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All My Eurovision Winners

Here I will register my winners of all the years of Eurovision. This list will always be subject to change.

1956 — 🇳🇱 De vogels van Holland [Jetty Paerl]

1957 — 🇦🇹 Wohin, kleines Pony? [Bob Martin]

1958 — 🇨🇭 Giorgio [Lys Assia]

1959 — 🇸🇪 Augustin [Brita Borg]

1960 — 🇫🇷 Tom Pillibi [Jacqueline Boyer]

1961 — 🇮🇹 Al Di Là [Betty Curtis]

1962 — 🇫🇮 Tipi-tii [Marion Rung]

1963 — 🇩🇰 Dansevise [Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann]

1964 — 🇩🇪 Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne [Nora Nova]

1965 — 🇮🇪 Walking the Streets in the Rain [Butch Moore]

1966 — 🇵🇹 Ele e Ela [Madalena Iglésias]

1967 — 🇪🇸 Hablemos del amor [Raphael]

1968 — 🇲🇨 À chacun sa chanson [Line & Willy]

1969 — 🇳🇱 De Troubadour [Lenny Kuhr]

1970 — 🇬🇧 Knock, Knock Who's There? [Mary Hopkin]

1971 — 🇲🇨 Un banc, un arbre, une rue [Séverine]

1972 — 🇮🇪 Ceol an Ghrá [Sandie Jones]

1973 — 🇪🇸 Eres Tú [Mocedades]

1974 — 🇸🇪 Waterloo [ABBA]

1975 — 🇹🇷 Seninle Bir Dakika [Semiha Yankı]

1976 — 🇬🇷 Panagia mou, Panagia mou [Mariza Koch]

1977 — 🇱🇺 Frère Jacques [Anne-Marie B.]

1978 — 🇲🇨 Les jardins de Monaco [Caline & Olivier Toussaint]

1979 — 🇵🇹 Sobe, sobe, balão sobe [Manuela Bravo]

1980 — 🇲🇦 Bitaqat hub [Samira Bensaïd]

1981 — 🇩🇪 Johnny Blue [Lena Valaitis]

1982 — 🇨🇾 Mono i agapi [Anna Vissi]

1983 — 🇮🇱 Chai! [Ofra Haza]

1984 — 🇮🇪 Terminal 3 [Linda Martin]

1985 — 🇳🇴 La det swinge [Bobbysocks!]

1986 — ⭐️ Željo moja [Doris Dragović]

1987 — 🇧🇪 Soldiers of Love [Liliane Saint-Pierre]

1988 — 🇱🇺 Croire [Lara Fabian]

1989 — 🇹🇷 Bana Bana [Grup Pan]

1990 — 🇪🇸 Bandido [Azúcar Moreno]

1991 — 🇫🇷 C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison [Amina]

1992 — ⭐ Ljubim te pesmama [Extra Nena]

1993 — 🇧🇦 Sva bol svijeta [Fazla]

1994 — 🇬🇧 We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony) [Frances Ruffelle]

1995 — 🇳🇴 Nocturne [Secret Garden]

1996 — 🇵🇹 O Meu Coração Não Tem Cor [Lúcia Moniz]

1997 — 🇮🇹 Fiumi di parole [Jalisse]

1998 — 🇫🇮 Aava [Edea]

1999 — 🇱🇹 Strazdas [Aistė Smilgevičiūtė]

2000 — 🇫🇮 A Little Bit [Nina Åström]

2001 — 🇩🇪 Wer Liebe lebt [Michelle]

2002 — 🇮🇱 Light a Candle [Sarit Hadad]

2003 — 🇧🇪 Sanomi [Urban Trad]

2004 — 🇪🇪 Tii [Neiokõsõ]

2005 — 🇨🇭 Cool Vibes [Vanilla Ninja]

2006 — 🇧🇦 Lejla [Hari Mata Hari]

2007 — 🇬🇪 Visionary Dream [Sopho Khalvashi]

2008 — 🇷🇸 Oro [Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugic]

2009 — 🇦🇲 Jan Jan [Inga and Anush Arshakyan]

2010 — 🇸🇰 Horehronie [Kristína Peláková]

2011 — 🇧🇬 Na Inat [Poli Genova]

2012 — 🇸🇪 Euphoria [Loreen]

2013 — 🇳🇴 I Feed You My Love [Margaret Berger]

2014 — 🇳🇱 Calm After The Storm [The Common Linnets]

2015 — 🇲🇪 Adio [Knez]

2016 — 🇺🇦 1944 [Jamala]

2017 — 🇵🇹 Amar Pelos Dois [Salvador Sobral]

2018 — 🇪🇪 La Forza [Elina Nechayeva]

2019 — 🇦🇱 Ktheju Tokës [Jonida Maliqi]

2020 — 🇺🇦 Solovey [Go_A]

2021 — 🇫🇷 Voilà [Barbara Pravi]

2022 — 🇺🇦 Stefania [Kalush Orchestra]

2023 — 🇪🇸 Eaea [Blanca Paloma]

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My favorite entries from each country!

