We're back! It's finally time to kick-off season FOUR of the Éirevision Podcast. In this jam-packed premiere, we catch up after a 'quiet' few months and tease everything coming your way this season. First up: Ireland has a brand-new delegation! Alan Tyler and Katherine Drohan take over, and Michael Kealy bows out — and yes, we’ve got thoughts!.

Then we jet off to… Vienna! The 2026 Host City is official. Plus: there’s a shiny new Eurovision logo and the internet is doing what the internet does best.

After a quick breather, we dive into the return of Romania, Bulgaria, and Moldova to the contest. Could Canada be knocking on the Eurovision door too?

And of course, we chat through the big talking point of the year: Ireland withdrawing from the contest alongside Spain, Slovenia, The Netherlands and potentially more. We'll catch-up with all the latest news as we edge closer to the EBU General Assembly meeting in December which will decide if Israel stays or goes...

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