May 26, 20169 yr Firefly is so gorgeous and remains in my all time top 10 Eurovision entries. Admittedly Christina struggled to deliver it live but her improvement from the national final performance to the Eurovision performance was massive and I think her nervousness added to the charm of the song in the end. Beautiful song and the studio version really is a hidden gem! And Christina's presentation of the 2010 votes live from Larnaca International Airport will always remain iconic.
May 27, 20169 yr Author http://i.imgur.com/buH5OoA.png Well it's kind of hard to rank Czech Republic amongst the other countries since, like Australia, they've only competed a limited number of times. Debuting in 2007 they competed for 3 years straight before dropping out until 2015. As you might all know this year was the very first year that the Czech Republic qualified into the final and unfortunately for them they got nil points in the televoting despite getting some 41 points in the jury voting. I can't say that this qualification record surprises me since on my personal list they actually rank 45th out of 48 countries, but hey at least they're not last! 602nd – "Malá Dáma" by Kabát (2007) Ahh the curse of the debut song. The Czech nation first entered our Eurovision hearts with this song in 2007. Unfortunately this kind of set the tone for them in the contest for a while because this song is absolutely dreadful in every meaning of the world. This kind of shouty-rock is possibly my very least form of music there is. It literally massages my irritation nerves until I just have to shut it off because otherwise I'll just get irrationally pissed that we have to have music like this in our wonderfully wide musical spectrum. 530th – "Aven Romale" by Gypzy.cz (2009) Uhhh. What? Okay I love myself a great parody song, but man this one does not work. It's kind of all over the place and whatever the joke is I'm missing it by far. In fact the singer is just rather annoying on that stage and I'm kind of hoping for him to mess up because that would be pretty much the only enjoyment I could get out of this performance. 522nd – "Have Some Fun" by Tereza Kerndlová (2008) Well, in 2008 they kind of got the memo that beautiful girls in skimpy outfits brought in the votes so they did just that with a very tonedeaf singer. Oof. Mark missed big time. Poor Tereza doesn't quite manage to stay in key during pretty much all of the song, and her backing vocals are just as bad if not worse. Also she's really short of breath during the duration of the song which is reeally not a good look. The song is typical mindless Eurovision BS that is really not about anything so I wouldn't go on quoting it in your yearbooks. 286th – "Hope Never Dies" by Marta Jandová and Václav Noid Bárta (2015) Big jump for the next Czech entry to fall and now we've reached their second most recent entry in the competition. They have finally gotten the hint about what is and what isn't acceptable in Eurovision. They sent a beautiful ballad with two great vocalists who work very well together. This one definitely deserved to make it into the final out of all they had produced by then. I love Václav's rough voice and Marta has a great clean voice as well and hits all those notes perfectly! The only thing that keeps them out of the Top 250 is the fact that it's been done so many times before and the forgettability of this song is rather high for me as I had to listen to it again just to remember how it goes which is bad for a Top 300 entry. CzechQualifiers · 1 out of 5"I Stand" by Gabriela Gunčíková (2016)1 song out of the 5 they've presented us with thus far makes it through. It was kind of to be expected for the casualty rate to be high here but rest assured there was no danger of 'I Stand' not making it through and Gabriela so did not deserve to be a nil pointer this year with such a beautiful ballad and that magnificent vocal range.
May 27, 20169 yr The first leaked version of Have Some Fun was a great early Britney-esque pop song but the Eurovision version, which sounded like something that would come last in a 1994 Turkish national final, was crap. Edited May 27, 20169 yr by gooddelta
May 27, 20169 yr The first leaked version of Have Some Fun was a great early Britney-esque pop song but the Eurovision version, which sounded like something that would come last in a 1994 Turkish national final, was crap. Yeah I think I'd go so far as to say Have Some Fun would be right down there at the bottom if I did a list like this. That's the Czech horror for me, not the other two from their first three, both of which I enjoy to a sensible extent. Trying to think which 3 countries will be worse than the Czechs, I have a couple of ideas - their latest two entries have probably dragged them up the list a bit for many people.
