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Eurovision Junior 2025 writing ideas (LEMME KNOW IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED)
Sofiia, Lou, and Yagmur go fishing
Leonardo tried to play Marina CRV's sparkly guitar (He doesn't know how to play the guitar)
Leo (Eurovision Junior 2024) meets Albert (2025) and become friends
Meadow gets stuck in a literal meadow, literally
Eliza Borg and Meadow do silly Malta-Netherlands chaos together
Artem Kotenko waking up in some random country (it's America)
AHHHHHH WHY DO I LIKE FRENCH PEOPLE
It's a genuine pipeline, first you go to Videoclub, now to satine, then to kids united, to Eurovision Junior 2025 aka LOU DELEUZE AND THEN TO MONROE
Now my friend jokes about me being a Monroe. Lou and Tynna simp :'( (They are right btw, I'm a hardcore lesbian for confident, silly gals, that's my only type lol)
Should me, myself and I, make a info dump post on JESC 2025
Yes we love to hear your yapping!!
No, what's a JESC??
Me when I was doing the Mental Health assignment and it was talking about coping mechanisms
*raises hand*
Rei, Eurovision Junior 2025 isn't a coping mechanism.
*Raises hand again*
Lou Deleuze isn't a coping mechanism either.
*raises hand*
Neither is Sofiia Nersesians, Rei, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT...
Junior Eurovision 2025
What's Paris like at this time of year?
Yes, France Télévisions won the Junior Eurovision a-blimmin-gain.
Not that we're at all bothered by this: "Ce monde" was the best song in the contest.
From the very start, it's coded as French: the singer wears a beret, strappy dress, boots. Lou sings a meaningful chanson about life, and how this world is not as good as it ought to be.
The first verse adds to the emotional heft: it's all filmed in black-and-white, emphasising the desolation and loneliness of the song. Colour arrives during the first chorus: the picture resolves to a red outfit, with gold around the winner. Er, around the performer. My immediate thought: "Dammit, France Télévisions, you've done it again; if this doesn't win, it's going to be almost all the way up there."
Lots of other songs to love, unlike last year. "Motanka", the entry in Ukranian, a response to the war sung by someone who probably doesn't remember the peaceful times. "Brave heart", the latest star in a field of entries from Armenia's broadcaster. "Para onde vai o amor?", the sad and lovely entry in Portuguese.
"Erase un vez", the finale of a great musical about the joy of reading, set in a library with cats and a magical librarian: would someone please write that musical. The concept staging from "Miao miao", all the cats! And they're over the moon in San Marino, as "Beyond the stars" put the teeny-tiny broadcaster on the left-hand side of the table for the first time ever.
Last year's show was experimental, and i don't think worked as entertainment, and left me feeling a bit grubby. This year, they've dialled back the fashion, and made solid and quality television.
Plus! Some friendly Countdown games results in someone winning the series, why Freya Skye is going to be next year's star, and Alex McMillan has a superb post about reality shows in different cultures.
And i've a few quick words on Gifted, the CBBC drama about children with superpowers. Being able to read minds / see the future / levitate / manifest ghosts - that's all fine. Having a contestant take their mobile phone onto a television set - that's completely impossible. The show's very much worth your time.
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This week, we’re reacting to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025. JESC is a spin-off show inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest. It’s designed to feature singers between the ages of 9 and 14, with most of the ESC’s traditions adopted and adapted for a younger audience. Join us as we reveal our thoughts on the live performances and the show as a whole, and discover which songs were our favourites!
The 23rd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was one of the best and in fact my favourite in alll the years I've been watching as
Frankreich gewinnt den Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025: Die 11-jährige Lou Deleuze holt mit „Ce Monde“ den Sieg in Tiflis und beschert Frankreich den vierten Titel. #JESC2025 #JuniorEurovision #France
