Star Spangled Eurovision

Join us this week as we give our hottest takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Serbia, Australia, Greece, and Sweden!
Songs Featured:

* Teya Dora – Ramonda
* Electric Fields – One Milkali (One Blood)
* Marina Satti – Zari
* Marcus & Martinus – Unforgettable

You have until May 1 to participate in our Star Spangled Jury! Just email your top 10 (in order) to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter/X @SSE_Pod

Join us for another week of Eurovision hot takes as we tackle this year’s entries from Cyprus, the UK, Austria, and Iceland!
Songs featured:

* Silia Kapsis – Liar
* Olly Alexander – Dizzy
* Kaleen – We Will Rave
* Hera Bjørk – Scared of Heights

And remember to email us your Top 10 for our Star Spangled Jury to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter @SSE_Pod!

Join us as we give our hottest takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from San Marino, Croatia, Switzerland, and the Netherlands! We’ve even got a special guest! Whose high school years will we relive this time?
Songs featured:

* Megara – 11:11
* Baby Lasagna – Rim Tim Tagi Dim
* Nemo – The Code
* Joost Klein – Europapa

We’re also opening our 2024 Star Spangled Jury! To participate, all you have to do is send your top 10 songs (in order) from this year’s Eurovision to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter/X @SSE_Pod! Can’t wait to see your picks!
 

Join us this week as we give our hottest takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, and Belgium! And we’re excited that Bart is actually here in person this week instead of watching Max and Alix get drunk together on Zoom.
Songs featured

* Saba – “Sand”
* Luna – “The Tower”
* Silvester Belt – “Luktelk”
* Mustii – “Before the Party is Over”

Join the crew this week as they give their hottest takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Italy, Germany, Moldova, and Estonia! Someone is shamed for their taste in music, but what else is new?
Songs featured:

* Angelina Mango – La Noia
* Isaak – Always On The Run
* Natalia Barbu – In The Middle
* 5Miinust & Puuluup – (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi

Join us this week as we give our hottest takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Malta, Ukraine, Finland, and Latvia! Whose turn is it to stan Malta? Who’s giving us winner vibes this early in the season? Who unironically kinda loves Windows95Man? Listen in and find out!
Songs featured:

* Sarah Bonnici – Loop
* alyona alyona & Jerry Heil – Teresa & Maria
* Windows95man – No Rules!
* Dons – Hollow

Join us as we tackle this year’s Eurovision entries from Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, and Spain. Come for the spooky bops and hot takes, stay for the insults we hurl at one another.
Songs featured:

* Bambie Thug (Irelaind) – “Doomsday Blue”
* Tali (Luxembourg) – “Fighter”
* Gåte (Norway) – “Ulveham”
* Nebulossa (Spain) – “Zorra”

We’re back for our seventh season!! Join us as we give our hottest takes on the first four songs participating in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest hailing from France, Czechia, Albania, and Slovenia! Which country decided it was their turn to send something that wasn’t a song? Listen and find out!
Songs featured:

* Slimane (France) – “Mon Amour”
* Aiko (Czechia) – “Pedestal”
* Besa Kokëdhima (Albania) – “Zemrën N’dorë”
* Raiven (Slovenia) – “Veronika”

As predicted, Sweden won Eurovision 2023, and lots of other stuff happened too! Naturally, we have some thoughts. Tune in to find out what we thought of this year’s contest and our expectations for 2024!
Thanks for listening this season, and we’ll see you again next year!

Happy Eurovision Week! Join the gang as they give their predictions on who’s going to get through the semis and who’s going to take home the glass microphone this year. Also, listen in to find out who won this year’s Star Spangled Jury!

Join the crew this week as they take on the last 5 entries for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest! How much do we care if the lyrics are nonsense? How much does Alix stan Denmark this week? Tune in and find out!
Songs featured:

* Mimicat (Portugal) – “Ai Coração“
* Victor Vernicos (Greece) – “What They Say“
* Iru (Georgia) – “Echo“
* TuralTuranX (Azerbaijan) – “Tell Me More“
* Brunette (Armenia) – “Future Lover“

Thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s Star Spangled Jury! We’ll present the results next week on our Eurovision 2023 Preview!

