12 Points from America

The takes are heating up as we reach the halfway point of this year’s preview series! This week we’re looking at the songs from Malta, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Latvia, and Sweden.

It’s that time again – again! This week, we’re passing judgment – often in surprising ways! – onto the Eurovision entries from Ukraine, Romania, Austria, Czechia, Croatia, and Greece.

Some way, somehow, it is already that time again. This week, Danny returns to the squad as we begin our previews of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. We open by […]

An American-born artist! A Chicago Bears Jersey! Choking! This week’s extensive news roundup has a bit of U.S. flavor, and we couldn’t be more excited. You could say that we […]

The hiatus wasn’t that long, but we sure seem to have missed a lot. This week we’re catching up on the last handful of song reveals and national finals, and […]

This week, we’re welcoming Damon Karakin of Litesound (Belarus 2012), who is sharing his story of Eurovision highs and lows, becoming a political dissident and prisoner, and starting anew in […]

After months of toiling over the other, less interesting song contests, the time has come to check out 2025 PanArctic Vision! This week we’re counting down our favorite songs from […]

We’re back from our holiday break, and ready to take a look at Eurovision 2026. This week, we’re recapping the last few bits of 2025 events (including a couple of […]

With Junior Eurovision in the rear view mirror, it’s finally time to look at what’s been going on at the big show. And, well, there’s been a lot going on. […]

After a dazzling show filled with potential winners, it turns out France did it again. In a post-show discussion, we talk about the ongoing dynasty, our biggest surprises from this […]

The full squad is back to wrap up this year’s Junior Eurovision season, with discussions on the songs from Cyprus, France, and Albania, followed by a countdown of our favorites […]

As we move into the second half of this year’s Junior Eurovision lineup, we take a look at some very interesting entries from Montenegro, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the host […]

It’s definitely a ballad-heavy year at Junior Eurovision, and that’s never been more evident than it is in this week’s preview show! This time around, we’re checking out the offerings […]

Junior Eurovision is back, and so is the full squad! In this episode, Sam, Erik, Derek, Danny, AND Liz are all together to look ahead at this year’s JESC entries […]

What difference does it make that a Eurovision act had a hand in their song’s creation? This week, we’re talking about the importance of authenticity, and looking at how much […]

As we begin to look forward to Vienna in 2026, it’s worth a look back into the last time the contest was held there – all the way back in […]

It’s probably the most famous Eurovision song of all time (sorry ABBA) – Domenico Modugno’s “Nel blu, dipinto di blu” – aka “Volare” – has captured the hearts of listeners […]

Summer’s finally over in America, so we’re getting back into the swing of things. This week we’re discussing That Upcoming Vote, the extremely brief history of the Vatican’s connections to […]

For a few wonderful years in the 2000s, Andorra appeared at Eurovision as the little country that could. Or could they? This week, we’re picking our favorite songs from Andorra […]

After the fall of the iron curtain, Eurovision quickly became a very hot commodity. How did the EBU handle sudden expansion and get us to where we are today? This […]

The summer pod crawl has made it back to America! This week we’re taking a look at Eurovision 1987, the first and only contest held in Belgium and an event […]

Thank heavens for the OGAE’s Second Chance Contest, which makes doing a Eurovision podcast in July slightly easier. This week we’re taking a look at this year’s hopefuls in the […]

This week, we’re taking a look at a question that’s been on Erik’s mind – why do Eurovision songs need to have vocals? What would the contest and its rules […]

What inspires an artist to make a shift in style just for Eurovision? This week, we attempt to answer that question and look at a few acts who did just […]

You had questions, and now we have answers! This week we’re chatting all about the results of this year’s contest, what it means for the future, and a whole lot […]

With the dust settled on Eurovision 2025, we’ve reconvened to discuss the results and aftermath of this year’s contest. Topics include the quality of Basel as a host city, the […]

Minutes after this year’s grand final came to a close, the 12 Points team (including Danny) convened to discuss Austria’s win, the numerous surprises in the voting sequence, and what […]

The time is almost here! In what turned into two episodes at once, the team went over their reactions to the stunning results of semifinal 2, and look ahead at […]

After another series of dress rehearsals came and went, the team in Basel reconvened to discuss the absolutely off-the-wall second semifinal, what you can expect to see when watching it […]

After a night of incredible performances, moving interval acts, and a surprising qualifiers list, there is so much to talk about. We break down our reactions to semi 1’s qualifiers […]

On Monday, we had the chance to see the first Eurovision semifinal acts in full! In this episode we’re breaking down our first impressions of this batch of performances and […]

Our on-site team (Sam, Derek, Erik, and Liz) has arrived in Switzerland! To start our week of daily episodes, we’re checking in with our first impressions of the city, the […]

It all comes down to this – which Eurovision act has won over the hearts and minds of 12 Points from America and its listeners? In this episode, we welcome […]

To wrap up our preview series in style, Eurovision legend Krista Siegfrids joins us to talk about her career, memories of the 2013 contest, as well as this year’s entrants […]

As we celebrate a milestone episode, we also welcome our dear friend and fellow ESC sicko Fin Ross-Russell to the show! This week’s extra-packed show features our takes on this […]

For our next crop of Eurovision hopefuls, we’re welcoming back friend of the show and San Marino national final competitor Lisa-Jayne Lewis! This week, we’re chatting about Australia, Lithuania, Cyprus, […]

For our third week of Eurovision previews, we’re joined by Dutch ESC podcaster and media member extraordinaire GJ Kooijman! This week we’re discussing the offerings from Iceland, France, Ireland, Slovenia, […]

The craziness that is Eurovision 2025 does not stop this week! For this preview show, we welcome our friend Dude Points to discuss this year’s entries from Montenegro, Albania, Norway, […]

It’s about to be one heck of a year. To kick off our annual preview series, we’re excited to welcome back Liz, who was on-site with us in Malmö, to […]

Our 37-nation lineup is complete! This week, we take a look at the last few additions to the field. In our main discussion, we’re also pondering how vital the music […]

The run of super Saturdays continues unabated, highlighted by a shocking (or is it?) turn of events in Sweden. This week, we’re breaking down what happened at Melfest and looking […]

With only a few days to go before the field is full and finalized, we’re taking a closer look at the last crop of songs to be released and confirmed […]