2025 December
Monthly Archives: December 2025
31 December – You look pretty in your white dress
We end the year with a legend among singers from the more northern end of our fair continent. Still in show business, she's been...
29 December – Even though he’s tired, he takes his guitar
Trailblazer. It's a word bandied around far too often, maybe not least by these birthday articles. But today we really do have a trailblazer....
28 December – My dear, listen to my prayers
Some songs are just so good they get roundly ignored by the televoters and juries of Europe (and beyond). Other times, they get what...
27 December – I’d shout out my feelings clearly out loud
Those semi-finals are a brutal affair. The potential classic songs that fall by the wayside, meaning a possible winner has to watch from the...
26 December – You stay silent, I get violent
It seems the Eurovision season gets longer and longer. Whilst we know the bunfight culminates in May, but some acts wait months and months...
25 December – Wolves die alone
If you're not confident on stage by yourself, what do you do? Well, you get some pals up there with you. You know they'll...
24 December – I’ll make a necklace of amber for you
If you're anything like us, you'll be starting your festivities very shortly. Or it could be tomorrow. Or it could be early next month....
22 December – I walk on yesterday’s path
Our friends in Spain haven't had the best of times this century. The peak was a rogue 3rd place finish in 2022. so at...
Montenegro returns to Eurovision with a reset, as Tamara Živković wins Montesong
The final of Montesong, broadcast live from Podgorica, Montenegro by public broadcaster RTCG, was won by Tamara Živković with the song Nova zora. She'll...
21 December – There’s no denying all the heartaches
We've often said that for some performers can be a drug. They just can't get enough. Some start out as the named act, but...