Join the crew this week as they take on this year’s heavy-hitting Eurovision entries from Austria, Israel, the UK and Sweden, and tune in to hear Bart and Alix shame Max for being a bad gay.
Songs featured:

* Teya & Salena (Austria) – “Who The Hell Is Edgar?”
* Noa Kirel (Israel) – “Unicorn“
* Mae Muller (UK) – “I Wrote a Song“
* Loreen (Sweden) – “Tattoo“

You still have one week to join our Star Spangled Jury! Just send your top 10 (in order) to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter @SSE_Pod

The title says it all – join Alix, Max, and Bart as they embrace their inner goths and give their takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Germany, Moldova, Iceland, Serbia, and Switzerland.
Songs featured:

* Lord of the Lost (Germany) – “Blood and Glitter“
* Pasha Parfeny (Moldova) – “Soarele şi Luna“
* Diljá (Iceland) – “Power“
* Luke Black (Serbia) – “Samo Mi Se Spava“
* Remo Forrer (Switzerland) – “Watergun“

Don’t forget to join our Star Spangled Jury! Just send your top 10 (in order) to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter @SSE_Pod
 

Join the gang this week as they cover the entries from San Marino, Poland, the Netherlands, and Cyprus! Do we still stan S(t)an Marino? Who is Bart convinced was just sick at the national final and will kill it in Liverpool? Listen in to find out!
Songs featured:

* Piqued Jacks (San Marino) – “Like an Animal“
* Blanka (Poland) – “Solo“
* Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper (the Netherlands) – “Burning Daylight“
* Andrew Lambrou (Cyprus) – “Break A Broken Heart“

We’re also opening up our Star Spangled Jury again! Just send your top 10 (in order) to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter @SSE_Pod

Join the gang this week as they take on this year’s Eurovision entries from Lithuania, France, Australia, and Finland. Really no surprises as to who loves what… or are there?
Songs featured:

* Monika Linkytė (Lithuania) – “Stay“
* La Zarra (France) – “Évidemment“
* Voyager (Australia) – “Promise“
* Käärijä (Finland) – “Cha Cha Cha“

Join Alix, Max, and Bart as they tackle the chaos that is Romania, Croatia, and Malta before cleansing their brains with Alix’s perennial favorite, Italy! Whose turn is it to stan Malta this year? Listen in and find out!
Songs featured:

* Theodor Andrei (Romania) – “D.G.T (Off and On)“
* Let 3 (Croatia) – “Mama ŠČ!“
* The Busker (Malta) – “Dance (Our Own Party)“
* Marco Mengoni (Italy) – “Due Vite“

In honor of Women’s History Month (and mostly as a happy coincidence), the gang give their takes on Czechia’s paean to Slavic sisterhood, as well as the entries from Estonia and Latvia (only one of which features a woman, sadly). Also, Alix hear’s Denmark’s entry for the first time and chaos ensues.
Songs featured:

* Vesna (Czechia) – “My Sister’s Crown”
* Alika (Estonia) – “Bridges”
* Sudden Lights (Latvia) – “Aijā”
* Reiley (Denmark) – “Breaking My Heart”

Join Max, Alix, and Bart as they give their hot takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Ireland, Slovenia, Norway, and Spain! Whose boy band shtick do we like better? Is Norway as camp as usual? Was Chanel an anomaly or the start of a great run for Spain? Listen in and find out!
Songs featured:

* Wild Youth (Ireland) – “We Are One“
* Joker Out (Slovenia) – “Carpe Diem“
* Alessandra (Norway) – “Queen of Kings“
* Blanca Paloma (Spain) – “Eaea“

