Nick “does” 2025 – United Kingdom
UNITED KINGDOM – Remember Monday – What The Hell Just Happened?
Finally! The end of the alphabet. It’s felt like a long and rambling old...
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 2025 – Part 6/37 – Belgium
BELGIUM – Strobe Lights – Red Sebastian
I really disliked this song when it was originally entered in Eurosong 25. I couldn’t see the hype...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 13 – France
Maman by Louane
After so many years seemingly in the Eurovision wilderness France has been knocking at the door of a win a couple...
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...
Nick “does” 2025 – Portugal
PORTUGAL – Deslocado – Napa
If James Stewart played the role of Napa in It’s a Wonderful Life, the second half of the film would...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Estonia is baffling
EstoniaTommy Cash – Espresso Macchiato
There are novelty entries, and then there’s whatever Espresso Macchiato is trying to be. Tommy Cash, Estonia’s resident agent of...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Montenegro is back
MontenegroNina Žižić – Dobrodošli
Montenegro returns to the contest with Nina Žižić—a name Eurovision fans may remember from her high-camp cyborg guest vocal in 2013’s...
Nick “does” 2025 – Greece
GREECE – Asteromata – Klavdia
Dear reader, in spite of my best efforts I did not get six reviews pre-scheduled in advance of the Easter...
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...