Episode 254: Super

Eurovision started to get structure this week thanks to the semi-final allocation draw, the first wave of ticket sales, and selections from Greece, Slovenia, Belgium, and Spain. Sweden kicked off Melfest, Lithuania got competitive, and Latvia picked finalists. This was the easy Super Saturday... Super Summary Eurovision Semi-Final Allocation and Ticket Sales (1:18) Artist Announcements: Austria's JJ and France's Louane (8:45) Klavdia's "Asteromata" wins Greece's national final (11:16) Slovenia: Klemen wins EMA with "How Much Time Do We Have Left?" (15:50) Red Sebastian and "Strobe Lights" win Belgium's Eurosong (21:57) "Esa Diva": Melody wins Spain's Benidorm Fest (25:04) Sweden's Melfest 2025 Begins (30:04) Latvia's Supernova Semi-Final (35:44) Lithuania's Eurovizija.LT Heat 4 (40:45) San Marino Names ALLLL the Semi-Finalists (43:57) Coming up: Super Saturday 2 (46:03) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:[e-mail]) or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/eurowhat.bsky.social). Basel 2025 Keep up with Eurovision selection season on our Basel 2025 page (https://www.eurowhat.com/2025-basel)! We have a calendar with links to livestreams, details about entries as their selected, plus our Spotify playlists with every song we can find that is trying to get the Eurovision stage. Join the EuroWhat AV Club! If you would like to help financially support the show, we are hosting the EuroWhat AV Club over on Patreon! We have a slew of bonus episodes with deep dives on Eurovision-adjacent topics.