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AdamAloud View member profile	Jan 19 2017, 06:24 PM Post #1
I was born 7 million years ago in Sweden, Africa Joined: 4 October 2010 Posts: 13,253 User: 11,955	Who did the best job of following up their Eurovision win? Rank the last 10 host entries from best to worst. There won't be any results, it's just for a bit of fun. Finland 2007 // Hanna Pakarinen - Leave Me Alone Serbia 2008 // Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugic - Oro Russia 2009 // Anastasia Prikhodko - Mamo Norway 2010 // Didrik Solli-Tangen - My Heart Is Yours Germany 2011 // Lena - Taken By A Stranger Azerbaijan 2012 // Sabina Babayeva - When The Music Dies Sweden 2013 // Robin Stjernberg - You Denmark 2014 // Basim - Cliché Love Song Austria 2015 // The Makemakes - I Am Yours Sweden 2016 // Frans - If I Were Sorry And in case any of you need educating/a refresher: 3ibC5pps0dA d3NMkyDSEb0 vxZGknFxE58 9w527tADNpc fHsLnk3whxg yzT7O3Fnwpk vtjdTPnCcu0 jnCTsJkieY4 -f993p0CAV8 2AIPrVchJN8


AdamAloud View member profile	Jan 19 2017, 06:26 PM Post #2
I was born 7 million years ago in Sweden, Africa Joined: 4 October 2010 Posts: 13,253 User: 11,955	Germany 2011 // Lena - Taken By A Stranger [BEST] Serbia 2008 // Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugic - Oro Finland 2007 // Hanna Pakarinen - Leave Me Alone Azerbaijan 2012 // Sabina Babayeva - When The Music Dies Russia 2009 // Anastasia Prikhodko - Mamo Denmark 2014 // Basim - Cliché Love Song Sweden 2013 // Robin Stjernberg - You Norway 2010 // Didrik Solli-Tangen - My Heart Is Yours Austria 2015 // The Makemakes - I Am Yours Sweden 2016 // Frans - If I Were Sorry Ukraine, send a woman to Kyiv! Although this is probably my favourite ever host entry, how Estonia didn't the double I'll never know! ItSBa0-bvz0


Ryan. View member profile	Jan 19 2017, 06:28 PM Post #3
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 23 December 2010 Posts: 24,411 User: 12,608	Ooh putting them like that I didn't realise how good the host entries have been over the years! Amazing 01. Germany 2011 // Lena - Taken By A Stranger 02. Azerbaijan 2012 // Sabina Babayeva - When The Music Dies 03. Sweden 2016 // Frans - If I Were Sorry Great 04. Finland 2007 // Hanna Pakarinen - Leave Me Alone 05. Serbia 2008 // Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugic - Oro 06. Sweden 2013 // Robin Stjernberg - You 07. Norway 2010 // Didrik Solli-Tangen - My Heart Is Yours Good 08. Russia 2009 // Anastasia Prikhodko - Mamo 09. Denmark 2014 // Basim - Cliché Love Song Average 10. Austria 2015 // The Makemakes - I Am Yours


Qween View member profile	Jan 19 2017, 07:21 PM Post #4
Schlagerdrottningen Joined: 23 August 2010 Posts: 31,875 User: 11,709	It really isn't a good bunch, I only have two of them on my Eurovision playlist and I'd happily never hear most of them again. The fact I have LENA so high should be evidence enough as to how bad everything else is. 10 Serbia 2008 // Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugic - Oro 09 Azerbaijan 2012 // Sabina Babayeva - When The Music Dies 06 Russia 2009 // Anastasia Prikhodko - Mamo 06 Germany 2011 // Lena - Taken By A Stranger 06 Finland 2007 // Hanna Pakarinen - Leave Me Alone 05 Norway 2010 // Didrik Solli-Tangen - My Heart Is Yours 05 Austria 2015 // The Makemakes - I Am Yours 03 Sweden 2013 // Robin Stjernberg - You 03 Denmark 2014 // Basim - Cliché Love Song 00 Sweden 2016 // Frans - If I Were Sorry


Iz 🌟 View member profile	Jan 19 2017, 10:21 PM Post #5
I'm a paragon so don't perceive me Joined: 3 February 2011 Posts: 37,409 User: 12,929	I think most of these are great! Although the weakest four are the most recent four so maybe it was a trend that ended up dying off. The first six are all great. 1. Finland 2007 // Hanna Pakarinen - Leave Me Alone 2. Serbia 2008 // Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugic - Oro 3. Russia 2009 // Anastasia Prikhodko - Mamo 4. Germany 2011 // Lena - Taken By A Stranger 5. Norway 2010 // Didrik Solli-Tangen - My Heart Is Yours 6. Azerbaijan 2012 // Sabina Babayeva - When The Music Dies --- 7. Sweden 2013 // Robin Stjernberg - You 8. Sweden 2016 // Frans - If I Were Sorry 9. Austria 2015 // The Makemakes - I Am Yours --- 10. Denmark 2014 // Basim - Cliché Love Song yes, mostly chronological is the way I'm ranking these.


