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borisbubbles · 5 years

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Eurovision 2010: 35 - 31

35. KEiiNO - “Spirit in the sky” Norway 2019

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During the preshow I posited that "Spearwhil” would be the Rasmussen but as it turned out-

I HEAR YOU CALLING ME AT NIGHT

No, Tom NOT NOW!!! I’m in the middle of my sentence. 🙄 Wait your turn Anyway, it turned out that ‘the Rasmussen’ really ought to be called ‘the KEiiNO’. Observe this Michal-esque rise up the scoreboard:

OutSzpak’ing Spzak. 😍 Let’s be honest though, it was-

I HEAR YOU CALLING ME AT NI-

- COMPLETELY DESERVED TOO. Fred was especially great, who delivered EPIC yoik solo that I am sure won KEiiNO the televote on the spot. 😍

This particularly pleases me because I was worried Tom & Alexandra (who are both very good performers) would take the spotlight away from Fred, but no did the weakest link pre-show turned not only turn out to be the strongest one, but he was arguable the single strongest performer of finale night. SO PROUD OF THEM ANGELS. 😍 Let us all sing along

*cough* I said, “let us all sing along”

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(k Tom, now is ur cue)

I HEAR YOU CALLING ME AT NIIIIIGHT

THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ARE DANCING

HÅ LA HEI LOI LÅ

A lot of the criticism from KEiiNO comes from your typical value-seekers who can only enjoy themselves in public if their shallow trash comes coated in a thick layer of novelty gimmicks and Deep Meaning, so they don’t have to admit to others and themselves than they tune in to have fun, like everyone else. There’s nothing wrong with novelty gimmicks & the like, but applying that standard to everything is taking it a tad too far. Sometimes, simplicity is key and that’s exactly what KEiiNO were: unpretentious, highly-addictive EDM adorned with epic yoiking. 😍

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34. Gianluca - “Tomorrow” Malta 2013

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"Tomorrow” is, to use Gianluca’s own words, a curious delight: I always, always, always forget about it. Then I rewatch 2013 as I do at least once per year, and each time it’s like a Céline Dion song IT’S ALL COMING BACK TO ME and I’m in love again. 😍 “Tomorrow” is such a clever twist of the typical love song by telling the story from the THIRD PERSON PERSPECTIVE by an all-knowing narrator. It’s world’s merriest audiobook. 😍

Naturally, this works because Gianluca has TONS of charisma. He’s one of the most magnetic humans ever on a Eurovision Stage?

It’s hard to believe that he ages like the rest of us, I’d assume he was birthed fully formed and clothed, at age thirteen, in whatever rests at the end of a Neverlandian rainbow.

“Tomorrow” could’ve so easily been one of those “Annoyingly Positive songs”, but because he’s so relentlessly jolly, Gianluca injects “Tomorrow” with limitless happy energy, enough to melt the polar icecaps. I am happy that I don’t revisit Gianluca between watches, as I do with others, because each time I rediscover him it’s like finding a four-leaf-clover. 🍀

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33. Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov - “Samo shampioni” Bulgaria 2013

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IMA LI MLADI? IMA LI LYUDI? TSYALO SELO DOIDE PEITE NE SE BOITE

Let us continue with one of the most glorious trainwrecks EVER in Eurovision. 😍 Of course, this being the GOD-tier the severity of wreckage (aka the Sennek Factor) is even higher than normal. In the case of “Samo shampioni” the messiness began DURING THE PRESELECTIONS. 😍 Okay you may not remember or know this backstory, so allow me to enlighten you:

Okay, so *initially* BNT selected Elitsa & Stoyan and for some reason decided to hold an NF: They introduced: first a terrible rapbomination, second a boring ethnoballad (think Iriao + percussion) and then pulled out an experimental fusion of ethnic bagpipes, polyphonic singing and dubstep, which Elitsa openly pointed as her favourite. 😍 Obviously, the audience had to choose for the latter? NOPE The audience chose the iriao-esque ballad 😍 and in one of the most hilariously open displays of riggage, LESS THAN A DAY AFTER THE NF (and after Elitsa allegedly threw a huge backstage temper tantrum threatening to withdraw LMFAO), BNT produced a statement that was all like “well. we can’t send “Kismet”. 🤓 You see... it has come under our attention that... the songwriter from Argentina (lmao) can’t agree to the copyright terms we demanded of him 🤓but that’s fine because it means we can send “SAMO SHAMPIONI” instead 😊‘ <3333333333333333333333456789 who the fuck is Christer Björkman, fucking NOBODY that’s who. And of course, once “Samo Shampioni” finally got to Malmö it was an utter disaster. 😍 I say "disaster” in the best meaning of the word though. I LOVE when countries showcase their musical traditions, but Elitsa and Stoyan do it so aggressively, BLASTING the unassuming viewer with loud af bagpipe noises, following it up with a menuet of polyphony, a clarion of “AAAAAAAAAAAA-YUUUU” and a finale of dubstep and mayumaniacal percussion. “Samo Sampioni” was loud, abrasive, a clamour of ethnic noise but by the same token such a catchy, infectuous, delightful fucking BOP. No surprise it got jurypwned but it was well worth the effort. 😍

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32. Nadav Guedj - “Golden boy” Israel 2015

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Welcome to the Dicedrome, ladies and gentlemen: Introducing the man who put Israel back on the map after four straight NQs. But Nadav is more than just a Hebrew Tom Dice.

