Category Archives: Eurovision 2025

Close Calls and Exercise Balls: The Eurovision 2025 Debrief



Join us as we break down this year’s chaotic Eurovision and give our thoughts on where the contest goes from here. Also, it’s our 100th episode!! Listen in for a little retrospective on eights seasons of our hottest takes!

Thank you for everyone who tuned in this season – we hope to see you again next year!


Nice! or, A Preview of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest



Join us for our annual Eurovision preview, where we give our thoughts on and predictions for this year’s song contest! Also, we reveal the results of our Star Spangled Jury!

Thanks again to everyone who submitted their top 10’s!


Intro to Eurovision French



Join us for our final batch of reactions to this year’s Eurovision entries! This week we give our hottest takes on the songs from Israel, Switzerland, Cyprus, Georgia, and France. How good is your French?

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Thank you to everyone who sent in your top 10s for our Star Spangled Jury! We’ll reveal the results next week in our annual Eurovision preview episode!


What the Hell Just Happened in the Sauna?



Join us for another week of hot takes on this year’s Eurovision entries! On this episode, we dive into what the hell is happening with the harmony queens from the UK, the mustachioed twink from Czechia, the wholesome Finns repping Sweden, the Grammy nominee from San Marino, and the calming vibes from Portugal.

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You’ve got a few more days to participate in our annual Star Spangled Jury! Send us your top 10 (in order) by email to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on BlueSky @starspangledpod.bsky.social!


Is it (Poison) Cake??



Join us for another week of hot takes on this year’s Eurovision entries! This episode, we take on Denmark’s staging disaster, the German club kids, another Croatian goth boy, and Austria’s opera sensation!

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Our Star Spangled Jury is still open! Just send your top 10 (in order) to us by email at starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on BlueSky @starspangledpod.bsky.social by May 1st!


La Vie En Róa



Join us this week as we give our hottest takes on the Icelandic europop pirates, dairy-loving Australians, the Netherlands’ answer to Stromae, and Serbian Fabio competing in this year’s Eurovision!

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Reminder that the Star Spangled Jury is still open! Just send us your top 10 in order by email to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on BlueSky @starspangledpod.bsky.social!


Of Mice and Scary Men



Alt teens and Serj Tankian wannabees abound! Join us as we give our hot takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Lithuania, Italy, Armenia, and Azerbaijan and decide who’s going to be whose Eurovision boyfriend!

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We’re opening up our Star Spangled Jury for this year! All you need to do to participate is send your top 10 (in order) to us by email at starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on BlueSky @starspangledpod.bsky.social by May 1st! We’re looking forward to seeing your picks!

 


Diva Up Down and All Around



Grab your espresso macchiatos and join us this week as we give our hot takes on this year’s kanty divas from Malta and Poland, Norwegian Timothee Chalamet, and Estonia’s controversial entry!

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Concepts of a Staging



Join us this week as we give our hottest takes on some of Eurovision 2025’s heavy-hitters, including a song about a dead dog (Ireland), (one of) this year’s horniest songs (Finland), a perennial Eurovision powerhouse (Ukraine), and some enchanting wood nymphs we wish would take away from this hell we are living in (Latvia).

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How Much Time Do We Have Left ‘Til Eurovision



Join the gang this week as they give their hottest takes on Eurovision 2025’s messiest divas, hottest club tracks, most heartbreaking ballads, and thinly veiled allusions to genocide.

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