Laugh Laugh Please Please

It's been a month since the Grand Finale of Eurovision 2025, and it really has taken us this long to gather our thoughts. Are they fully realised? We're not sure, maybe listen to the episode and judge for yourself.One thing is clear: it's been a pleasure. Thanks for the memories.

Switzerland’s commitment to Eurovision has been long and faithful. They gave us the first ever Grand Prix, almost seven decades ago, and in a two-for-one deal they also gave us the first ever winner, Lys Assia. They gave us the most iconic vocalist to ever come out of the song contest, Céline Dion, and they also took care of the last edition in the 80s, before the new decade saw Europe fall apart and start to rebuild back up again. They’ve given us language diversity throughout the years, showing the cultural richness that a small, landlocked country has to offer. And in a history of firsts, they also gave us Nemo, the first non-binary winner and the reason why we’re about to dive head-first in ESC’s 69th edition in Basel.And it’s us at Laugh Laugh Please Please who will take you all the way back and forth, up and down, throughout Swisstory - because not everybody is brave enough to take that voyage on their own. Enjoy!

One final assault in The Battle Of The Songwriters, and this time, a heavy-hitter waves its pen in front of decades of acts: Ralph Siegel returns to Laugh Laugh Please Please to try and take the crown that he couldn’t snatch in the previous season. His contenders? A pioneering German super group, a heart-break anthem from Montenegro, and a 70s-fueled Sammarinese fever dream. Will this be enough? Tune in to find out, as it is finally time to find out who’s our Season Four champion on our Songwriter Face-Off Extravaganza!Our final interview of the season comes all the way from Down Under - the waist of 2025 Go-Jo shares his secret recipe for the tastiest milkshake, the one that brings all the votes to the yard. When he says “sweet, sweet” you say… ?

The Battle Of The Songwriters: Round 4. American lyricist Charlie Mason takes centre stage with three of his Eurovision creations: an Italian classic, a Slovenian dance-bop, and a Croatian exercise in drama. To be honest, once you’ve already won Eurovision, you can really do whatever it is you want.As for our interview guests, we had not one, not two, but three guests for this episode! The yihaa girls from Remember Monday will grace the Laugh Laugh Please Please soundwaves all the way from the UK and you know that there will be only one final thought in your head after you’re done listening. What the hell just happened?

It’s time for the 3rd round of The Battle Of The Songwriters, and representing Belgium we have Ravvel: another lyricist that has tasted the Eurovision podium. Today we discuss her debut in the contest, her collaboration with a glass microphone winner, and her latest attempt in 2024.And in an episode mostly dedicated to Belgium, who else than Red Sebastian to fill our interview slot? His banger Strobe Lights will surely knock Europe off their feet come May, so do enjoy our conversation before the music is too loud in the club.

Eurovision songwriters are back for round two: Pierre Delanoë takes centre stage to present three iconic tracks from the literal back in the day. The 60s and the 70s were buzzing in the francophone world, so Mr. Delanoë was kept busy, writing some iconic tunes for France, Monaco or Luxembourg.Sissal, also known as The Voice, gifted us her talent and her time for a heart-to-heart. And no, this is not a hallucination. The meme queen of 2025 is as iconic as one would expect, and if you don’t believe us, you just simply have to tune in!

The songwriters are battling it out for a second year in a row for the Laugh Laugh Please Please title for the most prolific cross-border author with the best Eurovision song. First up, Bulgaria’s own Borislav Milanov, bringing us entries from North Macedonia, Malta and, of course, Bulgaria.We also welcome Emmy, travelling from her Norwegian corner of the witch woods to represent Ireland, and in our first interview of 2025 we discuss all things Laika Party: astronauts, rockets, the space race, and, of course, dogs. You don’t want to miss it!

The Laugh Laugh Please Please Triad is reunited! John has been away for an entire month and there’s a lot that we need to catch up on.After we recap all the 2025 entries that came out while he was touring Japan, we then went through all the national finals to choose some of the non-winners that would’ve made this year’s roster that much better: like a powerful, female Italian ballad, a kawaii-cowgirl-quartet coming from Sweden, or a mesmerizing pop performance from the Finnish UMK, amongst other.To celebrate the reunion, we bring back one of our favourite ESC games: Just Get Out Of My Life, where 5 songs are played and they all have something in common, except one - and you need to find out too!

Four more songs and the Class of 2025 is complete, and Laugh Laugh Please Please is here to break down every single detail about the newest entries: a Swiss emotional trip, a Cypriot vow of silence, a Georgian call for liberty, and motherly cry from France. Were there any boxes left to tick? In case of doubt, four more countries also gave us a revamp of their original track, so we of course had to discuss that too.As a final Season One throwback, this week’s guest host Anaïs wished to pay tribute to some of the songs that were less than fortunate and saw themselves at the bottom of the scoreboard at the end of the evening. From one group of losers to another, we salute you!

Bear with us everyone, this was the busiest week of the year: three internally selected acts finally released their songs, and the national final season came to a close during a Super Saturday that gave us another three competitors.We enjoyed the lyrical prowess from Austria, the 007-inspired melodies from Czechia, and the West End mash-up from the UK. We also saw an ode to sauna emerge victorious in Sweden, an Italian patriotic chant from San Marino, and a saudade-filled ballad from Portugal. Do we complain? Well, only a little.Our guest host this week, Jose, also helped us revive a Season One classic, songs that give us life, and you know how much we love any excuse to dive into the archives. It got nostalgic, it got celebratory, and it got political: if that ain’t what makes Eurovision, I don’t know what is.