Join Alix, Max, and Bart as they give their takes on the Eurovision 2019 entries from Azerbaijan, Armenia, North Macedonia, and Sweden. This week, Max and Bart drool over the Azeri representative, Alix gets her feminism card revoked, and all three finally get the chance to show their (possibly unhealthy) love for Sweden’s entry.

Songs featured:

• Chingiz – “Truth” (Azerbaijan)
• Srbuk – “Walking Out” (Armenia)
• Tamara Todevska – “Proud” (North Macedonia)
• John Lundvik – “Too Late for Love” (Sweden)

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Join Alix, Max, and Bart as they react to the songs from Ireland, Austria, Belarus, and Poland. This week, Max accidentally insults the entire nation of Ireland, Alix can’t put her phone down long enough to listen to a full song, Bart wishes Poland picked another track, and all three really just wish Belarus the best.

Songs featured:

• • Sarah McTernan – “22” (Ireland)
  • PÆNDA – “Limits” (Austria)
  • ZENA – “Like It” (Belarus)
  • Tulia – “Fire of Love (Pali się)” (Poland)

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Join Alix, Max, and Bart as they cover this year’s entries from Greece, Serbia, the Netherlands, and perennial Star Spangled Eurovision favorite: San Marino! This week, Alix wants Katerine Duska to make more music (and the Grand Final, obviously), Bart wants a little more from Serbia’s staging, Max thinks the Netherlands has the secret sauce that might win the contest, and all three have an idea for San Marino’s 2020 entry.

Songs featured:

• Katerine Duska – “Better Love” (Greece)
• Nevena Božović – “Kruna” (Serbia)
• Duncan Laurence – “Arcade” (The Netherlands)
• Serhat – “Say Na Na Na” (San Marino)

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Join Alix, Max, and Bart as they dish on the entries from Portugal, Georgia, Cyprus, and Switzerland. This week, Bart and Alix think Portugal is more MoMA than Eurovision, Max can’t figure out why there are people who like Cyprus but not Switzerland, and all three wonder whether Georgia’s song has some disturbing undertones.

Songs featured:

• Conan Osiris – “Telemóveis” (Portugal)
• Oto Nemsadze – “Sul Tsin Iare” (Georgia)
• Tamta – “Replay” (Cyprus)
• Luca Hänni – “She Got Me” (Switzerland)

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Welcome to another episode of Star Spangled Eurovision! Join the gang as they react to the entries from Finland, Iceland, Moldova, and Norway! This week, Bart and Max are taken back to their high school days by two very different entries, Alix has some relationship advice for Moldova, and all three are happy that there are finally some bangers in the Eurovision mix.

Songs featured:

• Darude – “Look Away” feat. Sebastian Rejman (Finland)
• Hatari – “Hatrið mun Sigra” (Iceland)
• Anna Odobescu – “Stay” (Moldova)
• KEiiNO – “Spirit in the Sky” (Norway)

Check out the acoustic version of “Spirit in the Sky” here.

Good news! Starting today, we’ll be publishing episodes weekly, so join us on Mondays for more Eurovision shenanigans!

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Join Alix, Max, and Bart as they give their hot takes on the entries from Hungary, Lithuania, Denmark, and Belgium. This week, Alix and Bart are not impressed with Max’s literary analysis of Hungary’s lyrics, Alix tries to figure out who might be voting for Denmark, and all three have already forgotten what Lithuania sounds like.

Songs featured:

• Joci Pápai – “Az én apám” (Hungary)
• Jurijus – “Run With the Lions” (Lithuania)
• Leonora – “Love is Forever” (Denmark)
• Eliot – “Wake Up” (Belgium)

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Ukraine has withdrawn from Eurovision 2019 after a controversial national selection and the refusal of the winner to sign the Ukrainian broadcaster’s contract. Join Alix, Max, and Bart on this bonus episode of Star Spangled Eurovision as they dive deep into what happened this year at Vidbir and how it reflects wider debates among Ukrainians about identity and their place between Europe and Russia.

Watch MARUV’s winning performance at Vidbir here.

You can read a great summary of what happened after MARUV’s victory here.

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Join Alix, Max, and Bart as they cover the entries from Estonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Latvia, Romania, and Germany! This week, the crew tries to figure out the witchcraft behind Estonia’s staging, has some questions about the “sisters” from Germany, and generally agrees that this group of entries are a little low energy.

Songs covered:

• Victor Crone – “Storm” (Estonia) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4bfC0NPl1I
• Roko – “The Dream” (Croatia) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH1XfjICYLc
• Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl – “Sebi” (Slovenia) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Ci3nrBdno
• Carousel – “That Night” (Latvia) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j61TWsjcJY
• Ester Peony – “On a Sunday” (Romania) –  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvzruGxaAO4
• S!sters – “Sister” (Germany) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuqS6-KJFgA

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Join Max, Alix, and Bart as they review the entries from Australia, Italy, Montenegro, and the UK. In this episode, Alix gushes over Italy, Max and Bart discuss the merits of Australia’s weird staging, and all three agree that Montenegro maybe could’ve done better this time.

Songs covered:

• Kate Miller-Heidke – “Zero Gravity” (Australia) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlpBPO9_L4E
• Mahmood – “Soldi” (Italy) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvJUrrMgyGs
• D-Moll – “Heaven” (Montenegro) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KNRvyqVvOw
• Michael Rice – “Bigger than Us” (UK) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_IcrNgV-O4

Note: We ended up not including a clip of Darude’s “Sandstorm” but you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6120QOlsfU

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Welcome to Season 2 of Star Spangled Eurovision! The first four entries for Eurovision 2019 have been revealed, and Max, Alix, and Bart are back to kick off the Eurovision 2019 season with their hot takes on the songs from Albania, the Czech Republic, France, and Spain. Tune in to find out who we like, who we don’t like but wish we did, and what we think some of these songs are really about.

Shownotes:

Songs featured

• Jonida Maliqi (Albania) – “Ktheju Tokës” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vZDCw9Pedw
• Lake Malawi (Czech Republic) – “Friend of a Friend” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duSSVY_YJyY
• Bilal Hassani (France) – “Roi” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCJRigN2DmI
• Miki (Spain) – “La Venda” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpMIb5rabKQ

National Final Schedule – https://eurovision.tv/calendar/

Semi-Final Allocation – https://eurovision.tv/story/semi-final-allocation-draw-results-2019

And finally, if you’ve never seen it, you *must* watch Serhat’s 2016 entry for San Marino, “I Didn’t Know” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYKFKgwVbV4

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