Welcome to season SIX (!!!) of Star Spangled Eurovision! We’re starting off the season by giving our hot takes on the songs from Ukraine, Albania, and Belgium. Will Ukraine live up to its high Eurovision standards despite a war going on? Did Albania submit a real song this time? And what do we think of Belgium using voguing as code for queer? Tune in to find out!
Songs featured:

* Tvorchi (Ukraine) – “Heart of Steel“
* Albina & Familja Kelmendi (Albania) – “Duje“
* Gustaph (Belgium) – “Because of You“

 

We’re back from Turin and we have lots of thoughts and fond memories of Eurovision 2022! Listen in and hear what we thought of this year’s contest, from our favorite moments to some things that didn’t go the way we thought they would.
Big thank you to anyone who listened to our show this year! We hope you’ll stick around for 2023 🙂

We made it to Eurovision week! Who will qualify for the Grand Final, and who’s going to win the whole thing? More importantly, who won our Star Spangled Jury?!?! Join us as we make some probably incorrect predictions about this year’s contest!
If you’re in Turin this week, see you there!

We’re finally at our last batch of songs for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest! Join the gang as they give their takes on the entries from Portugal, Azerbaijan, Austria,  and Armenia. Is Pia Maria real? We may or may not have the answer.
Songs featured:

* Maro (Portugal) – “Saudade, Saudade”
* Nadir Rustamli (Azerbaijan) – “Fade to Black”
* Lum!x feat. Pia Maria (Austria) – “Halo”
* Rosa Linn (Armenia) – “Snap”

Don’t forget to tune in next week for our Eurovision 2022 Preview and the results of our Star Spangled Jury!

Pick your fighter for the ultimate Sad Girl Showdown! Who will come out on top? Tune in this week as the gang give their hot takes on the Eurovision entries from Belgium, Greece, Sweden, and Iceland and find out which acts are doing their best to drive a wedge between the three of us.
Songs featured:

* Jérémie Makiese (Belgium) – “Miss You“
* Cornelia Jakobs (Sweden) – “Hold Me Closer“
* Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord (Greece) – “Die Together“
* Systur (Iceland) – “Með Hækkandi Sól“

You have one week left to send us your top 10 and be part of our Star Spangled Jury! Email your list (in order) to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter @SSE_Pod

This week, join the gang as they give their takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Switzerland, Georgia, Cyprus, and the UK! Do boys really cry? Which song actually takes us up to space? Tune in to find out!
Songs featured:

* Marius Bear (Switzerland) – “Boys Do Cry“
* Circus Mircus (Georgia) – “Lock Me In“
* Andromache (Cyprus) – “Ela“
* Sam Ryder (UK) – “Space Man“

Don’t forget to send us your top 10 songs from this year’s Eurovision! Send us your list by May 10 by email at starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on twitter @SSE_Pod

This week, the gang is relieved that they finally get some up-tempo songs! Join us as we give our hot takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Denmark, Romania, France, and Serbia.
Songs featured:

* Reddi (Denmark) – “The Show“
* WRS (Romania) – “Llámame“
* Alvan & Ahez – “Fulenn“
* Konstrakta (Serbia) – “In Corpore Sano“

Don’t forget to join our Star Spangled Jury! Send us your top 10 songs from this year (in order) by email to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on twitter @SSE_Pod. 

This week, the gang take on the Eurovision entries from Finland, the Netherlands, Montenegro, and Germany! Which sad-ass song do we love/hate most this week? Tune in and find out!
Songs featured:

* The Rasmus (Finland) – “Jezebel“
* S10 (The Netherlands) – “De Diepte“
* Vladana (Montenegro) – “Breathe“
* Malik Harris (Germany) – “Rockstars“

It’s time once again for our Star Spangled Jury! Send us your top 10 songs from this year (in order) by email to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on twitter @SSE_Pod

This week the gang give their hottest takes on the acts from perennial podcast favorites Malta, San Marino, Ukraine, and (at least for Bart) Australia! Will they still make our top 10s this year? Tune in to find out!
Songs featured:

* Emma Muscat (Malta) – “I Am What I Am“
* Achille Lauro (San Marino) – “Stripper“
* Sheldon Riley (Australia) – “Not the Same“
* Kalush Orchestra (Ukraine) – “Stefania“

Click here for a list of organizations working in Ukraine to help victims of the Russian invasion.

