The Wiwi Jury — our in-house team of music unprofessionals — is reviewing and rating the 37 competing songs in Eurovision 2025. Next we review Australia, who have chosen Go-Jo with “Milkshake Man”.
Are we lapping up every last drop? Read on to find out!
Go-Jo – “Milkshake Man” (Australia Eurovision 2025)
Review: Go-Jo – “Milkshake Man”
Jonathan: Milkshakes have long been my favourite beverage. And once again this creamy concoction rises to the top of my ranking. Go-Jo brings a flavoursome abundance of joyous energy that is hard not to gobble up. The synth pop melodies are infectious, providing the listener with a sugar rush to boost their confidence and bring out their most vibrant self. Mix in a sprinkling of (not so) subtle double entendres for a serving of light-hearted fun, and the result is a delicious product you absolutely want a second helping of (and third, fourth…). Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to order the crême brûlée special.
Score: 9.5
Tom: This is a song that haunts my dreams. I wake up and this song is in my head every other day. In another year without so many crazy songs, this would do really, really well. I am just curious to see what could out crazy the Milkshake Man? However, the track is catchy, it is undeniably different, it is unapologetically wild — and I love that. The unhinged lyrics combined with the ear-worm chorus gives us so much to root for and sing along to. Welcome back to the final Australia but please, I need another song in my head when I wake up!
Score: 7.5
Deban: Serving sizzling sex appeal and frothy milk, Australia’s 2025 entry straddles all possibilities. On one ear, it sounds like a cradle song, and on the other, it sounds like a parental advisory late-night jingle. In a nutshell, this is music that I’m unlikely to ever reach for. However, it isn’t without merit. The visuals here are compelling. Marty Zambotto is a seasoned performer that isn’t afraid to take risks, and he has a knack for elevating distinctly-average pop songs through his live performances.
Score: 5.5
Lucy: Sometimes ‘zany’ at Eurovision can induce eye rolls and annoyed Tweets, but when done well, they can make me whack them straight to the top of my list. Go-Jo has done something remarkable with a sexy, fun song. He’s made it extremely high-quality and simply unforgettable. Games of Marco Polo have borderline begun in my house, but instead it’s “Sweet Sweet” and “Yum Yum”. I actually started using my blender to make a spearmint milkshake (Go-Jo’s fave, btw). I have “Milkshake Man” fever, and I’m not letting go until the grand final (fingers crossed).
Score: 9.5
Australia 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 Antranig: 5 Bernardo: 6.5 Burak: 7.5 Cinan: 6 Jordi: 6.5 Pablo: 8.5 |
Ruxandra: 9.5 Scarlett: 4.5 Simon: 7 Suzanne: 8.5 Tomas: 9.5 William: 7 |
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: 7.23/10
What do you think of Australia’s Eurovision 2025 entry? Share your own score and review for Go-Jo’s “Milkshake Man” below!
What a load of rubbish!
ALB ANIA will NQ
Australia will QUALIFY
They’re not even in same semifinal, but that’s how awful alb ania is.
10/10 love it
I still like the song, musically it is still one of the best of the season, but after I got the joke (which was 30 seconds into the song) it lost all of its wow effect on me. Now the entire package seems calculated and leaves me rather cold. Without the double entendre it would have been the best silly song of the season – and a serious contender for the top.
this gets a 0 from me i cannot stand it
I didnt expect this entry to be as polarizing as it is with the WJ
One Word for australia wiwi Jury Score
OVERRATED
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Just watched the interview with Deban. Let me just say that is easily the hottest and sexiest thing I’ve seen this year. Love the hairdos on both. Sexy h**, both of you! Mwah
AUSTRALIA – This is the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, and some of the participants have taken this very seriously. Namely, Finland and Australia, the latter of which has started to experiment a bit more. Moving away from safe pop songs, and trying out popera, native beats, and now, this retro-pop song with a lot of innuendo. And when I say ”lot, lot”, you say ”yes, yes”. This is very sexualized, even if its double meanings *can* be attributed to literal stuff, like ”harder bones”, and ”wanting the taste of the milkshake man.” But yeah, it is very… Read more »
7,23/10…Isn’t that a bit exaggerated?
Yeah they really milked that score.
At first I didn’t get it, but now I absolutely love it. I love that it has a bit of mystical feel. I really hope he will bring amazing staging
8.5/10
I’m typically a person that typically dislikes silly/joke songs, but I never disliked Milkshake man. It is a good song, despite it being more on the silly side. I congratulate Australia for choosing a silly entry that I actually enjoy.
