The Wiwi Jury — our in-house team of music unprofessionals — is reviewing and rating the 37 competing songs in Eurovision 2025. Next we review Estonia, who have chosen Tommy Cash with “Espresso Macchiato”.
Are we loving the taste? Read on to find out!
Tommy Cash – “Espresso Macchiato” (Estonia Eurovision 2025)
Review: Tommy Cash – “Espresso Macchiato”
Jonathan: There’s certainly a quirky charm to “Espresso Macchiato” that puts a smile on your face. However, when you strip that away, the core product is rather underwhelming. The production is lacklustre and feels almost like an afterthought. Meanwhile, the melody is so repetitive that it’s close to crossing the line from catchy to irritating. There are ways to create fun songs about delicious beverages that still stand as quality songs in their own right (anyone order a milkshake?). Sadly, this one does not live up to Tommy Cash’s internationally-recognised standards.
Score: 4.5
Ruxandra: One thing I really love about Eurovision is the wide variety of songs — it’s a mix of deep tracks and others that are just meant to bring the fun (like this one). So, why so serious? It’s not always about having the strongest vocals in the contest, but about choosing a song that suits your voice and delivering on stage. When you have a song that’s meant to be a parody, you have to know how to entertain. It’s fun and it’s catchy, which for sure was the purpose of the whole song. It’s about being a singer and an entertainer, too.
Score: 9.5
Pablo: I am a staunch supporter of the funny and the camp. That being said, “Espresso Macchiato” has virtually nothing redeemable. In the mocking arrogance of believing you can show up and take the whole thing with an unappealing, hastily done song, there’s an air of pretentiousness to this that turns me off instantaneously. There’s no charm or wit to the lyrics or the music, yet there’s the feeling no one is allowed in on the joke but you, and it’s just to laugh AT the listeners. It all leaves me with a tough, but fair question. Do you like being a part of Eurovision? Because everything about this package makes me believe the opposite.
Score: 1
Tomas: At first, I didn’t like it, then I listened more and it became catchy, a little bit later it became even more catchy. This is what I call the definition of guilty pleasure. This is such a simple song with very well and thought-through lyrics. It’s as if the songwriters asked: “what will connect the most to an international audience?” The answer: coffee & Italy. Thank you Tommy Cash for bringing another performance that will be engraved in the history of Eurovision as one of the most fun three minutes in the contest’s history. I’m all here for it, let’s dance!
Score: 6
Estonia Eurovision 2025 ranking
In the Eurovision 2025 Wiwi Jury, we have 17 jurors but only have room for four reviews. The remaining scores are below:
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Andreas: 1.5 Antranig: 1 Bernardo: 5 Burak: 7 Cinan: 7 Deban: 4.5 Jordi: 5.5 |
Lucy: 3 Scarlett: 3 Simon: 6.5 Suzanne: 7 Tom: 7.5 William: 6.5 |
We have removed the highest and lowest scores prior to calculating the average. This is to remove outliers and potential bias. We have removed a high of 9.5 and a low of 1.
Wiwi Jury verdict: 5.03/10
What do you think of Estonia’s Eurovision 2025 entry? Share your own score and review for Tommy Cash’s “Espresso Macchiato” below!
and I am going to bet my hat that the jury will give it all 7 points despite odds why? bc it is perfectly eruovision and has united people /even countries) in music. personification of the years theme
At first I listened to it. And didn’t like it. And then I listened to it again. And again. And it’s now my favorite song if the whole competition. So infectious and insanely catchy, Tommy’s vocals are fantastic. I don’t think this will win, because the juries seek to have a rule that the Baltics, despite sending hit after hit, can never even crack the top five, but I really do love this song.
that´s exactly it´s charm. everyone sayin: I didnt like it but I keep singing it
I asked two of my friends today who are not Eurovision fans if they heard Swedish song? – nope. France, Austria? – nope. Espresso Macchiato from Tommy Cash? – instant smile on their faces and they started to sing it. (no they are not from Estonia or Italy). People in general really like the song, it is fun and catchy with a nice melody so I don’t get all the hate here. People can be too critical.
