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I’m With The BoybandEpisode 45 - Fantastic - Wham!Those careless whispers were true, and this episode has got everything she wants as we take you to the edge of heaven with the fantastic story of pop bad boys Wham!
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2024-01-0532 minI’m With The BoybandEpisode 44 - December LoveSurprise, surprise! Just as you were starting to wonder if we were merely a figment of your overactive boyband imagination, I'm With The Boyband is back for Christmas. What a GIFT (for you and for us).
'Fresh' from their unscheduled three year hiatus, Zoe and Amy return to talk about what they've been up to 'recently' and to discuss everything boyband Christmas related. Will this be their Last Christmas? Or can they be persuaded to Stay Another Day?
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2023-12-071h 16I’m With The BoybandEpisode 43 - All Rise - BlueAmy and Zoe are back with a Blue-stravaganza - finally we are talking about those boys in Blue, Lee Ryan from Blue, Antony Costa from Blue, Duncan James from Blue and Simon Webbe from Blue. Boyband of the 'week' is BLUE!
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2020-12-041h 42I’m With The BoybandBonus Track - It Sounds.... AwfulDani has a problem, and we can fix it. She needs a boyband. Amy and Zoe visit two of our down under listeners, Jessa and Dani, to find out how on earth someone doesn't have a designated boyband.
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2020-10-2345 minI’m With The BoybandEpisode 42 - Keep Your Distance - Curiosity Killed The CatThe Boybandologists are out of their self-imposed isolation (from everyone) and getting you ready to lockdown once again with Boyband (of the Week) - Curiosity Killed The Cat. So hang on in there baby and join us as we bring these misfits down to earth with the story of Zoe's most-missed boyband.
Amy has a rundown of the latest boyband news including Gary Barlow and Niall Horan - one who is getting it right, and the other...
The link to the Tom Parker gofundme (details in the episode) is: https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-our-tom?
2020-10-1659 minI’m With The BoybandBonus Track - Wonderful World - Aaron Paul from Worlds Apart interview featuring Montgomery FrazierWhat do you do when a former boybander slides into your DMs? Well, if said boybander is original Worlds Apart frontman Aaron Paul then what you do is hook up with him on a transatlantic call for a catch up on what he's been up to in the 25 (ish) years since you last saw him.
Join boybandologists Amy and Zoe with Aaron and The Image Guru, Montgomery Frazier, the former Fashion Director at MTV, who features with Aaron on his new song Dance America #RiseUP.
Dishing the dirt on being discovered by Simon Cowell, life in...
2020-07-111h 18I’m With The BoybandEpisode 41 - Everlasting Love - Worlds ApartOh my god we're back again.... we survived the Boybandology lockdown and it's Boyband of the Week time with Worlds Apart!
Technically this is part two/the end of the 'Nathan Moore - Boyband Whore' story, but we don't want to ruin the ending for you. Come join us on a whirlwind ride that will feature way too much of the world's first and only boybandologists trying to speak French (Zoe) and (Amy) trying to understand her. Goodness, we've missed you.
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2020-07-071h 10I’m With The BoybandOrigins Episode 2Continuing our theme of reflection in isolation, Zoe and Amy have clipped some more parts from our boyband podcast early episodes to save you from being bored out of your mind during the Covid lockdown!
Come find us on our social media and we will do everything we can to cheer you up - or at the very least not bum you out...!
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2020-04-1646 minI’m With The BoybandOrigins Episode 1Boybandologists Amy and Zoe have been on lockdown with the rest of the UK, and in reflective mode have had a look back over some of the early episodes of the podcast, from the very beginning back at the start of 2019.
Sending all our love to everyone, hope you're all staying safe and dealing with these crazy times.
If you're social distancing or self isolating and you want a some light relief, a break from your four walls, or just someone to have a chat with - come find us on our social media
2020-04-1646 minI’m With The BoybandBonus track - It's Gonna Be Me | The social distancing specialWe no longer wanna hold your hand as we breakdown what's happening in the boyband world with the Covid-19 outbreak - who is still spreading their "love" and who has gone into selfie isolation.
If you're social distancing or self isolating and you want a some light relief, a break for your four walls, or just someone to have a chat with - come find us on our social media
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2020-03-1732 minI’m With The BoybandEpisode 40 - The Harder I Try - Brother BeyondIt's Boyband of the Week time with Brother Beyond! So-named because they were the only boyband at the time featuring brothers (they weren't) and the greatest cheekbones in boyband history. Listen in to find out why the Bros fans loved them (they didn't) and how they timd their meteoric rise just as our fangirl friends in the US were crying out for a boyband to fill their vacant boyband hole (that New Kids filled rather nicely)...
