Eurovision Countdown 2025: Serbia slumps
SerbiaPrinc – Mila
It begins, as so many Eurovision ballads do, with a solemn piano flourish and a voice that sounds like it’s recovering from...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Finland is coming
FinlandErika Vikman – Ich Komme
Leave it to Finland to enter the contest with something so aggressively camp it makes Hard Rock Hallelujah seem subtle....
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 1 – Albania
Zjerm by Shkodra Elektronike
Albania, always first out of the blocks alphabetically for my Countdown and usually first chronologically too, with the magnificent Festivali I...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Germany
GERMANY - Baller – Abor and Tynna
Dear reader, let me give you a peak behind the OnEurope curtain. At time of writing, I’m 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...
Nick “does” 2025 – Slovenia
SLOVENIA – Klemen – How Much Time Do We Have Left?
I get caught out by deeply personal songs like this on a regular basis....
Nick “does” 2025 – Australia
AUSTRALIA – Milkshake Man – Go-Jo
We have a phrase in English – “not a euphemism” – which roughly equates to the French “double entendre”...
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...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 19/37 – Israel
New Day Will Rise by Yuval Raphael
Right - let’s address the elephant in the room. This song is here, it’s eligible, Kan have...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 28 – Poland
GAJA by Justyna Steczkowska
I really enjoyed Poland’s 1995 entry Sama although few thought much about it after it opened the show. Singer Justyna...