For starters, “Golden boy” is also the first time we were ever subjected to Doron Medalie (and also Imri Ziv but lol Imri), who is at his BEST here (apart from that moment when he brusquely shoved Cesár out of the way as if he were Krisse Salminen lmfao 😍): “Golden boy” has everything I could want in an uptempo party song: Drama, catchy rhythm, limitless fun, chanting, dancing and an absolutely ridiculous premise: sixteen year old boy gets wasted after fruitlessly flirting with all sorts of femfolk on his first night out. Yes, THIS

is sixteen years old. 😍 But what I mostly love about “Golden boy” is the humour. Intentional humour is really hard to get right and “Golden boy” NAILS it for me. From self-deprecating one-liners, to that choreography to b-roll material like the sound effect of beer being pourn as Nadav gets further into the song, to of course the epic finale of “THREE MINUTES! BYE :selfie”. 😍

A wild ride which, as serendipity demands, is topped off by Nadav kicking off a strong Israeli streak that indeed ENDS up with Israel winning the contest (with a worse Doron composition :-/) and him showing us around in Tel Aviv. Funny how life works sometimes, huh?

OKAY GOTTA GO THREE PARAGRAPHS BYEBYE

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31. Jessy Matador - “Allez ola olé” France 2010

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Did you know “Matador” is Eurospeak for “SLAYER”? 😉

Speaking of EPIC party songs, I was looking “Allez Ola Olé” up for my usual ranking purposes and this song.. is one of the most successful Eurovision songs EVER? I am not surprised, because “Allez olla olé” OWNS, but at the same time random 12th placers becoming massive off-season hits <3

(yes I am aware it’s because it was the French “Waka Waka” but that’s even more hilar, actually. What on earth is it doing in Eurovision <3)

Anyway, “Allez ola olé” definitely DESERVES all praise it can get. ETERNAL THORN IN THE SIDE OF THE EUROVISION ELITISTS <3 it is of course the anti-Proud, being all rhythm and no story, literally having no purpose other than making people dance (which I LOVE doing to “Allez Ola Olé”... within the confines of my bedroom, with the curtains closed because I have the dancing skills of drunk JarJar Binks) and honestly, what a spectacle. 😍

It features, in order of ascending awesomeness, male twerking (gender equality <3)

witty references to sex (which I don’t mind here because it’s clearly consentual, and therefore, healthy, ICKOLAS)

“Je sens le truc monter/..😏 ALLEEEEZ 😱”.

DAM BA DAM BA DAM BA DAM DAM

A fucking HAKA????? (btw, the female backing doing a salute is also lowkey great <3)

Actually, TWO HAKA’S????

This song may not have relevant meaning but my weave flew all the way to French Polynesia. “Allez, ola, olé” is nothing less than fucking AWESOME.

In this update, we pay our final respects to Norway, Malta and France: Read more about them below:

NORWAY

I don’t feel like this chart reflects my true feelings on Norway, because I like them a LOT more than what their average implies. They’re largely just dragged down by a few bad entries in the first half of the decade. Norway in the second half of this decade has shown a lot of promise and they are on my list of countries that I expect to win in the upcoming decade.

MALTA

Malta are a very average Eurovision country imo. As you can see, they very often select songs that are not worth giving a fuck about, but conversely the few times that they do, they’re usually excellent happy-go-lucky gems. I could see them winning if they find that rare 1-in-50 entry (by one of their jesc winners preferably), but only if they keep internally selecting their entrant because lmao MES(s)C <3

FRANCE

This is a really good chart for France and roughly what I expected. Not my favourite country but solidly upper tier. France really have reinvented themselves post 2016 and are reaping the rewards with generally higher results. I hope it gets topped off with another win soon. They deserve it.

#Eurovision #Eurovision Song Contest #France #Jessy Matador #Allez ola olé #Israel #nadav guedj #Golden boy #Bulgaria #Elitsa Todorova #Stoyan Yankoulov #Samo shampioni #Gianluca Bezzina #Tomorrow #Malta #Norway #KEiiNO #Spirit in the sky

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kyniathewhovian · 7 years

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ban Elitsa Todorova from Eurovision

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thusjuniperus · 3 years

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unfortunately I've already had the likewise-slavic samo shampioni in my regular music rotation for years so now when I try to sing the little lyrical grasps of the ukrainian one I've managed to hold they inevitably segue to vsichkite yunatzi, te sa nai-dobrite, smeli v igrite, silni vyv dushite

#eurovision #(DRUM drum DRUM drum DRUM) САМО ДИИИВИИИ САМО ШАМПИОООНИ #not a reblog

