We need to talk about Eurovision staging fatigue
As the smoke machines hiss into action in Basel's St. Jakobshalle Arena, it's hard not to marvel at what the Eurovision Song Contest has...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 18 – Ireland
Laika Party by EMMY
A moment of disclosure here: when EMMY was in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix in 2021, she found herself in...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 26 – Netherlands
C’est la Vie by Claude
A new crop of Eurovision songs each year brings the opportunity to discover hitherto unknown artists and explore their wider...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 15 – Germany
Baller by Abor and Tynna
I’ll start with the positive: Germany has made the best choice it could for Eurovision 2025. Unfortunately, this is rather...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025- Part 27/37 – Norway
Norway- Kyle Alessandro - Lighter
I don’t know which kind of lighter Kyle is, maybe he is a Zippo, maybe he is a throw away...
Remember Monday will represent the UK!
So the worst kept Eurovision secret has been officially confirmed by the BBC - Here is the official press release!
Remember Monday will represent the...
Estonia are going for it by changing it up
After a few years of having Semi Finals (usually in Tartu), ERR have reverted back to having a single, solitary final to be held...
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...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 1/37 – Albania
Zjerm – Shkodra Elektronike
Now depending on your age or your geographic location this is either “a banger” that is going to score a gamillion...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Croatia is tortured
CroatiaMarko Bošnjak – Poison Cake
Somewhere in a candlelit gothic basement, Poison Cake was baked with great ambition and at least seven too many ingredients....