Before 2025 gets into full swing, we catch up on Eurovision news from the end of 2024. We have designs! We have fonts! We have an entry where we're not not saying Tirana 2026! Plus, we go deep on the results from the ESC 250 Countdown.

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• Eurovision 2025: Visuals, stage and ticketing info revealed
• TICKETS: Eurovision Song Contest Pre-Registration
• Hotel Association fights excessive prices during ESC | Basler Zeitung
• Thomas Benstem - TV Performance Showreel (ESC & ESC Elections) - YouTube
• EuroWhat's On Calendar
• ESC 250 2024 Results – Songfestival.be

As we head into 2025, we jump back 25 years to watch the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest. How has the competition, fashion, and pop music changed in the last quarter-century(!)?

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Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social.

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• Eurovision Song Contest 2000 - FULL SHOW - YouTube
• Stockholm 2000
• Episode 63: Flags on the Play
• Episode 87: AfriMusic, AI, and the Free European Song Contests
• At least 20 killed in huge explosion at Dutch fireworks warehouse | World news | The Guardian

As we rush to get out of 2024 we're getting details from just about every country participating in Eurovision 2025. We recap last month's Montesong from Montenegro, learn a bit about Czechia's artist, and start adding all the dates to our calendar.

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Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social.

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• Malmö’s hosting of Eurovision evaluated as a big success for the city
• Eurovision Song Contest Introduces Official Code of Conduct
• RTCG issue statement on Vladana’s resignation - ESCXTRA.com
• SUPERSTAR SUPERFINÁLE 2021 | Adam Pavlovčin - Arcade - YouTube
• Danie Tregonning: "🪩 Eurovision Starter Packs 🪩 Welcome, folks! 🦋Doomsday Blue-Sky: go.bsky.app/D9bMpct (pack is full) 🦋Dipinto Di Blu-Sky: go.bsky.app/BkAdhNJ (now open) Use both to follow and share widely! Contact me for additions and/or removals. I’m not responsible for nor endorsing individual’s posts. ❤️" — Bluesky
• SUPERNOVA 2025 - YouTube
• Twin Flame Eurovision songs - YouTube
• EFR12 Radio Eurovision | La radio des stars de l'Eurovision

In 2019 we examined the Big 5—Italy, Spain, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom—and offered suggestions on how they might improve their standing at Eurovision. It's five years later: how are the Big 5 doing now?

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Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social.

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• Episode 56: The Big 5 Gut Rehab (Italy)
• Episode 57: The Big 5 Gut Rehab (Spain and Germany)
• Episode 58: The Big 5 Gut Rehab (France and United Kingdom)
• Ben Dolic - Violent Thing | LIVE | ESC 2020 - YouTube
• Episode 105: AHHHHHHHH!

David Junk, originally from Ohio, was the first CEO of Universal Music Russia. In his memoir Rocking the Kremlin', he and co-author Fred Bronson (from Billboard Magazine) share stories about the "Wild, Wild East", Eurovision, and the influence of western pop culture after the fall of the USSR.

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Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social.

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Special Guests: David Junk and Fred Bronson.

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• ROCKIN-THE-KREMLIN.COM
• Rockin' The Kremlin | Spotify
• DavidJunk.org
• FredBronson.com
• Эрика-Американский Шанс (часть-28) (American Chance Part 28) - YouTube

It's been a couple months since we last checked in on Eurovision news… hoo boy there's a lot to get caught up on. We have elections, new heads of delegations, and info about way too many national selections.

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Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social.

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• Switzerland’s Unusual Form of Democracy Takes Aim at Eurovision - POLITICO
• Eurovision winner Nemo says organisers didn't do enough to support acts amid Israel tensions
• Interview with SRG-Manager Bakel Walden: Is Nemo a wimp? - Blick
• Official partner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | Novartis
• EXCLUSIVE: AVROTROS Confirms New Details Around Eurovision 2025 — Ding-a-Dong, de Nederlandse podcast over het Eurovisie Songfestival

We welcome back @dudepoints, who recently completed their Master's thesis which included discussion of the intersection of the Yugoslavian Art Practice and recent Eurovision entries from Serbia and Croatia.

More simply: let's talk about performance art at Eurovision!

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Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social.

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Special Guest: Dude Points.

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• It's pronounced "dood-pwah", brah!
• ZERO 3 Official trailer - YouTube

The Reference Group is one of the governing bodies for the Eurovision Song Contest. Who sits on this board and what experience do they bring to the table? We go through the dossiers in this episode.

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Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social.

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• Humans of Eurovision #1 - Felix Bergsson - Iceland is full of creative fire! - YouTube
• Episode 8: Eurovision 2025 - Special with Co-Executive Producer Moritz Stadler - Eurovis-Huns - Gaydio
• Ebba basar över Eurovision i Malmö
• Rachel Ashdown, Commissioning Editor for Entertainment at the BBC - The University of Nottingham

Dr. Zoë Jay returns to discuss Eurovisionaries, an academic research project investigating the ways Eurovision fans think about and practice forms of cultural diplomacy.

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Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social.

If you would like to help financially support the show, we are hosting the EuroWhat AV Club over on Patreon! We have a slew of bonus episodes with deep dives on Eurovision-adjacent topics.

Special Guest: Zoë Jay.

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• The Eurovisionaries
• The Eurovisionaries (@euro_visionarie) • Instagram photos and videos
• The Eurovisionaries (@euro_visionarie) / X

Our 8th season begins with news about Eurovision 2025 host city Basel, our first artist announcement, and a look at the history of Switzerland at the Contest.

The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here.

Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social.

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• Episode 165: Lugano
• 🇨🇭 Eurovision 2025: Co-Executive Producer Reveals the Reasons Why Basel Was Selected to Host - Eurovoix
• Theo Evan - Slaps
• AVROTROS does not intend to file a complaint for Joost Klein's disqualification
• Finished in Melodi Grand Prix – NRK Kultur og underholdning
• Can't Stop The Music (1980) - Official Trailer - YouTube
• Viver senza tei - Switzerland 1989 - Eurovision songs with live orchestra - YouTube
• Eurovision 2004 Semi Final 03 Switzerland *Piero & The Music Stars* *Celebrate!* 16:9 HQ - YouTube