Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 22 – Lithuania
Tavo Akys by Katarsis
Well, this is cheery. Katarsis is, I’m informed, by a brief introduction on the official Eurovision website, an experimental rock band...
So we’re back down to Zero then?
So after a week of noise from all corners of the internet, the study of rules that people seem to know better than the...
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...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Latvia is sponsored by Baltic linen
LatviaTautumeitas – Bur Man Laimi
Tautumeitas—six women with a shared background in ethnomusicology and a wardrobe sponsored by Baltic linen—are here to whisper, chant and...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 29 – Portugal
Deslocado by NAPA
I have a soft spot for Portugal in Eurovision and have been to the Festival da Canção a couple of times....
So… about that Eurovision 2025 running order…
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Swiss hosts revealed the complete running order on 16 May 2025, immediately after the conclusion of Semi-Final 2...
Nick “does” 2025 – Iceland
ICELAND – Roa – Vaeb
My lovely late Mum used to work at a nursery back in the 1980s. It was almost certainly completely made...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Georgia
GEORGIA – Freedom – Mariam Shengelia
I promised myself what with all of the shenanigans that are going on in this contest that I would...
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...
Latvia’s stars are going to shine this time?
So whilst the irreverent side of Eurovision fandom wonders why the hell Riga Beaver (Pictured above, for the avoidance of doubt) has not been...