Posted February 15, 201213 yr So instead of my yearly look back at my favourites from Eurovision, or Melodifestivalen, here are my top 40 LEAST favourite entries of the past ten contests. Forgive me if you love any of these as my words won't be kind. Any predictions of what might be to come? 40. Josh Dubovie - That Sounds Good To Me (UK 2010 - last in the final) 39. Giorgos Alkaios & Friends - Opa (Greece 2010 - 8th in the final) 38. Arsenium feat Natalia Gordienko & Connect-R (Moldova 2006 - 20th in the final) 37. Chris Doran - If My World Stopped Turning (Ireland 2004 - 22nd in the final) 36. Kaffe - Lorraine (Bulgaria 2005 - 19th in the semi final) 35. Loukas Giorkas feat Stereo Mike - Watch My Dance (Greece 2011 - 7th in the final) 34. Eddie Butler - Together We Are One (Israel 2006 - 23rd in the final) 33. Las Ketchup - Bloody Mary (Spain 2006 - 21st in the final) 32. Fomins & Kleins - Dziesma Par Laimi (Latvia 2004 - 17th in the semi-final) 31. Todomondo - Liubi, Liubi, I Love You (Romania 2007 - 13th in the final) BLiL-tRxhkE tfVRQbzHjBg Kicking off this dire bunch is the UK's 2010 entry, the BBC decided to enlist the help of 80s hasbeen producer and former Pop Idol judge Pete Waterman to write our entry. Sadly the song sounded like a rejected Jason Donovan b-side from 1989 and we duly finished last, with the help of a truly awful live vocal from Josh in Oslo, watch the final 30 seconds of the performance at your own peril! Sounding like a Butlins advert soundtrack from 20 years ago, it was an embarrassment of an entry and managed to not even reach the UK top 75 singles chart, in fact it got all the way to #179! Greece have had a few awful entries over the past decade, when straying away from their excellent ethno-pop formula that serves them so well. 2010's Opa and 2011's Watch My Dance are two hideous examples of this, although saved by energetic and engaging performances/performers and the ever helpful diaspora vote. 2006 had some absolutely awful entries, most of which sadly qualified for the final in expense of some amazing songs, because of the 'top ten from the year before qualify' rule that was in place still. Israel's yawnfest from Eddie Butler and Moldova's crap nothingy pop song are two examples of this. And qualifying thanks to being part of 'the big four' were worldwide chart stars Las Ketchup. Except where Asereje would have walked the contest for Spain if sent in 2002, Bloody Mary was very plain and even worse than the Las Ketchup copycat act that they sent the year before! The worst thing about it is that an act of this stature were sending such a mediocre song. Elsewhere, some plodding 90s dad rock from Latvia, some crap pop/rock from Bulgaria and an interesting concept badly executed from Romania - a song which speeds up in tempo and keeps introducing verses in a different language as it goes along. Nice idea but the song itself wasn't exactly likeable. Finally we have Ireland's 2004 entry, one of a few of theirs that deserved nul points in the noughties. Except where Dervish were saved by Albania, the dull personality void ofChris Doran - with a song written by Brian McFadden - was saved by the UK of course, as we awarded it all 7 of its points.
February 15, 201213 yr Just admit YOU HATE GREECE without disguising it as a Top 40 worst ESC songs. :angry:
February 15, 201213 yr The Greece ones and Josh Dubovie would easily be in my top (or I should I say bottom) 10, all awful :( Which I guess is good, we agree that they are abysmal. Edited February 15, 201213 yr by Liаm
February 15, 201213 yr I like OPA! Only thing I remembered about 2010 initially. The others that I've heard are dire though. Which is good.
February 15, 201213 yr Author Just admit YOU HATE GREECE without disguising it as a Top 40 worst ESC songs. :angry: Greece have only one more entry left in this! They'd have a few entries in my top 40 best of the decade too, so there :o
February 15, 201213 yr Watch My Dance in 2011 was a big grower for me, from 'awful' at first listen to top 10 on the final :wub: Opa was a big grower as well, the roof of the Telenor Arena blew off when they preformed! :D
February 15, 201213 yr Greece have only one more entry left in this! They'd have a few entries in my top 40 best of the decade too, so there :o Yeah, cover your tracks by pretending to like Paparizou and Kalomira. CLEVER.
February 15, 201213 yr Latvia are by FAR my most despised Eurovision nation (probably rivalled only by Lithuania and Austria, but at least those two have sent nice enough entries every so often), but that Fomins & Kleins track, while bad, is definitely not their worst offender in my eyes! Otherwise not too bad. I've grown to like OPA though.