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elektranhatcios · 4 years

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Eurovision ask game: 2013

thank you!! half of my favourites didn’t even make it to the final that year lmao

Only Teardrops- Denmark

L' essenziale- Italy

Alcohol Is Free- Greece

It's My Life - Romania

Samo Shampioni - Bulgaria

Identitet- Albania

Solayoh- Belarus

Mižerja- Croatia

Pred da se razdeni - North Macedonia

Hold Me- Azerbaijan

eurovision ask game

#i know i put half the balkan peninsula on here but listen. it's not political. our songs slap #ask game #nonnie

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gaiasong · 5 years

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Betting Odds Results

Earlier this week, we released a survey to get a feel as to how you all would think how the contest could turn out, and with the results coming tomorrow, its time we reveal what you predicted! Let’s start!

Part One: Jury Vote

The most predicted song to finish Top 10 in the jury votes is Norway with 14/18 or 77.8% of the vote, closely followed by France and Israel with 12/18 or 66.7% of the votes. Right behind is Italy and England with 11/18 or 61.1% of the votes.

Also mentioned is Thailand (4), Japan (8), United States (9), Netherlands (8), Germany (5), Turkey (3), Czechia (9), Argentina (1), Malaysia (4), New Zealand (5), Iceland (1), Russia (9), Ireland (8), Wales (4), Kyrgyzstan (7), South Korea (9), Laos (5) and Canada (5).

Most predicted songs to win the jury votes are Norway and France with 3 or 16.7% of the votes, followed closely by Kyrgyzstan, Italy and United States with 2 or 11.1% of the votes. Also mentioned are Netherlands, Czechia, Turkey, Russia, Argentina and Canada.

Part 2: The Public Vote

Well it seems you’re more certain about the televote than the jury. Most predicted songs to place Top 10 in the televote were Czechia with 16/18 or 88.9% of the votes, Israel in 2nd with 12/18 or 66.7% of the vote, Italy in 3rd with 11/18 with 61.1% of the vote, followed by Norway and Malaysia with 10/18 or 55.6% of the vote.

Most predicted to win the televote is, pretends to be shocked, Czechia with an overwhelming 47.1%, followed not so closely by Wales and Thailand with 11.8%. Also mentioned are France, Ireland and Japan.

Part Three: The Whole Damn Thing

Most predicted to place top 10 overall is Israel with 15/18 or 83.3% of the votes, followed by Czechia and Norway with 13 and 12 votes. South Korea follows close behind with 9 votes and rounding out the top 5 are Netherlands, England, Russia, France and Italy with 8 votes each.

Most predicted to win the entire contest is France with 16.7% of the votes (I can’t win my own contest you clowns). Czechia, Japan, Italy and Kyrgyzstan come in 2nd with 11.1% of the vote each. Also mentioned are Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Israel, Ireland and Argentina.

Most of you believe that the winner ill take it from winning the jury vote.

Part Four: Well

1. taste 2. tea, stream the best estonian entry of all time 3. ma’am this is a mcdonalds 4. fuck off colleen 5. ok yeah, stream the 2nd best estonian entry of all time 6. also tea, stream no degree of seperation by italian legend francesca michelin 7. ugh your mind, mine too 8, see #2 9. a spanish legend 10. stream talent, stream tea 11. facts 12.

13. thanks 14. stream dustin the turkey 15. see #3 16. dicke lippen, speel it right next time and do not disrespect queen katja like this again 17. i do, thanks

1. austria’s best entry wbk 2. um fuck roses 3. fuck off tia 4. :) 5. yeah true, stream the best hungarian entry of all time 6. tea, stream the last norwegian language entry we’ve had, rest in power en livredd mann, you were too powerful 7. why would you leak my eurovision entry you clown 8. tea, stream the 2nd best eurovision entry of all time 9. :) 10. idk either 11. tea, we stan the leader of the latvian revolution 12. the fact this is on here almost 4 times really speaks to the power that it has 13. please, that’s too powerful for anyone to handle 14. tea, stream the best ukrainian entry ever and the 2nd best winner of the decade 15. wbk, the patriarchy reigns supreme 16. its both, you caught me 17. bold of you to assume i know anything

um ok, stream kol hazman, lovewave, heartbeat, arcade and samo shampioni (cupcakke remix) for good health

everyone else, please seek jesus sorry for the long post but this was really fun to do, thank you to everyone who participated and we hope to see you at the exciting results show tomorrow at 12pm MST

#yall clown #betting odds

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gilbertbeilshit · 5 years

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Supplemental Information: HaKokhav HaBa L’Tumblrvizion 2019

Howdy fellas. This is just a (more) casual post regarding the points breakdown and some of my thoughts on the songs and how things went for my @tmblrvision national final.

The Breakdown

Here is the link to the spreadsheet where I kept a running tab of the points. As it’s already been said, 20 votes were cast, and the winner changed by the last 6 votes or so. Carakukly actually was solidly in the lead by 20 points or so until several votes came in giving A-WA top points and Carakukly less.

