Category: ESC 2025
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Eesti Laul 2025 – ESC Etc. Top 4 Songs from the Estonian National Final
I’m going to keep it short and sweet because I have 24 (!!!) MESC songs to listen to and review: with a format revamp that cut down the number of entries to 16 resulting in a much more competitive lin-up (as it’s usually the case), Eesti Laul put together a…
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Albania 2025 Review: “Zjerm” – Shkodra Elektronike
Was I a bit harsh in reviewing FiK? Perhaps. It’s not so much that I thought all the songs were bad, but more that none of them stood out as competitive for Eurovision with the exception of Karnaval, which instead sounded like it was engineered specifically for Eurovision. Maybe that’s…
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Luxembourg Song Contest 2025 – ESC Etc. Top 2 Songs from the Luxembourgian National Final
I am not going to lie: I left last year’s LSC national final with mixed feelings. Lots of money was thrown at the show itself, which was incredibly well produced especially for a new contest, but the selection of songs itself lacked a real point of view or any distinctive…
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Benidorm Fest 2025 – ESC Etc. Top 4 Songs from the Spanish National Final
Benidorm Fest is so established at this point, the tracks’ release feels almost like the official beginning of Eurovision season. Since Spain started taking ESC seriously again three years ago, Benidorm almost managed to single-handedly bring back the contest to Valencia back in 2022, and every Spanish entry since then…
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Montenegro 2025 Review: “Dobrodošli” – Nina Žižić
I already hinted at the fact that, while I’m absolutely overjoyed to have Montenegro back in the mix at ESC after a 2-year hiatus, I couldn’t quite get into any of the entries in Montesong – the newly established Montenegrin national final – and, beyond my own personal taste, I…
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Festivali i Këngës #63 – ESC Etc. Top…uh…The Only Song I Liked from the Albanian National Final
I don’t mean to sound harsh – I do really respect and cherish Festivali i Këngës, which is one of those festivals that would exist regardless of Eurovision itself, and it is a great window into Albania’s culture and musical roots and, as such, indispensable. That said, I have historically…
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Supernova 2025 – ESC Etc. Top 5 Songs from the Latvian National Final
It’s that time of the year again!!! I held off on writing up a Montesong review because A) None of the songs sounded competitive to me B) We don’t know who’s going to ESC because as of Wednesday, winners NeonoeN have withdrawn after a video surfaced of their entry being…
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