Awful. I do not like it at all, and struggle to find any redeeming qualities. I wish it did not exist.
Some songs are made for your ears while some others are made for your brains.
So we give you guys, I would say, good songs like Goodbye to Yesterday, La Forza, Bridges etc and our result was mediocre. So whats the point to send classically good song when nothing can make us a really good result? 🙂
How are 7th, 8th and 8th places “mediocre” results?
Well, Tommy is saying he will win, so… I think these other songs were much more winning material so – mediocre results ? Maybe next year we should add some moo-sounds to our song – chicken sounds won in 2018, so maybe mooing is the key to success.
At first I didn’t like it but I can’t deny how it’s the only song that can’t escape my mind. I’m walking around the house and randomly sing “no stresso, no stresso”. I can appreciate it for what it is
6/10
exactly. it just sticks. and in my opinion easier to sing along than sweden bc bastu is just a bit fast
One of five songs that I can remember this year. Don’t think it’s at all in contention for the win in any capacity, but it’s safetly in the top ten
Listen to him live and then rate his song. We need the jury back in the semi-finals or else we’ll continue to see too many joke acts that the public seems to throw their votes at.
This is definitely my cup of tea (or coffee).
Stands out, quirky, funny and great to watch
….and giving it 1 point is so unprofessional
Tommy is not wearing a dress or beard, so …
We will see Tommy in the final and I’m glad, simple but catchy song, good luck.
I like the instrumentals. That’s about it. I find the performance and lyrics annoying.
I hope this brings the end of joke entries.
They are the spirit of Eurovision.. this is so not
the dancing makes me feel weird for some reason ? but you cannot deny people will vote for this song and will gain a good result in may.
6/10
We were accustomed to quality from Eesti Laul but it seems they are loosing their own path. This has nothing to offer artistically, is full of stereotypes about another participant country, pretentious and above all, not funny for anyone PG-13. This guy singing about f**k EBU and then taking part in the contest is really disappointing.
“This guy singing about f**k EBU and then taking part in the contest is really disappointing.”
Let me refresh your memory, correct is that Joost Klein sang.
Well what sending quality did to us? Only top 10 finish so…
Aww, I actually like this. It’s so catchy and fun, and honestly one of the best novelty songs I’ve heard in a while
8.5/10
ghastly song….
Espresso Macchiato is overhated. It’s so good.
this gets a 0 from me its just another joke song that ruins the contest
When a joke act begins at ESC, you just tell yourself: “Hmm, okay, so now it’s a troll… alright, get on with that.”
Estonia has found the joke entry path two years in a row. Maybe this year they will receive 100 points from televoting.
dude, last year was not a joke entry, it was a traditional and hip hop fusion. If anything it was a satire. Ugh, I just cant with these eurofans putting everything into boxes without any research into the topic. If you could speak estonian you would know that (Nendest) was not a joke song
Not liked by the eurofans but could be loved by the casual viewers, it’s a possibility with this one…it has an audience.
In my top 10. Very clever for a joke/troll entry.
I’m not fan of the character but musically it’s catchy, it stays in mind.
I just wanna see the points it gets in May. I’m neutral enough about the song to mostly just be interested by the jury/televote split, or if the televote even responds to it
This is so going to do so well with the public vote. Like WiWi judges the Juries will mark this down in the final. The rating of Wiwi is so wrong when they mark Denmark song so high.
Quite possibly my least favorite Eurovision song ever. Maybe Tommy’s got some brilliant performance art planned, but the song feels perfunctory, just something you’ve gotta have to enter a song contest. Not good as comedy or music.