Anyways, did we mention the cheekbones? COME FOR THE CHEEKBONES, stay for the one named Fysh, the other one named after p...
2020-03-0937 min
I’m With The BoybandBonus Track - News from the Boyband HellmouthWe're sorry it's been a hot minute, but Amy and Zoe are back to tell you which boybands they've seen with their own eyeballs recently, who is or is not reuniting and why the Backstreet Boys don't want you to want it that way.
Plus join us for a singalong at ...and Juliet on 12 May or drop us a message if you need a friend.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast at www.patreon.com/Boyband. You can get a public declaration of our l...
2020-02-2130 minI’m With The BoybandEpisode 39 - MMMBop - HansonBoybandologists Amy and Zoe dive deep into a trio of musical brothers from the USA that aren't called Jonas - (we already did them - do keep up).... it's HANSON TIME! Join us as we question why all boyband brothers go by their middle names, guess how many offspring the Hanson brothers have between them and find out what Amy thinks of their grown up singing voices (hint: she loves them).
In boyband news there's an update on which boyband members who have been booted off reality TV, a boyband member who is starting a new career...
2020-01-241h 14I’m With The BoybandBonus Track - The Masked Singer Part 2Amy and Zoe dive even further into The Masked Singer's weird world, discuss the unmasking of the Tree, speculate on who the rest of the contestants are and do their best to make it about boybands...
They're not spoilers because we don't actually know!!
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2020-01-2132 minI’m With The BoybandBonus Track - The Masked SingerBoybandologists (and true crime enthusiasts) Zoe and Amy blend their interests and put their sleuth skills to the test trying to figure out who are the mystery singers on The Masked Singer UK - from the car during a stakeout in, well, Woking.
Contains potential ***SPOILERS*** because we absolutely think we’re right, although we don't have any insider info so it really just contains potential bragging rights for being little smart *****. Let us know if you agree with our conclusions or if you’ve out Marple-d us
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2020-01-1453 minI’m With The BoybandEpisode 38 - The Ultimate Boyband Review of the DecadeBoybandologists Amy and Zoe take a look back at what boybands have done for us in the past decade. The ins, the outs, the on-a-breaks, those we’ve lost and what boyband music made a permanent dent in the ultimate history of boybands.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast at www.patreon.com/Boyband. You can get a public declaration of our love, some exclusive sponsor only merch, or you can go Access All Areas and join us in putting together an episode on a bo...
2020-01-1059 minI’m With The BoybandBonus Track - IWTBB x GWYA Belated Holiday SpecialAmy and Zoe are back to celebrate friendship with their podcast besties Ashley and Christine from Girl Were You Alone, the best *NSYNC podcast out there!
We talk about which other boybands the girls would stan, what they felt about meeting and interviewing boyband members in 2019 and have an overall round up on their 2019.
2020-01-0320 minI’m With The BoybandEpisode 37 - Union J, M4, Boulevard, Westend Boys, Boulevard, Code Red, Brooklyn, Rewind, Triple J, District 3, Overload Generation and Roadtrip.Sorry for the longest episode title ever, but, boybands happen this week...
Boybandologists Zoe and Amy fell into a boyband blackhole as they tell the story of new generation boyband Roadtrip, but traverse back in the boyband time machine to X Factor addicts 4th Ba5e, and come back to the present day via M4, The Young Hearts, Westend Boys, Boulevard, East 17 (for really!), Code Red, Brooklyn, Rewind, Triple J, GMD3 aka District 3, Union J, Overload aka Overload Generation, and bang up to date with Roadtrip.
It's all down to singing songwriting-XFactor addict Blair Dreelan...
2019-12-131h 17I’m With The BoybandEpisode 36 - Oh Ma Gahd We're Back AgainWe're baaaaack! Amy and Zoe launch into tales of their adventures when they 'gatecrashed' their way into the 'And Juliet' press night in the West End en route to see Ultimate Boyband Chart toppers McFly play their first gig in ten years. Find out which boybanders upset Amy, who the world's first (and only) Boybandologosts have been hanging out with and a general catch up of the last few weeks.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast at www.patreon.com/Boyband. You can get a public d...