Stephane Legar was the only act to not receive a single 12 points, but he managed to earn 3rd place by earning 5 10 points and being in the top 4 of 13 votes. Sarit Hadad and Offer Nissim earned 6 10 points, the most of any act, but only avoided the bottom 4 10 times, dropping their average.

The most controversial acts were Static and Ben El, and Nathan Goshen. Both earned 4 12 points, the most behind A-WA’s 5, but Nathan Goshen earned 4 1 points, while Static and Ben El earned 5. However, Nathan Goshen was more consistently middling with the votes, while Static and Ben El often were either in the top 3 or 2 or the bottom 3 or 2, ending up in their tie.

Elai Botner and Aviv Alush were the only act to not make it to the 100 point mark, mainly due to the fact that they were in the bottom 4 of a whopping 15 votes. IMRI, who finished 7th, was in a similar position by coming bottom 4 with 10 votes, albeit he started strong.

My Thoughts

Here is my personal ranking and opinions:

12: Static and Ben El - Gumigam: I have been obsessed with this song since I first heard it driving around Tel Aviv in an Uber. I listen to it all the time, I force Molly to listen to it all the time when we’re driving, I’m out here like גומיגם שוקובו מה קרה. It just slaps, y’all. I’m kinda disappointed it didn’t do very well, but it’s definitely one of those “you either love it or hate it on the first listen” kind of songs. I was like “wtf is this” when I first heard it, but fortunately I decided to shazam it and now here I am, a Static and Ben El clown.

10: Stephane Legar - Comme ci Comme ça: I was so shocked when I first heard this, I thought he was French. I found this on a top Israeli songs of 2018 (that aren’t Netta’s or Omer Adam’s) article and I looked him up. Yep, he’s born and raised Israeli to Togolese parents, which explains why he speaks French fluently. That aside, the song is incredibly catchy and fun, and I’m glad it made it to 3rd.

8: A-WA - Mudbira: A deserved winner. I was worried this wasn’t going to do well for the reasons people give for not liking Pali się or Samo Shampioni, and it was controversial to an extent. However, it goes to show that I know nothing about what folks like or will vote for. Fun fact: I was originally torn between Mudbira and Hana Mash Hu al Yaman, but ended up going for Mudbira because I thought more people would like it.

6: Carakukly - Catching (Oy Oy Oy): I first heard this sitting in an Uber on the way back from one of the semis while we were in Tel Aviv. It was the first song I shazamed while I was there specifically to build this national final, and it’s a good thing I did. It’s very catchy, modern, and enjoyable; it’s no wonder it was winning for a good minute there.

4: Elai Botner and Aviv Alush - The closest to you: I quite like this song; it’s a fun sort of summer beach time-road trip rock. I found it on the same article that I found Comme ci Comme ça. I’m kinda sad it came last, but not surprised, and something has to come last (I’m just glad it wasn’t Gumigam lol).

3: IMRI - Imrico: I’m glad IMRI’s back out there making music, and Imrico is a fun lil tune if I do say so myself. It’s nice, but I don’t feel strongly enough about it to put it any higher, unfortunately.

2: Sarit Hadad x Offer Nissim - SHUFUNI: It’s pretty good and it has a cool kinda sound to it, but my issue with Imrico also applies here: I don’t like it more than the other songs to put it above them. I can see why others like it though.

1: Nathan Goshen - I miss you: Like I said about The closest to you, something has to come last. I miss you isn’t bad or boring by any means, but I personally find it the least interesting of the 8 songs. I was surprised to see how many 12 points it received, but again, what do I know about what people will go for?

Extra Credits

Before signups, I had 11 songs in my Israeli national final playlist, but I thought 11 was too many since I prefer less to more. Rather than cut songs myself, I asked three individuals, who will remain anonymous (unless they would like to make their involvement public), to sift through my playlist and pick 3 songs to delete and then explain why those 3. After considering their inputs, I ended up cutting these 3 songs:

Dennis Lloyd - GFY

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Amir ve Ben - Loop

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and... Netta - Nana Banana

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Why?

GFY: 2 of the 3 recommended cutting it because they believed it would be unpopular with the audience or that it didn’t really work for them. 1 of them straight up hated it.

Loop: 2 of the 3 recommended cutting it simply because it was boring.

Nana Banana: 2 of the 3 recommended cutting it because they were concerned that it would take the national final by storm and blow everything out of the water because it’s Netta and then flop in the contest, because it’s Netta, she won last year, you have 2 former ESC artists why aren’t you more creative in choosing artists, etc. This was different from the first 2 because, rather than it would be unlikable, it would be controversial and would ultimately work against itself.

I ended up agreeing to cut these songs because 1) 2 of 3 people agreed that each song in question should be cut, which I found compelling, 2) I thought their reasons were sound, and 3) I was more willing to cut these songs than any of the 8 I have now.

