We’re starting out with our least favorite one of the 37 songs. Sorry, Portugal. Through their national final show, Festival da Canção 2025, Portugal selected Napa and their song “Deslocado.” Napa will perform 7th in the first semi-final. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s1Cc2uEj3U The band, Napa, is from the Portuguese island of Madeira. The song title means “Displaced” in … Continue reading 37. Portugal: “Deslocado” – Napa
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Some Things to Look Forward to in Eurovision 2025
Before we jump into our ranking and discussion of individual entries, here are some fun general observations this year that have been interesting to see! Languages: This year has the highest number of songs to include non-English lyrics since Eurovision lifted the national language restriction in 1999. Here are some particularly honorable mentions: Sweden is … Continue reading Some Things to Look Forward to in Eurovision 2025
Eurovision Season 2025!
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, … Continue reading Eurovision Season 2025!
The Grand Final!
The Grand Final will take place on Saturday May 11 at 12:00pm PT (21:00 CEST) Graphic showing the running order of the Grand Final! After two lovely Semi-Finals this week, the Eurovision Grand Final will see these 26 acts compete to be crowned the winner of Eurovision 2024 and the country of the winning entry … Continue reading The Grand Final!
Turquoise Carpet 2024…
Credit for this accurate meme goes to a reddit user on r/eurovision, which is a lovely place to be - unlike the Turquoise Carpet this year. We did not know that any host country could fumble the Turquoise Carpet as hard as Sweden fumbled it on Sunday. The organizing delegation cited security reasons for having … Continue reading Turquoise Carpet 2024…
1. Croatia: “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” – Baby Lasagna
Revealing our TIE for #1 of our top 10 songs this year: Croatia! C's number 1 (U's number 2) is Croatia. Through their national selection Dora, Croatia chose Baby Lasagna’s “Rim Tim Tagi Dim.” Baby Lasagna will be performing 7th in the first semifinal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTBrVNZtnys&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBsgTJQFl9k&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest It’s hard to believe that Baby Lasagna wasn’t even … Continue reading 1. Croatia: “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” – Baby Lasagna
1. Switzerland: “The Code” – Nemo
Revealing our TIE for #1 of our top 10 songs this year: Switzerland! U's number 1 (C's number 2) is Switzerland. Switzerland chose Nemo and their song “The Code” through an internal selection process. Nemo will be performing 4th in the second semifinal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiGDvM14Kwg We were blown away from the very first viewing of this music … Continue reading 1. Switzerland: “The Code” – Nemo
3. Netherlands: “Europapa” – Joost Klein
Revealing #3 of our top 10 songs this year! At number 3, we have the Netherlands. Through an internal selection process, the Netherlands chose Joost Klein’s song “Europapa.” Joost Klein will be performing 16th in the second semifinal, making this the closing act of semifinal 2! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT2wY0DjYGo EURO-PA-PA-PA-PA-PA-PA-PA! Not at all what we expected from the … Continue reading 3. Netherlands: “Europapa” – Joost Klein
5. Italy: “La Noia” – Angelina Mango
Revealing #5 of our top 10 songs this year! At number 5, we have Italy. Italy chose Angelina Mango’s “La Noia” through their national final, Sanremo. As part of the Big Five countries, Italy automatically has a spot in the final. However, this year Angelina Mango will be performing right after Estonia in the second … Continue reading 5. Italy: “La Noia” – Angelina Mango
7. Finland: “No Rules!” – Windows95man
Revealing #7 of our top 10 songs this year! At number 7, we have Finland. Once again choosing between seven quality acts in their Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu national final, Finland selected Windows95man’s song “No Rules!” after the entry absolutely swept the Finnish televote. Windows95Man will be performing 10th in the first semi final. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf1NS1vEhSg This … Continue reading 7. Finland: “No Rules!” – Windows95man
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