Eurovision Song Contest 2025 - Mod warning in the OP

I think France are hungry to win the contest. They've done really well winning Junior Eurovision multiple times in recent years and after coming close in 2021 and coming 4th last year, they're on a roll. I think they will be the best bet to beat Sweden and Israel. Also watch out for Austria and Czechia.

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Exactly, I feel Finland, Malta & Australia will be fishing in the same pond and unless one of them has exceptional staging they will kind of cancel each other out to a certain degree. If they do cancel each other out it might allow something else to grab the televotes, who knows it might even be a family friendly catchy song about a little dog who went to space….

I’m really surprised that Malta was allowed in. It’d be an ok song if it wasn’t for those 2 very clear words in the chorus. I always let my kids stay up to watch but I’d think twice this year if Malta qualified.

While Finland is a bit risqué it’s not in the same league. It’s kind of on the level of those polish milk churners a few years back. Of course it does depend on the staging.

Still have to check out the. Australian entry. I’m almost afraid to look !

I guess Malta's defence was always: it's a word in our national language, it's not right to make us change it just because it sounds like a bad word in English! That defence might work if it was a coincidence, but it wasn't - Malta knew what it was doing. I was never a fan of the song, and it is a borderline qualifier anyway - Finland and Australia are in the same semi, and because all three are going for the same voters, one is likely to be kicked out at the semis and I suspect it could be Malta.

I think people have been saying for a while that the BBC was likely to push back on the word, whether they're behind this, I don't know, but good for them if it is.

Malta seems to be blaming the BBC for this:

https://timesofmalta.com/article/eurovision-rules-malta-cannot-use-word-kant-entry.1106047

9pm is the watershed in the UK, and I assume most other European countries. The 8pm start time for the contest only applies in the UK, Iceland, Portugal and ourselves - for most countries it starts at 9pm (or later.) I wonder if this could be the beginning of a debate to push the start time to 9pm BST/10pm CET?

I only recently discovered that the 1971 contest in Dublin started at 9:45pm! Very different back then of course, as the whole thing was done and dusted in two hours.

I'd support a later start time if it meant a shorter show tbh. I know most Eurofans will consider that sacrilege but I think the final is too bloated nowadays.

It's a strong entry from Austria, and it's great to have something that doesn't fall into the "unserious" category, but I wonder if the casual viewer (who will make up around 80% of the viewers on the night of final) will find it a little similar to Nemo?

I think it is a mess...it feels like about three wildly different songs just wedged together.

What The Hell Just Happened?

Well, We Couldn’t Decide Which Chappell Roan Song To Copy So We Smooshed Three Of Them Together.

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Currently third favourite with the bookies, so definitely in win a big shout.