Nick “does” 2025 – Germany
GERMANY - Baller – Abor and Tynna
Nena + Lena = Tynna.
What do you mean, that’s not a sufficient review? It covers pretty much everyth…...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Germany is beige
GermanyAbor & Tynna – Baller
Germany continues its recent tradition of asking the continent, politely, to please ignore it. Baller is a modern-ish track—clean, slick,...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 10 – Denmark
Hallucination by Sissal
If there’s one thing Denmark can do at Eurovision, it’s pull off a surprise win. In 2000 the Olsen Brother’s entry...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 9 – Czechia
Kiss Kiss Goodbye by ADONXS
Several artists of the class of 2025 have chosen to stylise their stage names in capitals, which makes it look...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Georgia is earnest
GeorgiaMariam Shangelia – Freedom
There’s earnest, and then there’s Freedom, which barrels in like it’s been sent on a mission to single-handedly fix the world...
Nick “does” 2025 – Georgia
GEORGIA – Freedom – Mariam Shengelia
Georgia rarely get it approximately right at Eurovision. They seem to have a musical tradition that’s only accessible to...
Queerbaiting at Eurovision: Are We Being Played?
As Eurovision 2025 approaches, the glitter-strewn path to Basel reveals an increasingly complex relationship between what the popular press insists on calling Europe's campest...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 8 – Cyprus
Shh by Theo
Shh may not take the record for the shortest Eurovision song title, but it ties with only one other – except...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 7 – Croatia
Poison Cake by Marko Bošnjak
Well, here’s a thing. Marko Bošnjak is evoking the campiest of schlock horror traditions with this tale of a...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: France is very French
FranceLouane – Maman
France arrives this year draped in melancholy and bathed in sepia, with Louane delivering what is arguably the contest’s rarest creature: an...