Songs that were recommended to be cut, but ultimately stayed:

Elai Botner and Aviv Alush - The closest to you

IMRI - Imrico

A-WA - Mudbira (lol)

Do you think it was a good call to cut these songs? Would you have preferred they stayed in? Would you have cut any songs at all, replaced some or all of the cut songs with 1, 2, or 3 of the songs that stayed in, or cut more songs in general?

That’s all I have for now, if you want to DM me on Discord to talk more about this, feel free.

#tumblrvision 2019

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whatthefreakinghell · 5 years

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My favorite songs by country

Albania

2010

Song: It’s all about you

Artist: Juliana Pasha

Armenia

2009

Song: Jan-jan

Artist: Inga & Anush

Australia

2016

Song: Sound of Silence

Artist: Dami Im

Austria

2014

Song: Rise Like A Phoenix

Artist: Conchita Wurst

Azerbaijan

2017

Song: Skeletons

Artist: Dihaj

Belarus

2010

Song: Butterflies

Artist: 3+2 ft. Robert Wells

Belgium

2015

Song: Rhythm Inside

Artist: Loïc Nottet

Bosnia&Herzogovina

2008

Song: Pokušaj

Artist: Laka

Bulgaria

2013

Song: Samo Shampioni

Artist: Elisa Todorava, Stoyan Yankulov

Croatia

2013

Song: Mizerja

Artist: Klapa s Mora

Cyprus

2016

Song: Alter Ego

Artist: Minus-One

Czechia (Czech Republic)

2018

Song: Lie To Me

Artist: Mikolas Josef

Denmark

2011

Song: New Tomorrow

Artist: A Friend In London

Estonia

2009

Song: Rändajad

Artist: Urban Symphony

Finland

2006

Song: Hard Rock Hallelujah

Artist: Lordi

France

2019

Song: Roi

Artist: Bilal Hassani

Georgia

2015

Song: Warrior

Artist: Nina Sublatti

Germany

2007

Song: Frauen regier’n die Welt

Artist: Roger Cicero

Greece

2010

Song: OPA

Artist: Giorgos Alkaios & Friends

Hungary

2018

Song: Viszlát nyár

Artist: AWS

Iceland

2012

Song: Never Forget

Artist Jónsi, Greta Salóme

Ireland

2015

Song: Playing With Numbers

Artist: Molly Sterling

Isreal

2010

Song: Milim

Artist: Herel Skaat

Italy

2016

Song: No Degree of Separation

Artist: Francesca Michielin

Latvia

2002

Song: I wanna

Artist: Marie N

Lithuania

2018

Song: When We’re Old

Artist: Neva Zasimauaskaitė

Luxemburg

1985

Song: Children, Kinder, Efants

Artist: ??? (That‘s the question)

Malta

2012

Song: This Is The Night

Artist: Kurt Calleja

Moldova

2009

Song: Hora Din Moldova

Artist: Nelly Ciobanu

Monaco

2005

Song: Tout De Moi

Artist: Lisa Darley

Montenegro

2012

Song: Euro Neuro

Artist: Rambo Amadeus

Morroco

1980

Song: Bitakat Hob

Artist: Simira Said

Netherlands

2019

Song: Arcade

Artist: Duncan Laurence

North Macedonia

2015

Song: Autumn Leaves

Artist: Daniel Kajmakoski

Norway

2015

Song: A Monster Like Me

Artist: Mørland & Debrah Scarlett

Poland

2017

Song: Flashlight

Artist: Kasia Mos

Portugal

2017

Song: Amar pelos Dois

Artist: Salvador Sobral

Romania

2019

Song: On a Sunday

Artist: Ester Peony

Russia

2006

Song: Never Let You Go

Artist: Dima Bilan

San Marino

2015

Song: Chain of Lights

Artist: Anita Simocini, Michele Periniola

Serbia

2007

Song: Molitva

Artist: Marija Šerfovič

Slovakia

2010

Song: Horehronie

Artist: Kristina

Slovenia

2019

Song: Sebi

Artist Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl

Spain

2010

Song: Algo pequeñito

Artist: Daniel Diges

Sweden

2014

Song: Undo

Artist: Sanna Nielsen

Switzerland

2018

Song: Stones

Artist: ZiBBZ

Turkey

2010

Song: We could be the same

Artist: maNga

Ukraine

2016

Song: 1944

Artist: Jamala

United Kingdom

2012

Song: Love Will Set You Free

Artist: Engelbert Humperdinck

#eurovision #esc 2019 #esc 2018 #esc 2017 #esc 2016 #esc 2015 #esc 2014 #esc 2013 #esc 2012 #esc 2011 #esc 2010 #esc 2009 #esc 2008 #esc 2007 #esc 2006 #esc 2005 #esc 2002 #esc 1985 #esc 1980

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artemlukyanenka · 5 years

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I’m happy to see that Eliot appreciates the true bop that is Samo Shampioni

