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What has more pomp, spectacle, and sequins than the Olympics, Wrestlemania, and RuPaul's Drag Race combined? The Eurovision Song Contest, Europe’s yearly competition to determine which country has the best original song. It's an extraordinary live musical showdown in which Europe’s most dynamic singers put it all on the line in the name of national pride. And Eurovangelists, a hilarious podcast about all things Eurovision, is here to help you get in on the fun! Each week, we’ll guide you through everything you need to know about the contest that gave us ABBA, Celine Dion, and a turkey puppet singing on behalf of Ireland. Join superfans Dimitry Pompée, Oscar Montoya, and Jeremy Bent as we get entirely too excited about the latest Eurovision news, argue about which song should win this year, and explore the most inspiring, bizarre, and hilarious stories from the Contest’s start in 1956 all the way to today. Whether you’re a long-time Eurovision fan or completely new to it, we’ll make you into a Eurovangelist too!
The Eurovangelists have arrived at the final week of their series on each host's picks for the best songs for introducing Eurovision to new viewers, or older viewers who might want to know what we would pick. This week, we're joined by Mike Cabellon (Mr. Mayor, TV Chef Fantasy League) as we listen to Jeremy's offbeat selections for the eight songs he likes and what makes them worth picking. Jeremy wants America to get into Dutch R&B, Dimitry has the info for the train, Mike can't believe a classic is in third, and Oscar, well, just call him Lady Bump.
Check out Mike's show on Maximum Fun, TV Chef Fantasy League: https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/tv-chef-fantasy-league/
Watch the performances from this week's episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJjo8s3fKUM&list=PLd2EbKTi9fyUnfvUZvAC75zGDkza3Db7x
This week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4xgOWeJ7G5sDHLGf6zz5Kn
The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompee.
The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.
Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.
The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O’Connell.
Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Twitter and Instagram, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!
The Eurovangelists enter their second week of their series on each host's picks for the best songs for introducing Eurovision to new viewers, or older viewers who might want to know what we would pick. This week, we're joined by Vic Michaelis (Dropout, Upload) as we listen to Oscar's picks for the eight songs he picks from the different decades of ESC and what makes them worth picking. Jeremy's grooving to that Turkish sound, Dimitry likes a song from 2009 that's not Fairytale, Vic finds the podcast in each song, and Oscar builds his playlist in slo-mo.
Support the LGBTQ organizations recommended by Vic in the week's episode!
Equality Florida: https://www.eqfl.org/
Zebra Youth: https://zebrayouth.org/
Watch the performances from this week's episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ITBDl33WFc&list=PLd2EbKTi9fyUE32UriNBLSvJp0WzkfGrf
This week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vUIwSQ3qdhF7Bl7RLxQOu?si=h4OxEjoNT2qgnS-MovKjYw
The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompee.
The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.
Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.
The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O’Connell.
Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Twitter and Instagram, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!
The Eurovangelists kick off a three week series of taking a listen to each host's picks for the best songs for introducing Eurovision to new viewers, or older viewers who just like hearing what we like. First up is Dimitry, who's got eight songs from all different eras of the contest and a little background on why they're so important to him. Jeremy's going full Basement Dad, Dimitry celebrates the surprisingly influential Gina G, Oscar just wants to hang out with his friends, and Zach tries to get on Koza Mostra's level.
Check out Zach's band here: https://thetaint1.bandcamp.com/
Watch most of the performances from this week's episode here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd2EbKTi9fyWVpqWPbGxkYGEPOKl6QSuH
Kate Miller-Hedke's Zero Gravity: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7dga7a
Konstrakta's In Corpore Sano: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x92huhw
Manizha's Russian Woman: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x81g3nx
This week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ooEG4v1lJJRAJrPsY2kMT?si=owRPH3gURb2ynKYSj43Axg
The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompee.
The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.
Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.
The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O’Connell.
Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Twitter and Instagram, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!
After listening to last week's recap of ESC 1989, the Eurovangelists are more hyped than ever for this week's guest: Emilija Kokić of Riva, the winner of Eurovision 1989! We talk with Emilija about how she got into music, her friendship with the composer Rajko Dujmić, and whether she'll be able to teach Dimitry how to sing. Jeremy wants to know about the lecture, Dimitry wonders if he can see the colors, Oscar needs the origin story, and Emilija's on Team Ray, believe it or not.
This week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/53VDKEWcvQIy3qw4Ve2mQl?si=z_i9apeyR--OIrhji-RdLw
The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompee.
The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.
Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.
The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O’Connell.
Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Twitter and Instagram, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!
It's time for a trip back to Lausanne, Switzerland, when Eurovision boasted an extremely 80s vibe both visually and aurally. There's lots of good songs from this year, despite a preponderance of bald men with long ponytails. Jeremy's penning his own John Hughes screenplay, Dimitry thinks it's a shame about Ray, and Oscar's found the official Mom Song of 1989.
Watch the entirety of ESC 1989 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUdzU3Awys4
Pan's "Bana Bana" can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NblD5bDryNk
This week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7vU6oi6fY815bLzVMUB7HZ?si=Nd1Zsk3UQpWEcNROADpMlg
The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompee.
