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Just three Americans who love Eurovision so much they started a podcast. Join the crew as they give their hot takes on the world’s greatest song contest.

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Just three Americans who love Eurovision so much they started a podcast. Join the crew as they give their hot takes on the world’s greatest song contest.

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@sse_pod

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English


Episodes
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The Final Four and More

4/29/2024
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 →

Duration:00:33:57

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Gen-Z Fever Dream

4/22/2024
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 →

Duration:00:24:20

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“This song is for hot people”

4/15/2024
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” →

Duration:00:26:30

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“An Anthem for the Erasmus Generation”

4/8/2024
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” →

Duration:00:39:24

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“If there is any actual sand on stage, zero points”

3/25/2024
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” →

Duration:00:26:20

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“Do things even need a melody?”

3/11/2024
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?” →

Duration:00:30:51

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“I’m going to be so mad if I end up liking this”

2/26/2024
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” →

Duration:00:31:09

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#SendTheWitch(es)

2/12/2024
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”

Duration:00:29:27

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Still Not a Song

1/29/2024
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 →

Duration:00:31:29

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Cha Cha Cha-ing All the Way to Sweden: The Eurovision 2023 Debrief

5/22/2023
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!

Duration:00:41:41

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The 2023 Star Spangled Preview Show!

5/8/2023
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!

Duration:00:40:45

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Echoes of Nonsense

5/1/2023
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 →

Duration:00:35:37

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The Whole Spectrum of Weird

4/24/2023
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 →

Duration:00:34:16

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The Dark Girlies are EATING

4/17/2023
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 →

Duration:00:38:57

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The Blocked List

4/10/2023
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 →

Duration:00:34:15

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Promise Me You’ll Stay and Cha Cha Cha

4/3/2023
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“

Duration:00:39:02

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Do You Wanna ŠČ?

3/20/2023
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? →

Duration:00:34:17

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Sisters and Misters

3/6/2023
In honor of Women’s History Month (and mostly as a happy coincidence), the gang give their takes on Czechia’s paean to Slavic sisterhood, as well as the entries from Estonia and Latvia (only one of which features a woman, sadly). Also, Alix hear’s Denmark’s entry for the first time and chaos ensues. Songs featured: Vesna … Continue reading Sisters and Misters →

Duration:00:33:23

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My Pronouns are She / Queen of the Kings

2/20/2023
Join Max, Alix, and Bart as they give their hot takes on this year’s Eurovision entries from Ireland, Slovenia, Norway, and Spain! Whose boy band shtick do we like better? Is Norway as camp as usual? Was Chanel an anomaly or the start of a great run for Spain? Listen in and find out! Songs … Continue reading My Pronouns are She / Queen of the Kings →

Duration:00:27:51

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Is it a Song This Time?

2/6/2023
Welcome to season SIX (!!!) of Star Spangled Eurovision! We’re starting off the season by giving our hot takes on the songs from Ukraine, Albania, and Belgium. Will Ukraine live up to its high Eurovision standards despite a war going on? Did Albania submit a real song this time? And what do we think of … Continue reading Is it a Song This Time? →

Duration:00:24:40