#esc spoilers #txt

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maschasrankings · 2 years

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2013

Norway Margaret Berger I Feed You My Love

Italy Marco Mengoni L'Essenziale

Ukraine Zlata Ognevich Gravity

Netherlands Anouk Birds

Moldova Aliona Moon O Mie

Iceland Eythor Ingi Ég Á Líf

Greece Koza Mostra & Agathon Iakovidis Alcohol Is Free

Israel Moran Mazor Rak Bishvilo

San Marino Valentina Monetta Crisalide (Vola)

France Amandina Bourgeois L'Enfer Et Moi

Serbia Moje 3 Ljubav Je Svuda

Montenegro Who See & Nina Žižić Igranka

Bulgaria Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov Samo Shampioni

Belarus Alyona Lanskaya Solayoh

Spain ESDM Contigo Hasta El Final

Denmark Emmelie de Forest Only Teardrops

Austria Natália Kelly Shine

Finland Krista Siegfrids Marry Me

Greece Despina Olympiou An Mi Thimasai

Slovenia Hannah Straight Into Love

Germany Cascada Glorious

Estonia Birgit Et Uus Saaks Alguse

Albania Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko Identitet

Armenia Dorians Lonely Planet

Azerbaijan Farid Mammadov Hold Me

Hungary ByeAlex Kedvesem

Georgia Nodi Tatishvili & Sophie Gelovani Waterfall

Switzerland Takasa You & Me

United Kingdom Bonnie Tyler Believe In Me

Romania Cezar It's My Life

Ireland Ryan Dolan Only Love Survives

Russia Dina Garipova What If

Sweden Robin Stjernberg You

Belgium Roberto Bellarosa Love Kills

Latvia PeR Here We Go

Lithuania Andrius Pojavis Something

North Macedonia Esma & Lozano Pre Da Se Razdeni

Croatia Klapa S Mora Mižerja

Malta Gianluca Tomorrow

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residentraccoon · 3 years

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Top 5 fave acts from each country because idk what to do with my life now that esc is over. :') (2010 to 2021)

Bulgaria

5. Kristian Kostov - Beautiful mess (2017)

Woah, true art. Sounds melancholic and so lovely, so impressed that he got Bulgaria's best result eVER. Makes me cry a little :')

4. Sofi Marinova - Love unlimited (2012)

Multilingual fun party song yeeee. Makes me dance in my seat everytime I listen to this. It was a big fuckin tragedy that she got the same amount of points as Norway in the semi but gUESS WHAT she didn't qualify because yes. Hope she does a Poli Genova and returns for Bulgaria, preferably next year with an enthnic pop song like this one. 👀

3. Victoria - Tears getting sober (2020)

Another bulgarian entry that makes me cry :') I feel like I'm in a fairytale when listening to this, it's so dreamy and mesmerising, and very calming too. That mumbling choir also sounds wonderful. This whole song is such a blessing, I really love Victoria's style overall (guigo, alright and ugly cry are some of my faves from her)

2. Equinox - Bones (2018)

Their voices go so well together, and let's not mention that the song is really fuckin rad. Especially the girl's voice towards the end. I love this entry beyond the bones.

Other faves that didn't fit in the top 5: Growing up is getting old (love the message and the clock sound at the beginning), Na inat (love her energy), Samo shampioni (c h a o t i c lowkey wish bulgaria would send crazy entries like this again)

1. Poli Genova - If love was a crime (2016)

Cheers me up, happy & feel-good, and just look at her glowup since 2011! She's a true queen 💖 Bulgaria really came back better than ever in 2016 after a long break, and honestly it's amazing.

#top 5 of each country

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pseudol · 7 years

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“Three Songs” Asks for Eurofans - 4, 10 and 18

three songs you wish you could erase from history (because they’re terrible)

Portugal 2011 Homens da Luta - A luta é alegria

Bulgaria 2013 - Elitsa & Stoyan - Samo Shampioni

Sweden 2016 (i hate that this is the only eurovision song that even plays on the portuguese radio) If I Were Sorry (Sweden)

three favorite “winter” songs (slow songs, ballads) (THIS IS HARD CAUSE I LIKE SLOW SONGS)

Italy 1964 - Gigliola Cinquetti - Non Ho L'Età

France 2009 - Patricia Kaas - Et S'il Fallait Le Faire

Italy 2013 (when Marco grows his hair back someone please send him my phone number) Marco Mengoni - L'Essenziale

three songs you really want your followers to know

Portugal 1981 Carlos Paião - PlayBack , you have been sleeping on this iconic performance

Spain 2010 Daniel Diges - Algo Pequenito, this might be the cutest song ever on eurovision

Portugal 1984 - Maria Guinot - Silêncio e Tanta Gente

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borisbubbles · 5 years

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Eurovision 2010s: 65 - 61

65. Michael Schulte - “You let me walk alone” Germany 2018

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[2018 Review Here] (shared with Eugent)

When Germany revealed this homely carrot top as their entrant I of course IMMEDIATELY rolled my eyes at it. Discount Ed Sheeran, GTFO!! Idk what the general lowdown on Ed Sheeran is, but good lord that man is responsible for some really BORING and GENERIC music (I will never get the obsession with “Perfect”, ever.) and as you can expect that also bled into my initial opinon of Michael.

