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Eurovision Song Contest 2025


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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:

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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 Moldova, initially scheduled to compete, has withdrawn.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

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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

 

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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.  

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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.

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Next few entries:

Belgium 2025: Red Sebastian / "Strobe Lights"
Language: English

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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

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Not all that impressed with any of those entries. I guess Greece can get some bonus points for those Nana Mouskouri-inspired glasses.  

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  (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.....

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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".

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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.

 

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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.

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Next few entries ... I don't think we've heard or seen the winner yet 

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Armenia 2025: Parg / "Survivor"
Language: English

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Azerbaijan 2025: Mamagama / "Run with U"
Language: English

Lithuania 2025: Katarsis / "Tavo akys"
Language: Lithuanian

Norway 2025: Kyle Alessandro / "Lighter"
Language: English

Poland 2025: Justyna Steczkowska / "Gaja"
Language: Polish & English
Justyna already represented Poland in the 1995 Contest – 30 years ago. Back then, she finished in 18th place. Can she do better this time?

 

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I thought that Luxembourg's entry was simply a cheeky homage to France Gall's 1965 winner, but apparently there's a stronger connection between them. France's song was about how female singers at the time were being treated like puppets and controlled by men. (A bit ironic since the song was written by Serge Gainsbourg, who had that role in France Gall's early career and whose relation to her collapsed to the point where she subsequently refused to sing his material again) Laura's song is about the puppet finding her own voice and not letting herself be controlled.

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