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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 27: Eurovision Songs That Weren't
It's hard enough to make it the big stage at the Eurovision Song Contest - in fact it's so hard, even some songs that were selected to go never actually make…
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Episode 26: Mr. Eurovision, Johnny Logan
The time has come to dive deep on the most iconic Eurovision artist of all time, the first two time winner, both as a performer and a songwriter: Johnny Logan…
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Episode 25: Silver Medal Superstars
This week we're taking a look back at some of the closest competitions in Eurovision history, and celebrating the amazing songs that came in second place over…
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Episode 24: Eurovision 1998 Recap
It's Pride Month and what better ESC to revisit than the most Diva-licious year ever, 1998 in Birmingham, England? The trio is joined by Sara Rose Caplan of…
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Episode 23: Black People Love Eurovision (& Paramore)
In honor of Juneteenth, we've prepared a celebration of the many great black musicians who've been a part of the Eurovision Song Contest over the decades, and…
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Episode 22: Postcard Party
With all the drama that's been happening in Malmö, the postcards are just piling up, so it's a whole hour of listener questions, along with what songs are…
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Episode 21: Eurovision: The Movie!
Our most requested episode has arrived! The boys are joined by Christian Dueñas of MaxFun's new show Primer to talk about Will Ferrell's Eurovision rom-com…
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Episode 20: The 2024 Eurovangies
Eurovision 2024 has come and gone, so now it's time for the Eurovangelists to nominate and decorate their favorite acts from this year's competition! Jeremy's…
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Episode 19: Eurovision 2024 Dramarama
Spicy doesn't even begin to describe the week of the Eurovision 2024 Semis and the Grand Final in Sweden, so we're doing our best to recap it. Jeremy approves…
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Episode 18: Nostradumbass - Predicting Eurovision 2024
It's the day of the show, y'all! Semi-final 2, that is. The crew rolled the dice on their predictions for this year's contest before Dimitry went abroad to…
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Episode 17: Eurovision 1974 Recap
ABBA's ascendancy to worldwide fame began in Brighton, England, where they claimed the Eurovision trophy amongst a field of fun acts and wild outfits. Jeremy's…
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Episode 16: Eurovision 2024 Music Video Roundup
Three opinions aren't enough for the 2024 class of Eurovision videos, so the Eurovangelists brought in Worldvishawn to get a fourth perspective on what videos…
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Episode 15: France Gall, The 1st Eurovision Icon
We bring a true Eurovision expert, Tobias Larsson, on the show to tell us all about the swinging teen queen of 60s Eurovision, France Gall, and all the…
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Episode 14: How To Throw The Perfect Eurovision Party
Our most received question is finally answered with this episode-long response, featuring not only the party-throwing wisdom of the Eurovangelists, but also…
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Episode 13: The Seven Songs of Sweden
Sweden is hosting this year's contest in Malmö, but it's not the first time: each of the their seven previous winners get a moment on this week's episode…
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Episode 12: Top Ten Times Three
Now that all the entries are out for Eurovision 2024, including the last three internal selections, we compare our personal Top Ten lists and debate who's…
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Episode 11: Dr. Eurovision
We've got the world's pre-eminent Eurovision scholar Dr. Paul Jordan, a man who wrote his doctoral thesis, The Modern Fairytale, about Estonia's use of…
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MaxFunDrive Bonus Episode Preview
It's the MaxFunDrive, and the rewards for supporting Eurovangelists are considerable! A whole episode about the Eurovision That Wasn't, Eurovision 2020, with…
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Go Fact Yourself #MaxFunDrive Kick-off Spectacular featuring Jackie Kashian, Jeremy Bent, John Moe, and Dan McCoy
This special network wide event is a celebration of The MaxFunDrive! If you’d like to support podcasts you love for just $5 a month and get bonus gifts in the…
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Episode 10: Portugal & Sweden 2024
This week, it's Portugal's Festival da Canção and Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2024, plus the internal selections from Australia and Greece. Jeremy finds a fellow…
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Israel 2024 Update
Israel's song, "Hurricane," has been released, but it wasn't the first song that was submitted by KAN. We talk about what happened and how we plan to cover the…
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Episode 9: Iceland & Serbia 2024
This week the show welcomes its first ever guest: Dr. Ella Hubber of Let's Learn Everything! Dr. Hubber talks with the Eurovangelists about the Eurovision 2024…
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Episode 8: San Marino & Croatia 2024
This week it's just two national finals: Una Voce per San Marino and Croatia's Dora 2024, plus the internal selections from Belgium and Poland. Jeremy puzzles…
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Episode 7: Super Saturday 2024
Five national finals gives us five brand new competitors for Eurovision 2024, coming from Germany's Das Deutsche FInale, Moldova's Etapa Nationala, Lithuania's…
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Episode 6: Finland, Latvia & Italy 2024
There's a new batch of Eurovision 2024 qualifiers to discuss, so we're talking about Finland's UMK, Latvia's Supernova, and yes, even Italy's Sanremo. Dimitry…
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Episode 5: Ukraine, Norway, Malta & Spain 2024
The first Super Saturday of Eurovision 2024 is upon us! We have FOUR national finals to talk about, including Ukraine's Vidbir, Norway's Melodi Grand Prix…
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Episode 4: Ireland & Luxembourg 2024
Ireland decides to SEND THE WITCH, and Luxembourg's back for the first time since 1993. Dimitry, Oscar and Jeremy have a ton to say about both of these…
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Israel in Eurovision 2024
The ongoing war in Gaza has some Eurovision competitors calling for a boycott until Israel is removed from the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. We talk about the…
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Episode 3: National Finals Guide 2024
National Finals season has begun! Which means there's some happening nearly every weekend for the next couple months, and our own Dimitry Pompée has the…
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Episode 2: Eurovision 2023 Liverpool Recap
It hasn't even been a year, so it's already time to revisit last year's Eurovision Song Contest! For anyone looking to get familiar with Eurovision, last…
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Episode 1: Eurovision 101
Welcome to Europe's biggest party! It's the very first episode of Eurovangelists, the Eurovision podcast that aims to make a fan out of you, someone who has…
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Introducing: Eurovangelists!
Welcome to Eurovangelists! What has more pomp, spectacle, and sequins than the Olympics, Wrestlemania, and RuPaul's Drag Race combined? The Eurovision Song…