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: Austria is ‘full-throttle’
Austria
JJ – Wasted Love
You can almost hear the pitch meeting: a fragile opening line, a trembling upper register, then bam—crank up the production, cue...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 15 – Germany
Baller by Abor and Tynna
I’ll start with the positive: Germany has made the best choice it could for Eurovision 2025. Unfortunately, this is rather...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 35 – Switzerland
Voyage by Zoë Më
Time for the host entry now, and to be frank it’s been something of a mixed bag for songs representing...
Nick “does” 2025 – San Marino
SAN MARINO – Tutta l’Italia – Gabry Ponte
Sending a song to Eurovision in specific celebration of your region or nation is always definitely A...
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...
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 2025 – Part 33/37 – Spain
Spain - Melody - Esa Diva
God almighty I hate Spanish Eurovision. Every yea, they trot out the same old lines about their songs being...
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...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 26 – Netherlands
C’est la Vie by Claude
A new crop of Eurovision songs each year brings the opportunity to discover hitherto unknown artists and explore their wider...