Episode 255: ('Singing')

It's the biggest weekend of Eurovision 2025 so far with Ireland, Ukraine, Finland, Latvia, and Malta making picks while several other countries' processes continued. Do-re-mi-fa-serving exhausted, but we shall persevere! ('Singing') Summary Mid-week drops: Azerbaijan's Mamagama and Czechia's "Kiss Kiss Goodbye" (2:25) Ireland accepts invitation to Emmy's "Laika Party" (6:15) Erika Vikman wins Finland's UMK with "Ich Komme" (15:43) Ziferblat's "Bird of Pray" will represent Ukraine (21:44) Latvia's Supernova names "Bur man laimi" by Tautumeitas (25:47) Malta will be serving "KANT" by Miriana Conte (27:58) Denmark's DMGP and Armenia's Depi Evratesil announce contestants (34:42) Qualifying starts in Iceland, continues in Sweden and Lithuania (36:36) Coming up: Italy's Sanremo, Poland, Germany, Estonia, and the biggest weekend of 2025 (47:17) Subscribe The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Find your podcast app to subscribe here (https://www.eurowhat.com/subscribe). Comments, questions, and episode topic suggestions are always welcome. You can shoot us an email (mailto:[e-mail]) or reach out on Bluesky @eurowhat.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/eurowhat.bsky.social). Basel 2025 Keep up with Eurovision selection season on our Basel 2025 page (https://www.eurowhat.com/2025-basel)! We have a calendar with links to livestreams, details about entries as their selected, plus our Spotify playlists with every song we can find that is trying to get the Eurovision stage. Join the EuroWhat AV Club! If you would like to help financially support the show, we are hosting the EuroWhat AV Club over on Patreon! We have a slew of bonus episodes with deep dives on Eurovision-adjacent topics.