It’s been quite the year, it’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2025? Over the next week we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 17 categories for our Oscars, or monstas if you will, of 2025.

• Read on for the nominees for the monsta for the Best Performance Of A Song 2025 Previous winners 2024 Disco Ball, Why Am I So Single?, 2023 Sharing Your Heart, Brokeback Mountain, 2022 World Of Colour Fantastically Great Women, 2021 Cabaret by Jessie Buckley, 2020 A Summer In Ohio  The Last Five Years, 2019: I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman, & Juliet, 2018: Getting Married Today Company, 2017: Tight Connection To My Heart Girl From the North Country