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!

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!

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?
Songs featured:

* Yuval Raphael – “New Day Will Rise”
* Zoë Më – “Voyage” 
* Theo Evan – “Shh”
* Mariam Shengelia – “Freedom”
* Louane – “maman”

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!

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.
Songs featured:

* Remember Monday – What the Hell Just Happened?
* ADONXS – Kiss Kiss Goodbye
* KAJ – Bara Bada Bastu
* Gabry Ponte – Tutta L’Italia
* NAPA – Deslocado

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!

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!
Songs featured:

* Sissal – Hallucination
* Abor & Tynna – Baller
* Marko Bošnjak – Poison Cake
* JJ – Wasted Love

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!

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!
Songs featured:

* VÆB – RÓA
* Go-Jo – Milkshake Man
* Claude – C’est La Vie
* Princ – Mila

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!

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!
Songs featured:

* Katarsis – Tavo Akys
* Lucio Corsi – Volevo Essere Un Duro
* Parg – Survivor
* Mamagama – Run With You

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!
 

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!
Songs featured:

* Miriana Conte – “Kant”
* Justyna Steczkowska – “Gaja”
* Kyle Alessandro – “Lighter”
* Tommy Cash – “Espresso Macchiato”

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).
Songs featured:

* EMMY – Laika Party
* Erika Vikman – Ich Komme
* Ziferblat – Bird of Pray
* Tautumeitas – Bur man laimi

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.
Tracks featured:

* Klavdia – Asteromáta
* Klemen – How Much Time Do We Have Left
* Red Sebastian – Strobe Lights
* Melody – Esa Diva

Welcome to season 8 (!!!) of Star Spangled Eurovision! In our season premier, we give our hottest takes on the first three entries from the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest from Montenegro, Albania, and Luxembourg! Tune in and see which ones we liked, which ones we didn’t, and which song confused Alix for some reason.
Songs featured:

* Nina Žižić – “Dobrodošli”
* Shkodra Elektronike – “Zjerm”
* Laura Thorn – “La Poupée Monte Le Son”

We’re back from Malmö and have some thoughts about this year’s Eurovision Song Contest! Listen in to hear our thoughts on Eurovision week and all the drama that went down in and outside the Malmö Arena.
Whether you’re a longtime fan or just discovering us, a big thank you to everyone who tuned in this season! See you all again next year!

Eurovision 2024 is just a few days away! Listen in to see our predictions on who qualifies for the grand final and who might be the one to take home the crown this year. We also reveal the results of our Star Spangled Jury!

Join us this week as we cover the last batch of songs from this year’s Eurovision! We also decided to talk about Israel and their participation this year.
Songs Featured:

* Iolanda – Grito
* Nutsa Buzaladze – Firefighter
* FAHREE feat. Ilkin Dovlatov – Özünlə Apar
* LADANIVA – Jako
* Eden Golan – Hurricane

You still have a few days to participate in our Star Spangled Jury! Send us your top 10 by May 1 by email at starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter/X @SSE_Pod! Stay tuned for our Eurovision preview episode next week!

Join us this week as we give our hottest takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Serbia, Australia, Greece, and Sweden!
Songs Featured:

* Teya Dora – Ramonda
* Electric Fields – One Milkali (One Blood)
* Marina Satti – Zari
* Marcus & Martinus – Unforgettable

You have until May 1 to participate in our Star Spangled Jury! Just email your top 10 (in order) to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter/X @SSE_Pod

Join us for another week of Eurovision hot takes as we tackle this year’s entries from Cyprus, the UK, Austria, and Iceland!
Songs featured:

* Silia Kapsis – Liar
* Olly Alexander – Dizzy
* Kaleen – We Will Rave
* Hera Bjørk – Scared of Heights

And remember to email us your Top 10 for our Star Spangled Jury to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter @SSE_Pod!

Join us as we give our hottest takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from San Marino, Croatia, Switzerland, and the Netherlands! We’ve even got a special guest! Whose high school years will we relive this time?
Songs featured:

* Megara – 11:11
* Baby Lasagna – Rim Tim Tagi Dim
* Nemo – The Code
* Joost Klein – Europapa

We’re also opening our 2024 Star Spangled Jury! To participate, all you have to do is send your top 10 songs (in order) from this year’s Eurovision to starspangledeurovision@gmail.com or DM us on Twitter/X @SSE_Pod! Can’t wait to see your picks!
 

Join us this week as we give our hottest takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, and Belgium! And we’re excited that Bart is actually here in person this week instead of watching Max and Alix get drunk together on Zoom.
Songs featured

* Saba – “Sand”
* Luna – “The Tower”
* Silvester Belt – “Luktelk”
* Mustii – “Before the Party is Over”

Join the crew this week as they give their hottest takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Italy, Germany, Moldova, and Estonia! Someone is shamed for their taste in music, but what else is new?
Songs featured:

* Angelina Mango – La Noia
* Isaak – Always On The Run
* Natalia Barbu – In The Middle
* 5Miinust & Puuluup – (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi

Join us this week as we give our hottest takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Malta, Ukraine, Finland, and Latvia! Whose turn is it to stan Malta? Who’s giving us winner vibes this early in the season? Who unironically kinda loves Windows95Man? Listen in and find out!
Songs featured:

* Sarah Bonnici – Loop
* alyona alyona & Jerry Heil – Teresa & Maria
* Windows95man – No Rules!
* Dons – Hollow