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!

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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)

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