Eurovision Countdown 2025: Greece is restrained
GreeceKlavdia – Asteromáta
Greece occasionally tires of sending identikit bops in borrowed clubwear and remembers it has centuries of rich musical tradition to draw from....
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Part 34/37 – Sweden
Sweden - KAJ - Bara Bada Bastu
Words will not do this justice. This is winning the whole damn thing.
Phil's Score - 12 Points. (If...
Nick “does” 2025 – Lithuania
LITHUANIA – Tavo Akys – Katarsis
As implausible as it may seem for someone for whom 99% of my musical gamut revolves around “have Birthe...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 12 – Finland
Ich Komme by Erika Vikman
I’ve seldom been as thankful for being one of the organisers and presenters of Second Cherry – a second...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Israel is well-behaved
IsraelYuval Raphael – New Day Will Rise
Well, it had to happen. Israel sends a peace anthem to Eurovision, and the jokes practically write themselves—though...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Germany is beige
GermanyAbor & Tynna – Baller
Germany continues its recent tradition of asking the continent, politely, to please ignore it. Baller is a modern-ish track—clean, slick,...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 31 – Serbia
Mila by Princ
With the notable exception of Konstrakta’s unlikely top 5 finish singing a satirical take on the principle of universal healthcare Serbia’s...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Lithuania is a fug of despair
LithuaniaKatarsis – Tavo Akys
You know that one guy in your uni’s indie society who never took off his coat, even indoors, and wrote poems...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: San Marino is Italian too
San Marino
Gabry Ponte - Tutta L'Italia
Every year, Eurovision’s tiniest and most stubborn microstate pulls on its rhinestoned boots and gives it another go. San...
Nick “does” 2025 – Portugal
PORTUGAL – Deslocado – Napa
If James Stewart played the role of Napa in It’s a Wonderful Life, the second half of the film would...