Nick “does” 2025 – Cyprus
CYPRUS – Shh – Theo Evan
A couple of years ago Spain sent a song with a title made up entirely of vowels, and it...
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....
Nick “does” 2025 – Croatia
CROATIA – Poison Cake – Marko Bošnjak
What you think of Denmark? Do you like Espain? You can ask without any reply. But what about...
Nick “does” 2025 – Belgium
BELGIUM – Strobe Lights – Red Sebastian
We made it through the A's. Phew.
Now, in the early exchanges in the betting markets, Belgium were the...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Belgium is vaguely threatening
BelgiumStrobe Lights – Red Sebastian
Belgium has sent in the fog machine early this year, accompanied by something that approximates a song if you squint...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Part 5/37 – Azerbaijan
AZERBAIJAN – Run With U – Mamagama
Another song that X tells me I shouldn’t like or be listening to because **checks notes** Azerbaijan. Anyway...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Part 4/37 – Austria
AUSTRIA – Wasted Love - JJ
“Let’s put a song into the contest that is similar to last year’s winner” never goes down well, but...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Azerbaijan is gloriously slippy
Azerbaijan
Magagama - Run with you
Magagama (not, as it turns out, a Pokémon evolution) offers up a track that’s equal parts time-travelling synth nostalgia and...
Nick “does” 2025 – Azerbaijan
AZERBAIJAN – Run With U – Mamagama
Azerbaijan have quietly been in Eurovision for 17 years now. I reject this timeline and indeed reality in...
Nick “does” 2025 – Austria
AUSTRIA – Wasted Love - JJ
Dearest reader, it has been brought to my attention that my marks appear a little, shall we say, eccentric...