2019-12-0647 minI’m With The BoybandBonus Track - The Face In The WindowWe're missing a couple of episodes so join Amy and Zoe as we give you bumper boyband news! Find out which members of 1D Amy is yacking on about this week, who Nick Lachey thinks is the worst boyband of all time - and Zoe gives us more effing Christmas lights news.
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2019-11-0535 minI’m With The BoybandEpisode 35 - Wild Boys - PhixxIt’s a tale as old as time itself. Boy meets boy, meets another boy. And another boy. And another. Boys go head-to-head on national TV to become world famous boyband. Boys lose. But ultimately win. It’s part two of our Popstars The Rivals story with Boyband of the Week - Phixx
Blazin Squad makes it into boyband history as Flip Reverse becomes the latest addition to the Ultimate Boyband Playlist (which you can listen to over on our Spotify channel)
Boyband news this week brings you al the latest Christmas Lights updates, BTS not j...
2019-10-251h 24I’m With The BoybandBonus Track 9 - Rashman's RejectsChris Russell, author of the trilogy of boyband novels Songs About A Girl (and the I'm With The Boyband theme tune writer), joins us to chat about the time he met the genius behind McFly and Busted: the mysterious Richard Rashman.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast at www.patreon.com/Boyband. You can get a public declaration of our love, some exclusive sponsor only merch, or you can go Access All Areas and join us in putting together an episode on a boyband of your ch...
2019-10-2230 minI’m With The BoybandEpisode 34 - Sacred Trust - One True VoiceBack to life, back to reality... it's time to delve once again into the archives of British talent shows and unearth another act who were with us fleetingly through the magic of television, and this week it's Popstars The Rivals' One True Voice who are Boyband of the Week.
We add Blackstreet to our record of boyband history as No Diggity takes its rightful place on the Ultimate Boyband Playlist (which you can listen to over on our Spotify channel)
Boyband news this week is brought to you mostly by JLS, the great British past-time o...
2019-10-181h 12I’m With The BoybandStepback SpecialThe ‘Stepback 90s vs 00s’ tour was postponed two weeks ago, with emails being sent to ticket holders saying new dates were being arranged for 2020. The social media posts from some of the acts involved contradicted the statement from promoters, Stepback Concerts Ltd, and their official social media channels started to disappear.
A quick dive into Google showed that this wasn’t the first time disappointing a large number of music fans for the man behind Stepback.
Further investigation was needed - and what we turned up was a catalogue of dissolved businesses, liquidations and cancell...
2019-10-1646 minI’m With The BoybandEpisode 33 - Hip to Hip - VIt's time to go hip-to-hip and cheek-cheek-to-cheek with the final combo in the Prestige series: Boyband of the Week - V.
Will they score extra points for being the most beautiful boyband ever? And will the science work against them for being near to impossible to find on google? Find out where they come in the Ultimate Boyband Chart once all the Boybandology is calculated.
New additions to the Ultimate Boyband Playlist come from Wet Wet Wet and Spandau Ballet, and Boyband STring Theory returns (because we finally remembered to do it).
Plus Zo...
2019-10-111h 00I’m With The BoybandEpisode 32 - What Happened To Your Band - McFly & McBustedGet Hypnotised one last time as we take a final trip down Memory Lane for the final part of the McFly story. And our superheroes are Not Alone as we find out how they joined forces with previous Boyband of the Week, Busted, to form the Uber-Boyband - McBusted. And we then take you back to the future - to three weeks ago when they committed Boybandipity and made both our dreams come true
New additions to the Ultimate Boyband Playlist come from Aha and Bros.
Plus all the latest Boyband news, with your hosts A...
2019-10-041h 21I’m With The BoybandEpisode 31 - Shine a Light - McFly
It's week two of boyband McFly and the story of Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Harry Judd and Dougie Poynter this week takes on Lindsay Lohan, America, Australia, rehab and reality TV.
A-ha and *NSYNC are the new additions to the Ultimate Boyband Playlist. You can listen to the whole playlist here: bit.ly/UltimateBoyband
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast at www.patreon.com/Boyband. You can get a public declaration of our love, some exclusive sponsor only merch, or you can go Access All...
2019-09-271h 15I’m With The BoybandEpisode 30 - Obviously - McFly
Zoe and Amy are back on track with the journey through the history of boybands with Boyband of the Week McFly. Part one traces the lives of Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Harry Judd and Dougie Poynter through their childhoods, how they met, and their first year together.
Boyband String Theory plots the routes from Human Nature and Big Fun back to Subject Zero: Donnie Wahlberg.
Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch and Robbie Williams are the new additions to the Ultimate Boyband Playlist. You can listen to the whole playlist here: bit.ly/UltimateBoyband
Su...
2019-09-201h 27I’m With The BoybandEpisode 29 - The Episode That Is Not About McFlyCatch up on all our recent boybands adventures as boybandologists Amy and Zoe report back on Take That live in Gibraltar and why Donnie Wahlberg might be getting killed off in Blue Bloods.
It’s a bumper week for boyband news and we navigate through why BTS have really gone on hiatus, which boyband star has been asked to impregnate a reality TV contestant, and why nothing will ever be as freaky as Justin Timberlake playing a Hugh Hefner-esque lime.
Our podcast mascot Donnie Wahlberg adds his choice of song to the Ultimate Boyband Playlist. You...
2019-09-131h 02I’m With The BoybandEpisode 28 - Champagne Highway - SkandalBoybandologists Amy and Zoe wind the story back from last week's episode with our Boyband of the Week: the Busted-adjacent Essex based boyband Skandal.
There's big news from the laboratory as we get a makeover (you may have already noticed something different about us) and we launch of our long-awaited, much-demanded merch line!
We test out some more elaborate Boyband String Theory and add two more songs to the Ultimate Boyband Playlist from Hanson and Westlife.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast a...
2019-09-061h 02
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 27 - Who's David? - BustedBoybandologists Zoe and Amy bring in a big hitter for Boyband of the Week to see if long-term chart toppers the Bay City Rollers can be knocked off their comfy perch. Yes, that's right, it's finally time for we're-not-a-boyband: Busted. Who will sit at the head of the Ultimate Boyband Chart in this week's countdown?
We defy the world to prove that all boybands lead back to one: Donnie Wahlberg, as we take on Boyband String Theory for Another Level, Five and The Jonas Brothers.
Plus two more songs go into The Ultimate Boyband Playlist wi...
2019-08-301h 14
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 26 - Freak Me - Another LevelBoybandologists Zoe and Amy are here with a new Boyband of the Week and we wanna pod you up and down 'til you say stop. Yes, it's Another Level time and we take it, to... . new heights
We defy the world to prove us wrong in Boyband String Theory as we continue with proof that all boybands lead back to Donnie Wahlberg.
And we add two more songs into The Ultimate Boyband Playlist with tracks from Another Level and B2K - Freak Me until you Bump Bump Bump.
Who will sit at the...
2019-08-231h 26
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 25 - Daddy - The NewtronsBoybandologists Zoe and Amy hit the streets of 1970s San Francisco for a wild ride that takes us from the King of Pimps to the Prince of Pop as we tell the story of our Boyband of the Week - The Newtrons.
We introduce our new science project and defy the world to prove us wrong in Boyband String Theory. Why do all directions only lead to one?
And we add two more songs into The Ultimate Boyband Playlist with tracks from Kris Kross and a solo effort from Simon Webb from Blue.
S...
2019-08-161h 22
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 24 - Ghetto Romance - DamageBoybandologists Zoe and Amy are getting hyped up for next year's The Boys Are Back Tour, so it's time to feature another act from the line-up as our Boyband of the Week: this episode is dedicated to London's finest, Damage, who shot to fame in the mid-1990s with 'Love II Love'.
Two more songs go into The Ultimate Boyband Playlist with tracks from Five and Damage.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast at www.patreon.com/Boyband. You can get a public declaration of...
2019-08-091h 14
I’m With The BoybandBonus Track 8 - The O.T.W.N. Album Review - O-TownBoybandology is an ever evolving science with constant new discoveries and breakthroughs.
The world’s only boybandologists have discovered, through extensive research, that they both love O-Town. So this week’s Bonus is a track by track review of the brand spanking new album which is called, quite simply, The O.T.W.N. Album.
You can buy it wherever you purchase your music - but here is a direct link to it on iTunes: The O.T.W.N Album by O-Town https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-o-t-w-n-album/1470455647
Buy it. Devour it. Hom...
2019-08-0524 min
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 23 - Touch Me, Tease Me - 3SLBoybandologists Zoe and Amy are here with Boyband of the Week 3SL. We get totally Scott-Lee as we take in over a century of history to navigate the complex family tree and relationships of Ant, Steve and Andy Scott-Lee - Wales' greatest boyband - and their journey through love and reality (TV) takes us on a wild ride which features sister Lisa Scott-Lee and Steps.
Two songs go into The Ultimate Boyband Playlist with tracks from The Beatles and The Jacksons.