gooddelta View member profile	Jan 19 2017, 10:29 PM Post #6
Hello? Joined: 8 March 2006 Posts: 83,013 User: 116	Sweden 2016 // Frans - If I Were Sorry Germany 2011 // Lena - Taken By A Stranger Sweden 2013 // Robin Stjernberg - You Norway 2010 // Didrik Solli-Tangen - My Heart Is Yours Finland 2007 // Hanna Pakarinen - Leave Me Alone ------------------ Austria 2015 // The Makemakes - I Am Yours Denmark 2014 // Basim - Cliché Love Song Serbia 2008 // Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugic - Oro Russia 2009 // Anastasia Prikhodko - Mamo Azerbaijan 2012 // Sabina Babayeva - When The Music Dies I don't care for any of the bottom five tbh, I like Hanna and Didrik's songs and love the top three <3


LexC View member profile	Jan 19 2017, 11:15 PM Post #7
Attack Dog/Sass Queen Joined: 29 January 2008 Posts: 16,022 User: 5,342	01 Oro 02 When The Music Dies 03 Leave Me Alone 04 Mamo 05 Taken By A Stranger 06 You 07 My Heart Is Yours 08 If I Were Sorry 09 Cliche Love Song 10 I Am Yours -x- Oro is genuinely an amazing composition of its own right regardless of the 'host entry' tag. It's not exactly a stellar bunch and I only REALLY care for the top three ('Taken By A Stranger' is a bit overrated IMO) but I don't actively dislike any of them (that damn Frans song grew on me dammit!).


J❄️hq View member profile	Jan 19 2017, 11:36 PM Post #8
my anxiety attacks Joined: 15 April 2009 Posts: 30,754 User: 8,674	QUOTE(Ryan. @ Jan 19 2017, 06:28 PM) Ooh putting them like that I didn't realise how good the host entries have been over the years! Same here! Sweden 2016 // Frans - If I Were Sorry Sweden 2013 // Robin Stjernberg - You Finland 2007 // Hanna Pakarinen - Leave Me Alone Azerbaijan 2012 // Sabina Babayeva - When The Music Dies Serbia 2008 // Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugic - Oro - Germany 2011 // Lena - Taken By A Stranger Denmark 2014 // Basim - Cliché Love Song - Norway 2010 // Didrik Solli-Tangen - My Heart Is Yours Russia 2009 // Anastasia Prikhodko - Mamo - Austria 2015 // The Makemakes - I Am Yours Austria is a total dud. Mamo I'm not THAT fond of as a song, but the performance was an iconic mess, Didrik rather on the dull side. (that damn Basim song grew on me dammit!)


p a v View member profile	Jan 20 2017, 08:16 AM Post #9
thanks for being a sarcy lil bitch Joined: 25 September 2007 Posts: 79,269 User: 4,397	01 Serbia 2008 // Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugic - Oro 02 Germany 2011 // Lena - Taken By A Stranger 03 Finland 2007 // Hanna Pakarinen - Leave Me Alone 04 Azerbaijan 2012 // Sabina Babayeva - When The Music Dies 05 Sweden 2016 // Frans - If I Were Sorry 06 Norway 2010 // Didrik Solli-Tangen - My Heart Is Yours 07 Russia 2009 // Anastasia Prikhodko - Mamo 08 Sweden 2013 // Robin Stjernberg - You 09 Denmark 2014 // Basim - Cliché Love Song 10 Austria 2015 // The Makemakes - I Am Yours


Iz 🌟 View member profile	Jan 20 2017, 11:52 AM Post #10
I'm a paragon so don't perceive me Joined: 3 February 2011 Posts: 37,409 User: 12,929	The last Ukrainian host entry was really significant, I mean, you don't often get songs that are the literal anthem of a revolution on the Eurovision stage. N5u6J_mbhLU I also like it. As opposed to considering it the red-headed stepchild of Ukrainian entries. I kinda hope they've got something similarly meaningful up their sleeves. Oh, and For Real is awesome. pipamUl14A4 I miss Turkey a lot sometimes. And of course Hello From Mars, one of the early Latvian epics and one of those early-00s Eurovision songs that sticks with me really well. Almost as good as Brainstorm. 1LmvswHGeuM They can be good as the song can be a celebration that the country's just won, Greenjolly, Anastasia & Didrik felt like that especially (and for the latter two felt like a real expression of otherwise-repressed Russian personality for Mamo and made what could have been a dull ballad really sweet instead for My Heart Is Yours).


ScottyEm View member profile	Jan 20 2017, 11:53 AM Post #11
BuzzJack Gold Member Joined: 29 April 2006 Posts: 3,392 User: 519	I'll take Germany 2011 all the way. Sweden 2013 is "OK", the rest are varying degrees of woeful. That Norwegian entry from 2010 was a particular low point... rather like the 2010 contest itself.