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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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Episode 85: Eurovision 2015 Recap
Now that we're officially in the 2026 Eurovision season, it's time to revisit the last time Austria hosted the contest: 2015. But we couldn't do it alone -…
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Episode 84: Eurovision's Greatest Hits (2015 BBC Show)
As we approach the 70th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest, it's fun to take a look at how the ESC was viewed just 10 years ago - some songs remain as…
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Episode 83: American Song Contest, Finals
Well, it's been quite a ride, but all good things, and even all mediocre things, must come to an end. Our four week series on the American Song Contest comes…
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Episode 82: American Song Contest, Week 5 & Semis
We finally reach the end of the qualifiers of the American Song Contest, having heard songs from all fifty states, five territories and the District of…
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Episode 81: American Song Contest, Weeks 3 & 4
We dive even deeper into the American Song Contest this week, tackling 23 more songs from all over the United States. Some are good, and some are, well... not…
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Episode 80: American Song Contest, Weeks 1 & 2
The time has finally come: the Eurovangelists have gone American... American Song Contest, that is! We're spending the month of August covering one of our most…
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Episode 79: Songs from the Class of '25
We're more than two months post-Eurovision 2025, and it's easy to fall in to an off-season funk over not having any new songs to discuss. Except the artists…
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Episode 78: A Eurovangelist Summer Playlist
It's July (or Dzuli), so it's time for a summer playlist courtesy of the Eurovision Song Contest's songbook. The Eurovangelists are joined by world traveler…
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Episode 77: Eurovision 1956
We're going back to Switzerland to go back to the very beginning of Eurovision itself! Special guest Bridger Winegar (Corporate, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt…
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Episode 76: Lights, Camera, Eurovision!
You can't spell Eurovision OR television without vision, so we're taking a look at a few instances of Eurovision appearing on popular TV shows, and popular…
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Episode 75: Congratulations - 50 Years of the ESC
Eurovision threw itself a 50th birthday party, and it's now the 20th anniversary of that party! Don't overthink it: just enjoy our discussion of what the…
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Episode 74: How Did This Not Qualify?
In honor of the unjust non-qualification of Red Sebastian at Semi-Final 1 this year, we're taking a look back at some of the songs that make us say, "How did…
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Episode 73: Black People Still Love Eurovision (& Paramore)
Happy Juneteenth! The show welcomes back Sequoia Holmes of Black People Love Paramore and the Daily Dirty to listen to more Black artists from Eurovision's…
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Episode 72: ESC 2020, the Eurovision That Wasn't
As a reward from this year's MaxFunDrive, we're releasing our bonus episode from last year's MFD: our review of the songs from 2020, the Eurovision That…
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Episode 71: Take Me Back to Basel
We're still recovering from the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, but we made a lot of great memories in Basel! So many that we thought the city itself deserved…
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Episode 70: The Eurovangies 2025
ESC 2025 is now firmly in the history books, but who wins the coveted Euro Neuro Award for Biggest Disconnect Between Staging and Song? That's a question only…
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Episode 69: Live from Basel, Part 2
Our time in Switzerland is over, and a new Eurovision winner has hoisted the glass microphone! We talk through all performances from the Eurovision 2025 Grand…
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Episode 68: Live from Basel, Part 1
We've crossed the pond and made our way to the intersection of France, Germany and Switzerland to bring you all the latest straight from Eurovision 2025, and…
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Episode 67: Nostradumbass - Predicting Eurovision 2025
We are at last joined by perhaps the most illustrious guest in the American Eurovision firmament, the co-host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour and Eurovision…
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Episode 66: Top Ten Times Four
Last year, we shared three top ten lists, so this year, we had to share FOUR top ten lists, as we are once again joined by Dr. Ella Hubber of Let's Learn…
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Episode 65: The Saga of Stormchaser
We've got a returning guest this week in ESC Youtuber & TikToker Worldvishawn, but this time he's here as a songwriter of "Stormchaser," the incredible track…
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Episode 64: Total ESC Live
All of this year's official music videos are out, so the Eurovangelists have enlisted pop culture aficionado Dave Holmes (Troubled Waters, Who Killed The Video…
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Episode 63: Eurovision 1988 Recap
Before we go to Switzerland for Eurovision 2025, we've got to go back to the last time they won: 1988, in Dublin Ireland. The Eurovangelists dive into a VERY…
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Episode 62: Lys Assia, the Queen of Eurovision
You can't talk about Switzerland in Eurovision without going back to the very first year of the ESC: 1956. This week we're talking about the winner of that…
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Episode 61: Ain't No Party Like A Eurovision Pre-Party
We've mentioned pre-parties on the show before, but what are they exactly? This week, we're joined by Eurovision fan and organizer of the MancHagen pre-party…
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Episode 60: Eurovision 2025 Internal Selection Round-Up
It's the MaxFunDrive, so we had to bring back our fellow MaxFun host and first ever guest (and first ever returning guest), Dr. Ella Hubber of Let's Learn…
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MaxFunDrive BoCo Preview 2025!