However, two things. A of all, “You let me walk alone” is a much better song because it is actually VERY catchy, in a good way. ONE love / TWO hearts / THREE kids / LOVING mum is among the more memorable hooks in this decade.

Secondly, Michael’s emotion is *real*. This is a song about his coping with his dead father and well... I am not made from stone. Dude was in GENUINE TEARS during the endgame!! And as someone who deeply loves his father, I can definitely empathize with that message on a personal level.

There are better songs around. There are better performers around. There is better emotional pull left in this ranking. Regardless, Michael was able to stun me into teary-eyed silence and that is a feat which earns nothing less than RESPECT.

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64. Softengine - “Something better” Finland 2014

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FANTASTIC INDIE ANGELS <333 The appreciation I have to Softengine I have is obvious, yes? Highly energetic indie rock song from one of my favourite Eurovision countries. 😍 That also did VERY well because it’s genuinely that good. Take THAT Finland bullies!!! #HeyaSuomi

However, Softengine offer even more than just a kickass rock song. They offer some of my favourite song lyrics ever? They are both puzzlingly weird and endearingly ESL Even Human Bound People Rolling Dice Such A Novel Life She Thought While Knowing Nothing At All~

What on earth is Topi singing about? 😍 Well actually, it’s the story of an old man looking back at the life he’s had and.. It actually has a LOT of emotional pull wtf? Take a look at the bridge:

ALL THESE WORDS SHE MEANT TO SAY TO ME

ALL THESE WORDS AGAINST MY FAITH

ALL THESE WORDS BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY

ALL THESE WORDS WILL NEVER NEVER NEVER CHANGE

A wonderful display of juvenile energy that has me coming back craving for me. SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOP 10 but lol it’s Finland when is Finland not getting bullied by people with no taste. 😭

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63. Litesound - “We are the heroes” Belarus 2012

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More rock angels. 😍 However, Litesound rank on the other end of the quality spectrum, being great because of their incompetence.

Honestly, I don’t think there’s anything more endearing when the inept give it their all, completely oblivious to their amateurism, a description which -let’s be honest- is “Belarus in Eurovision” is in a nutshell 😍. Well that plus the hilariously rigged NF, remember that ALYONA LANSKAYA originally won Litesound’s NF and then had to bequeath her spot to them when her voting fraud was exposed. 😍 It’s not even the most hilariously rigged NF of the decade though, omg YES we shall discuss that whenever it’s “Samo shampioni’s” turn. 😈

Anyway, Litesound bring the a double whammy of hilarity with some A+ Bad English diction (let us all sing along)

WONEVER STEN INDO AR WEH WHEEL MEK IT FRU DE DEH CUZ WE AR DA WEINERS WE AR DA GEEROS

WIR BRACKING DOWN DA WALLZ GODDA HIT DE MALL CUZ WE ARE DA GEEROS WE ARE DA DRIMURS

and the fact that all Litesound members look like animals, introducing:

The seahorse

The afghan greyhound

the mongoose

and of course Dima who might be the lovechild of Alsou and an ostrich. 😍

All of this may make you believe I merely stan Litesound on an ironic level, but I actually LOVE them on an unironic level too. “We are the heroes” is a fun, futuristic electronic rock rollercoaster and Litesound strike a perfect balance between good song, disarming incompetence and going ALL OUT in proving themselves as high quality, laced with high voltage addictive rock beats. SO, NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY, NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO, I’LL MAKE IT ALL RIGHT! I’M BRACKING DOWN THE WALLS, THEY ARE THE *HEROES*

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62. Justs - “Heartbeat” Latvia 2016

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AGE OF AMINATA <3 what a glorious two-piece act in the herstory of Latvia. To Latvia’s credit they completely reinvented themselves in the Supernova Era, usually resulting in bold entries (and Carousel).

If "Love injected” was the earthquake that shook Latvia AWAKE with her experimental masterpieces, then "Heartbeat” is the aftershock, providing the same avant garde novelty, but not as impactful with a lesser impact.

However, to recycle a phrase i’ve already used multiple times, a lesser Aminata is still fucking awesome. “Heartbeat” packs a massive emotional punch, being more aggressive and volatile than its predecessor, which... works out fine actually. Killer lines such as:

YOU’RE MY DESIRE AND MY PAIN BUT ALL THE BATTLES ARE IN VAIN YOU MEAN MORE THAN ANYTHING TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

need an emotionally intense delivery and Justs fucking GOES for it without any inhibitions for his own health and safety

and with every passing second

he gets more into the zone

right until the end, when he LOSES his voice and is reduced to panting an aspirated ”thank you”. 😍 If you’re going to sing about lost love, you’d better do it by also SCREAMING YOUR LUNGS OUT <3

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61. Hatari - “Hatrið mun sigra” Iceland 2019

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God I’ve been dreading this write-up. Not because of the Hatari stans (lol who is going to complain about getting ranked 61st out of 408), but can I do Hatari justice in print? Hatari weren’t as much as an entry as they were the fiery spirit of mischief, an existential manifestation of defiance, a gestalt of provocative resistance, all contained in the tiny package of two asshole hellraisers. Yes, assholes. You see, the one thing you NEED to understand before everything else is that Hatari’s poetic palestine shawl moment is one of grade A assholery. Pulling that at the last sec towards their hosts WAS a dick move and Hatari were fully aware of it. We MUST see this as a fact before we discuss anything else that is also Hatari-related.

