The Wiwi Jury — our in-house team of music unprofessionals — is reviewing and rating the 37 competing songs in Eurovision 2025. Next we review Luxembourg, who have chosen Laura Thorn with “La Poupée Monte Le Son”.
Has it emerged as one of our favourites? Read on to find out!
Laura Thorn – “La Poupée Monte Le Son” (Luxembourg Eurovision 2025)
Review: Laura Thorn – “La Poupée Monte Le Son”
Deban: “La Poupée Monte Le Son” pays homage to France Gall’s 1965 winning entry, and it does it beautifully. Whimsical, charming and brimming with French sophistication, Luxembourg are in for another year of success on the left-hand side of the Eurovision scoreboard. Laura Thorn is likeable, malleable and boasts a buoyant personality that sparks vintage black-tie nostalgia and TikTok at the same time. On first listen, I loved Luxembourg’s entry. Several months later, I still do.
Score: 8
William: Laura has grown tremendously as a performer since the national final. In Luxembourg, she seemed a little stiff and lifeless — much like a doll. However, in subsequent performances she has loosened up and unleashed her inner diva. She now matches the coquettish, confident spirit of the song, balancing sweet with sassy and badass — she ain’t nobody’s toy! I particularly enjoy the rhythm and attitude of the bridge. Delivered well and with expensive staging, this may well qualify for the grand final.
Score: 5
Pablo: This is an absolutely joyous entry. There’s a quality to “La Poupée Monte Le Son” that’s effortlessly appealing, yet highly conceptual and interesting. The choice of toy-themed instrumentals like the wind-up clocks and music box chimes fit amazingly with the theme, and the progression that ebbs and flows keeps your attention through the whole number up to a satisfying finish. Plus, not every song can pull off lyrics like “polythene” and “electroshock”! Creativity at its finest. Do not sleep on the cute Frenchy aesthetic, cuz it’s proven that it can rile up the audience to a good result. Great job again, Luxembourg!
Score: 9.5
Jonathan: “Poupée de cire, poupée de son” will forever be an iconic part of Eurovision history. Unfortunately, “La Poupée Monte Le Son” is unlikely to reach the same heights. That’s not to say it’s inherently bad in any way – Laura delivers a catchy offering with a quaint charm to it. Yet, there’s a certain spark missing to really set it apart from everything else. It’s a song I’m happy to listen to when it comes on, but I’m not actively reaching for the play button – and that’s a bad position to be in when you need to convince people to pick up the phone and vote.
Score: 5.5
Luxembourg 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: 8 Antranig: 6.5 Bernardo: 6 Burak: 4.5 Cinan: 6 Jordi: 8.5 Lucy: 5.5 |
Ruxandra: 7 Scarlett: 4.5 Simon: 7.5 Suzanne: 7.5 Tom: 7.5 Tomas: 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 4.5.
Wiwi Jury verdict: 6.67/10
What do you think of Luxembourg’s Eurovision 2025 entry? Share your own score and review for Laura Thorn’s “La Poupée Monte Le Son” below!
LUXEMBOURG – It’s not often that we get a proper sequel entry at ESC. Not only inspired by a previous entry, but its direct response and even respectful rebuttal. Our journey takes us back to 1965. when Luxembourg’s very own France Gall took victory with her iconic ”Poupee de cire, poupee de son”. That song sings about her being like a doll of wax and sound. She is pretty, talented, and uses both of those attributes in service of others. Laura Thorn’s doll is different. She refuses to be kept on a string to entertain others, and takes hold of… Read more »
Luxembourg 7,5/12
There’s a lot here that I’m usually not wild about. Empowerment narratives often rub me the wrong way, and the sonic aggression of the opening starts me off on the wrong foot. And yet, overall, I really enjoy this. There’s some 2025 cultural context that helps me (sorry in advance, but it has to do with the “they let you do it when you’re famous” guy that I feel like I’m going to have to listen to every day from now until the day I join Laika in the sky). Eventually it settles down into my favorite pure bop at… Read more »
I don’t exactly hate it, but this has no real replay value for moi. Style wise, this tries to be both Mylene Farmer and whatever that Estonian Getter chick tried to do all those years ago and failed miserably.