From 🇦🇱 to ⭐!

🇦🇱 - Duje [2023] 🇦🇩 - Jugarem a Estimar-nos [2004] 🇦🇲 - Jan Jan [2009] 🇦🇺 - Technicolour [2021] 🇦🇹 - We Will Rave [2024] 🇦🇿 - Always [2009] 💌 - Da vidna [2020] 🇧🇪 - Before the Party's Over [2024] 🇧🇦 - Ostani kraj mene [1994] 🇧🇬 - If Love Was a Crime [2016] 🇭🇷 - Lighthouse [2016] 🇨🇾 - Ela [2022] 🇨🇿 - Lights Off [2022] 🇩🇰 - Stop – mens legen er go [1966] 🇪🇪 - La Forza [2018] 🇫🇮 - Lapponia [1977] 🇫🇷 - Voilà [2021] 🇬🇪 - Visionary Dream [2007] 🇩🇪 - Black Smoke [2015] 🇬🇷 - Ellada, chora tou fotos [1993] 🇭🇺 - Origo [2017] 🇮🇸 - Með Hækkandi Sól [2022] 🇮🇪 - Come Back to Stay [1966] 🇮🇱 - Chai! [1983] 🇮🇹 - Libera [1977] 🇱🇻 - Hollow [2024] 🇱🇹 - Strazdas [1999] 🇱🇺 - Après Toi [1972] 🇲🇹 - Let Me Fly [1997] 🇲🇩 - In the Middle [2024] 🇲🇨 - Bien plus fort [1966] 🇲🇪 - Breathe [2022] 🇳🇱 - De mallemolen [1977] 🇲🇰 - Circles [2022] 🇳🇴 - Nocturne [1995] 🇵🇱 - Fire of Love (Pali się) [2019] 🇵🇹 - Antes do Adeus [1997] 🇷🇴 - On a Sunday [2019] 🇷🇺 - Vechny strannik [1994] 🇸🇲 - Maybe [2014] 🇷🇸 - Nije ljubav stvar [2012] 🇸🇰 - Horehronie [2010] 🇸🇮 - Prisluhni mi [1995] 🇪🇸 - Amanece [1972] 🇸🇪 - Tattoo [2023] 🇨🇭 - Répondez-moi [2020] 🇹🇷 - We Could Be the Same [2010] 🇺🇦 - Solovey [2020] 🇬🇧 - Rock Bottom [1977] ⭐ - Brez besed [1966]

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Selectia Nationala opinions or whatever

(Under the cut, it's a long post)

Yeah, this national final is probably the weakest I've ever witnessed, and I've watched our selection since 2017. There's not a single one that I find myself constantly listening to or that makes me excited for us to grace yet another contest. And that's SAD. Even the official music videos are literally the contestants that sing it live in their rooms. It's incredibly embarrassing for a national broadcaster to release the songs in this manner. I surely hope that TVR just retires from EBU or some shit because I swear to god, they're parallel with everything that means eurovision at this point. We've went from Playing with fire and It's my life to...this.

Okay, I'm done with whining for now, let's review these wonderful 12 songs, shall we? If you feel that I sound way too critical, then yeah, I tend to be like this with Selectia Nationala songs lmao, and yeah, I'll talk trash strictly about the songs.

Andreea D & Folclor Orchestra - Perinița Mea

Yeah, it's pretty tacky and trash indeed, but you know what? So is my taste and I actually like this! Not absolutely head over heels but I seem to enjoy it. Kinda tries to immitate the success of Trenulețul (which fails because Trenulețul is the best hands down) mixed with Hora din Moldova.

To be honest, it needs a bit of a revamp to give it more power, but so far it sounds like a promising product. Remember, we are aiming to qualify, so the public in the semifinal needs to be impressed, and I feel that with a great staging and athmosphere this can make a pretty good impression (and possibly qualify but hey, we're talking about TVR and their interest in ESC so 😂)

Steven Roho & Gabriela & Formația Albatros - Lele

Ah yes, this is what happens when you mix Solovey and Ela together. I mean, I heard elements from both of the songs in this one. The instrumental is really pretty I must say, but I feel it sounds a bit dated, as if it was composed 10 years ago and got taken out of the storage, slapped some ethnic sounds on it and called it a day. Which isn't bad at all, it seems like the kind of song that the staging will help elevate its chances.

