12 Points from America

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 […]

It was a lighter week for Eurovision fans, but the news we did get was big – including the reveal of what Måns Zelmerlöw is up to. We discuss the […]

Erik’s requests to the Baltics may not have panned out, but it was still pretty super as far as Saturdays go. This week we’re looking back on the results in […]

Oh what a week it’s been. After a truly super Saturday, we’ve got selections from Ireland, Ukraine, Latvia, Malta, and Finland. We’re taking a look at these selections, discussing what […]

If there’s one pairing of nations that really gets Eurovision fans worked up, it’s Greece and Cyprus. This week, we’re breaking down the numbers of their undying relationship, as well […]

This week, we’re taking another deep dive on a single Eurovision song, and it’s a song that has very much divided the group. Is “Heroes,” the big winner from 2015, […]

With a couple of highly suggestive songs making waves during national final season, we’re taking a look at the history of Eurovision’s relationship with profanity and adult content, and what […]

Well, is it? This week, Danny is proposing that very idea. Is there too much dancing at Eurovision? Should delegations think twice before adding that big dance break? At what […]

Why has Ireland only sent a single song in Irish to Eurovision? Why have several other Celtic languages never made an appearance at all? We’re opening 2025 by exploring these […]

As 2024 comes to a close, info about next year has started flooding in! Montenegro picked a song, Czechia named an artist (or is it artxst), a stage design was […]

How do we know when a song wants us to dance, or to feel love, even when we don’t understand the words? Inspired by a recent episode of “All in […]

What a show! Mostly! Just after the show wrapped up, the team (and Liz!) chatted about this year’s JESC – the surprise winner, a handful of unexpected finishes, and the […]

To wrap up our JESC 2024 preview series, we’re giving a listen to the entries from San Marino, Ukraine, Portugal, Ireland, and Malta! To wrap things up, we’re also sharing […]

With less than two weeks to go until the JESC kids take the stage in Madrid, it’s time to take a look at another batch of contenders! This week we’re […]

The littlest Eurovision of them all is back this month! This week, we begin our previews of the (little) big show, taking a look at the songs from Italy, Estonia, […]

It’s finally time to take a look at one of our favorite Europe-oriented music competitions! This year’s Pan-Arctic Vision was a delight, filled with wonderful songs, political oddness, and red […]

Over the years, we’ve done countdowns to pick our favorite songs in dozens of different categories – specific years, specific countries, and much more. But which of our favorites are…our […]

Country music? In MY Eurovision? For a while there, it was more likely than you think! This week we’re talking about the smash success of “Calm After the Storm,” the […]

Happy Eurovision New Year! We’re celebrating this week by looking at what Basel has to offer as an official host city, how Cyprus is sending a guy from Cyprus, and […]

This week, we’re looking back at the recent Eurovision Young Musicians, a contest that really blew us away. We’re also looking at the latest news on ESC 2025, and because […]

It can’t really have been eight years since 2016, can it? While our research team looks into that, we’re taking a look at 2016’s Eurovision Song Contest, a year full […]

The history of Eurovision certainly can’t be told without discussing its first two-time winner, Johnny Logan. In this episode, we’re taking a look at Johnny’s winning songs and legacy, Ireland’s […]

It’s time to take another deep dive on a single Eurovision song, and this week we’re looking at one of the most notorious entries of all time. At the height […]

The relationship between Eurovision and the world’s queer communities is a long one – but where did it start? When did the show first openly embrace its LGBT audience? This […]

The spectacle! The songs! The hair!! This week, we’re taking a look at the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest – the last iteration of the event to be held in Switzerland. […]

This week we’re opening up the mailbag to answer your questions about Eurovision 2024, as well as some more general questions about our favorite obscure songs and some great contests […]

The team is back stateside, and after getting some sleep we’re ready to talk about a Eurovision Song Contest unlike any we’ve ever seen. We discuss the highs and lows […]

After an increasingly strange and often difficult Eurovision week, the grand final has brought us some much needed closure. The team in Malmö joined up with Derek to give our […]

After semifinal 2 wrapped up, the full team has gotten together again to talk about the show’s ten qualifiers, a potentially revealing vote leak, and more.

Our first ten qualifiers are set, and the gang is all here! After the curtain closed on semifinal 1, the team in Malmo connected with Danny and Derek to discuss […]

Sam, Erik, and Liz have arrived in Malmö, and we’re checking in for the final weekend before it all goes down. In this episode, we make one (1) bold prediction, […]

We’ve added up the scores and have answered the most important question of all – who does 12 Points from America think will win the Eurovision Song Contest? We’ve brought […]

To wrap up this year’s set of previews, we are welcoming Eurovision legend Kristian Kostov to chat about his ESC experience, what he’s up to now, and to discuss this […]

This week we’re excited to be featuring the other half of Novympia – Nova! We’re breaking down this year’s Eurovision entrants from Armenia, Germany, Cyprus, Slovenia, France, and Croatia.

To keep our unstoppable train of Eurovision previews rolling, we’re welcoming back beloved friend of the show Olympia Avalanche to discuss this year’s ESC hopefuls from Sweden, Ireland, Serbia, Poland, […]