February 15, 201213 yr Author Latvia are by FAR my most despised Eurovision nation (probably rivalled only by Lithuania and Austria, but at least those two have sent nice enough entries every so often), but that Fomins & Kleins track, while bad, is definitely not their worst offender in my eyes! Otherwise not too bad. I've grown to like OPA though. Latvia will be appearing again, and were also at #41 with I Hear Your Heart but Josh deserved the nod for being such a DIRE home entry, and not in a likeable way a la Daz/Scooch. Something was very offputting for me with that Fomins & Kleins song, I just can't stand it :lol: Opa is a taste I never acquired, still dislike it.
February 15, 201213 yr That big note from Josh Dubovie - OH MY, I don't even remember it being that bad. I loved Opa though, one of my favourites of 2010 :(
February 15, 201213 yr Author 30. Piero & The Music Stars - Celebrate (Switzerland 2004 - last in the semi final) 29. Homens Da Luta - A Luta é Alegria (Portugal 2011 - 18th in the semi final) 28. Sergio & The Ladies - Sister (Belgium 2002 - 13th in the final) 27. Zdob Si Zdub - Boonika Bate Doba (Moldova 2005 - 6th in the final) 26. Stefan Filipovic - Zauvijek Volim Te (Montenegro 2008 - 14th in the semi final) 25. Green Jolly - Razom Nas Bahato, Nas Nye Podolaty (Ukraine 2005 24. Gipzy.cz - Aven Romale (Czech Republic 2009 - last in the semi final) 23. Zdob Si Zdub - So Lucky (Moldova 2011 - 12th in the final) 22. Olexandr Ponomaryov - Hasta La Vista (Ukraine 2003 - 14th in the final) 21. Andy Abraham - Even If (United Kingdom 2008 - last in the final) eVkJd4r7Pd4 -jjMrtukGlw Onwards and downwards, Switzerland's 2004 semi-final nul pointer kicks off this bunch. Fresh from a domestic reality music selection process show, Piero had a face that you felt like punching very hard whilst the 'music stars' were woeful backing singers. The song was vaguely catchy but it reeked of trying to copy Estonia's winner from three years earlier, and failing very badly. Novelty entries from Portugal (what on earth was that?) and 2x Moldova's horrible Zdob Si Zdub, who managed to return in 2011 with an entry somehow even less to my tastes than their first one! Belgium's 2002 entry is the earliest dating song on this list, the gruff Sister had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The first of many Montenegrin dad rock entries is here, worst genre EVER yet they seem to dabble in it every single year. A misguided 2005 political statement from Ukraine and their 2003 debut entry (his singing accent :drama:) are their only two real misfires so far - their other entries have all been certified smash hits, and deservedly so in most cases! And then we also have another semi-final nul pointer, Czech Republic's horrible Aven Romale. They walked out of the contest believing that nobody would ever vote for their entries but they presented us with two of the very worst of the decade so they have only themselves to blame. And finally it's the UK's 2008 entry. A pretty shocking national final, and the last proper song selection one that we've had, it did have one gem in the form of (a #1 in my personal chart!). Sadly it was former binman and X Factor finalist Andy Abraham who got the nod. I have nothing against him at all and have always quite liked him as a person but Even If was barely even a song. A plodding disco beat with little in the way of a melody, our own Hitstastic did a BRILLIANT mash-up which spliced this with Michael Jackson's Don't Stop Til You Get Enough. It was genius and made me wish that samples were allowed in the contest. But the version sent was easily our poorest entry of the decade, I'd take any of our novelty entries over something with no particular tune. Sadly, despite Andy giving it his all on a multi-coloured dancefloor, the song was just too poor and it finished joint last causing Terry Wogan to quit his long standing role as commentator. The 8 from San Marino's jury also suggests that had Andy waited a year until the juries were back, Even if actually could have done ok! Not that I'd have been supporting it...
February 15, 201213 yr I agree with Pavel, so much hate for Zdob şi Zdub! :( "Aven Romale" was terrible, I was expecting to see some Czech entry in your contdown :lol:
February 15, 201213 yr I LOVE 'Boonika Bate Doba' - not so hot on 'So Lucky' though. And 'Lorraine' isn't great but I have a strange little soft spot for it.
February 16, 201213 yr 40. Josh Dubovie - That Sounds Good To Me (UK 2010 - last in the final) crap song, crap performer, crap performance 39. Giorgos Alkaios & Friends - Opa (Greece 2010 - 8th in the final) I like this! 38. Arsenium feat Natalia Gordienko & Connect-R (Moldova 2006 - 20th in the final) Bad in all aspects. Cheap and tacky! 37. Chris Doran - If My World Stopped Turning (Ireland 2004 - 22nd in the final) Boring. A pure Westlife reject 36. Kaffe - Lorraine (Bulgaria 2005 - 19th in the semi final) Agan, terminally boring! 35. Loukas Giorkas feat Stereo Mike - Watch My Dance (Greece 2011 - 7th in the final) Not bad although it sounds like two songs fused into one and they don't exactly mix up properly 34. Eddie Butler - Together We Are One (Israel 2006 - 23rd in the final) Horrible 2006 autoqualifier 33. Las Ketchup - Bloody Mary (Spain 2006 - 21st in the final) Good call here as well! 32. Fomins & Kleins - Dziesma Par Laimi (Latvia 2004 - 17th in the semi-final) This one I liked. So underrated! 31. Todomondo - Liubi, Liubi, I Love You (Romania 2007 - 13th in the final) Didn't mind this but it's the worst Romanian entry ever!
