Australia AUSTRALIA 2025 - Go-Jo - Milkshake Man

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[MopManMoss]

I listened to 20 seconds of this earlier having listened to the full song I kinda love it? But am incredibly surprised I'm enjoying it I'm not sure what it is about it I like

The 69th Eurovision is really living up it's number

 

[randajad]

With a heavy heart, I must announce that I like it.

 

[Fluke]

Yikes.

It seems pointless to say that sleaze and self-parodizing Eurodance is already overdone in this year's contest. In terms of vulgarity, this is the worst one yet. The lyrics, the voice and the way he's crawling at the camera is just predatory and disturbing. It goes beyond the usual horny-creepiness-played-for-laughs a la Günther, Knucklebone Oscar, Donny Benet etc. and it's actually going to make many viewers feel dirty, almost violated. For some reason, those acts had an element of sincere self-awareness that this appears to lack, at least in the video.

And creatively, it just feels old and stale. This sleazy self-parody was already done to death in the last years of Eurodance in the 90s. Musically, it's not that bad, kind of above-average arrangement but needlessly repetitive. I miss a real bridge and sense of development to the end.

I'll be really interested to see a live performance, though. Hopefully, they'll skip the crawling and tongue movements that make it so icky to watch. One way i can see them going is to tone it down and try to make a "respectable" entry of this, get more of an irony out of the contrast between appearance and lyrics, rather than something too similar to the video.

Either way, it's not one of the worst entries of the year, i put it above the (all quite similar) amateurish VAEB and dreadful Emmy, but below Tommy Cash, Erika and Red Sebastian. It's gonna have a hard time in the contest with all these similar entries though, i don't think they can count on making the final.

Oh and just as i was gonna click post it strikes me... all the jokes about "Milkshake Man vs. Coffee Man" are gonna get annoying, i'm sure...

 

[tsegaye]

The production is really good, but the melodies just doesn't speak to me. I like that Australia tries something else, and it really should be right up my alley, but for now I'm lukewarm to it. 6 points for now.

 

[ESC94]

Sorry, but gets my fourth of the year. This whole act just makes me feel uncomfortable. The way he looks in the video is basically straight out of a horror movie where a strange guy wants to lure a child into his van because he has "candy" inside, this deep voice sounds like it was edited out or a p*rn and the times when I found this kind of childish play of words funny are long over as well.

This is my new lowlight of the season, just creepy and unnecessary on every level!!

 

[RainyWoods]

I'm a bit conflicted on some elements of the entry but overall, it does sit quite decently with me. The bridge part especially is good when it starts to freak out a little. That really does bring to mind some brilliant past Georgian entries. Unfortunately we know how those performed at the contest and so Milkshake Man is not an especially safe entry for Australia this year.

I think the issue is it doesn't really do anything to grab hold of you, melodically speaking. It just floats around trying to be funny and sexy. I feel it fails at the former (certainly with me anyway) but I can appreciate the composition enough to stick with it, and it does have a sticky reward towards the end for your troubles. As for the latter... well, I do enjoy a singlet, especially if it sparkles some

I think Australia will need to stage and meme the absolute hell out of Milkshake Man to give it a chance. As a song, I fear it simply won't cut it but the potential is there to lift it higher.

I don't know what to score it... 6, 7... 8? That's how all over the place I am with it. I'll meet in the middle and give Go-Jo and Milkshake Man a respectable I hope it can do well but I'm sceptical right now, especially as we're being drowned in novelty entries, all of which I can imagine getting more hype and press.

 

[marty]

I am curious how this will sound live. Its a good party song. I give 5 points.

 

[Ziko]

Not my cup of tea milkshake. As a song / and I'm placing it next to stuff from Estonia or Finland, so in Eurovision points strong, big .

 

[theditz83]

It's a for me so far - I don't hate it, but I don't love it either. Some bits give me Günther "You Touched My Tra-la-la" vibes, only perhaps his cousin who thinks he's a little bit cooler and edgier cos he hangs around with guitar players....

