Eurovision Division

In which we discuss living life as a hater, this year’s Eurovision slogan, and some good reasons to sing in a language that’s not English.As always, you can listen to the full song on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-7ETxsPiMY See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we discuss a very bad episode of the very bad television show “Glee”, listen to Omar Naber’s first Eurovision entry “Stop”, and briefly talked about what happened in the twelve years since then.As always, you can listen to the full song on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=069n6EnlDt0 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we discuss that one time we went to see the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Cats”, our opinions about modern musical theatre, Disney movies, and some of the lessons the BBC should urgently learn.As always, you can listen to the full song on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac5xNUfzCY4 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we discuss the curious similarity of this song to another popular pop song and take a closer look at some of the expectations set forward by masculinity in Western society. Western type of woman, western type of man.As always, you can watch the full music video on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMvqfykkMYU See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we discuss various drugs and the specific type of party this song would be well-received at.As always, you can find the full music video on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFdSKiWyF_k See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We discuss this year's incredible cultural exchange program between Switzerland and Romania, the eternal struggle between the juries and the televote, and the one missing element that would have pushed this song from incredible to legendary status.As always, you can listen to this song on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lop3KkfRPA See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we touch on the Spanish Eurodrama that occured earlier in the year. Additionally, we discuss the implication of the word "lover" and the pros and cons of goofy beach boys.As always, you can watch the full music video on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jO32_trJq4 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we use our best hangover brain to discuss the baking of cakes, our favourite memes and we wonder which year it is.As always, you can watch the full music video on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvaLAs9cex4 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which Mira starts the show off on a somewhat misanthropic note as a result of her day, but we do proceed to discuss capitalism, the lure of familiarity, and the truly exceptional MTV reality show “Are You The One?"As always, you can find the full song on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxfQn7riJxo See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's a Tuesday - which means we discuss another fabulous duet. Additionally, in this episode we talk about “Hope - Das Obama musical!”, the extended discography of Ralph Siegel, and staging concepts that could bring San Marino the victory this year.As always, we implore you to watch the full video on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXiQr2ew3lQ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we discuss what it feels like to suddenly be much older than you were yesterday, why we have a ladder in our apartment, how many people you need to have an official party, and other very important questions to consider in the year 2017.As always, you can find the full music video on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddo8n_8pKrQ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we do our best to discuss the music, but instead spend a lot of time ruminating about what it's like to be old, and we explore the general concept of "bad things".As always, you can listen to the full song on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoLWemuLP_g See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we discuss the men you meet in the mountains, the things Mira did when she went to Austria that one time, and on top of that, we read from the dictionary.As always, you can find the full music video on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpPM1V3dqZE See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we, and this is probably going to be the last time we do, profess our undying love for Michal Szpak. We discuss the poetic prowess of non-native speakers and things end up getting a little heated as we down one more glass of wine.As always, you can find the full music video on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmXlLBAu6IY See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we record an episode in the morning right after waking up and boy, oh boy, we sure sound like we’re still asleep. Sorry.We go on a tangent about the queerness of Eurovision, its artists, its audiences, and most of all, ourselves. In addition to that, we do some reminiscing about Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 2004 entry.As always, you can find the full song on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWtqWD3TlaA See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we profess our undying love for Belarus, and we discuss forests, hairdos and two different films directed by James Cameron.As always, you can find the music video on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElqbLPcTHAI See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we try to figure out what’s wrong with Germany at Eurovision these last few years, but end up discussing various motivational quotes which you could put on your Facebook wall.As always, you can find the full video on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpESkcTVdkk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we discuss the Academy Award Nominated film “Daens”, and Jeroen is moved to tears as Mira continues the somewhat worrying annual trend of upsetting the Eurovision fandom.As always, please watch the full music video on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7ph8As8azg See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we go through a lengthy existential crisis, discuss various properties aimed at young adults, talk about our memories of being a teenager, and almost forget to actually talk about the song we came here to talk about.As always, you can watch the full music video on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTFuXOEbJTY See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In which we communicate with our Portuguese correspondent via text, and we discuss a long list of subjects including but not limited to: Swedish beef, authorship and Daniel Johnston.As always, you may find the official music video on the official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymFVfzu-2mw See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.