Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 27 – Norway
Lighter by Kyle Alesandro
Where PARG copied, Kyle Alessandro innovated as the first of this year’s Armoured Twinks during his performance in Norway’s Melodi...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 28/37 – Poland
Poland - Justyna - GAYA
For those of you that are old enough to remember Justyna the first time round in 1995 - Welcome to...
Nick “does” 2025 – Netherlands (The)
NETHERLANDS (The) – C’est La Vie – Claude
When I was about 12, I wrote a short essay/poem about a rollercoaster for English class at...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Portugal is warm
Portugal—so often the earnest, acoustic soul of the contest—has delivered something this year that feels neither desperate nor overwrought, which in Eurovision terms is...
Nick “does” 2025 – Montenegro
MONTENEGRO – Dobrodošli - Nina Žižić
8 December 2024: Montenegro announces after a rethink that they will be represented in Basel by Nina Žižić performing...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Poland is a pagan rave
Poland
Justyna Steczkowska – Gaja
Poland’s brought out the big guns this year. And by “big guns,” we mean Justyna Steczkowska—Eurovision veteran, reality TV mentor, high...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2025- Part 27/37 – Norway
Norway- Kyle Alessandro - Lighter
I don’t know which kind of lighter Kyle is, maybe he is a Zippo, maybe he is a throw away...
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...
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...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Norway is familiar
NorwayKyle Alessandro – Lighter
From the land of fjords, fish, and fantastically committed Eurovision entries comes Lighter, Norway’s solidly middle-lane offering courtesy of Kyle Alessandro—a...