Chorus is kinda catchy, but I was already kinda over it by the end so yeah.... I'm undecided. It's not bad, but like many have said there's a bit of an unknown something that is stopping me from loving this.

 

[blue00eyes]

now I get nutribullet adds :X

 

[empo21]

Australia sending an interesting entry finally? It only took a decade.

I liked it a lot on first listen, but the second time around I kinda liked it less. for now since its superior version Ich Komme is too superior

 

[AliceEsc]

Unfortunately, Milkshake Man doesn't bring all the boys to the yard. It's not bad, but I don't have the urge to hit the replay button.

 

[Decayingbooks]

I'm giving it a , it is groovy and fun but it was obviously written to be sang live and so far we only have half of the package.

 

[aef]

I could so tell from the very beginning that this song won’t be appreciated that much by Eurofans hahaha. It’s no Gaia or Spanish Diva. Too alternative and experimental…

 

[Seregil Korit]

Surprised by Australia this year. Nice

This is what the espresso guy wishes he was doing tbh

 

[Judas]

Sweet Sweet - Yum Yum bit is so clever. It will engage the song with the audience and elevate the performance. Definitely a plus for the televote.

 

[RainyWoods]

I could so tell from the very beginning that this song won’t be appreciated that much by Eurofans hahaha. It’s no Gaia or Spanish Diva. Too alternative and experimental…

If anything, it's not alternative and experimental enough for me. I want and expect more when an entry seems to be heading in a leftfield direction as it's the stuff I lean heavily towards outside of the contest. This one barely does. It's why I appreciate the song but don't really feel myself going all in on it yet. Besides the bridge of Milkshake Man where it does get more creative (a bit raw which I like), the rest of the entry for me is a little forgettable, if a pleasant of course pop song with (very) light psych elements. It's breezy and almost bubblegummy. It's not exactly a mismatch for the contest if we're to be very honest.

Also, I feel if a deemed experimental entry is strong or intriguing enough, fans can hop aboard, sometimes even if the wider general public won't. Case in point, Telemóveis (now, that truly was experimental.) Give it time and the fandom might warm to Milkshake Man too once the pre parties start, etc. I've wanted Australia to go down a Tame Impala/King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard route since their debut and this is the closest we've gotten, yet still a mile from the psych-tinged rock the country excels at.

 

[aef]

If anything, it's not alternative and experimental enough for me. I want and expect more when an entry seems to be heading in a leftfield direction as it's the stuff I lean heavily towards outside of the contest. This one barely does. It's why I appreciate the song but don't really feel myself going all in on it yet. Besides the bridge of Milkshake Man where it does get more creative (a bit raw which I like), the rest of the entry for me is a little forgettable, if a pleasant of course pop song with (very) light psych elements. It's breezy and almost bubblegummy. It's not exactly a mismatch for the contest if we're to be very honest.

Also, I feel if a deemed experimental entry is strong or intriguing enough, fans can hop aboard, sometimes even if the wider general public won't. Case in point, Telemóveis (now, that truly was experimental.) Give it time and the fandom might warm to Milkshake Man too once the pre parties start, etc. I've wanted Australia to go down a Tame Impala/King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard route since their debut and this is the closest we've gotten, yet still a mile from the psych-tinged rock the country excels at.

Alternative and experimental for Eurovision standards.

Not the same Diva concept again at least.

But I have to admit that I’m loosing my interest a little bit after I’ve listened to the song for like the third or fourth time now… Nevertheless it’s still the best released song so far. I think points is more appropriate than my initial points…

 

[RainyWoods]

Alternative and experimental for Eurovision standards.

Not the same Diva concept again at least.

Oh yeah, for sure. That's true and I think why I appreciate Milkshake Man, even if I'm not wild for it. I do love hearing such entries at the contest even when they're not exactly stellar examples of their respective genres. It's easy to offer them some leeway.

 

[Mrlazzyjazzy]

Oh his Dad is french. That kinda explains the French lyrics in the bridge.