However, that’s precisely the point? Provocation was the sensation that swept the icelandic nation and its idolization became Hatari’s vocation with dedication and its application in the humiliation and the vexation of the Israeli station in support of the Palestine civilization, leaving KAN in devastation after months of the rabid disorganization was a justification well worth the potential probation. In other words: GET REKT KAN SHIT HOSTS HOPE U GET BLACKLISTED LOLOL #Hatredwon 😈 😈.

ps: still getting the Israelis to cheer for them despite being OPENLY pro-palestine when will ur faves.

~My reasons~ for ranking Hatari lower post-show are less grounded in the politics (again, they were jerks but... that’s also the entire point of sending Hatari lmfao) and more determined by the actual live performance: I thought Klemens was underwhelming and his parts of “Hatrið mun sigra” were also the fave bits. 😭 On the flipside I thought Matthias was excellent (when he didn’t miss his cue) and I legit laugh out loud each time I see his hilarious OTT facial expressions.

What a justified use of guyliner <3 The act was yet again a diabolically brilliant clanging of chains, bashing of mallets, grinding of gears, steaming of punk, a satanic cirque du soleil come to rain justice and brimstone down on our hopeless souls. Hatari were the anti-heroes we needed and don’t deserve.

ps: i hope i will ever find someone who loves me as much as Klemens loves Teresa May.

Iceland’s chart looks much better than I thought it would, but the averages actually put them somewhere in the middle on average. Iceland are always hit-or-miss for me, much moreso in the 2010s than in any other decade and it’s largely down to them failing to pick the best available option because, you know, BadTastitis.

the next update... will be the FINAL one in this shade of green :o Yes, we are about to move on to the highest, upperest, bestest tier of Eurovision entries. The mind-blowingly amazing entries that are not off this fucking world. Find out who makes the cut and who doesn’t TOMORROW :o

#Eurovision #Eurovision Song Contest #Iceland #Latvia #Belarus #Finland #Germany #Hatari #Hatrid mun sigra #Justs Sirmais #Heartbeat #Litesound #We are the heroes #Softengine #Something better #Michael Schulte #You let me walk alone

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queenraiden · 5 years

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Song Review: “Fire of Love (Pali Się)” by Tulia (Poland)

Slavic folk singing with attitude

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The style of singing Tulia use isn’t new to Eurovision. Similar to this would be Elitsa Todorova of duo Elitsa and Stoyan who represented Bulgaria twice. The opening to 2007 entry “Voda” is an example but a stronger one would be their 2013 entry “Samo Shampioni”. Outside of that, there’s the opening to 90′s show Xena: Warrior Princess

As diverse are the many Slavic groups, so is the “white voice” vocal style. (It probably doesn’t help that I’m using Bulgarian examples for a Polish song.)

While not in full force, 2010 entry “Legenda” had a bit of it with the backing singers:

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and there are traces in 2014 entry “My Słowianie - We Are Slavic”

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But if Polish or Slavic folk songs aren’t your jam, it’s something that you have to listen get used to listening to. White voice is hardly used in Western popular music let alone in top 40 radio, but this isn’t top 40 radio in my country.

Aside from the singing, there is a mix of Slavic folk with what can be classified as rock music. Tulia has done covers of Depeche Mode and Metallica so it would fit in with their style.

Lyrics are a mix of Polish and English (original version is all in Polish). The arrangement is a bit weird as the English has been randomly added in (even though it’s only in the beginning and at the end of the song). Effect is almost similar to Croatia’s entry (half and half sort of with English and Croatian) in the sense that it’s almost two songs in one, but it also has the same effect as Romania’s entry “De la capăt (All Over Again)”, a version of the song used to connect to an international audience.

Lyrics themselves carry the same weight as the Danish entry with the theme of love lasting forever with the addition of love being this indestructible force. This fire of love burns on that no fire brigade can stop it.

It is burning! It is burning A fire of love It is burning inside us! It is burning inside us Like a dry forest Love me! Love me! More and more It will not help! It will not help! The fire brigade

Fire! Fire! Fire of love! Burns in you, burns in me Burns us alive Love me now! Love me now! Harder and harder Take me there, be the air I need to survive

(for some reason euroivision.tv doesn’t have a translation of the Polish parts at the time of creating this so using the translation linked in the quote itself)

This is a song I’d love to hear in the final as it’s a wonderful mix between traditional and modern. Here’s hoping their vocal styling don’t turn people off.

#eurovision #song #review #esc2019 #pali się #fire of love #tulia #poland #music #slavic #folk #white voice #ethnic fusion

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