Star Spangled Eurovision

Join the gang as they give their hottest takes on this year’s entries from Italy, Australia, Romania, and Israel! From family values to kink appreciation, we’ve got it all! Songs featured: Sal Da Vinci – Per Sempre Sì Delta Goodrem – Eclipse Alexandra Căpitănescu – Choke Me Noam Bettan – Michelle Don’t forget, you can … Continue reading “See, I am in a good mood! I just needed **this**” →

Join the gang as they discuss this year’s Eurovision entries from Norway, Finland, Germany, and Serbia! Sometimes we have nuanced critiques and sometimes our gay brain takes over. Songs featured: Jonas Lovv – Ya Ya Ya Linda Lampenius x Pete Parkkonen – Liekinheitin Sarah Engels – Fire Lavina – Kraj Mene We’re also opening our … Continue reading Spicy German or German Spicy? →

Join the gang as they give their hottest takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Belgium, Austria, Lithuania, and Bulgaria! Tune in to find out which of those just *feels* problematic. Songs featured: Essyla – Dancing on the Ice Cosmó – Tanzschein Lion Ceccah – Sólo Quiero Más Dara – Bangaranga

Join the gang for another week of Eurovision hot takes as they review this year’s entries from Estonia, Latvia, Croatia, and Greece! And yes, we’re a little drunk, it’s fine! Songs featured: Vanilla Ninja – Too Epic to be True Atvara – Ēnā Lelek – Andromeda Akylas – Ferto

Join the gang as they give their hottest takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Luxembourg, Ukraine, Cyprus, and Denmark! Plus, Alix rants in Danish! Songs featured: Eva Marija – Mother Nature Leleka – Ridnym Antigoni – Jalla Søren Torpegaard Lund – Før Vi Går Hjem

We’re back! Join the gang as they open their ninth (!!) season with their hot takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Albania, Montenegro, Moldova, and Malta, as well as give their predictions for what is sure to be a weird Eurovision year. Songs featured: Alis – Nân Tamara Živković – Nova Zora Satoshi – … Continue reading Drama, Chaos, Malta, What Else Is New? →

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 … Continue reading Close Calls and Exercise Balls: The Eurovision 2025 Debrief →

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 – … Continue reading Intro to Eurovision French →

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: … Continue reading What the Hell Just Happened in the Sauna? →

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 … Continue reading Is it (Poison) Cake?? →

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 … Continue reading La Vie En Róa →

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 … Continue reading Of Mice and Scary Men →

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 … Continue reading Concepts of a Staging →

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 … Continue reading Les Podcasteurs Montent Les Hot Takes →

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 … Continue reading Saved by Switzerland: The Eurovision 2024 Debrief →

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 … Continue reading The Final Four and More →