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...
Phil’s Eurovision countdown – Part 9/37 – Czechia
CZECHIA – Kiss Kiss Goodbye – Adonxs
In complete contrast to Cyprus that doesn’t know what it is, Czechia knows exactly what this song is...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Belgium is vaguely threatening
BelgiumStrobe Lights – Red Sebastian
Belgium has sent in the fog machine early this year, accompanied by something that approximates a song if you squint...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 1 – Albania
Zjerm by Shkodra Elektronike
Albania, always first out of the blocks alphabetically for my Countdown and usually first chronologically too, with the magnificent Festivali I...
Nick “does” 2025 – Serbia
SERBIA – Mila - Princ
22:53 CET, 5 May 2025, OnEurope Towers (in a country not very far from Switzerland, yet delightfully more inexpensive). Nick...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Latvia is sponsored by Baltic linen
LatviaTautumeitas – Bur Man Laimi
Tautumeitas—six women with a shared background in ethnomusicology and a wardrobe sponsored by Baltic linen—are here to whisper, chant and...
Nick “does” 2025 – Luxembourg
LUXEMBOURG – La Poupee Monte Le Son – Laura Thorn
“And so I wrote a song, la la la lalala, ‘bout how you did me...
Nick “does” 2025 – Ireland
IRELAND – Laika Party – Emmy
I suspected that Mr Phil was using my reviews as templates for his own when the featured image for...