One of the most overrated songs this year. I don’t find anything about it appealing apart from Laura herself, I don’t need it in my final.
I agree that this is better than last year, however it’s just nice. I don’t want to vote for it or put it on my playlist. I often forget it’s competing.
4/10
Sadly, I feel like we can say that for half of the competition this year. Half the songs are forgettable or simply very bad. And honestly when I compare Luxembourg to other countries I’m thinking Luxembourg is not bad at all. Matter of tastes of course.
This was one of my early season favorites, but the revamp really let me down. I understand why they changed the vocal runs towards the end, but the song now lacks the impressive climax it once had.
I love Eurovision nostalgia and I love Andrew Lloyd-Webber musicals, so this song is perfect for me. As soon as I saw the title of this song and heard the instrumental patterns in first few seconds, I knew this was going to be a sequel to the 1965 ESC winner. France Gall’s performance of Serge Gainsbourg’s “Poupée de cire, Poupée de son” is considered to be the first ever “pop” winner of Eurovision, and it is a hard look at how young women were metaphorically kept in a glass case for men to objectify until they reached a certain age.… Read more »
People are underestimating this song just like their Belgian neighbours and I’m so here to see them easily qualify in 3 weeks 🙂 Thank you wiwi jury to give them credit!
It’s okay. It invites comparison to the 1965 winner, and I think we all know which is by far the better. A nice tribute, but can’t really stand on its own merit.
Also I wish the production values were a bit better.
Yeah there’s a bit on that 1965 comparison in my review. The costume change also recalls the 1981 and 2002 winners as well.
It’s not all nostalgia though, because this has got to be the only ESC entry to ever use lyrics like “electroshock”, “polyethylene”, “ventriloquist” and “new instruction manual”. 🙂
Luxembourg – I don’t really have much of an opinion on this one. Sure it’s better than last year’s entry, but it’s just one of those songs for me that are just… there. Laura’s voice is lovely though, and I’m sure it’s likely to qualify. 5.5/10
2025 is the year of retro. English Language has been dropped by many countries and Luxembourg go back to their 1965 roots with this entry. It works for me love love love it.
One of the most annoying tracks of the year.
23. Luxembourg – Le poupee monte le son 6.5/10 – this teeters incredibly close to the abyss of deep irritation, but I believe there is irony here which allows me to dance precariously on the edge. I allow my stumpy toes to flit about as if I’m playing a petite piano. I’m not sold on the breakdown which is an interesting diversion but seems a little at odds with the tone of the rest of the song.
You perfectly described my attitude towards the song. When listening to it, I am constantly changing my mind between finding it catchy and cute or finding it straight up annoying. Also I surely prefer the first 2 minutes to the final breakdown.
Should qualify
Right hand side of board in the final
Qualifier. Nostalgia vote from the over 55s…
16-20???
I’m with Deban Aderemi wiwibloggs.com on this, and it’s still growing on me
In my top 5 but I guess I’m in the minority with that one. I think it’s definitely a borderline qualifier in a tough semi final and in a televote only scenario but I can only hope it makes it to the final.
The worst song of this season. Cheap, amateur, predictable, boring. It is even worse than Spain. WiWi can’t be serious with this not lol
17th place: Luxembourg: The song is fun enough for me to enjoy it while it on and the whole concept behind it is also creative. Laura seems really sweet. However at the same time, this is an old-fashioned French poppy tune, so I can’t place it higher. It surely has chances to qualify though and I’d lie if I claimed I don’t find it catchy.
This would have been the ideal comeback entry for Luxembourg. Playing with their own winning history, they brought their iconic poupée into this century. And this time, they actually found someone from Luxembourg to represent them. Nice. Deserves the top 10.
I’m sorry but that score is way to high..
No stop it , it is a good song
And you are very tasteless
Since when I’m not allowed to have my own taste????