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Countdown 2025

Reviews of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest entries from various (clueless) members of the OnEurope team. The views and opinions expressed in these reviews are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of anyone with verifiable sanity.

Eurovision Countdown 2025: Netherlands is French

Netherlands (the)Claude – C'est la vie Ah, the Netherlands. Never one to shout, scream, or combust theatrically on stage—they’ve gone and done a very Dutch...

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 – Luxembourg

LUXEMBOURG – La Poupee Monte Le Son – Laura Thorn “And so I wrote a song, la la la lalala, ‘bout how you did me...

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...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 21 – Latvia

Bur Man Laimi by Tautumeitas Eurovision’s rules permit though don’t mandate a maximum 6 people on stage. Tautumeitas are squeezing in all of their allowance....

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...

Eurovision Countdown 2025: Montenegro is back

MontenegroNina Žižić – Dobrodošli Montenegro returns to the contest with Nina Žižić—a name Eurovision fans may remember from her high-camp cyborg guest vocal in 2013’s...

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...

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...

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Part 23/37 – Luxembourg

Luxembourg - Laura Thorn - La Poupeé Monte Le son.  And in an original idea Luxembourg have ditched the Israeli money that propped up last...