Czech Republic CZECHIA 2025 - ADONXS - Kiss Kiss Goodbye

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Ziko]

I will give it 3/10, maybe 3,5/10 because of the ending part, but nothing to be excited here for me. Already forgot about it.

 

[toinou03]

It's a very good song, pleasant and effective. It's only fault is to be a little too "Arcadesque"... And yes the dancy part in the middle is too artificial.

 

[Fluke]

So boring and generic, really reminds me of some recent entries from Greece or Cyprus. Don't see this being very competitie, even with a great staging and vocal performance, there's just nothing that's gonna stand out to first-time viewers.

 

[Mainshow]

from me.

The acoustic version would have been 10 points worthy or even more, imo.
It's still a good entry and much needed this year, imo but the dance break is freaking unnecessarily destroying the vibe of the whole song.

 

[aef]

It's a very good song, pleasant and effective. It's only fault is to be a little too "Arcadesque"... And yes the dancy part in the middle is too artificial.

once again a comparison which is so pointless. Like there is not a single similarity to Arcade?!

 

[marty]

The acoustic version sounded very promising to me but I dont really like the final version. I give 5 points.

 

[gigi_copp3]

This is the weirdest dancebreak that has ever been in an ESC song: Kiss Kiss Goodbye is a song with kind of a dark vibe, a peculiar trait that made it unique. And they decided to go for this dancebreak that kills the mood.

Still in my top 10, I think it will be in the final top 10 of the show, but again, something that could have been better.

 

[LivingOrganism]

Well, I suppose people are a bit disappointed by the addition of the dancebreak, but the entry having only 3 votes (out of 51 total votes) below 4 points here is still a massive success. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that is after all the smallest amount of "negative" points out of all the entries so far.

 

[AliceEsc]

I watched the acoustic version only once back then and waited for the official. All I remember is his nice deep voice and that he was very pleasing to the eyes.
The song is not for me, a little boring and somewhat uneventful. Until the big event happens. That dance break, which is so random and out of place and, given how it is presented in the music video, it feels like comic relief. I had a good laugh and I appreciate it more now.

 

[Looren]

Ok I warmed up to the dance break addition and even tho it still doesn't make sense I'm back to being kinda obsessed by the song

Back to

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

It'll qualify and end up between 13-18 in the final

 

[Slabsson79]

The fall in the odds has begun. When high expectations meet reality and mixed reactions I guess. But still, it will do well in the semis and with a good staging a top 10 is in the play. But of course, i guess more was expected. Let us see.

 

[Iker]

I listened to this song yesterday for the first time with my full attention on it while simultaneously watching the MV and I have to say that it's indeed a very good song, not ''mid'' like my first impression was. But I was focused on something else then, the song is unlikely to enter my top 10 but I'm really looking forward to seeing it in Basel. It can be quite a show and Adonxs really can sing & dance. I'm upgrading the mark to 8 points.

 

[Slabsson79]

On a more optimistic note, i think that the Czech team will do a very good staging, which will highlight the song and i am note worried really about Adam´s vocal abilities. I rather think Austria might struggle there a bit, but still rooting for us and our neighbours. Seems this time, the hype is with Austria, something Czechia unfortunately never experiences...

 

[harey]

I'm not the biggest fan but I can imagine this being the perfect balance between high jury and televote to win (if the staging is good).

 

[aef]

Guys I think I’m actually starting to like the dance break hahaha. Or let’s be more specific I like the immediate part after the dance break that kinda keeps the faster beat. That’s a nice transition.

All in all I’m wondering why the hype train for this entry isn’t bigger. I mean it has got a good rating in the poll anyway, fine. But in my opinion more fans should really love this haha. But I guess the classic Eurofans are not so much in to this package - male singer with quite some deep vocal parts.

I truly love his voice and his vocal range. And I might be upgrading to 12 soon, now that I kinda made peace with the dance break.

Even with out my fanboy glasses on I think that this is the most underrated song of the season. It’s outside the top 10 now in the odds. In my opinion it could easily be a jury too 3 (!) and overall top 5 song. We will see.

 

[aef]

The fall in the odds has begun. When high expectations meet reality and mixed reactions I guess. But still, it will do well in the semis and with a good staging a top 10 is in the play. But of course, i guess more was expected. Let us see.

I really don’t know, what are the not fulfilled expectations? Like it’s not 100 times worse than the acoustic version, the differences aren’t that big…

 

[Jupiter]

Czechia will get more hype again once we are closer to the show IMO, and I especially expect it to surprise many positively in the semi. Simply because I'm optimistic about the staging and I actually think Adonxs sounds better live than on record. There is a certain rawness and Emotion in his voice that is not quite coming across in the Studio Version, but that many will love live.

And if they can manage to sell the dance break, this could be a Jury top 5 (or better, even win) and do really well with the public too. It's still a sure contender for top 10, very possibly top 5.

 

[Sammy]

It could have been such a good Bond-song without that dance break which is really unnecessary.

 

[tsegaye]

I think this will be in the top 5 with the juries despite the dance break. Of course not with a Nemo amount of points but maybe somewhere between 230-280 if the staging is good. I can see this getting Czechia's best ever finish now that we almost have all songs, there aren't a lot of songs that are stronger and this is very good despite the misplaced break! Bumping it up from an to a .