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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 as we look at the some of the heights (and depths) achieved by ESC competitors ov
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 - Ross Bryant of Dropout & Push the Roll joins us to cover the show from Aminata to Ze
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 classic as ever, while some songs aren't nearly as beloved as they once were (cou
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 to a close, and it's actually got some decent stuff... and also some regrettable s
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 Columbia, and now it's on to the two weeks of semifinals, where the remaining 22 of the
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 as good, but hey, we're just Countryin' the States. Jeremy cannot and will not Fe
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 requested topics: NBC's 2022 attempt to create an American version of the ESC. W
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 from this year's Eurovision have been releasing tons of songs, so Barbara and Maria
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 Garrett Palm of Agents of Travel to talk about the breeziest songs in ESC history a
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, Jimmy Kimmel Live!) joins us for the Eurovision Grand Prix of 1956, and the many pre
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 Eurovision artists appearing in TV commercials. Some showcase the contest better tha
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 Contest was all about back in 2005 and who reigns supreme as the greatest ESC song of
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 this not qualify?" We get into a little Eurovision history as well as highlighting
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 past, adding on to the series we began last summer. Jeremy's loving that Pip style,
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 Wasn't! We're joined by Jordan Morris of Free With Ads & Jordan Jesse Go to talk our fa
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 its own episode, so here it is: all of the great places and people we saw or met in
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 the Eurovangies can answer, as the Eurovangelists award a number of songs in a wi
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 Final and those that didn't make it from Semi 2, as well as break down the voting
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 oh boy is there plenty bring you from Semi-Final 1. There were huge glow-ups, a gl
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 fan extraordinaire Glen Weldon. We take a look at both Eurovision 2025 semis and pr
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 Everything on the MaximumFun network. We answer a listener postcard and dive deep on t
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 by Icelandic artist Birgo from Söngvakeppnin 2025. We talk with the two about how
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 Star, MTV) to weigh in on which videos from Eurovision 2025's crop of entrants a
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 80s ESC with special guest Danielle Radford of MaxFun's Tights and Fights, and is
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 first contest, Lys Assia, and her long history with the contest with our special ret
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, James Penrose, who tells us everything we need to know about the history of pre-p
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 Everything! We take a listen to EIGHT internal selections from all over the continent
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 musical The Apple with Alonso Duralde (Maximum Film!, Breakfast All Day, Linoleum Knif
Eurovangelists 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 through some wacky ‘90s- and Spring Break-themed mini games!! Here's the playlis
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 Croatia's Dora, San Marino's San Marino Song Contest, Portugal's Festival de Canc