Theodor Andrei - D.G.T. (Off and On)

The kid has a nice timbre, however this sounds like the winner of an artsy high school talent show than the winner of eurovision. I don't know, I felt that this song doesn't have a flow or a certain direction, as if it keeps throwing metaphors and pretty expressions at me until it hits 3 minutes. Again, it's not a bad song, and I'm actually thankful it made the cut than to be subjected to another Underground by Vaida or even...oh boy...Dorel Giurgiu.

Adriana Moraru - Faralaes

I was trying SO hard to not click on another song during this one because ugh I have to listen to the whole thing to write this review, right?? Surely it might not be as bad for the whole 3 minu...okay I'm done. Sorry, this is a chore to listen to. At least the guitar sounds nice.

Aledaida - Bla Bla Bla

Thanks, I hate it :D It's definitely that genre of pop that I find physically unbearable. This one is basically a repackaged SloMo that's even more obnoxious and in-your-face and extremely desperate to pander to the televoters (especially the yas quwueen part of it, that seems to have a weakness for these). At least I hope she will perform well and not do a Roxen Cherry Red and stand still for 3 minutes straight. 😂

Like I said in a previous post I saw soooo many comments that worshipped it, worded with the usual yas queen slay dayum 🔥🔥🔥 I have no idea why everyone went completely gaga over this. It doesn't do anything to me, maybe a slight eye roll whenever someone mentions it, if that counts.

Maybe I'm too old and don't understand the hype for this genre. Or my taste is, to put it simply, shit. Anyway, the song itself is not for me and the hype makes me dislike it even more. Sorry.

Amia - Puppet

Sounds like a disaster bop to me and I slightly liked it? It's pretty cheerful and all over the place, but it has more personality than half of the songs from this selection. Hope this will sound good live, and if it does then congrats, it can place easily in the top 3 I guess. (In the selection of course lmao)

Andrada Popa - No time for me

Aw gee, this one really had potential. The instrumental is very very pretty but man, it just keeps on going and going with no climax or no key change or anything, it stays the same. Which is a shame because I was about to call it my favorite halfway through.

Deiona - Call on me

The typical sound of a duel song in an MGP heat that doesn't go through. Like it has that nordic soft pop sound I've heard before in MGP/Melfest from some semi-finalists, the resemblance is a bit uncanny. Probably it was written or composed by people from Sweden or Norway, hence the familiar sound from their respective NFs. Anyway, this was a cute song tbh, even if it sounds generic and felt that I've heard these kind of songs a million times now. I quite liked this.

JaxMan - Bad&Cool

The snippet felt too commercial but when I tried to listen to the full version I found myself at least bobbing my head to it. It's not bad, actually.

Maryliss - Hai vino

It's dated and drags on for 3 minutes and has the same key, same pacing, same everything. Next.

Andrei Duțu - Statues

The second it started I got hit by an Avicii-style mid 2010s sound. I actually enjoyed this quite a bit, but still I don't find it that outstanding to see it winning. But since Andrei is a former participant of X Factor and some people might recognize him, I feel that it might have a chance. Who knows.

Ocean Drive - Take you home

Sounds nice and summer-y and that's about it. A regular, by the numbers pop song I'd hear on a grocery store isle while deciding what kind of cheese I want to buy.

Done with this at last! Sometimes I wish I knew the rest of the submitted songs because no way in hell that these 12 were really the best out of those 80-something. It's like they chose the finalists with random.org and knowing TVR... yeah you get my point 👀

Sigh, well, what else can I say, I'm incredibly hyped for the final on 11th February haha 🤡

Nah, probably will watch it only to see the acts live and maaaybe to see if any of the songs will grow on me. Because my expectations for 2023 are just like my country's interest in ESC. Low.

My top for this absolutely stellar selection would be:

1. Perinita Mea

2. Puppet

3. Lele

4. No time for me

5. Call on me

6. Statues

7. D.G.T. (Off and On)

8. Bad&Cool

9. Take you home

10. Bla bla bla

11. Hai vino

12. Faralaes

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Barbie Erika Screenshot Redraw from Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper ♥

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Mew Ichigo and Mew Minto Fanart ♥

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Repainted Hyuna in her MV from Cause I’m God Girl or Roll Deep. ♥

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Kagome Fanart

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Sad Usagi

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Chi from Chobits ♥

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Sakura ♥

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Zero Fanart

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Made a better version of my Enma Ai Picture.

Ippen Shindemiru?

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Luchia Nanami from Mermaid Melody

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Mermaid Melody Girls^^

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Some copic ACEOs :)