May 27, 20169 yr I loved 'Have some fun' :( Really enjoying this list! excited to see how the top 250 goes!
May 27, 20169 yr Author http://i.imgur.com/K204UxP.png Ahh, here comes the first nordic entry! This is of course going to be a big one for me since I am from a nordic country myself and I cannot promise to not be biased towards my nordic brothers because Icelandic radio absolutely hammers the songs of our nordic cousins like crazy both before, during and after Eurovision. There will of course be some casualties but the lowest placer is not quite as low as you might expect. Generally Denmark sends cool songs although this country sound they've gone with so many times is getting a little bit old. Denmark places 11th out of 48 countries just missing out of the Top 10, but at least it's not in last place for the nordics. 426th – "Drama Queen" by DQ (2007) In the danish last place is the song for which year? Well of course it's this entry because 2007 was the year Eurovision sucked, as I've said numerous times in this rankdown. This isn't all bad though, and a little bit of fun but this was never going to qualify and I think everyone knows that. DQ is a fabulous drag queen though but unfortunately she was overshadowed by Eurovision's most fab drag queen ever that year so she got lost in the dust. Also those bad notes did you no favors. Yeesh. 381st – "All Night Long" by Simon Matthew (2008) I guess the late 2000s were not a great time for Denmark in my books. This is, as far as I know, a fan favorite and I mean I totally get it – it's a catchy tune but come on this has been overdone so many times outside of Eurovision. As I've touched down on before I'm not a big fan of country in Eurovision (Sorry DB) and since this was absolutely overplayed to bits on Icelandic radio I got so sick and tired of this song it's not even funny. 343rd – "Shame On You" by Tomas Thordarson (2004) Originally this was a lot higher on my list. And when I say a lot higher I mean like Top 250 high. I went over the list and stopped at this song and was like, "hmm I can't really recall this one" so I listened to it again and I realized okay this isn't all bad but wow this is definitely not a Top 250 entry. That outfit is hilar and even though I don't remember this song at all from the actual contest it feels like something I've heard many times before but not in a good way. So really Thomas, the shame is all on you for sending this mediocre dung. 307th – "Tell Me Who You Are" by Malene Mortensen (2002) Well, this is a song that falls a bit for the faults in the live version but originally climbs high thanks to a rather good studio version. One of the biggest faults is the fact that Malene tries to use her voice a bit more than she can handle, which just turns rather disastrous so I'm not completely shocked it ended up last in the contest, but lets be real that was definitely not the worst song in the 2002 edition. 290th – "Soldiers Of Love" by Lighthouse X (2016) Oh look! It's discount danish Take That! Well this is definitely the stranges boyband I think I've seen in recent years. Although I do like the song quite a lot actually because it's a solid pop song, I feel like the live version was veeery messy to say the least. This definitely brings the song down from its initial Top 250 position. Also I find it very funny that the only guy I find sexually attractive in that band is possibly the absolutely worst out of the bunch. One of the trio is super pitchy during the chorus btw. #ShouldabeenSimone 268th – "Twist Of Love" by Sidsel Ben Semmane (2006) I'm so conflicted about this song. I'm not a fan of this type of music but THIS IS JUST SO DAMN CATCHY! This is basically just a mixture of 50s hits mashed together and somehow it kind of totally works. This Selma 2.0 owns the stage and the song sticks in your head for a while afterwards even though it's so god damn simple. Denmark has obviously done way better but this is still fun and innocent, too bad she sent this in 2006 which was in my opinion probably the best year of the 2000s. 262nd – "New Tomorrow" by A Friend In London (2011) Oh geez controversy time. This almost made the Top 250 but I just kind of cut it last minute because I kind of realized I've never really liked this song that much. I mean I get the appeal but it's just so vanilla. The singer is super good looking and I can appreciate his eye-f**king me/the camera all the time but that doesn't save the song unfortunately. I remember a friend of mine absolutely adored this song and played it nonstop back in '11 and I think that may have sealed the deal on this song for me lmao. Good song though, don't get me wrong. Just not as good as everyone seems to think. In my opinion at least. Danish Qualifiers · 9 out of 16"Believe Again" by Niels Brinck (2009)"Cliché Love Song" by Basim (2014)"Fly on the Wings of Love" by The Olsen Brothers (2000)"In a Moment Like This" by Chanée & N'evergreen (2010)"Never Ever Let You Go" by Rollo & King (2001)"Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest (2013)"Should've Known Better" by Soluna Samay (2012)"Talking To You" by Jakob Sveistrup (2005)"The Way You Are" by Anti Social Media (2015)Wow. That's the biggest roster yet I think. 9 songs out of 16 is a pretty decent success rate in my opinion and it's really no surprise that Denmark have won twice and come close to winning 3 more times because they are pretty good at this. Now I'll still admit that some of these songs will fall quickly in the Top 250, and one of them kind of got there with help from the fact that I know somebody in one of those acts (but I still definitely like the song as well). Two of these songs go veeery far and I think you should have a good idea about at least one of them.