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2019-08-021h 17
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 22 - Jump (Jump) - Kris KrossBoybandologists Zoe and Amy breakdown all the latest boyband news, including Frankenband 'Bad Boyz on the Block'.
Our podcast besties from girl Were You Alone drop in to fill us in with the results of their Donnie Wahlberg/Lance Bass love-in investigations with an exclusive on the latest thinking of what format their version of Making The Band would be.
Boyband of the Week is Kris Kross, so don't miss the bus because we're gonna make you jump, jump with this latest addition to the Ultimate Boyband Chart.
And we put the next t...
2019-07-261h 11I’m With The BoybandBonus Track 7 - Hiatus StatusThe boybandologists are back in The Lab dissecting all things that are happening in the world of boybands.
And we bring you updates on our boyband adventures with NKOTB and the Backstreet Boys.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast at www.patreon.com/Boyband. You can get a public declaration of our love, some exclusive sponsor only merch, or you can go Access All Areas and join us in putting together an episode on a boyband of your choosing.
Come chat with us...
2019-07-2333 minI’m With The BoybandEpisode 21 - Change Your Mind - Upside DownBoybandologists Amy and Zoe are back from their hiatus and it's about to get emotional. Catch up on all their news and travels.
Boyband of the Week is Upside Down - the original reality boyband construction. Formed in 1995 by a car hire mogul and filmed for BBC documentary Inside Out we follow their rise to stardom and stay for the thud of the fall.
And we put the next two songs into The Ultimate Boyband Playlist with tracks from The Wanted and One Direction.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the...
2019-07-191h 09
I’m With The BoybandBoybandology part 3: The Ultimate Boyband PlaylistBoybandologists Zoe and Amy are on hiatus, but because we believe in the science of Boybandology classes will continue, and we are here to share the next two tracks in The Ultimate Boyband playlist.
You can listen to the playlist on Spotify here: bit.ly/UltimateBoyband.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast at www.patreon.com/Boyband. You can get a public declaration of our love, some exclusive sponsor only merch, or you can go Access All Areas and join us in putting together an...
2019-07-1513 min
I’m With The BoybandBoybandology part 2: The Ultimate Boyband PlaylistBoybandologists Zoe and Amy are on hiatus, but because we believe in the science of Boybandology classes will continue, and we are here to share the next two tracks in The Ultimate Boyband playlist.
You can listen to the playlist on Spotify here: bit.ly/UltimateBoyband.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast at www.patreon.com/Boyband. You can get a public declaration of our love, some exclusive sponsor only merch, or you can go Access All Areas and join us in putting together an...
2019-06-2807 minI’m With The BoybandEpisode 20 - Cool: O-Town and The Jonas BrothersYour favourite boybandologists, Amy and Zoe, are having their own mini-reunion and are back once again to regale you with tales of their adventures in boybanding. This week we fill you in on how we made a Jonas Brothers fan cry, a review of their teeny tiny gig at Pryzm in Kingston - JoTown in the Hometown, you!
And after what feels like an eternity waiting for June to come around: the O-Town gig in London is finally here. We got to have an exclusive chat with Jacob, Erik and Trevor backstage before the show - and...
2019-06-141h 19
Girl Were You Alone? An *NSYNC PodcastTired of Singing (Part 1) - NSYNC's Final AlbumThis week, hosts Ashley and Christine detail (sort of) how they MET CHRIS KIRPATRICK at a gropey bar in Northeast Maryland!! Then, they review the first half(ish) of *NSYNC's fourth and final US album, Celebrity, and later chat with their new boy band besties, Amy Long and Zoë Linkson of the podcast I'm With The Boyband! Do YOU have what it takes to be a boybandologist like Amy and Zoë? Probably not, but listen now to find out! Follow I'm With The Boyband on Twitter @BoybandPod or on Instagram @ImWithTheBoyband. You can also follow Christine and...
2019-06-111h 08
I’m With The BoybandBoybandology part 1: The Ultimate Boyband PlaylistBoybandologists Zoe and Amy are on hiatus: entertaining boybands and royalty (no, really).
Our dedication to the science of boybandology prevents us from leaving you without classes, so this episode we share the next two tracks in The Ultimate Boyband playlist.
You can listen to the playlist on Spotify here: bit.ly/UltimateBoyband.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast at www.patreon.com/Boyband. You can get a public declaration of our love, some exclusive sponsor only merch, or you can go Acc...