The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.
Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.
The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O’Connell.
Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Twitter and Instagram, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!
The boys are joined by comedian and Eurovision lover Lauren Holt to talk about their favorite Eurovision deep cuts that you might not want to mention in a crowd of ESC fans. The case is made for a wide array of songs from all different eras of Eurovision, and we feature a few fan picks as well. Jeremy might be joining the Collective, Dimitry finally understands the significance of butterflies, Lauren's found the source of the Waterline, and Oscar will not stand for these Rendez-boos.
Watch all of the performances from this week on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps3kxGo_gro&list=PLd2EbKTi9fyXcx9sTdinfvRz5ZUQmTCbX
This week's companion playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6IYH7DftrmFaRyibkk2Uh6
The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompee.
The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.
Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.
The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O’Connell.
Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Twitter and Instagram, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!
Last week, we celebrated artists who returned to Eurovision to greater glory, but this week, we look at artists who came back to sadly a worse result (sometimes more than once). Let this be a lesson to any ESC artist who's considering a return in 2025: it's not always worth it. Jeremy's had it up to here with the scatting, Oscar goes to bat for the double-double, and Dimitry's hungry for some Fud.
Support our listener William's 5K at Perkins School for the Blind: https://www.perkins.org/event/everybody-in/
Watch the performances from this week's episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMLx7Isyfvc&list=PLd2EbKTi9fyU5o9btI-kwKs8c2epKADB9
This week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2wl4MFGzX45f9NbqI9yltl?si=541U1dYDR9qq3eTA7cDVpw
The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompee.
The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.
Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.
The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O’Connell.
Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Twitter and Instagram, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!
Achieving victory in the Eurovision Song Contest takes luck as well as skill, and the competitors in this week's episode didn't luck on their side the first time. But all of them came back bigger and better for their second (or third or fourth!) time in Eurovision, so we're taking this episode to give them their due. Jeremy is not feeling these musical weirdos, Dimitry's over the moon for all these legendary Scandinavians, and Oscar proves his devotion to Mary Magdalene.
Watch the great performances from this week's episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ7RXYyoEz8&list=PLd2EbKTi9fyVSrQnLSoEUVpU76IxTpVIa&pp=gAQBiAQB
This week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7anhPwWY55ndJYv6y5oTfd?si=WsLgGKu4Rrit4QCcIsAoBQ
The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompee.
The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.
Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.
The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O’Connell.
Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Twitter and Instagram, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!
The Eurovangelists advise caution to JoJo Siwa as she courts the possibility of becoming the Polish entry in 2025's ESC, because famous participants from the US in the Eurovision haven't fared... great. We revisit some of the biggest names to ever take part in Eurovision, and most of them finished bottom of the pack. Jeremy's had it up to here with all the scatting, Dimitry's holding out for a hero, and Oscar could've done without Madame X.
Watch all the performances (including detuned & autotuned Madonna) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eOMLWh0YIE&list=PLd2EbKTi9fyWi1jvCO_02g5_07bCZIR1q
Rate us on PocketCasts: https://pocketcasts.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d017ae92eb70f344ac9ade321&id=83e60ae676&e=35496e6889
This week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3yTiZH9MEESz03eiGKrfj0?si=b62ff93e7fc44bb5
The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompee.
The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.
Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.
The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O’Connell.
Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Twitter and Instagram, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!
It was promised in our last Postcard Party, and now it's arrived: an episode-long answer for a great listener question about how the disabled can enjoy Eurovision, and the many performers with disabilities over the years at Eurovision. While things are better than ever for Eurovision accessibility, we also point out a few ways that Basel could do an even better job. Jeremy's gone scat-mad, Oscar's crushing hard on his little angel, and Dimitry learns the surprising nickname of a Swiss soul singer.
Check out many of the performances discussed in this week's episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9NG6us4Qa4&list=PLd2EbKTi9fyUaPr5IG0-2hOISn3FUGMlr
Some great articles from ESC Insight about the improvements (and failures) of accessibility at Eurovision over the last few years:
https://escinsight.com/2015/03/17/building-bridges-disability-and-the-eurovision-song-contest/
https://escinsight.com/2018/05/09/accessibility-at-eurovision-2018/
https://escinsight.com/2024/06/20/flatpacks-accessibility-and-the-eurovision-song-contest/
This week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3O8qvUSvSQIg41GpKmEo17?si=9d1620eaf3ea4e8f
The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompee.
The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.
Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.
The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O’Connell.
Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Twitter and Instagram, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!
Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.
A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.
But Amanda is dying, with a secret she doesn’t want anyone to know.
She starts a blog detailing her cancer journey, and becomes an inspiration, touching and
captivating her local community as well as followers all over the world.
Until one day investigative producer Nancy gets an anonymous tip telling her to look at Amanda’s
blog, setting Nancy on an unimaginable road to uncover Amanda’s secret.
Award winning journalist Charlie Webster explores this unbelievable and bizarre, but
all-too-real tale, of a woman from San Jose, California whose secret ripped a family apart and
left a community in shock.
Scamanda is the true story of a woman whose own words held the key to her secret.
New episodes every Monday.
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Amanda’s blog posts are read by actor Kendall Horn.
