Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 28/37 – Poland
Poland - Justyna - GAYA
For those of you that are old enough to remember Justyna the first time round in 1995 - Welcome to...
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: Portugal is warm
Portugal—so often the earnest, acoustic soul of the contest—has delivered something this year that feels neither desperate nor overwrought, which in Eurovision terms is...
Nick “does” 2025 – Montenegro
MONTENEGRO – Dobrodošli - Nina Žižić
8 December 2024: Montenegro announces after a rethink that they will be represented in Basel by Nina Žižić performing...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Poland is a pagan rave
Poland
Justyna Steczkowska – Gaja
Poland’s brought out the big guns this year. And by “big guns,” we mean Justyna Steczkowska—Eurovision veteran, reality TV mentor, high...
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...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 26 – Netherlands
C’est la Vie by Claude
A new crop of Eurovision songs each year brings the opportunity to discover hitherto unknown artists and explore their wider...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 25 – Montenegro
Dobrodošli by Nina Žižić
Montenegro’s had a patchy history in Eurovision. They’ve competed inconsistently (2025 is only their second participation since 2019, after a...
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...
30 April – I loved you like an angel, come back...
Do you like the semi-finals? Do you like the way that some countries try their hardest to find that perfect song, only to fall...