In the wrong hands, this would be irritating. But there’s a B-52’s level of camp and creativity that’s incredibly appealing. Retro psychodelia, an era where there were off-kilter lyrics just like this, and the persona is just 100% pure vibes. I’m into this, and I really hope he keeps his cool.
How could anyone give this such low points? The guy can sing, it’s catchy as hell and he’s got stage presence. How this gets lower points than a song like Slomo just because she can dance (in a *song* contest) is beyond me. I’ll take “sweet, sweet, yum yum” over “zoom zoom on my yummy” any day!
7.23 score for this song?!? Very generous from Wiwi..
It doesn’t deserve more than 5 overall..
Next..
This song sung by somebody else rather than Go-Jo wouldn’t have the same impact, his own personality, his way to deliver it, make the song fun and enjoyable.
Garbage 0/10
Hope, Go Jo will improve live. Was my Nr1, but after preparties dropped to my Nr 10. Still seeing Top 5 Potential though.
the scores are waaay too generous this year
Absolutely! This is by far the weakest song year since I started watching in 2009. And worse yet, we know a bunch of these acts will come out and lip sync these terrible songs on top of it!
i understand it’s playful and fun, but it’s very literal. the closest comparisons for this song this year are malta and finland, who i think are miles better. finland is literal too, but i think the language barrier helps
3/10
13th place: Australia: The song’s lightheartedness and unapologetic fun won me over from the first listen. At the same time though, the production and psychedelic vibe of the song also add a certain musical value to the song. It’s not something serious, and maybe some people will think that the message is too out there, but I personally enjoy it.
Terrible 0/10
I’ll keep it simple:
This song is not to my taste.
Have a good time at ESC.
I am totally torn on this song, and any note on why would be helpful. 🙂
Thanks. The problem is that I genuinely don’t like anything about this song, so I’ll just leave it at that and wish the artist and the songwriters all the best, out of respect for them.
I do really like this but god it was just so bad live. And the joke doesn’t come across as well if it’s not performed well.
I’m with Andreas ?. 0/10
35. Australia – Milkshake Man – 3/10 – this track is far too gimmicky for me and the metaphors are too obvious and feel hollow. The delivery style is annoying and the musical elements are completely not my style, erring on the jaunty quirkiness that really turns me off. It feels like I am trapped in an adult’s party themed as a children’s party which makes me feel a little bit icky.
Musically this song is good, lyrically not. I’m generally sick of joke entries, and this year there are definitely too many of them.
Is Andreas allergic to a pop song? All these ballads getting 7/8’s yet any pop song gets like 1/2…
10/10
I don’t really need to give an explanation. This always makes me smile and it’s so goofy and cute.
Australia 6/12
Overrated which will take the space in the GF from a decent song
Also I belive the prerecorded vocals will help him a lot, without them he would have struggled
No he wouldn’t. He can sing live, don’t know why some of you take the pre party performances so seriously……
Overrated.
Totally agree
Good production and that’s about it. “I can tell you want a taste of the Milkshake Man”. You can’t tell. I for one want an actual milkshake and another song. And how can he be so sleazy but a woman can’t use the word Kant?
I asked the same about Kant.. and got downvoted. But I think it’s a fair and important question.
Because profanities – or words which sound like profanities when linked with others – are even worse. A pity because both songs are likeable, but too much entendre for me.
because we love milkshakes, and it has a surfer vibe, very australian
Totally agree.
should remind you that there’s another woman singing about “ich komme”, so this is not a “gender thing”.
9,5/10? It’s cool but come on?
If it had some real production egde, it”d be one helluva song. This way it just comes off as a rushed silly joke. It ain’t terribke, but also nothing special.
Go-Jo on the had is lovely.
This is my guilty pleasure of 2025– definitely not a song I am inclined to overthink, but who cares? Go-Jo has a natural ebullience to him that I find infectious and there’s a appealing goofiness to the lyrics (“with HARDER BONES” is the funniest line of the year). The music is a little like an eccentric weirdo’s version of 70s glam rock. I hear a little “Virginia Plain” there; I’ve heard a comparison to Rocky Horror, and that might be even closer to the mark. This is the ‘fun’ song this year that I endorse. I have it at #15.
Australia – TUNE!!! This is one of the very few songs this year that I instantly loved. It’s what I’ve always thought would be a song we would send, but I think Australia sending it is close enough 😛 Great fun throughout and the innuendos make it feel high camp in a good way. Well done, Go-Jo! 8.5/10