Eurovision Song Contest 2025

[I Am A Swede]

Greece, France and Luxembourg were my three clear favourites. I think Greece especially had a phenomenal staging. So beautiful. And Klavdia sang fantastic.

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France also had beautiful staging and Louane sang her heart out.

Finally Luxembourg, who had a vastly improved stage show compared to the national final, and I loved the nod to France Gall on the little tv screen in the dollhouse.

 

[I Am A Swede]

I think this has been one of the best years in a long time. In no small part due to the fact that so many countries have chosen to sing in their native language. Songs like the ones from Greece and Latvia have benefitted immensely from this, and made those two personal favourites of mine. I think Greece has the most incredibly beautiful staging and Klavdia's voice is outstanding. I don't think she has any real chance of winning, but if she did I would be ecstatic. Luxembourg is another favourite of mine and Laura (with her dancers) really sold that song with the new staging. Her performance in the final was flawless and I will be very disappointed if she doesn't improve on last year's result for Luxembourg (13th).

[I Am A Swede]

Phew, that was close to disaster!

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I suspect we would have had a few withdrawals next year if Israel had won. I don't think many people would relish going to Jerusalem as things stand now. Not to mention it would have been a prime target for terrorist attacks. 

 

[Huntress]

Yeah, as you wrote, an Israeli win would have been a political disaster.

Congratulations to Austria.

0 points from the televoting to Switzerland was a disgrace. Other than that, I really enjoyed the show ... but I'm also glad that Eurovision season is over 

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Full results:

Recap of the Grand Final:

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[I Am A Swede]

It's obvious that Israel's presence is a major divisive issue, and this is something that the EBU needs to deal with. According to the now published results Israel got 13 out of a possible 19 max points in the semi-final, and while their song isn't bad there's no way they would get those numbers without some kind of manipulation/political voting. They are clearly using this contest as a way of improving their somewhat tarnished reputation.

I know that some people are comparing this to the massive sympathy votes that Ukraine gets and which propelled them to victory in 2022, but I feel that that was a more genuine show of support than this concerted effort from Israel to influence the televoting. I even had an ad on Youtube from Israel in Swedish(!) asking for votes! It might not be against any rules, but it feels a bit icky nonetheless.

[I Am A Swede]

My own personal ranking of this year's contestants:

1. Greece
2. Luxembourg
3. Latvia
4. France
5. Sweden
6. Italy
7. Switzerland
8. Spain
9. Albania
10. Iceland
11. Austria
12. Israel
13. Estonia
14. United Kingdom
15. The Netherlands
16. Denmark
17. Germany
18. Armenia
19. Norway
20. The Ukraine
21. San Marino
22. Poland
23. Finland
24. Lithuania
25. Portugal
26. Malta