2019-06-0705 min
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 19 - We Need To Talk About Brian - East 17Catch up with the latest from the world's only Boybandologists as Zoe makes Amy cry about Take That.
There's two new tracks to add to the Ultimate Boyband Playlist: the Backstreet Boys and Duran Duran.
(Listen to the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2vgz6eAjV7oqBpicknx3X6 - we'll add to it every week).
This episode our Boyband of the Week is replaced by We Need To Talk About Brian: a deep dive into what happened to East 17 lead singer Brian Harvey post-boyband, and why he's so much more than the guy...
2019-05-311h 34
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 18 - Running Home: LMNTThe Boybandologists are back with Boyband of the Week LMNT, the boyband formed from the participants of Making The Band that didn't make it into O-Town.
We chat with our new boyband bestie Mark Calderon of Color Me Badd about his new single "It's Like Good Sex", and get all the exclusive news on what is (or isn't) coming up in the future for Color Me Badd, and he gives us his own Top 5 Greatest Boybands Ever.
And we put the first two songs into The Greatest Boyband Playlist in the World starting with Take Th...
2019-05-241h 10
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 17 - Som En Vind - Eurovision Boyband Special EditionThe world's only Boybandologists, Amy and Zoe, cast an eye over the annual high-camp spectacular that is the Eurovision Song Contest with a look at some of the 30 boybands who have featured throughout its 64 year history.
Join us as we Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley with the only victorious boyband, The Herreys, and look at the also-rans, the should-never-have-been-a-things and the we-remember-you-when-you-were-big boybands in our Eurovision Boyband Special Edition.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast at www.patreon.com/Boyband. You can get a public declaration of ou...
2019-05-171h 20
I’m With The BoybandBonus Track - The Boys In The Band - NKOTB Mixtape Tour ReviewZoe returns from her travails with a review of the Mixtape Tour featuring New Kids On The Block, Salt ‘n’ Pepa, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson and Naughty By Nature as she hits Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Kansas City and St Louis. It’s a spoiler filled episode with a smattering of behind-the-scenes news, unicorn hunts and glue sniffing.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast at www.patreon.com/Boyband. You can get a public declaration of our love, some exclusive sponsor only merch, or you can go Access All Are...
2019-05-1548 min
I’m With The BoybandBonus Track - On The RoadBoybandologists Amy and Zoe catch up across the Atlantic as we being you updates from our boyband tour updates - With NKOTB and Take That.
Who has the better biceps: Donnie Wahlberg or Gary Barlow? Why does Zoe talk like an old woman? And did the royal baby get named after Elvis?
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast at www.patreon.com/Boyband. You can get a public declaration of our love, some exclusive sponsor only merch, or you can go Access All...
2019-05-0928 min
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 16 - Back Here: BBMakBoybandologists Amy and Zoe visit the north west of England for the story of the world’s only bagpipe playing boyband: BBMak. Hear how Christian, Mark and Ste flipped the tables on the boyband export market and took America by storm at the turn of the Millennium. Where do our heroic continent-hopping trio make their debut on the Ultimate Boyband Chart?
Zoe and Amy discuss whether all boyband reunions are good news, and why they're shipping a four-piece *NSYNC.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the pod...
2019-05-031h 04
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 15 - Express Yourself Clearly
Boybandologists Amy and Zoe bring you the story of E.Y.C., a mid-90s challenger to be top of the Ultimate Boyband Chart. Can Trey, Damon and Dave score enough points to make it into the Top Ten?
Amy catches us up on how Take That fans are reacting to the Odyssey Tour, Zoe tells a story of a surprise under a concert seat that will make you all grateful to just have a bad view, and we finally reveal the secret things Zoe kept bleeping about the opening of Wahlburgers in Covent Garden.
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2019-04-251h 14
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 14 - Let's Get Ready to Rhumble - PJ & Duncan AkaBoybandologists Amy and Zoe wreck the mic with boyband of the week - and British television Legends - PJ & Duncan. Join us as we see where these two Krazy Katz fall in the Ultimate Boyband Chart and take a look back at where it all began for Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
We look ahead to the Boys Are Back Tour with 911, 5ive, Damage and A1, and we start up the Lonely Listeners Fanclub (sort of).