After years of waiting, America gets its own version of Eurovision! In this special bonus episode, the gang reviews the first heat of the American Song Contest. Take a listen and find out what American Eurovision fans think of our country’s own take on the contest.

Join the gang this week as they give their hottest takes on the Eurovision 2022 entries from Norway, Croatia, Slovenia, and Poland! Which song is Bart shockingly obsessed with that Max vehemently dislikes, and which entry had Alix in hysterics? Tune in to find out!
Songs featured:

* Subwoolfer (Norway) – “Give That Wolf a Banana“
* Mia Dimšić (Croatia) – “Guilty Pleasure“
* LPS (Slovenia) – “Disko“
* Ochman (Poland) – “River“

Apologies again for the audio quality!

Join the gang this week as they give their hot takes on the entries from Israel, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia. You’ll never guess which song we like best!
Songs featured:

* Michael Ben David (Israel) – “I.M“
* Stefan (Estonia) – “Hope“
* Monika Liu (Lithuania) – “Sentimentai“
* Citi Zēni (Latvia) – “Eat Your Salad“

Note: Apologies for the horrible sound quality! We had to use a different mic to record this episode and the results were… not great. Also, this week and next week’s episode were recorded before it was announced that Russia was barred from competing in this year’s Eurovision, in case you were wondering why we don’t talk about it.

This week, Alix, Max, and Bart give their takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Moldova, North Macedonia, Ireland, and Italy. Tune in to find out which country qualifies as this year’s Hot Mess Express (is it the one about the train?), and which country Alix is probably banned from now.
Songs featured:

* Zdob și Zdub & Advahov Brothers (Moldova) – “Trenulețul“
* Andrea (North Macedonia) – “Circles“
* Brooke (Ireland) – “That’s Rich“
* Mahmood, Blanco (Italy) – “Brividi“

We’re back for (can you believe it??) Season 5! In the first episode of the 2022 Eurovision season, Alix, Max, and Bart give their takes on the first four songs selected to compete in this year in Turin from Bulgaria, Czechia, Albania, and Spain. Listen to hear our hot takes and find out which act made Alix the thirstiest!
Songs featured:

* Intelligent Music Project (Bulgaria) – “Intention”
* We Are Domi (Czechia) – “Lights Off”
* Ronela Hajati (Albania) – “Sekret”
* Chanel (Spain) – “SloMo”

 

We have a winner! Join Alix, Max, and Bart as they react to the Eurovision 2021 Grand Final and semifinals and share their thoughts on this year’s winner and what to expect next year.
Thanks to everyone for tuning in this season! We’ll see you next year 🙂

Join Alix, Max, and Bart as they give their predictions for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest! Who will make it out of the semi-finals? Who will take home the crystal microphone? Who were our biggest surprises and biggest disappointments this season? And, most importantly, who won our Star Spangled Jury?! Listen in and find out!
Thank you so much to everyone who submitted their top 10s this year!
Also make sure you check out a new project we’re a part of called ESC in Context at www.ESCinContext.com!

As we head into rehersal week for this year’s Eurovision, join Alix, Max, and Bart as they give their takes on the last batch of entries from Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Malta (and a review of Israel’s revamp)! You also get a preview of our predictions for this year, but tune in next week for our official predictions episode!
Songs featured:

* Eden Alene (Israel) – “Set Me Free”
* Efendi (Azerbaijan) – “Mata Hari”
* Tornike Kipiani (Georgia) – “You”
* Destiny (Malta) – “Je me casse”

Dont’ forget, you still have a few days to take part in our Star Spangled Jury! Send us your Top 10 from this year (in order) by twitter DM (@SSE_Pod) or by email to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com.