It's the MaxFunDrive, and the rewards for supporting Eurovangelists are considerable! A whole episode about the futuristic, Biblical, rock 'n' roll movie…
Eurovangelists | Eurovision PodcastEurovangelists help kick off MFD Spring Break
It’s not MaxFunDrive without a wild kickoff spectacular! Former real-life VJ and host of MTV's Spring Break 1999, Dave Holmes, takes your favorite MaxFun hosts…
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Episode 59: One Last 2025 Super Saturday for the Road
We've finally reached the end of the national final season of this year's ESC, but not without a Super Saturday sized helping of drama! We've got our takes on…
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Episode 58: Serbia, Denmark & Germany 2025
The Eurovision 2025 national finals keep right on rolling as we discuss Serbia's Pesma za Evroviziju, Denmark's Melodi Grand Prix, and Germany's Chefsache…
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Episode 57: Armenia & Iceland 2025
At last, a break from the incessant Eurovision national finals of early February: just Armenia's Depi Evratesil and Iceland's Songvakeppnin this week, along…
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Episode 56: Super Saturday 2025, Round Three
It's a super-duper Saturday this weekend, because not only do we cover Poland's Polish Qualifications, Estonia's Eesti Laul, Norway's Melodi Grand Prix and…
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Episode 55: Super Saturday 2025, Round Two
Didn't get enough Eurovision 2025 national finals last weekend? Well this time we've got FIVE national finals to talk about, starting with Ireland's Eurosong…
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Episode 54: Super Saturday 2025, Round One
Four national finals in one weekend? That's a Super Saturday, Eurovision fans, and it's the first of three in a row. We're talking about Greece's Ethnikos…
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Episode 53: Luxembourg Song Contest 2025
National Final Season is about to start its crazy downhill decent towards Eurovision 2025, and we've got the latest one before we're inundated with them…
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Epsiode 52: 10 Years of Australia in Eurovision
We finally tackle what might be our second most common fan question, which is: why is Australia in Eurovision? The short answer is they're really good at it…
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Episode 51: Happy Eurovangeversary
Can you believe it's been a whole year since our first episode? We kind of can't either, but it's true: we've reached our Eurovangeversary! We look back at the…
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Episode 50: National Final Preview 2025
It's officially 2025, which means it's national final season for Eurovision. Dimitry's put together a batch of the most compelling national finals based on…
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Episode 49: Albania's Festivali i Këngës 2025
Happy New Year! We've reached our second national final of the Eurovision 2025 season, and it's Albania's venerable Festivali i Këngës, now in its 63rd year…
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Epsiode 48: Year End Postcards
It's been a heck of a year for Eurovision, and with that year comes lots of questions. The Eurovangelists answer a flood of postcards sent in by fans, talk…
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Episode 47: Eurovision Christmas Songs
The Christmas season is upon us, and not even the Eurovision Song Contest is capable of resisting those sleigh bells. The Eurovangelists are joined by the…
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Episode 46: MonteSong 2024
Montenegro is officially back in the Eurovision game, and the Eurovangelists are rarin' to chat about their national final, MonteSong 2024. We go over all of…
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Episode 45: Montenegro in Eurovision
In celebration of MonteSong, Montenegro's national final happening on November 27th, the Eurovangelists are going through every song Montenegro's ever sent to…
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Episode 44: Now That's What Jeremy Calls Eurovision
The Eurovangelists have arrived at the final week of their series on each host's picks for the best songs for introducing Eurovision to new viewers, or older…
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Episode 43: Now That's What Oscar Calls Eurovision
The Eurovangelists enter their second week of their series on each host's picks for the best songs for introducing Eurovision to new viewers, or older viewers…
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Episode 42: Now That's What Dimitry Calls Eurovision
The Eurovangelists kick off a three week series of taking a listen to each host's picks for the best songs for introducing Eurovision to new viewers, or older…
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Episode 41: Emilija Kokić, Winner of Eurovision 1989
After listening to last week's recap of ESC 1989, the Eurovangelists are more hyped than ever for this week's guest: Emilija Kokić of Riva, the winner of…
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Episode 40: Eurovision 1989 Recap
It's time for a trip back to Lausanne, Switzerland, when Eurovision boasted an extremely 80s vibe both visually and aurally. There's lots of good songs from…
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Episode 39: Eurovision Guilty Pleasures
The boys are joined by comedian and Eurovision lover Lauren Holt to talk about their favorite Eurovision deep cuts that you might not want to mention in a…
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Episode 38: Please Don't Call It A Comeback
Last week, we celebrated artists who returned to Eurovision to greater glory, but this week, we look at artists who came back to sadly a worse result…
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Episode 37: Please Call It A Comeback
Achieving victory in the Eurovision Song Contest takes luck as well as skill, and the competitors in this week's episode didn't luck on their side the first…
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Episode 36: A JoJo SiWarning - The Curse of Fame
The Eurovangelists advise caution to JoJo Siwa as she courts the possibility of becoming the Polish entry in Eurovision 2025, because famous participants in…
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Episode 35: Disability in Eurovision
It was promised in our last Postcard Party, and now it's arrived: an episode-long answer for a great listener question about how people with disabilities can…
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Episode 34: 21st Century Eurovision Winners, Results
It's the third week of our recap of the winners of Eurovision since the year 2000, and the results are in! This week, we find out everyone's favorites and…
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Episode 33: 21st Century Winners, 2013-2024
The trio finishes off their review of every Eurovision winner from the 21st century, including one bonus winner, and start thinking about who might lead the…
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Episode 32: 21st Century Winners, 2000-2012
The Eurovangelists are taking three weeks to listen to every Eurovision winner from the 21st century, offer up their thoughts, and then ultimately rank them to…
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Episode 31: Eurovision 1969 Recap
Dimitry noticed that the four semi-final teams in the Euro Cup final were the same as the four countries that won Eurovision almost exactly 55 years later!…
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Episode 30: Eurovision Choreo Classics
Oscar's in the driver's seat as he takes us through his favorites (and maybe a least favorite) dance numbers through the years at Eurovision, and he brings…
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Episode 29: Postcard Party 2: Electric S.A.G.A.P.O.
Some questions just demand to be answered, and that's the case with all of this week's postcards as we once more dive into our mailbox and go through a host of…
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Episode 28: New Songs from Eurovision's Class of 2024
We could've picked at random, but we decided to bring a MaxFun supporter on the show who sent us her original collage in honor of Eurovision 2024. Rachel Smith…