February 16, 201213 yr 30. Piero & The Music Stars - Celebrate (Switzerland 2004 - last in the semi final) Should be top 2 :P 29. Homens Da Luta - A Luta é Alegria (Portugal 2011 - 18th in the semi final) Ruined Portugal's string of decent/good hits since 2007 28. Sergio & The Ladies - Sister (Belgium 2002 - 13th in the final) Bland. Goes nowhere 27. Zdob Si Zdub - Boonika Bate Doba (Moldova 2005 - 6th in the final) Aww, not bad but I hated it back then! 26. Stefan Filipovic - Zauvijek Volim Te (Montenegro 2008 - 14th in the semi final) Seems they forgot to add a tune in this one! Awful! 25. Green Jolly - Razom Nas Bahato, Nas Nye Podolaty (Ukraine 2005 Bad 24. Gipzy.cz - Aven Romale (Czech Republic 2009 - last in the semi final) Nightmare 23. Zdob Si Zdub - So Lucky (Moldova 2011 - 12th in the final) Baaaaaad. 22. Olexandr Ponomaryov - Hasta La Vista (Ukraine 2003 - 14th in the final) Song itself is decent but his vocals are disastrous 21. Andy Abraham - Even If (United Kingdom 2008 - last in the final) Rubbish
February 16, 201213 yr I'm sorry but Zdob Zi Zdub was my third favourite entry last year after UK and Ireland, nothing wrong with a bit of novelty imo :P I do agree with you completely about the two UK entries though, just dire
February 16, 201213 yr I have to admit to having a soft spot for Even If, it's very much a case of 'so bad its good', but every time I listen to it I can't help but smile. The opening line in particular always gets me, I think its Andy's AWFUL delivery.
February 16, 201213 yr Author 20. Raphael Gualazzi - Madness Of Love (Italy 2011 - 2nd in the final) 19. Vlatko Ilievski - Rusinka (Macedonia 2011 - 16th in the semi final) 18. Lior Narkis - Words For Love (Israel 2003 - 19th in the final) 17. Jeronimas Milius - Nomads In The Night (Lithuania 2008 - 16th in the semi final) 16. Martin Stenmarck - Las Vegas (Sweden 2005 - 19th in the final) TE0uNLp3LuU CZ5Cj3qVBPk Kicking off the next bunch is last year's runner up. Perhaps I'm being a *tad* harsh on it but I was never a fan of the song to start with, as I'm not really a fan of this cafe jazz type genre - combine that with a smug, self indulgent perfomance and 2nd place result (thanks a lot juries!) and you could colour me horrified. 11th in the public televote, it did little to prove its worth and charted just about nowhere, iTunes or otherwise. Macedonia have come up with some real horrors and are comfortably one of my least favourite countries when not sending a woman (let's not sugarcoat it, this chart is so male dominated it's perfect Buzzjack fare). Last year's entry seemed to fuse their typical balkan dad rock with the main theme from Tetris, making the sum of all parts absolutely awful to listen to! Israel are another country with some severely misguided entries under their belt in the last decade. Their 2003 'effort', Words For Love by Lior Narkis was one of a few weak links in an otherwise brilliant contest. Not very good at all... A theatrical entry from Lithuania, it just seemed very creepy to me due to the minor chord progression and the uncomfortable singer (who had a terrible voice/accent, even on record). I don't have any desire to listen to this ever again. And another one that's perhaps a bit too high, but deservedly so out of sheer disgust. Sweden's incredible Melodifestivalen rarely throws up anything I'm not happy with and here's how they've charted for me since 2003 - Give Me Your Love - #2, It Hurts - #2, Las Vegas - N/A, Invincible - #1, The Worrying Kind - #4, Hero - #1, La Voix - #2, This Is My Life - #2, Popular - #1. Yep all top five...apart from 2005 - WHAT was that? With a national final that also housed the excellent Alcastar by Alcazar, Alla Flickor by Linda Bengtzing and most importantly Håll Om Mig, the televote landslide winner from the legendary Nanne Grönwall, the juries pledged their full support to the horrendous Grease pastiche, brass-pop song Las Vegas, and Sweden made one of their biggest errors in judgement ever, the song kick starting a run of Eurovision flops for them (Queen Carola aside, naturally).
February 16, 201213 yr I love OPA! :o Had it been sung in English, I think it would've been a challenger for Lena. Apart from that, agree with everything else so far.
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