Jeremy Bent

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Episode 71: Take Me Back to Basel

3 weeks ago | maximumfun.org | Jeremy Bent

Episode notes We’re still recovering from the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, but we made a lot of great memories in Basel! So many that we thought the city itself deserved its own episode, so here it is: all of the great places and people we saw or met in the nexus of France, Germany and Switzerland. Jeremy can’t get enough breakfast panna cotta, Dimitry is healed by soup & risotto, and Oscar’s eyes are one of a kind.
Episode 70: The Eurovangies 2025

1 month ago | maximumfun.org | Jeremy Bent

Episode notes ESC 2025 is now firmly in the history books, but who wins the coveted Euro Neuro Award for Biggest Disconnect Between Staging and Song? That’s a question only the Eurovangies can answer, as the Eurovangelists award a number of songs in a wide variety of categories both serious and not.
Episode 69: Live from Basel, Part 2

1 month ago | maximumfun.org | Jeremy Bent

Episode notes Our time in Switzerland is over, and a new Eurovision winner has hoisted the glass microphone! We talk through all performances from the Grand Final and those that didn’t make it from Semi 2, as well as break down the voting from this year’s contest. Jeremy votes in Eurovision for the first time ever, Dimitry finally gets the better of Stefan Raab, and Oscar celebrates JJ, wasted love or not.
Episode 68: Live from Basel, Part 1

1 month ago | maximumfun.org | Jeremy Bent

Episode notes We’ve crossed the pond and made our way to the intersection of France, Germany and Switzerland to bring you all the latest straight from the Eurovision Song Contest, and oh boy is there plenty bring you from Semi-Final 1. There were huge glow-ups, a glow-down, potential new front-runners – everything you could hope for from the “easy” Semi-Final.
Episode 67: Nostradumbass 2025

1 month ago | maximumfun.org | Jeremy Bent

Episode notes We are at last joined by perhaps the most illustrious guest in the American Eurovision firmament, the co-host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour and Eurovision fan extraordinaire Glen Weldon. We take a look at both semis and predict who will move forward and who will not, and who could take it all at the Grand Final.
Episode 65: The Saga of Stormchaser

2 months ago | maximumfun.org | Jeremy Bent

Episode notes We’ve got a returning guest this week in ESC Youtuber & TikToker Worldvishawn, but this time he’s here as a songwriter of “Stormchaser,” the incredible track by Icelandic artist Birgo from Söngvakeppnin 2025. We talk with the two about how they become collaborators and the months-long process of writing the song, submitting it to Iceland’s national final, shooting the video and performing in Söngvakeppnin 2025.
Episode 64: Total ESC Live

2 months ago | maximumfun.org | Jeremy Bent

Episode notes All of this year’s official music videos are out, so the Eurovangelists have enlisted pop culture aficionado Dave Holmes (Troubled Waters, Who Killed The Video Star, MTV) to weigh in on which videos from this year’s crop of entrants are Top 10, and which videos are not gonna see much air time. We also talk about who might take it all in this year that feels more wide open than in years past.
Episode 61: Ain’t No Party Like A Pre-Party

Mar 27, 2025 | maximumfun.org | Jeremy Bent

Episode notes We’ve mentioned pre-parties on the show before, but what are they exactly? This week, we’re joined by Eurovision fan and organizer of the MancHagen pre-party, James Penrose, who tells us everything we need to know about the history of pre-parties, how they get started, and maybe a detail or two about MancHagen.
Episode 60: Internal Selection Round-Up

Mar 20, 2025 | maximumfun.org | Jeremy Bent

Episode notes It’s the MaxFunDrive, so we had to bring back our fellow MaxFun host and first ever guest (and first ever returning guest), Dr. Ella Hubber of Let’s Learn Everything! We take a listen to EIGHT internal selections from all over the continent, and once more get authentic British despair at the state of this year’s entry.
Eurovangelists help kick off MFD Spring Break

Mar 17, 2025 | maximumfun.org | Jeremy Bent

Episode notes It’s not MaxFunDrive without a wild kickoff spectacular! Former real-life VJ and host of MTV’s Spring Break 1999, Dave Holmes, takes your favorite MaxFun hosts through some wacky ‘90s- and Spring Break-themed mini games!!Here’s the playlist promised by Eurovangelists.