1. He's the new David Gray :magic:

24. It's on my list, along with Salem's album and the MF compilation. I *might* look for Malena's album but if it's anything above the equivalent of £10 I won't bother as it's a good few months old now...

33. They usually win though! this definitely won't but it's a nice nod to the past - imagine if it won the jury vote (you know how much they loved Carola/Charlotte) :rofl:

38. I loved They Can't Stop The Spring (not the dire live version though) but not as much as I like It's For You. The only other Irish entries that made my chart were Et Cetera and Love from 2005 (:lol:)

46. I know :lol: it seems to have finished, but not there's more...and then again!

50. Their 2009 entry never interested me, in fact I've never liked a Slovakian entry before now :lol:

 

24 - Let me know what it's like if/when you get it please :D

33 - :lol:, well it might! Did I imagine it, or is there going to be a few international juries voting this year too? :unsure:

38 - I quite liked Love too! :lol:

46 - When I first got the mp3 (before I'd seen the performance on Youtube) I thought there was a problem with it and was going to edit it out :lol:

50 - 1998 was very good I thought :o

24 - Let me know what it's like if/when you get it please :D

33 - :lol:, well it might! Did I imagine it, or is there going to be a few international juries voting this year too? :unsure:

38 - I quite liked Love too! :lol:

46 - When I first got the mp3 (before I'd seen the performance on Youtube) I thought there was a problem with it and was going to edit it out :lol:

50 - 1998 was very good I thought :o

 

24. will do :D Mika-ish I expect :lol:

33. yes, 5 or 6 international juries and 5 or 6 Swedish juries, so international influence will make up about 25% of the votes if you take televoting into account too

38. they were a cringeworthy duo though :heehee:

46. Same here :lol:

50. I'll have to give that another listen...my knowledge of pre 1999 contests is patchy

24. will do :D Mika-ish I expect :lol:

33. yes, 5 or 6 international juries and 5 or 6 Swedish juries, so international influence will make up about 25% of the votes if you take televoting into account too

38. they were a cringeworthy duo though :heehee:

46. Same here :lol:

50. I'll have to give that another listen...my knowledge of pre 1999 contests is patchy

 

33 - Fingers crossed for a UK jury!

38 - :lol: Indeed.

50 - So is mine, but for me Slovakia was one of the few decent entries in 1998. I think I liked Croatia, Israel, Malta, UK, Sweden and Slovakia that year and everything else was a bit dull :lol: . I've finally found a place that has working download links for all the previous ESCs, so I'm downloading them like mad now :lol: .

33 - Fingers crossed for a UK jury!

38 - :lol: Indeed.

50 - So is mine, but for me Slovakia was one of the few decent entries in 1998. I think I liked Croatia, Israel, Malta, UK, Sweden and Slovakia that year and everything else was a bit dull :lol: . I've finally found a place that has working download links for all the previous ESCs, so I'm downloading them like mad now :lol: .

 

33. that would be great - apparently though it's 'two Eastern European juries', 'two Southern European juries' and 'two Western European juries'...Pernilla will do well with the Western juries but not so well with the Eastern juries I'd have thought :heehee:

50. I have all of the contests from 1996-2009 on DVD now, and have every ESC song ever on a DVD :D not that I've listened to many of the old ones :lol: My favourites in 1998 were also UK, Sweden, Israel, Malta - don't remember liking anything else that much from when I watched it

33. that would be great - apparently though it's 'two Eastern European juries', 'two Southern European juries' and 'two Western European juries'...Pernilla will do well with the Western juries but not so well with the Eastern juries I'd have thought :heehee:

50. I have all of the contests from 1996-2009 on DVD now, and have every ESC song ever on a DVD :D not that I've listened to many of the old ones :lol: My favourites in 1998 were also UK, Sweden, Israel, Malta - don't remember liking anything else that much from when I watched it

 

33 - Timoteij might do alright with the Eastern European juries, they like ethno-pop over there! I can see Salem and Anna being the favourites of the Western European ones. Not sure about the south, maybe Darin?

50 - I've now got all the DVDs too, not watched them yet though. I'm up to 1984 on the downloads, but I haven't downloaded any of the 1950's/60's contests. Don't see much point really as I have all the famous entries from those years already and I can't see there being anything else great on offer.

33 - Timoteij might do alright with the Eastern European juries, they like ethno-pop over there! I can see Salem and Anna being the favourites of the Western European ones. Not sure about the south, maybe Darin?

50 - I've now got all the DVDs too, not watched them yet though. I'm up to 1984 on the downloads, but I haven't downloaded any of the 1950's/60's contests. Don't see much point really as I have all the famous entries from those years already and I can't see there being anything else great on offer.

 

33. will be interesting to see, I definitely agree about the Western ones going for Anna...

50. indeed, it's not my era, I enjoy very little music from the 50's or 60's and I doubt I'll enjoy the Eurovision music :lol: there are a couple of 60's entries on that Absolute Schlager album and both are catchy, but cringey