16th place: Estonia: First things first, this song is extremely catchy to the point that it was constantly in my head when it first won Eesti Laul. Also, it’s influence on casual viewers has already been proven to be huge, even if KAJ’s later victory will challenge it and steal some televoting points from it. Apart from that though, the song is not just a mindless joke, as I see it as a satirical representation of modern consumerism and work culture: stay awake, drink coffee like there’s no tomorrow so as to work the entire day. Musically there isn’t much… Read more »
this is a highly intelligent song about the challenges faced by the coffee industry due to climate change-driven droughts and the beans price spike.184/10
Nothing about this should win anything at Eurovision. It’s dreadful.
Estonia – I actually really enjoy this, considering I didn’t watch Eesti Laul this year and my Twitter feed was very much against him. The entire song is very much current Little Big (even down to the music video that was directed by Alina Pasok), and it’s just pure silliness. I understand that Tommy’s actions have rattled quite a lot of folks, but for the song alone I do like it a lot. Not sure how it will fare in the competition, though. 7/10
An abomination.
Along with Ireland, the dumbest thing this year. Congrats, I guess.
At least this guy is from the country he is representing and not a No Thanks from somewhere else
You mean the Irish chick is frommm…outer space? Not sure?
She may as well be as the first time she visited Ireland was for…..the National Final. But she did not make the rules I guess.
Oh, then she’s an alien alright.
The definition of pretentious crap.
Agree with Pablo, and I don’t think it helps that Cash never smiles. Even when he won Eesti Laul
It’s part of the artist’s character. After Eesti Laul final, he smiled a lot.
He didn’t when he won. Yes it’s part of his character, but I don’t think that character will appeal to many beyond Tallinn Airport.
The original video for “Espresso Macchiato” was an homage to Andy Warhol eating a hamburger from the 1982 art movie “66 Scenes from America”. The intention of the song is quite clear: To mock society as a whole while being artistic and entertaining in doing so. Does this song succeed in what it sets out to do? Well… yes (except for Italians). The art and music of Tommy Cash are already well-known, so Tommy doesn’t need to come to Eurovision to be gain more fame. Many years ago, during a filmed interview, Tommy openly mocked Eurovision and laughed about the… Read more »
What a nice review, Purple. I am happy to see you like the song. It’s really a polarizing one. 🙂
In Corpore Sano and Telemoveis were artistic, this is mostly a meme with delusions of grandeur…
NQ i think
ESTONIA – First we got Kaarija, then Joost, and now, Tommy Cash enters the stage with the catchy meme song of the year. But unlike the guys who came before him, Tommy just doesn’t captivate as much of the fandom. Why is that? Two reasons come to mind. First one is having a fatigue of entries of this brand. I can still go on myself! Second reason is that at first, the lyrics aren’t nearly as meaningful as with the others. Cha Cha Cha was about self-confidence, drinking culture and dual nature of a Scandinavian. Europapa was about coping with… Read more »
I was in Liverpool. Klein and Cash are not even on the same planet as Käärijä and Cha Cha Cha.
This is just mocking, no fun, no class. 0/10
14. Estonia – Tommy Cash – Espresso Macchiato – 7.5/10 – musically this is so not my thing but hats off to Tommy for the level of subversion in this track, it is off the scale and as such, it rightly deserves its place in the pantheon of iconic Eurovision entries. The entire piece is so visually compelling that it commands attention. I would never listen to this track outside of the contest but I get the feeling Tommy doesn’t want me to. It just so happens that I’m addicted to coffee so the theme kind of works for me… Read more »
This is quite a fun song. I can see it doing well.
Surprised there hasn’t been an article on here about Colin Berry dying (UK spokesperson for many years pre 2002).
Some people try to convince us like this guy is internationally famous… I never heard of him, and I’m pretty sure he has no more than, let say, 10ish strems on Spotify in my (European) country… Anyway, this product (can not call it a song) is a big NO. 0/10
This will be a Poland 2016 scenario. Bottom 3 with juries, and top 3 with televote.
I don´t like it at all – 2/12