Join the gang for another round of songs as they tackle this year’s Eurovision entries from Poland, Latvia, Iceland, and Sweden! This week, Max worships at the altar of Samanta Tina, Alix and Bart question Poland’s choices, and all three wonder whether or not Iceland can fill its own big shoes from last year. Does lightning strike twice? Listen in and find out!
Songs featured:

* Rafał (Poland) – “The Ride”
* Samanta Tina (Lativa) – “The Moon is Rising”
* Daði og Gagnamagnið (Iceland) – “10 Years”
* Tusse (Sweden) – “Voices”

There’s still time to participate in our Star Spangled Jury!! All you have to do is send your top 10 songs from this year to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM them to us on Twitter @SSE_Pod by May 15th. Can’t wait to see your picks!

Join the gang for another round of songs as Alix, Max, and Bart give their spicy takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Greece, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and the UK. This week, Bart hears a hidden message in Greece’s entry, Max has thoughts on Bulgaria’s Billie Eilish schtick, Alix wonders just how far off-Broadway Vasil can go, and all three agree that the UK has stepped up their game. But will it be enough to get them out of last place? Tune in and find out!
Songs featured:

* Stefania (Greece) – “Last Dance”
* Victoria (Bulgaria) – “Growing Up is Getting Old”
* Vasil (North Macedonia) – “Here I Stand”
* James Newman (UK) – “Embers”

Don’t forget to participate in our annual Star Spangled Jury! All you have to do is send your top 10 songs from this year to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM them to us on Twitter @SSE_Pod by May 15th!

Join the gang this week as they give their extra hot takes on the Eurovision entries from Russia, Ukraine, Austria, and Switzerland! On our 50th episode (!!!), Max unsurprisingly already has first class tickets on the Manizha train, Bart has no objectivity left for Ukraine, and Alix has sure-to-be unpopular opinions on Switzerland.
Also, whether you’re new to the show or a long-time listener, THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts for helping us get to 50 episodes! We hope you’ll stick around because we’re certainly not done yet ;).
Songs featured:

* Manizha (Russia) – “Russian Woman”
* Go_A (Ukraine) – “Shum”
* Vincent Bueno (Austria) – “Amen”
* Gjon’s Tears (Switzerland) – “Tout l’Univers”

It’s that time of year again where the gang spends too much time obsessing over whatever San Marino has in store for Eurovision this year, but we also talk about some other songs too. If last week was Bart’s week, this time it’s Alix’s turn to stan all the songs!
Songs featured:
Fyr & Flamme (Denmark) – “Øve Os På Hinanden”
Måneskin (Italy) – “Zitti E Buoni”
The Black Mamba (Portugal) – “Love Is On My Side”
Senhit (San Marino) – “Adrenalina”

Join the gang as they tackle the chaotic entries coming out of Moldova, Australia, Serbia, and Estonia. This week,  Alix can’t help but fall for the Estonian heartthrob for a 2nd year in a row while Max and Bart debate which entry truly defines the term “camp excellence.”
Songs featured:

* Natalia Gordienko (Moldova) – “Sugar”
* Montaigne (Australia) – “Technicolor”
* Hurricane (Serbia) – “Loco Loco”
* Uku Suviste (Estonia) – “The Lucky One”

Sit back and relax with the gang this week as they enjoy (?) the low-tempo vibes of the entries from Slovenia, Belgium, Romania, and the Netherlands! This week we… actually all kind of agree on what we think of these songs, which is…new. But are we saying “Amen” to Ana Soklič? What do we think of too-cool-for-school Hooverphonic’s song this year? Most importantly, exactly how much do we love “Birth of a New Age”? Listen and find out!
Songs featured:

* Ana Soklič (Slovenia) – “Amen”
* Hooverphonic (Belgium) – “The Wrong Place”
* Roxen (Romania) – “Amnesia”
* Jeangu Macrooy (The Netherlands) – “Birth of a New Age”