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2019-04-191h 02
I’m With The BoybandBonus Track - Space OdysseyIt's time to Take That and Party as Amy brings you here second by second review of the Take That Odyssey tour opening night in Sheffield.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop of the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast at www.patreon.com/Boyband. You can get a public declaration of our love, some exclusive sponsor only merch, or you can go Access All Areas and join us in putting together an episode on a boyband of your choosing
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2019-04-1734 min
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 13 - Against All Odds - Take 5 and US5It’s NOT Lou Pearlman Week, and we round off with the story of two of the smaller boybands to emerge from Big Poppa’s Boot Camp: Take 5 and US5, the youngest boyband in the stable and the last boyband who watched as their manager, and their dreams, went on the run from the FBI.
Results are in for the semi-finals of the Boyband Video World Cup: who will emerge from the batt,e victorious with their harmonies intact?
You can watch 'The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story' on YouTube Premium https://youtu.be/CcC...
2019-04-121h 05I’m With The BoybandBonus Track Special - The Boyband Con reviewZoe and Amy review Lance Bass’ new film ‘The BoyBand Con: The Lou Pearlman Story”. How will the the film fare under the scrutiny of two self-confessed Pearlman obsessives? (Spoiler: we’re obsessed with it).
Did they learn anything new? What vital pieces got left out? Is it even possible to squeeze it all into under 100 minutes. Join them and find out in the latest Bonus Track from I’m With The Boyband.
See the film here on YouTube Premium https://youtu.be/CcCRs0Ic3FI
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2019-04-0850 min
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 12 - When The Lights Go Out - FiveThe world's first Boybandologists Amy and Zoe continue their journey to complete the Ultimate Boyband Chart with five-piece boyband Five. Or, if you're officianadoes like us: 5ive. Find out what Zoe's great great great great grandparents have in common with Jay, Scott, Richie, Abs and Sean.
Amy updates us all on Take That at the Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust, what colour Gary Barlow's hair is now, and both your hosts delve into the scars they suffered from seeing the first night shows on their boyband's tours in 2017.
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2019-04-051h 19I’m With The BoybandBonus Track 2Amy and Zoe are crashing into your working week with the results of the Boyband Video World Cup, news of our new launch sponsors packages and secret things we can’t talk about.
Support our journey to find out who sits atop of the Ultimate Boyband Chart by sponsoring the podcast at www.patreon.com/Boyband. You can get a public declaration of our love, some exclusive sponsor only merch, or you can go Access All Areas and join us in putting together an episode on a boyband of your choosing
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2019-04-0206 min
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 11 - Pocketful of Dreams - Big FunBoybandologists Amy and Zoe blame it all on the boogie as they tell the story of the 80s’ “most dynamic boyband” Big Fun.
Precisely how excited are we about Lance Bass' 'The Boyband Con'? Who's through to the quarter finals of the Boyband Video World Cup - and will you ever vote for it properly? How responsible are we for the Jonas Brothers reunion? (Erm - COMPLETELY). This and more dubious boyband facts as we continue our journey through the Ultimate Boyband Chart.
Get involved: twitter @theboybandpod, instagram @imwiththeboyband, email: theboybandpod@gmail.com. If you're having fu...
2019-03-2957 min
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 10 - I Feel Fine
Boybandologists Amy and Zoe continue to drunk their way through a menu of boyband themed cocktails and this week they answer questions about being in their fangirl marriage of convenience.
For all our cocktail recipes join us over on FaceBook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/533573203777073/
Get involved: twitter @theboybandpod, instagram @imwiththeboyband, email: theboybandpod@gmail.com. If you're having fun with the podcast leave us a review or a rating, and subscribe wherever you're listening for new episodes - out every Friday.
Theme music is 'Dance With You' by Fire&Lights https://itunes.apple.com/us/alb...
2019-03-221h 07
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 9 - Liquid Dreams
Boybandologists Amy and Zoe drink their way through a menu of boyband themed cocktails as they choose members for their ultimate Frankenstein boybands, decide which boyband members are totally dispensible and play Would You Rather.
Results are in for the Boyband Video World Cup. And we have the first replies from your Agony Aunt letters, as we commit to solving all your boybanding issues in "Dear Fangirls..."
For all our cocktail recipes join us over on FaceBook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/533573203777073/
Get involved: twitter @theboybandpod, instagram @imwiththeboyband, email: theboybandpod@gmail.com. If you're having fun with...
2019-03-151h 27I’m With The BoybandBonus Track 1Amy and Zoe bring you the latest Boyband Video World Cup Draw after forgetting to do it during the drunk episode (out Friday!)
And remember, drink responsibly...
