2026 national final season is upon us, at last! Moldova's Selecția Națională 2026 and Malta's MESC 2026 were this past Saturday, at a combined…
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Episode 101: National Final Preview 2026, Part 2
It's our last week before the avalanche of Eurovision 2026 national finals begins and doesn't stop for almost two months, so we've got another batch of sneak…
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Episode 100: National Final Preview 2026, Part 1
Some said hitting the triple digit mark couldn't be done, but the Eurovangelists have talked ESC a HUNDRED times! We celebrate by doing our favorite thing…
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Episode 99: Festivali i Këngës 64 & MonteSong 2025
Happy New Year, and happy new national final season! We've got two quality national finals to talk about, and lots of great songs to add to our playlists…
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Happy Holidays from the Eurovangelists
We've had the good fortune this year to enjoy the support of fans like you, so we've decided to share a little bit of the wealth of content that our MaxFun…
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Episode 98: Hark, The Icelandic Angels Sing!
It's Christmastime, so that means it's time for an episode better known as Hark, The Icelandic Angels Sing! Iceland’s Christmas Covers of Pop Songs: Let Them…
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Episode 97: EBU Winter General Assembly 2025
The European Broadcasting Union held their Winter General Assembly with two consequential votes promised, and somehow, only one vote happened. We discuss the…
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Episode 96: Eurovision 2006 Recap
We've talked a lot about Lordi and their 2006 win in Athens, and with the 20th anniversary rapidly approaching next year, we wanted our listeners to be up on…
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Episode 95: Indigenous Artists in Eurovision
This week we're talking about artists from indigenous European artists from Spain, Australia and Scandinavia, and who better to join us than the hilarious…
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Episode 94: ESC Collaborations
With the release of some great collabs between some of this year's (and past year's) Eurovision faves, it's time to take a look at a whole bunch of recent…
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Episode 93: Silver Medal Superstars 2
In honor of our Silver Signal Award, we're bringing back Silver Medal Superstars, a tribute to all the great second place entries in Eurovision that don't get…
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Episode 92: Spooky Eurovision Songs
It wouldn't be a Halloween episode without an extra spooky guest, so we've got the winner of Season 2 of the Boulet Brothers' Dragula, Biqtch Puddin', on the…
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Episode 91: Inside the Eurovision Vault
Listen, we all love the Eurovision Classics: Waterloo, Love Shine A Light, etc. But sometimes these songs get a little overexposed, and that's when they need a…
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Episode 90: Daz's Eurovision (2006 BBC Documentary)
The UK's 2006 Eurovision entry was a song called "Teenage Life," which placed 19th. But what placed far higher in our hearts is the incredible BBC3 documentary…
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Episode 89: Listener Postcards 2025
It's been almost a year since we devoted an episode to listener questions, so we're diving into our stack of postcards and answering questions of all kinds. We…
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Episode 88: Death Slot Deep Dive
The dreaded second spot in the Grand Final lineup has a lot of lore surrounding it, spoken only in hushed tones by those that fear its power. But it turns out…
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Episode 87: Eurovision Songwriting Camps
Norway's own pop diva Mathilde SPZ joins the Eurovangelists to tell us all about songwriting camps: retreats where aspiring and current Eurovision artists go…
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Episode 86: Eurovision Records
We're cracking open the Book of Eurovision Records, on loan from the EBU until they catch us with it. It's a deep dive back through the history of the concert…