May 28, 20169 yr Such a cliche but Denmark really are the masters of the middle of the road beige pop that occasionally strike it lucky with something brilliant like Only Teardrops or In A Moment Like This (and the latter was to all intents and purposes a Swedish song in all but name so that tells you all you need to know).
May 30, 20169 yr Author FTR this is the country list as it stands right now: 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. Armenia (6 songs; 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016) 08. 09. Australia (2 songs; 2015, 2016) 10. 11. Denmark (9 songs; 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) 12. Belgium (7 songs; 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016) 13. 14. 15. Azerbaijan (7 songs; 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016) 16. 17. 18. Belarus (6 songs; 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015) 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Bosnia & Herzegovina (2004, 2005, 2006, 2011) 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. Albania (4 songs; 2004, 2005, 2009, 2016) 30. Cyprus (3 songs; 2005, 2007, 2012) 31. 32. 33. 34. Croatia (4 songs; 2002, 2003, 2006, 2016) 35. 36. Austria (2 songs; 2012, 2014) 37. 38. 39. 40. Bulgaria (3 songs; 2006, 2012, 2016) 41. 42. 43. Andorra (1 song; 2005) 44. 45. Czech Republic (1 song; 2016) 46. 47. 48. Qualified Songs (so far): 59/250 Next up is Estonia. Feel free to try and guess where that will land and which songs will qualify!
May 30, 20169 yr Denmark I've always seen as quite competent but in recent years that often means falling below the standard of lots of other nations, particularly in good years like 2012 and 2016. They definitely need a switch-up to their formula soon. Occasionally they have a song I really love but it's not that often (In A Moment Like This and New Tomorrow being the principle ones). I hope you have several through for Estonia, they're incredible in the years they choose to be.
May 31, 20169 yr Author http://i.imgur.com/ZisInc7.png Next up is a country I've been pleasantly surprised by a couple of times. It's by no means my favorite country but they have sent some amazing tunes throughout the years. They've sent seriously cool mystery pop (I have no idea what else to describe it as), solid pop singers and two of the best ballads to be sung in recent Eurovision contests. They have also won once with what is easily in my mind the worst winner of this millennium. But more on that later. Estonia have managed a very respectable 16th out of 48 countries, which I'll be honest is much higher than I would have expected prior to making this list. Estonia really are great underdogs. 532nd – "Eighties Coming Back" by Ruffus (2003) Uhh like what exactly is supposed to be appealing about this song? In what way are the eighties coming back? Please stop singing, leave the stage and never come back. Sounds like a theme song for some lame 80's show actually, so maybe they're coming back in that sense? 517th – "Let's Get Loud" by Suntribe (2005) Lol I feel kind of bad about putting this so far down actually but this is just so.. bad. The song brings exactly nothing new to the table and the singing is not impressive in any way. One of the singers has a very weird way of weilding her voice. This is the kind of shouty-party song I really dispise. 485th – "Leto Svet" by Kreisiraadio (2008) Lmao I think most people will probably be surprised that this isn't dead last but I actually for some very weird reason kind of like this song. Not enough to bring it any higher than this but I definitely find it much more entertaining than the two entries I cut first. I have no idea what's going on and I guess that's part of the charm. This is such a WTF entry and they totally embrace it. I'm glad it didn't qualify though as that would have taken a bit from its' charm and this qualifying over any of the entries would have been a travesty lmao. 411th – "Everybody" by Tanel Padar and Dave Benton (2001) Oh dear I feel this is way too high actually. I used to LOVE this song when I was a kid but now it annoys me to no end. The thing that annoys me the most though is probably the performance rather than the song itself. The dancing is so cringeworthy and this feels entirely aimed at children, and again since I'm not a kid or a kid person this flies way over my head. Don't get the appeal and don't get how I liked it way back then. Too high. 336th – "Partners In Crime" by Gerli Padar (2007) Well, I don't really remember this song but then again it comes from 2007 which I tend to want to erase from my memory. It's cool though and Gerli delivers an alright performance of an average song. Not much else to say about it though. 