Eurovision Countdown 2025: Armenia is ‘cobbled together’
Armenia
Parg – Survivor
At the risk of sounding like a colonial-era phonetics professor: if you’re going to sing in English, at least try to sound...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 1/37 – Albania
Zjerm – Shkodra Elektronike
Now depending on your age or your geographic location this is either “a banger” that is going to score a gamillion...
Nick “does” 2025 – Albania
Zjerm – Shkodra Elektronike
Now, I have to start with a little confession. Traditionally I find it hard going to start these countdowns, because working...
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...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Part 0 – That elephant again
It's been twelve months since I wrote the original version of this but it's still as relevant today.
I fervently believe a majority of my...
Those Semi Final running orders in full then…
So unless you have been living under a rock for the last few days (or hours depending when you read this), you may, or...
The Eurovision price of entry: how much nations pay for their...
From Germany's half-million-euro investment to Montenegro's modest contribution, the bill for Europe's glitziest musical showdown reveals a contest of haves and have-nots
Eurovision, Europe's beloved...
Georgia have woken up!
After the Twitter machine deciding to send several messages saying "u ok hun?" to the caucuses region over the last few weeks, it seems...
Cyprus release their song – finally!
<edited 11/3/2025>
First one to announce - one of the last to put a song out - these continental types!
Here's his song, entitled Shhhhh!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbfQqWyqgJw&pp=ygULU2hoIEN5cHJpdXM%3D
Here's your...
What a weekend of songs! – Here they are….
Well those pesky broadcasters seem to be releasing songs faster than my age riddled body and mind can actually cope with so, if like...