Countdown 2025

Espresso Macchiato by Tommy Cash As Eurovision fans pore over 2025’s offerings one genre keeps rising to the fore: the ‘joke’ or ‘novelty’ entry....

Tautumeitas - Bur Man Laimi As you know, dear reader, I’m currently holed up at His Majesty's National Health Service, declared medically fit but in...

Deslocado by NAPA Now, the attentive among you will have noticed that Part 30 has come before Part 29, that was done for many...

Azerbaijan Magagama - Run with you Magagama (not, as it turns out, a Pokémon evolution) offers up a track that’s equal parts time-travelling synth nostalgia and...

CZECHIA – Kiss Kiss Goodbye – Adonxs I’ll be honest – and it’s not a fantastic start to a review – I’d completely forgotten that...

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...

Netherlands - Claude – C’est la Vie.  No - not this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0UGGMM_ScM&pp=ygUeQ-KAmWVzdCBsYSB2aWUgTWVsb2RpZmV0aXZhbGVu Nor this one either: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irouCtF445I&pp=ygUYQ-KAmWVzdCBsYSB2aWUgTHlzIEFzc2lh But Claude, a fine name for a singer in my humble...

SAN MARINO – Tutta l’Italia – Gabry Ponte Sending a song to Eurovision in specific celebration of your region or nation is always definitely A...

IcelandVÆB – RÓA VÆB arrive like they’ve just burst out of the warm-up slot for a junior DJ battle at Reykjavík Pride, and frankly, they’re...

FINLAND – Ich Komme – Erika Vikman When I heard that Erika was having another go at UMK, I really wasn’t expecting a subtle, understated...