Welcome to another quarantine edition of Star Spangled Eurovision! Join Max, Alix, and Bart as they cover the 2020 Eurovision entries from Belarus, Estonia, Moldova, and Croatia. This week, Estonia sends Alix down memory lane, Max’s hot take on Croatia might get him in big trouble, and all three agree that this batch of tracks leaves much to be desired.

Songs featured:

• VAL (Belarus) – “Da Vidna”
• Uku Suviste (Estonia) – “What Love Is”
• Natalie Gordienko – “Prison”
• Damir Kedžo (Croatia) – “Divlji Vjetre”

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As you may have heard, Eurovision 2020 has been cancelled in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, but worry not! The 2020 songs are still part of the Eurovision cannon, and the crew of Star Spangled Eurovision are going to keep bringing you their hot takes throughout the rest of the season. Join us as Alix, Max, and Bart react to the entries from Slovenia, Poland, the UK, and Germany and find out which songs we’re not too mad don’t have to compete this year.

Songs featured:

• Ana Soklič (Slovenia) – “Voda”
• Alicja (Poland) – “Empires”
• James Newman (UK) – “My Last Breath”
• Ben Dolic (Germany) – “Violent Thing”

Stay safe everyone!

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Join Alix, Max, and Bart as they share their thoughts on the Eurovision entries from Norway, France, Belgium, and Ukraine. This week, Alix thinks Ulrikke’s dress might be more dazzling than her song, Bart and Max have some Instagram advice for Tom Leeb, and all three agree that Ukraine is back with a vengeance.

Songs featured:

• Ulrikke (Norway) – “Attention”
• Tom Leeb (France) – “The Best in Me”
• Hooverphonic (Belgium) – “Release Me”
• Go_A (Ukraine) – “Solovey”

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Join the crew of Star Spangled Eurovision as they give their hot takes on the entries from Armenia, Italy, Latvia, and Lithuania. This week, Max and Bart are desperate for a diva moment, Alix’s takes some cold medicine-fueled tangents, and all three agree that the Baltics are in it to win it this year.

Songs featured:

• Athena Manoukian (Armenia) – “Chains on You”
• Diodato (Italy) – “Fai Rumore”
• Samanta Tina (Latvia) – “Still Breathing”
• The Roop (Lithuania) – “On Fire”

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We’re back! Welcome to Season 3 of Start Spangled Eurovision! This week, Alix, Max, and Bart give their hot takes on the first four entries in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest from Albania, Spain, Czechia, and Australia.

Songs featured:

• Arilena Ara (Albania) – “Shaj”
• Blas Cantó (Spain) – “Universo”
• Benny Cristo (Czechia) – “Kemama”
• Montaigne (Australia) – “Don’t Break Me”

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Eurovision 2019 is over, the winner has been crowned, and the crew have a lot of thoughts. Join Alix, Max, and Bart as they break down the good, the bad, the fab, and the weird at this year’s big show!

A massive thank you to everyone for listening this season, and to all the fans and friends we’ve made this year! We will be releasing new episodes monthly until the next Eurovision season begins, exploring various topics around the contest. Get in touch by email or on social media and let us know what you want us to talk about, and we’ll see you all again soon!

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In our last episode before the start of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, join the gang as they give their predictions on who will make it out of the semifinals and who might take the crown this year. We also share the results of our first ever Star Spangled Jury! A huge thank you to all of our fans and friends who took part and sent us their Top 10s.

See you next week for our Eurovision 2019 debrief!

Note: We added one more juror’s score since recording, so the results changed just slightly. Check out the full breakdown of scores here.

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It’s our 25th episode! Join Alix, Max, and Bart as they take on the last three entries for Eurovision 2019: Russia, Israel, and Malta. In this episode, the crew wishes Russia went with something else, tries to find something nice to say about Israel, and is divided over “Chameleon”‘s unexpected drop. But come one, we’ve all stanned Malta at some point…

Songs featured:

• Sergey Lazarev – “Scream” (Russia)
• Kobi Marimi – “Home” (Israel)
• Michela – “Chameleon” (Malta)

Join us next week for our Eurovision 2019 predictions!

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