3 w. ago Eurovision 2025 final live: Finland’s Erika Vikman dazzles with controversial song ‘ICH KOMME’

UK’s Remember Monday and Israel’s Yuval Raphael among the acts competing in Basel, Switzerland, tonight, amid rumours that Celine Dion could make a special appearance

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3 w. ago Eurovision 2025 Finland entry: ICH KOMME lyrics, who is Erika Vikman, and odds to win

The singer is one of the favourites to lift the glass microphone trophy

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3 w. ago Who is Erika Vikman? Meet Finland’s 2025 Eurovision star as she addresses controversy surrounding her song ‘ICH KOMME’

Singer has raised eyebrows with her sexually suggestive song

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3 w. ago Who is Finland's Eurovision 2025 act Erika Vikman and what are the lyrics of her song ICH KOMME

Finland's Erika Vikman managed to make it to the final of the singing competition as one of the second 10 qualifiers for Saturday night's Grand Final

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3 w. ago Sauna fiends, space dogs and Jesus Christ Superstar: it’s the 10 best Eurovision songs of 2025!

From an Estonian rap-dance celebrating Italian cliches to a Serbian power ballad sung by a karate-champ philologist, there’s something for everyone at this year’s Eurovision Song ContestWhat would Eurovision be without sexually explicit songs? Australia’s Milkshake Man by Go-Jo is quite self-explanatory; the standout is Finland’s Erika Vikman with Ich Komme (“I am coming” in German). Set to a four-on-the-floor beat and Eurodance instrumental, the track bursts with unrestrained hands-in-the-air energy. Vikman sings of pleasure, ecstasy and a state of trance with a vigour reminiscent of Norway’s 2023 entry Queen of the Kings, by Alessandra. Vikman hails from a family of Finnish tango musicians – her mother and sister are both active in the genre – and she herself embraced it early in her career. Still, back in 2020, her breakout hit was another sex-positive, disco-inspired anthem: Cicciolina, which celebrates the boldness and self-determination of the Hungarian-born porn star Ilona St...

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4 w. ago ‘Ich komme!’ The smutty Eurovision songs that dodge the censors

From ensuring your swearwords are in languages other than English to outrageous euphemisms, contestants in the famously camp extravaganza have ways to avoid being toned down When the winner of this year’s Eurovision song contest is announced shortly before midnight next Saturday, it won’t be the first climax of the evening. “I’m coming / I’m coming,” a scantily clad Lithuanian will announce in the chorus of her song. Australia’s male entrant will invite listeners to “sh-sh-shake me good” so they can get “a taste of the milkshake man”. And Malta’s submission is going to prompt the audience to shout the word “Kant” – due to it sounding like a rude English term for female genitalia.After the 2024 edition of the world’s largest live music contest was largely overshadowed by political positioning over the war in Gaza, many artists at this year’s event in the Swiss city of Basel are returning to what they like to do best: celebrating the act of lovemaking in pop songs. Because even though...

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