Nick “does” 2025 – Finland
FINLAND – Ich Komme – Erika Vikman
When I heard that Erika was having another go at UMK, I really wasn’t expecting a subtle, understated...
16 April – Your love got me crucified
It may come as a surprise to some people out there, but there were Eurovision Song Contests in the 20th Century. A tall story...
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....
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 4 – Austria
Wasted Love by JJ
An early appearance for one of the favourites for 2025. Austria is right at the front of the pack with the...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 3 – Australia
Milkshake Man by Go-Jo
Are you thirsty? Go-Jo certainly is, and he seems to possess an endless supply of creamy froth to help us quench...
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...
15 April – I don’t need no new sensations
Austria is one of those countries that have put in their fair share of good songs, and other songs over the years. They've had...
Nick “does” 2025 – Estonia
ESTONIA – Espresso Macchiato – Tommy Cash
Well, this is interesting. I’m having to take a second shot at writing this one, because my first...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 – Part 2 – Armenia
Survivor by PARG
PARG beings a familiar theme to his Eurovision entry: survival. It’s a well-trodden genre, triumph over adversity, often against the odds....
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...