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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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!

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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

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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

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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. 

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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

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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.

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