Welcome back to your regularly scheduled Eurovision coverage! We are U & C of UC Eurovision, and we’re so glad you’re joining us for another year of Euro Bops and our opinions on them!

If you want to know what Eurovision is (or if you need a refresher) you click here for our brief summary, or you can click here for Eurovision history, or you can simply explore our posts from previous years to get a taste of what has happened in 2022, 2023, and 2024. 

As with last year, we are going to be posting our thoughts on each of the 37 countries’ entries! We’ll be starting from our least favorite and ending with our most favorite. We’ll have links to where you can listen to the songs and watch the music videos, but most importantly you’ll be able to read our thoughts on each entry and that’s what we’re here for. If you’re looking for additional information, you can go to some of our favorite sources like EurovisionWorld, WiwiBloggs, or good old Reddit.

Eurovision 2025 season is in full swing and has already delivered a lot of drama, entertainment, and controversy – and it’s only March! As a result, we have a lot to cover before the final contest on May 17th. 

Last year, Switzerland won Eurovision with “The Code” by Nemo – which means that Switzerland now has the honor of hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. It will be held in Basel, which is on the northern border of Switzerland where France and Germany meet.

Nemo won Eurovision 2024, representing Switzerland, with their song “The Code”

The 69th Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Basel, on the northern border of Switzerland where France and Germany meet.

Below is a video about this year’s competition from the host city, Basel. We remain unconvinced about some of the choices that Switzerland is making, though they are doing their best to justify their Visual and Audio Brand Identity. In their 45 minute(?!?!) Theme Art Reveal Event, the designers explained that in addition to representing direct democracy and love, the visual theme for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest is a take on the Swiss grid design system with halftone graphics using the iconic heart logo. Ehh. The italics serif font (is that you, Times New Roman?) is also an interesting choice, given that they could just as easily have used Helvetica – which was designed in Basel. But I guess we are here for stage mountains and the inclusion of stereotypically Swiss cows and yodeling.

We also don’t want to mention (but we have to mention) the newest addition to Eurovision 2025’s identity: a mascot. This is Lumo, and it is . . . frightening.

We don’t know what to say about it, so we can really only quote from the official press statement: “It’s more than just a character – it’s been designed to showcase the beating heart of Eurovision; a living symbol of the magic of music and of the Eurovision slogan ‘United By Music’ . . . Its big bright eyes, mouth poised to burst into song, and its expressive hands make Lumo a joyous ambassador of musical diversity and togetherness.”

There are 37 countries competing this year, ranging from Ireland to Azerbaijan. Among them there are the “Big 5” countries which automatically qualify for the Final every year (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK). Montenegro has returned after a 2 year break. Moldova was originally going to compete, but after reviewing the songs that qualified for their national final, they decided that given the “decrease in . . . the overall quality of artistic performances” they would rather withdraw from the contest than send any of their finalists – yikes 👀

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Here is the list of the 37 countries and their songs this year (as of March 10th):

🇦🇱 Albania: “Zjerm” by Shkodra Elektronike

🇦🇲 Armenia: “Survivor” by Parg

🇦🇺 Australia: “Milkshake Man” by Go-Jo

🇦🇹 Austria: “Wasted Love” by JJ

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan: “Run With U” by Mamagama

🇧🇪 Belgium: “Strobe Lights” by Red Sebastian

🇭🇷 Croatia: “Poison Cake” by Marko Bošnjak

🇨🇾 Cyprus: T.B.A. by Theo Evan

🇨🇿 Czechia: “Kiss Kiss Goodbye” by Adonxs

🇩🇰 Denmark: “Hallucination” by Sissal

🇪🇪 Estonia: “Espresso macchiato” by Tommy Cash

🇫🇮 Finland: “Ich komme” by Erika Vikman

🇫🇷 France: T.B.A. by Louane

🇬🇪 Georgia: T.B.A. by T.B.A.

🇩🇪 Germany: “Baller” by Abor & Tynna

🇬🇷 Greece: “Asteromáta” by Klavdia

🇮🇸 Iceland: “Róa” by Væb

🇮🇪 Ireland: “Laika Party” by Emmy

🇮🇱 Israel: “New Day Will Rise” by Yuval Raphael

🇮🇹 Italy: “Volevo essere un duro” by Lucio Corsi

🇱🇻 Latvia: “Bur man laimi” by Tautumeitas

🇱🇹 Lithuania: “Tavo akys” by Katarsis

🇱🇺 Luxembourg: “La poupée monte le son” by Laura Thorn

🇲🇹 Malta: T.B.A. by Miriana Conte

🇲🇪 Montenegro: “Dobrodošli” by Nina Žižić

🇳🇱 Netherlands: “C’est La Vie” by Claude

🇳🇴 Norway: “Lighter” by Kyle Alessandro

🇵🇱 Poland: “Gaja” by Justyna Steczkowska

🇵🇹 Portugal: “Deslocado” by Napa

🇸🇲 San Marino: “Tutta l’Italia” by Gabry Ponte

🇷🇸 Serbia: “Mila” by Princ

🇸🇮 Slovenia: “How Much Time Do We Have Left” by Klemen

🇪🇸 Spain: “Esa diva” by Melody

🇸🇪 Sweden: “Bara bada bastu” by KAJ

🇨🇭 Switzerland: “Voyage” by Zoë Më

🇺🇦 Ukraine: “Bird of Pray” by Ziferblat

🇬🇧 United Kingdom: “What The Hell Just Happened?” by Remember Monday