Members Huntress Posted January 26 Members Share Posted January 26 (edited) Following Switzerland's Nemo winning the 2024 Contest with the song "The Code", the 69th Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Basel, Switzerland, with the Grand Final taking place 17 May 2025. Official Recap of the 2024 Final: Please register in order to view this content In 2025, 37 countries will take part – the same number as last year. Moldova, initially scheduled to compete, has withdrawn. They have taken part in every competition since their debut in 2005, and their best result to date was a 3rd place in 2017. In turn, Montenegro, which last competed in 2022, returns to the Contest. The Balkan country has only managed to qualifiy for the Grand Final on two occasions. Until March, every country has to select their entry via a national final or an internal selection. List of Participants: Albania Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal San Marino Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom --- The first entries have been selected: Albania 2025: Shkodra Elektronike / "Zjerm" Language: Albanian Luxembourg 2025: Laura Thorn / "La poupée monte le son" Language: French Montenegro 2025: Nina Žižić / "Dobrodošli" Language: Montenegrin Edited January 26 by Huntress 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted January 26 Members Share Posted January 26 I wonder how much Albania's entry will change from now to May. They have a habit of changing their songs quite radically on occasion. Please register in order to view this content I appreciate the throwback to Poupée de cire, poupée de son from Luxembourg, (I can't believe that song is now 60 years old!) and it's a reasonably catchy song, but Laura Thorn can't hold a candle to France Gall's charisma. Montenegro's song perhaps isn't bad, but it's boring. I like Balkan ballads, but we've heard so much better than this over the years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted Friday at 11:01 AM Author Members Share Posted Friday at 11:01 AM Next few entries: Belgium 2025: Red Sebastian / "Strobe Lights" Language: English Please register in order to view this content Greece 2025: Klavdia / "Asteromáta" Language: Greek Slovenia 2025: Klemen / "How Much Time Do We Have Left" Language: English Spain 2025: Melody / "Esa diva" Language: Spanish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted Saturday at 06:12 PM Members Share Posted Saturday at 06:12 PM Not all that impressed with any of those entries. I guess Greece can get some bonus points for those Nana Mouskouri-inspired glasses. Please register in order to view this content (Nana had a better song though when she entered ESC in 1963). Slovenia's song might have been better sung in Slovenian. When sung in English you can hear how bad the lyrics actually are. That is too often the case when non-English speakers try to write lyrics in English. Spain's song is not entirely bad, but we've seen that kind of performance a few too many times in recent years. Belgium's song will get the attention from me that it deserves, which is none at all..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Huntress Posted Sunday at 06:01 PM Author Members Share Posted Sunday at 06:01 PM (edited) Next few entries ... Finland and Malta are a quite controversial, if you ask me. Finland 2025: Erika Vikman / "Ich komme" Language: Finnish, but the phrase "Ich komme" is German and means both "I am coming" and "I have an orgasm". Please register in order to view this content Latvia 2025:Tautumeitas / "Bur man laimi" Language: Latvian Malta 2025: Miriana Conte / "Kant" Language: English, with the song title "Kant" being in Maltese, meaning "to sing". Let's see if the EBU allows the line "serving kant" (which sounds like serving c*nt) to be sung in the actual live shows. Edited Sunday at 06:01 PM by Huntress 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted 22 hours ago Members Share Posted 22 hours ago (edited) I think Sweden's entry in 2004 used the microphone stand much better. And Lena did it with a lot of humour. Please register in order to view this content Edited 22 hours ago by I Am A Swede 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted 22 hours ago Members Share Posted 22 hours ago I don't really know why, but Latvia's song was oddly intriguing. I like when the national languages are used. (Kind of ironic, since I'm from Sweden and we haven't sung in Swedish since 1998....) It did have a slight opening number-feel to it though, or maybe interval act. I can see why Malta is going for some controversy to get attention, because that song was hideous, and Miriana Conte can not sing. I would be extremely shocked if they finish anywhere else but last. I would frankly be surprised if it gets any points at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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