2019-03-1204 min
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 8 - He Don't Love You - Human NatureProfessional Boybandologists Zoe and Amy take it to the other side of the world with Human Nature - yes, that's right, an Australian boyband of all things is the next step towards completing The Ultimate Boyband Chart. Week-by-week we rank every boyband by their success, their endurance, their style and their proximity to the outback (just a few of the categories in this incredibly scientific process) to find out who is the greatest ever boyband.
Our news round up features cocktails, Kardashians, and results of the latest matches in the Boyband Video World Cup
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2019-03-081h 11
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 7 - Back to RealityProfessional Boybandologists Zoe and Amy react to New Kids on the Block's new single and video for 'Boys in the Band'. Are NKOTB better judges of the best boybands than us and our highly scientific scoring? Doubt it. But we still examine Donnie Wahlberg's boyband rap and decide if he got it right or wrong.
Boyband of the Week is a year-by-year breakdown of the first decade of reality TV - what gems did Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh delight us with?
Our news round up features O-Town returning to Isling-town, why doesn't Zoe pee m...
2019-03-011h 17
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 6 - It's About Time - Jonas BrothersLooking deep into the eyes of The Jonas Brothers, our Boyband of the Week, who aren't as Squisney clean as they had us all thinking.
Results of the first round of matches in the Boyband Video World Cup, with cake nowhere near the ocean, pitting boyband against boyband, and asking who has the best matching outfits or has nailed that "oh, you caught us dancing in an empty warehouse" routine.
Boybandologists Amy and Zoe continue the journey to complete The Ultimate Boyband Chart as week-by-week we rank every boyband by their success, their endurance, their s...
2019-02-221h 12
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 5 - Bye Bye Baby - Bay City Rollers pt 2Catch up with fangirl hosts Amy and Zoe, and our first guest in the studio reveals her trauma after being forced to meet Take That.
The draw is made for the first round of matches in the Boyband Video World Cup, as we pit boyband against boyband, and analyse who has nailed that dreamy beach walking sequence, or getting caught in the rain whilst wearing a white t-shirt.
Boybandologists Amy and Zoe continue the journey to complete The Ultimate Boyband Chart with part two of the Bay City Rollers. Week-by-week we will rank every boyband b...
2019-02-151h 10
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 4 - Yesterday’s Heroes - Bay City Rollers pt 1Catch up with fangirl hosts Amy and Zoe as they discuss a boybandtastic trip to New York city, bring you exclusive news from the World of Donnie Wahlberg, and chat about their recent meeting with Busted.
Boybandologists Amy and Zoe continue on their journey to complete The Ultimate Boyband Chart with part one of the Bay City Rollers. Week-by-week they will rank every boyband by their success, their endurance, their style and their sex appeal (just a few of the categories in this incredibly scientific process) to find out who is the greatest ever boyband.
Ge...
2019-02-081h 16
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 3 - Think About You - LFOAmy and Zoe review fangirl film I Used To Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl story, talk a bit of Lou Pearlman (again) and Amy makes the pitch for Boston three-piece LFO in the Ultimate Boyband Chart.
Get in touch with us on twitter @theboybandpod, on instagram @imwiththeboyband or you can email us at theboybandpod@gmail.com
And don't forget to leave us a review and subscribe for the next episode, out on Friday.
Theme music is 'Dance With You' by Fire&Lights https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dance-with-you-single/1273802350, taken from the trilogy o...
2019-02-011h 13
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 2 - Drop The Boy - BrosWhat exactly is a boyband? And why do we get to decide? Find out what criteria are essential for a group of boys to fall under that umbrella, and which areas are merely a wish-list (we're looking at you boybands who don't have matching outfits).
Plus we kick off the Ultimate Boyband Chart with Zoe’s first boyband, identical twin brothers Matt and Luke Goss and their pal Craig, who formed Bros in the classrooms of Camberley and shook the world in 1987 by asking When Will I Be Famous?
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2019-01-251h 19
I’m With The BoybandEpisode 1 - Girls Talk Boys1. Girls Talk Boys
Friends for a decade, fangirls for a lifetime, meet boyband junkies Amy and Zoe as they discuss how they started out as fangirls, and begin their journey to find out who is the ultimate boyband.
Get in touch with us on twitter @theboybandpod, on instagram @imwiththeboyband or you can email us at theboybandpod@gmail.com
And don't forget to leave us a review and subscribe for the next episode, out on Friday.
Theme music is 'Dance With You' by Fire&Lights https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dance-with-you-single/1273802350, t...
2019-01-2059 min