Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Part 3/37 – Australia
AUSTRALIA – Milkshake Man – Go-Jo
I wish to open this with a spoiler. This might be the shortest and possibly most sweary thing you’ll...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 8 – Cyprus
Shh by Theo
Shh may not take the record for the shortest Eurovision song title, but it ties with only one other – except...
Nick “does” 2025 – Israel
ISRAEL – New Day Will Rise – Yuval Raphael
A recurring theme of the contest this year is double entendre. The Milkshake Man is neither...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Part 30/37 – San Marino
San Marino - Gabry Ponte - Tutta L’Italia
Oh do I have a lot to say about this. First of all, I’m pig sick of...
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...
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...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Finland
FINLAND – Ich Komme – Erika Vikman
Well colour me slightly puffy and call me Alice. The genius that’s Erika Vikman, four years removed from...
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...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Part 33/37 – Spain
Spain - Melody - Esa Diva
God almighty I hate Spanish Eurovision. Every yea, they trot out the same old lines about their songs being...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Georgia is earnest
GeorgiaMariam Shangelia – Freedom
There’s earnest, and then there’s Freedom, which barrels in like it’s been sent on a mission to single-handedly fix the world...