Episode 54: Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced!

I’m so excited to bring you an episode on the best film of all time, ever: GET READY TO BE BOYZVOICED!!!!!!

If you haven’t seen it, please stop right here and watch it.

Monia, the Exiled Fan from Episode 47, joins me again to discuss Boyzvoice, boy bands generally, and all sorts of Scandinavian goodness. You can check out her substack here: https://exiledfan.substack.com/

First some video links: the Norwegian Eurovision semi-finalists and finalists for this year including the Shoe Guy (Rasmus Thall), the super adorable Norwegian boy band Unami Tsunami, Germany’s 2016 last place finisher, the superior 1979 Dschinghis Khan, Markoolio (if you know you know), and Norwegian National Treasures: a-ha.

And then Espen Eckbo in character as Ove interviewing Ke$ha, trailers for Director’s Cut (the Penn Jillette film where he plays the psychofan), Triangle of Sadness (the Ruben Östlund film), All You Need is Cash (The Rutles) (the Beatles mockumentary), The Boy Band Con (NSYNC member Lance Bass’s excellent documentary about Lou Pearlman), Maxxx (Max with three x’s about the ex-boybander looking to make a comeback), 2Gether (2000 American boy band mockumentary).

And some articles: the class action lawsuits against lip syncing were very real, Lance Bass talking about being bullied into coming out by Perez Hilton, George Shelley talking about his time in Union J, and Monia’s review of the Louis Tomlinson documentary.

The Boyzvoice songs are available on all of your favorite streaming platforms so please drink deeply and enjoy!

The songs played are:

1. “Space Man” by Sam Ryder (Eurovision 2022)

2. “Cha Cha Cha” by Käärijä (Finland National Final Performance 2023)

3. “Freaky for the Weekend” by Bryon Williams Jr & Jowst (Norway Eurovision Semi-Finals 2023)

4. “Cousin” by Boyzvoice (and the video)

5. “Dancing Queen” by A*Teens (and video)

6. “Diggi Lou Diggi Ley” by The Herreys (Eurovision winners 1984)

7. “Take On Me” by A1 (and video)

8. “Let Me Be Your Father Christmas” by Boyzvoice (and original video plus the 2021 updated remix version!)

9. “We Are The Playmomen” by Boyzvoice (and video)

10. “Spy Me At Noon” by Boyzvoice (and video)

11. “Hey Mr. President” by Boyzvoice

12. “Bye Bye Bye” by NSYNC (live mic feed from a performance)

13. “What’s Happening To My Body” by Boyzvoice (and video)

14. “Twelve Year Old Woman” by Boyzvoice (and video)

15. “En godt stekt pizza” by Staysman & Lazz (and video and Kollektivet parody of the video)

16. “Piggy in the Middle” by the Rutles (and video)

17. “Superheroes Can’t Be Gay” by Kollektivet

18. “Tell Me How U Wanna B Done” by Prince & Carmen Elecktra (and video)

19. “Fairytale” by Alexander Rybak (Eurovision winner 2009)

20. “Spy Me At Noon” by Boyzvoice