Join the gang for another episode as they react to this year’s Eurovision songs from Spain, Cyprus, Germany, and Ireland! This week, Bart and Alix miss the point of Spain’s performance, Max is surprised at Bart’s reaction to Germany, and all three wonder about Ireland’s potential. But does Cyprus meet our expectations? Listen in and find out!
Songs featured:

* Blas Cantó (Spain) – “Voy a quedarme”
* Elena Tsagrinou (Cyprus) – “El Diablo”
* Jendrik (Germany) – “I Don’t Feel Hate”
* Lesley Roy (Ireland) – “Maps”

Join the gang as they take a dive into the entries from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, and Norway! This week, Max has some concerns about Finland’s lyrics, Bart and Alix are unimpressed with Norway, and all three agree that Benny Cristo is great and that Croatia might have given us our first Eurovision diva moment.
Songs featured:

* Albina (Croatia) – “Tick-Tock”
* Benny Cristo (Czech Republic) – “Omaga”
* Blind Channel (Finland) – “Dark Side”
* TIX (Norway) – “Fallen Angel”

Your favorite American Eurovision podcasters are back for season FOUR! (Can you believe it??) We finally have the first four songs of this year’s Eurovision season to share our thoughts on, so come join the gang as they give their takes on the entries from Albania, Israel, France, and Lithuania!
Songs featured:

* Anxela Peristeri (Albania) – “Karma”
* Eden Alene (Israel) – “Set Me Free”
* Barbara Pravi (France) – “Voilà”
* The Roop (Lithuania) – “Discoteque”

Big thank you to everyone who participated in our Eurofan Home Concert series over the summer! If you missed it check them out on our YouTube page.

Netflix has just released the long-awaited Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga starring Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Demi Lovato, and some of our Eurovision faves! And of course, we have some thoughts.

Eurovision week is over, and we’ve all collectively laughed, cried, and drank our feelings through these troubled times. But this week had a whole lot of content to consume, so join us and our new friends Adam and Connor from the AmeriVision podcast as we break down all of the Eurovision content we were able to watch this week, including the alternative EBU broadcast, Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light. We also reveal the winners of our 2nd Annual Star Spangled Jury and reflect on this wild Eurovision season while trying not to cry.
Want in on the first ever Eurofan Home Concert? Submissions are due by Tuesday, May 19th. More details here.
And don’t forget to check out AmeriVision!
 

It’s Eurovision Week 2020! We’re here with a special mid-week bonus episode for you, where we break down who we think, in an alternate reality, would’ve made it out of the semis into the Grand Final, who might’ve won the whole thing, and of course, what is the most overrated song of this Eurovision season.

Join Alix, Max, and Bart as they cover the last batch of 2020 Eurovision songs, the entries from Georgia, North Macedonia, Russia, and perennial Star Spangled Eurovision favorite, San Marino! This week, Alix has some questions for Georgia, Bart and Max disagree on the quality of Russia’s entry, and all three agree that San Marino would go down very well at the club.
Songs featured:

* Tornike Kipiani (Georgia) – “Take Me As I Am”
* Vasil (North Macedonia) – “You”
* Little Big (Russia) – “Uno”
* Senhit (San Marino) – “Freaky!”

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Star Spangled Jury! The results will be revealed next week!

Welcome to another quarantine edition of Star Spangled Eurovision! Join Alix, Max, and Bart as they give their takes on the 2020 entries from Portugal, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, and Azerbaijan. This week, Alix thinks a few countries could step it up just a little bit, Max and Bart gush about their faves, and all three agree that this really is a great Eurovision year.
Songs featured:

* Elisa (Portugal) – “Medo de Sentir”
* Victoria (Bulgaria) – “Tears Getting Sober”
* Sandro (Cyprus) – “Running”
* Destiny (Malta) – “All of My Love”
* Efendi (Azerbaijan) – “Cleopatra”

One week left to participate in our Star Spangled Jury! Send your Top 10 from this year to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on twitter @SSE_Pod. Anyone can join the fun! Submissions accepted until May 9th.