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 →...
May 26, 2025•34 min•Season 8Ep. 11
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!
May 12, 2025•51 min•Season 8Ep. 10
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 →
May 05, 2025•39 min•Season 8Ep. 9
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? →
Apr 28, 2025•38 min•Season 8Ep. 8
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?? →
Apr 21, 2025•35 min
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 →
Apr 14, 2025•29 min•Season 8Ep. 6
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 →
Mar 31, 2025•30 min•Season 8Ep. 5
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”
Mar 17, 2025•34 min•Season 8Ep. 4
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 →
Mar 03, 2025•35 min•Season 8Ep. 3
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
Feb 17, 2025•31 min•Season 8Ep. 2
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 →
Feb 03, 2025•28 min•Season 8Ep. 1
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 →
May 20, 2024•46 min•Season 7Ep. 11
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!
May 06, 2024•44 min•Season 7Ep. 10
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 →
Apr 29, 2024•34 min•Season 7Ep. 9
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! … Continue reading Gen-Z Fever Dream →
Apr 22, 2024•24 min•Season 7Ep. 8
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 … Continue reading “This song is for hot people” →
Apr 15, 2024•27 min•Season 7Ep. 7
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 – … Continue reading “An Anthem for the Erasmus Generation” →
Apr 08, 2024•39 min•Season 7Ep. 6
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 … Continue reading “If there is any actual sand on stage, zero points” →...
Mar 25, 2024•26 min•Season 7Ep. 5
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 … Continue reading “Do things even need a melody?” →
Mar 11, 2024•31 min•Season 7Ep. 4
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 … Continue reading “I’m going to be so mad if I end up liking this” →...
Feb 26, 2024•31 min•Season 7Ep. 3
Join us as we tackle this year’s Eurovision entries from Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, and Spain. Come for the spooky bops and hot takes, stay for the insults we hurl at one another. Songs featured: Bambie Thug (Irelaind) – “Doomsday Blue” Tali (Luxembourg) – “Fighter” Gåte (Norway) – “Ulveham” Nebulossa (Spain) – “Zorra”
Feb 12, 2024•29 min•Season 7Ep. 2
We’re back for our seventh season!! Join us as we give our hottest takes on the first four songs participating in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest hailing from France, Czechia, Albania, and Slovenia! Which country decided it was their turn to send something that wasn’t a song? Listen and find out! Songs featured: Slimane (France) … Continue reading Still Not a Song →
Jan 29, 2024•31 min•Season 7Ep. 1
As predicted, Sweden won Eurovision 2023, and lots of other stuff happened too! Naturally, we have some thoughts. Tune in to find out what we thought of this year’s contest and our expectations for 2024! Thanks for listening this season, and we’ll see you again next year!
May 22, 2023•42 min•Season 6Ep. 11
Happy Eurovision Week! Join the gang as they give their predictions on who’s going to get through the semis and who’s going to take home the glass microphone this year. Also, listen in to find out who won this year’s Star Spangled Jury!
May 08, 2023•41 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Join the crew this week as they take on the last 5 entries for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest! How much do we care if the lyrics are nonsense? How much does Alix stan Denmark this week? Tune in and find out! Songs featured: Mimicat (Portugal) – “Ai Coração“ Victor Vernicos (Greece) – “What They … Continue reading Echoes of Nonsense →
May 01, 2023•36 min•Season 6Ep. 9
Join the crew this week as they take on this year’s heavy-hitting Eurovision entries from Austria, Israel, the UK and Sweden, and tune in to hear Bart and Alix shame Max for being a bad gay. Songs featured: Teya & Salena (Austria) – “Who The Hell Is Edgar?” Noa Kirel (Israel) – “Unicorn“ Mae Muller … Continue reading The Whole Spectrum of Weird →
Apr 24, 2023•34 min•Season 6Ep. 8
The title says it all – join Alix, Max, and Bart as they embrace their inner goths and give their takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Germany, Moldova, Iceland, Serbia, and Switzerland. Songs featured: Lord of the Lost (Germany) – “Blood and Glitter“ Pasha Parfeny (Moldova) – “Soarele şi Luna“ Diljá (Iceland) – “Power“ … Continue reading The Dark Girlies are EATING →
Apr 17, 2023•39 min•Season 6Ep. 7
Join the gang this week as they cover the entries from San Marino, Poland, the Netherlands, and Cyprus! Do we still stan S(t)an Marino? Who is Bart convinced was just sick at the national final and will kill it in Liverpool? Listen in to find out! Songs featured: Piqued Jacks (San Marino) – “Like an … Continue reading The Blocked List →
Apr 10, 2023•34 min•Season 6Ep. 6
Join the gang this week as they take on this year’s Eurovision entries from Lithuania, France, Australia, and Finland. Really no surprises as to who loves what… or are there? Songs featured: Monika Linkytė (Lithuania) – “Stay“ La Zarra (France) – “Évidemment“ Voyager (Australia) – “Promise“ Käärijä (Finland) – “Cha Cha Cha“
Apr 03, 2023•39 min•Season 6Ep. 5
Join Alix, Max, and Bart as they tackle the chaos that is Romania, Croatia, and Malta before cleansing their brains with Alix’s perennial favorite, Italy! Whose turn is it to stan Malta this year? Listen in and find out! Songs featured: Theodor Andrei (Romania) – “D.G.T (Off and On)“ Let 3 (Croatia) – “Mama ŠČ!“ … Continue reading Do You Wanna ŠČ? →
Mar 20, 2023•34 min•Season 6Ep. 4