Eurovision Countdown 2025: Australia is ‘saucy’
Australia
Go-Jo – Milkshake Man
Australia’s long-standing tradition of sending technically competent, highly polished pop entries appears to have taken the year off in favour of…...
Phil’s Eurovision countdown – Part 2/37 – Armenia
Survivor - Parg
Ahhh yes, the first in a growing number of songs that “the fans” on Twitter/X have decided to dislike for whatever-the-reason-is-at-this-minute.
I’ve got...
Nick “does” 2025 – Armenia
Survivor - Parg
I mentioned yesterday that I often find Albanian entries to be hard work and have been pleasantly surprised this year. Armenian ones...
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...
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...