Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 20/37 – Italy
Volevo Essere Un Duro by Lucio Corsi
I was made, with a bit of cojoling, to watch Sanremo 2025 so I could say “I’ve been...
Nick “does” 2025 – Italy
ITALY - Volevo Essere Un Duro – Lucio Corsi
Dear reader, I think I may have been a bit overambitious with my writing schedule this...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 18 – Ireland
Laika Party by EMMY
A moment of disclosure here: when EMMY was in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix in 2021, she found herself in...
Nick “does” 2025 – Lithuania
LITHUANIA – Tavo Akys – Katarsis
As implausible as it may seem for someone for whom 99% of my musical gamut revolves around “have Birthe...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 12 – Finland
Ich Komme by Erika Vikman
I’ve seldom been as thankful for being one of the organisers and presenters of Second Cherry – a second...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 20 – Italy
Volevo Essere Un Duro by Lucio Corsi
Not gonna lie, in a Sanremo line-up I largely enjoyed this year I was not only disappointed but...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Ireland is unhinged
IrelandEmmy – Laika Party
It takes a certain kind of song to make you both laugh, wince, and question the state of the education system....
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Finland is coming
FinlandErika Vikman – Ich Komme
Leave it to Finland to enter the contest with something so aggressively camp it makes Hard Rock Hallelujah seem subtle....
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Part 8/37 – Cyprus
CYPRUS – Shh – Theo Evan
There was the longest of pregnant pauses between Theo Evan being announced as the singer for Cyprus and the...
Nick “does” 2025 – Australia
AUSTRALIA – Milkshake Man – Go-Jo
We have a phrase in English – “not a euphemism” – which roughly equates to the French “double entendre”...