Episode 181: Peanut Butter Yelly Time

This weekend was a practice run for Eurovision Super Saturday as Ireland, Norway, and Spain made their selections and Slovenia shared their song. Sweden and Latvia also kicked off their processes as we get ready for a deluge of entries for Liverpool. Peanut Butter Yelly Time Summary Semi-Final Allocation (1:08) Wild Youth wins Ireland's Eurosong with "We Are One" (4:44) Slovenia's Joker Out debuts "Carpe Diem" (13:15) Alessandra will represent Norway with "Queen of Kings" (15:23) Blanca Paloma's "EAEA" wins Benidorm Fest (20:22) Czech Republic held its first live TV final in 15 years (25:49) Artist Selctions from Greece, Austria, Armenia, and Georgia (27:48) Malta moves forward in MESC (33:42) Lithuania's Pabandom is Naujo goes into Semi Finals (36:18) Latvia's Supernova begins (39:47) Sweden's Melfest 2023 Begins (43:29) Super Saturday 2023: Italy, Estonia, Croatia, Denmark, Romania (47:47) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe). Keep tabs on everything happening with selection season for Eurovision 2023 including a calendar and playlists on our website at eurowhat.com/2023 Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:[e-mail]), reach out on Twitter @eurowhat (https://twitter.com/eurowhat), or give us a toot on Mastodon (https://douzepoints.social/invite/ZTd9ufAC). Over on Patreon, we have a slew of bonus episodes featuring the American Song Contest, the Eurovision AV Club, and deep dives on Eurovision-adjacent topics. Thank you for your support!