Nick “does” 2025 – Netherlands (The)
NETHERLANDS (The) – C’est La Vie – Claude
When I was about 12, I wrote a short essay/poem about a rollercoaster for English class at...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Albania is ‘anguished’
Albania
Shkodra Elektronike – Zjerm
In theory, Zjerm has everything you'd expect from a classic Albanian Eurovision entry: anguished vocal lines, regional instrumentation, and a sense...
Nick “does” 2025 – Cyprus
CYPRUS – Shh – Theo Evan
A couple of years ago Spain sent a song with a title made up entirely of vowels, and it...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Norway is familiar
NorwayKyle Alessandro – Lighter
From the land of fjords, fish, and fantastically committed Eurovision entries comes Lighter, Norway’s solidly middle-lane offering courtesy of Kyle Alessandro—a...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Part 24/37 Malta
Malta - Mariana Conte - Serving
So Malta had this wheeze, right, that they would have a song in their final which was all about...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 32 – Slovenia
How Much Time Do we Have Left by Klemen
Last time I was with you I was pondering the troubled fate of Serbia in...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Denmark … exists
DenmarkSissal – Hallucination
There’s a peculiar kind of Eurovision entry that feels like it was designed not so much to win as to simply exist....
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Malta is just slaying
MaltaMiriana Conte – Serving
Ah, Malta. That plucky island nation whose Eurovision strategy seems increasingly based on handing the keys to someone young, eager, and...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 16 – Greece
Asteromáta by Klavdia
There’s no mistaking where this one’s from. Yeah, it could be Cyprus, but it’s Greece who has been the more musically...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025- Part 27/37 – Norway
Norway- Kyle Alessandro - Lighter
I don’t know which kind of lighter Kyle is, maybe he is a Zippo, maybe he is a throw away...