Nick “does” 2025 – Latvia
LATVIA – Bur Man Laimi - Tantumeitas
Dammit, I’ve not prewritten this one! Alexia, I don’t suppose you’d be willing to… no? Ah, heck.
Now, a...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Austria is ‘full-throttle’
Austria
JJ – Wasted Love
You can almost hear the pitch meeting: a fragile opening line, a trembling upper register, then bam—crank up the production, cue...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025- Part 25/37 – Montenegro
Montenegro - Nina Žižić – Dobrodošli
So, lying here in my bed In the hospital (Yes I’m still fucking here), and I’ve got this far, and...
Nick “does” 2025 – Italy
ITALY - Volevo Essere Un Duro – Lucio Corsi
Dear reader, I think I may have been a bit overambitious with my writing schedule this...
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: Ukraine is preying
Ukraine
Ziferblat – Bird of pray
Ukraine rarely sends a bad entry to Eurovision—though some years, it’s felt like they’ve sent merely decent songs and disguised...
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...
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...
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...
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...