Ned Raggett returns to helps us wrap up our coverage of the second semi-final for Eurovision 2024. Which entries are legit snacks? Which songs left us hungry for more? How did we manage to bring food into every discussion?

Pulling Focus Summary

• Welcome back, Ned Raggett! (0:47)
• 🇳🇱 Netherlands - Joost Klein - "Europapa" 🇪🇺 (2:18)
• 🇦🇹 Austria - Kaleen - "We Will Rave" 🪩 (10:53)
• 🇬🇷 Greece - Marina Satti - "ZARI" 🎲 (19:08)
• 🇮🇱 Israel - Eden Golan - "Hurricane" 🌀 (26:29)
• 🇬🇪 Georgia - Nutsa - "FIrefighter" 👩‍🚒 (29:21)
• 🇦🇲 Armenia - LADANIVA - "Jako" 💃 (37:23)
• Final Thoughts (45:11)

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Audio engineer and Never Post host Mike Rugnetta joins us for a Eurovision crash course. We discuss this year's entries from Estonia, Denmark, Belgium, San Marino, and Switzerland, as well as the overwhelming schedule for Eurovision rehearsals and the finer points of grocery store playlists.

CVS Bangerz Summary

• Welcome, Mike Rugnetta! (0:43)
• 🇪🇪 Estonia - 5MIINUST x Puuluup - “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi” 💊 (8:51)
• 🇩🇰 Denmark - SABA - "Sand" 🏜️ (19:04)
• 🇧🇪 Belgium - Mustii - "Before the Party's Over" 🎊 (30:20)
• 🇸🇲 San Marino - Megara - "11:11" 👩‍🎤 (38:43)
• 🇨🇭 Switzerland - Nemo - "The Code" 🧩 (47:43)
• Final Thoughts (and Questions) (58:19)

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First-time guest Katie Proctor joins us to kick off our coverage of Eurovision 2024 Semi Final 2! We explore the full range of revamps with this week's set, including lyrics tweaks, remastering, and translation. Were the changes made by Czechia, Albania, Norway, Malta, and Latvia successful?

Oops! All Revamps Summary

• Welcome, Katie Proctor! (0:42)
• 🇨🇿 Czechia - Aiko - "Pedestal" 🗽 (3:12)
• 🇦🇱 Albania - Besa - "TiTAN" 💪 (8:56)
• 🇳🇴 Norway - Gåte - "Ulveham" 🐺 (17:32)
• 🇲🇹 Malta - Sarah Bonnici - "Loop" 🔄 (24:32)
• 🇱🇻 Latvia - Dons - "Hollow" 🙏 (31:59)
• Final Thoughts (40:51)

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Meredith Clark from Light Treason News joins us to chat about our last set of songs for Eurovision Semi Final 1: Serbia, Iceland, Australia, Portugal, and Azerbaijan. Topics include: Memes popular in Bangladesh, Whose Line is It Anyway, didgeridoos, three-minute world building, and arms appreciation.

Optimistic Summary

• Welcome back, Meredith Clark! (0:53)
• 🇷🇸 Serbia - Teya Dora - "Ramonda" 🥀 (4:35)
• 🇮🇸 Iceland - Hera Bjork - "Scared of Heights" 🎢 (10:31)
• 🇦🇺 Australia - Electric Fields - "One Milkali (One Blood)" ☕️ (17:11)
• 🇵🇹 Portugal - iolanda - "Grito" 😧 (23:43)
• 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov - "Özünlə Apar" 🤝 (29:54)
• Final Thoughts (36:51)

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Eurovision superfan dudepoints joins us to delight in the bleeps and bloops of five more entries from this year's first semi-final. We discuss the songs from Moldova, Lithuania, Poland, Croatia, and Cyprus, as well as dude's experience at the Eurovizija.lt Grand Final.

SFX Appeal Summary

• Welcome back, dudepoints! (0:52)
• 🇲🇩 Moldova - Natalia Barbu - "In the Middle" 🎻 (3:43)
• 🇱🇹 Lithuania - Silvester Belt - "Luktelk" 📻 (9:50)
• 🇵🇱 Poland - LUNA - "The Tower"🗼 (17:44)
• 🇭🇷 Croatia - Baby Lasagna - "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" 😼 (24:54)
• 🇨🇾 Cyprus - Silia Kapsis - "Liar" 🤥 (33:38)
• Final Thoughts (42:38)

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We kick off Eurovision 2024 Review Season with our special guest Sam Gavin! We discuss the entries from Slovenia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Ukraine, and Finland as well as reminisce about My Neighbor Totoro, pre-internet software, and cringe content from back in the day.

