Eurovision 2024: super-late Grand Final performance reviews: top half
Well it's been a while. In fact, more time has passed since Eurovision 2024 than there is time left until Eurovision 2025. And at the time of writing we've already found out about the first confirmed entrant and song for 2025 and then subsequently witnessed the performers withdrawing from the contest! It was a band from Montenegro called NeonoeN with their song " Clickbait ", which it turns out would have likely fallen foul of the "no release before 1 September" rule. This seems quite harsh given that similar situations have previously been overlooked for other countries - I only have to think back to Ladaniva's early live performance of a version of "Jako" to see that the posting date for that pre-dates the September 2023 deadline ahead of 2024's contest, but they were allowed to perform with no apparent controversy. Yes, the Eurovision 2025 drama has started already! Anyhow, my urge for completeness means I'm going to finish off my ...