Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 19 – Israel
New Day Will Rise by Yuval Raphael
Here we go again. I’d hoped the situation between Israel and Gaza would have been sufficiently improved...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: France is very French
FranceLouane – Maman
France arrives this year draped in melancholy and bathed in sepia, with Louane delivering what is arguably the contest’s rarest creature: an...
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...
Eurovision CountDown 2025 – Results are in and it’s surprised us!
After several thousand words of guff, 148 sets of votes with no collusion (Cos we are honest here, guv) and several minutes of taking...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Part 7/37 – Croatia
CROATIA – Poison Cake – Marko Bošnjak
In a bit of a turn up for the old books we have a non-Croat singing for Croatia,...
Nick “does” 2025 – Germany
GERMANY - Baller – Abor and Tynna
Nena + Lena = Tynna.
What do you mean, that’s not a sufficient review? It covers pretty much everyth…...
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: Azerbaijan is gloriously slippy
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...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 28 – Poland
GAJA by Justyna Steczkowska
I really enjoyed Poland’s 1995 entry Sama although few thought much about it after it opened the show. Singer Justyna...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Cyprus is well-worn
CyprusTheo Evan – Shh
Cyprus has reached into the Eurovision goodie bag and pulled out the well-worn tropes: leather harnesses, glistening torsos, breathy come-ons, and...