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 Eurovision 2025--The Grand Final

Here we are live blogging through the Eurovision Grand Final for 2025.  

If you want to see our reaction to every entry (including those that didn't make the finals), scroll down for our rundown and expert opinions.  

Good night folks!  Until next year.  

Final Voting:

So glad for Austria.  But don't let Nemo give you the trophy.  

Really surprising points from the phone vote.  

Only 41 points to Netherlands from the audience????

I can't believe UK got nothing!

Now for the Parade of Nations.

Will 12 points go to Greece from Cyprus?  But of course.

What is the Israeli spokesperson wearing?

12 points from Greece to France because Cyprus isn't in the final.

Love that Sweden was in a sauna.

They should have had Finland try blowing the horn...

And a big Shout Out to our fans in Madison, Wisconsin!

The Results of the Radio Free Järbo Jury:

12           Netherlands

10           Austria

  8           Israel

  7           France

  6           Italy

  5           Sweden

  4           Estonia

  3           San Marion

  2           UK

  1           Greece

 

And there we have it.  Finally over.  Results from the Radio Free Järbo Jury will be announced soon.  

26.  Albania
I’m sure there’s a good singer with a good song in there somewhere.  It’s just a bit tough to find it.

25.  San Marino
How nice of San Marino to salute their neighbor Italy in song.  Hard to image Canada doing this for the US right about now, eh? 

24.  France
A French singer doing what the French do best (outside of patisserie). 

I hope they have heavy duty vacuum cleaners to clear up all of that sand before the last two acts take the stage.

23.  Sweden
Apparently, everyone, including the bookies, thinks this sauna song is really hot.   It’s fun, but to win???

Bra jobbat killar. 

22.  Denmark
I’d dance to it, but I don’t really want to listen to it.  

21.  Portugal
They are pretty good.  Too bad the song is meh.  Good electronic guitarist.

20.  Malta
I don’t know, I think she’s enjoying bouncing on that ball just a little too much…

19.  Switzerland
Nice ballad.  Simple staging may doom her chances, though, even if it's just right for this song.  And I like the use of one single camera take. 

18.  Armenia
Note to ABBA-English song writers: “stay aliver” doesn’t work.  

Look at that muddy torso.  Time for him to hit the showers.  

17.  Greece
Her hair is even longer than Serbia’s! 

Well done.

16.  Germany
Have we met the evening's last place contestant?

Not my cup of apple wine.  Like the cello, though (if it’s real, that is).

15.  Poland
Take the staging away and it isn’t much here.  (There’s a lot of that this year.)

Maybe she'll fly away so she can't finish the song.  Oh rats, they brought her back to the stage.

14.  Italy
I find I like this song better each time I hear it.  Love the harmonica.

On the other hand, I hate the outfit (a bumble bee on LSD) and white face paint more each time I see them. 

13.  Finland
Not a fan of this song, even if it is impossible not to watch her.  Can someone please explain what the sparks coming out of the end of microphone mean?  

I was surprised this song with its thinly veiled (if veiled at all) sexual innuendo made it to the final, and yet Milkshake Man (Australia) didn’t.  Do, gasp, straight men vote in Eurovision?

12.  Netherlands
He seems to be having the time of his life and his smile is infectious.   This is in our top five.  Love his voice.

11.  Latvia
Gunnar says:  "This makes three minutes seem so long." 

I love the harmony.  Don’t like the song.  Loathe the costumes.   The head pieces look like something a Great British Baking show contestant made out of isomalt--then through away.

The hosts:  Don't French kiss a Swiss.

11.  Latvia
Love the harmony.  Don’t like the song.  Loathe the costumes. 

10.  Iceland
So, if the song is about rowing a boat, why are they wearing space suits? 

The fiddle is the best bit. 

 9.  Austria
You can tell he’s classically trained.  

I've heard countertenor singing is harder than other voices.  I just wish you could hear the lyrics better when he’s singing in the higher ranges.   Interesting staging.  

I do like it better with the live performance.

8.  United Kingdom
Gunnar hates it.  I like it—putting music to the walk of shame, but without the tell-tale smeared makeup or stained trousers.

7.  Ukraine
There are some nice moments, but there are also many bad ones.   Nice guitar solo, though.

Nominee for worst dressed.

6.  Spain
Yup.  Typical Spain.  It’s all about the staging, and the staging is good--far superior to the song itself.

5.  Lithuania
Seeing their live performance only confirms my earlier impression—they’re not bad a rock band but they need better material.   Really like the drummer.

4.  Israel
She did really well.

I know some call Israel's participation controversial.  Whichever way you feel, you can’t deny this song is beautiful and she can sing.  She said she rehearsed with background noise to be ready for some booing.  

3.  Estonia
I have been laughing my way through this one, the overuse of Italian stereotypes aside (which he says was done with respect) and the very dumb lyrics.  Lots of energy.  Here’s someone who doesn’t believe in decaf.

2.  Luxembourg
The song title means “The doll turned up the volume.”  Were I the doll, however, I would have turned the volume down on this one—way down.

1.  Norway

“Who wrote this?” Gunnar just screamed.  “What is he wearing,” I just screamed.  Without the pyrotechnics, the song doesn’t stand up to much.  And we’ve heard this before, more or less.

Nemo is singing now.  I didn't like the song much last year and it's not better with him in a wedding dress.