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Casters 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 different coasts are represented in this episode. Recording from Los Angeles is Se
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 Contest. Daniela shares stories from her early days as a singer and songwriter, the w
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 and Krapopolis. It's a goofy one, and we've got the irascible Terry Wogan's comment
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 Eurovisionphiles? Dr. Barbara Barreiro Leon and Maria Zapata are on the show this week, talking
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 opposed to waiting until the middle of summer where it no longer matters much either wa
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 joined by the fabulous Swede and expert in all things Melfest Karin Björklund of
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 San Marino Song Contest, Poland's Krajowych Kwalifikacji, Sweden's Melodifestivalen
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 Prix, Finland's UMK, Serbia's Pesma za Evroviziju, Germany's Das Deutsche Finale,
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, heroically watching nine hours of Eurovision 2026 national finals to comment on this week
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 Eesti Laul, Latvia's Supernova and Denmark's Melodi Grand Prix this week, with th
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: Jamala, Zlata Ognevich, Jerry Heil, Ziferblat, Monokate... it's a veritable cornu
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. Comedian and voice actor Tony Rodriguez (The Simpsons, Tiny Toons Looniversity) joins u
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 national final, and its excellent lineup of interval acts and guests. It's nice to have
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 NINE hours of programming across the two finals. One mostly earned the run time, a
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 peeks of upcoming shows, plus a listener postcard about the important issue of vot
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: talking about Eurovision, and taking a look at the many national finals that await u
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. Plus, one of Dimitry's all-time faves shows up as an interval act, and another one sh
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 backers get and put together this present for everyone. It's the very first episode
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 Ring; The Bridge That Unites Italy and Iceland (Sweden Sometimes Too) Or, Laura Br
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 countries that are returning for Eurovision 2026, the countries who have dropped o
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 one of the best contests of the otherwise not-so-great '00s era. And who better to
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 comedian Jana Schmieding of Rutherford Falls & Reservation Dogs? Jana and the boys ta
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 songs by pairs of ESC artists. They might be from the same country, they might be fro
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 nearly as much love as the winners. For this look back, we're joined by Eurovange
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 show to talk all things creepy (both meanings). We take a look at the many songs o
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 few years to cool off in the Eurovision Vault. We take a look at a few songs tha
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 Daz's Eurovision about the man, the myth, the legend, Daz Sampson. It's a verita
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 talk about Eurovision-related media, Eurovision-related SOCIAL media, and who wi
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 despite not producing any winners in 70 years, it hasn't been all bad for those f
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 to brainstorm new songs and produce tracks, some of which become competitors in na