Encarta Summary

• Welcome, Sam Gavin! (0:46)
• 🇸🇮 Slovenia - Raiven - "Veronika" 🧝‍♀️ (3:59)
• 🇮🇪 Ireland - Bambie Thug - "Doomsday Blue" 😱 (11:04)
• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - Tali - "Fighter" 🤺 (19:01)
• 🇺🇦 Ukraine - alyona alyona & Jerry Heil - "Teresa & Maria" 📿 (23:58)
• 🇫🇮 Finland - Windows95Man - "No Rules!" 🚫 (32:44)
• Final Thoughts (46:07)

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We're at the end of Eurovision Selection Season and get caught up with internal selections from Australia and Greece plus the conclusion of Sweden's Melodifestivalen and Portugal's Festival da Canção. ... what do you mean there are still some unknown tracks?!

Scrunchy Face Sounds Summary

• Electric Fields to represent Australia with "One Milkali (One Blood)" (0:51)
• Greece rolls the dice with Marina Satti's "Zari" (4:13)
• Marcus and Martinus win Melodifestivalen with "Unforgettable" (7:58)
• "Grito" by iolanda wins Festival da Canção (13:35)
• Coming up: Israel, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Review Season (17:41)

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Several internal selections join the Eurovision 2024 field this week and exactly zero of them are holding back. Serbia's national final goes harder than necessary while Iceland... also made a selection this week. We're in the homestretch!

Maximal Summary

• Nemo breaks "The Code" for Switzerland (0:47)
• Joost Klein is the Netherlands' "Europapa" (3:51)
• Silia Kapsis calls out a "Liar" for Cyprus (9:08)
• The United Kingdom's Olly Alexander is "Dizzy" for Eurovision (11:37)
• Austria declares "We Will Rave" with Kaleen (16:32)
• Teya Dora wins Serbia's Pesma za Euroviziju with "Ramonda" (19:47)
• Hera Bjork's "Scared of Heights" wins in Iceland (28:23)
• Melfest Heat 5 (33:19)
• Portugal's Festival da Cancao Semi 2 (38:56)
• This week: Australia, Greece, the End of Selection Season 2024 (40:36)

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In a relatively quiet week in Eurovision land we check out Belgium's selection from Mustii, recap Una Voce per San Marino, and say meow to Baby Lasagna. We also check in with Sweden's Melodifestivalen, Iceland's Songvakeppnin, and the first semi for Portugal's Festival da Canção.

Go Tiffany Summary

• Belgium releases Mustii's "Before the Party's Over" (1:23)
• Spain's Megara wins Una Voce per San Marino with "11:11" (4:35)
• "Rim Tim Dagi Dim" by Baby Lasagna dominates Dora (11:13)
• Melfest Heat 4 (18:05)
• Songvakeppnin Semi 2 (22:40)
• Festival da Canção 60 Begins (26:49)
• Coming up: Serbia's Pesma za Euroviziju and internal selections (28:58)

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5 Eurovision national finals took place this past weekend with mixed results. Well, results that were mixed weirdly due to jury/televote score conversions. We discuss Germany, Estonia, Moldova, Lithuania, and Denmark, plus Poland's internal selection.

Conversion Summary

• Isaak is "Always on the Run" for Germany (1:00)
• Eesti Laul Grand Final (5:44)
• Natalia Barbu represents Moldova again with "In the Middle" (10:12)
• Saba wins Dansk Melodi Grand Prix with "Sand" (14:11)
• "Luktelk" and Silvester Belt win Eurovizija.lt (18:52)
• Poland selects Luna and "The Tower" (23:59)
• Sweden's Melfest Heat 3 (27:21)
• Iceland's Songvakeppnin Begins (31:58)
• Una Voce Per San Marino reveals big artists (34:52)
• This week: Belgium's entry from Mustii, Croatia's Dora, Portugal's Festival da Canção (40:05)

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With Ben traveling back from Finland's UMK, guest Trip Payne taps in to discuss that national final, Latvia's Supernova, and Italy's Sanremo Festival. Then we prepare for the biggest Super Saturday of the Eurovision season coming up next weekend.

Imaginary Beef Summary

• Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman will host Eurovision 2024 (2:27)
• Windows95Man wins UMK with "No Rules" (4:05)
• "Hollow" by Dons wins Latvia's Supernova (9:40)
• "La Noia" will go to Malmo with Angelina Mango (14:29)
• Lithuania's Eurovizijalt Final Field Set (25:51)
• Melfest Heat 2 (27:38)
• This week: Germany, Moldova, Estonia, Denmark, Iceland, San Marino (30:29)

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