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

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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

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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

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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“

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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“

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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”

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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“

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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“

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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 🙂

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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!

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