309th – "Siren" by Malcolm Lincoln and Manpower 4 (2010) Lmao here's a song that I can very well imagine people either hate or love. For me it's somehow sort of in the middle, but not quite still. I both like it and dislike it at the same time.. if that makes sense. There's part of it that I think sound brilliant but there's also parts of the performance I wish I could erase from my memory. Also he looks like an absolute asshat on stage and I really think I'd feel good about punching him just because he's got that kind of face and presence, but I'm not a violent person so I'll pass on punching poor Malcolm. 291st – "Amazing" by Tanja (2014) Aww poor Tanja, she literally sent this just a little bit too late. This would have slayed in 2008 or so but this feels just so generic and overdone by now that it really shouldn't surprise anyone this didn't qualify. But still it kind of surprised me that it didn't because she has quite an eventful performance and her vocals aren't that bad. The lyrics are hilarious though and I don't know why she wants to get the "amazing light" to stay. Just don't turn them off Tanja, it's easy as that. 275th – "Through My Window" by Sandra Oxenryd (2006) This is so typical mid-2000s Eurovision I'm honestly shocked this didn't qualify. I mean even though she's not the best singer (she's not the worst either) this just kind of ticks all the boxes. It's a jolly feel-good song about something that makes no sense with kind of an country-undertone and even some sly christmas bell fairly well hidden in the instrumental. Another victim of the damn just-one-semi thing. 267th – "Et Uus Saaks Alguse" by Birgit Õigemeel (2013) For some reason, even though the language feels a bit like someone is just slamming their fists on the keyboard, ballads in Estonian can be absolutely beautiful. Birgit delivers a pretty flawless performance of this song, which should be enough to drive it into the Top 250 in theory but the song is just not that great even though it's pretty good. She has a lovely voice though. 260th – "Play" by Jüri Pootsmann (2016) Now we close out Estonia with their most recent entry, which I definitely expected to qualify.. until I saw the semi final performance. It's a solid song but that performance is possibly one of the creepiest, if not THE creepiest, performance in Eurovision history. He has this dead stare into the camera and keeps trying to get me to come closer and I'm just like please stop I'm not interested Jüri. I do like the song though. Estonian Qualifiers · 7 out of 17"Goodbye To Yesterday" by Elina Born and Stig Rästa (2015)"Kuula" by Ott Lepland (2012)"Once In A Lifetime" by Ines (2000)"Rändajad" by Urban Symphony (2009)"Rockefeller Street" by Getter Jaani (2011)"Runaway" by Sahlene (2002)"Tii" by Neiokõsõ (2004)Seven qualifiers out of the biggest roster yet. We have a little bit of everything here: a male ballad, a duo ballad, bubblegum pop, electropop and even one traditional number that is very interesting in a way because I never would have thought I'd like it. Estonia definitely have shown they know how to participate in Eurovision and have sent some strong performance all throughout the decade. Next up will be Finland..
May 31, 20169 yr Well you've taken out all the awful Estonian entries, and most of the amazing ones are in there. Aww at Suntribe, I like that a bit too much for what it is (and Et Uuks Saak Alguse is so wonderfully sweet) but right bottom placer, that's pretty awful. I'll be very interested to see what you've put through from Finland (hint: as much as possible :D )
June 2, 20169 yr http://i.imgur.com/kMFK4wX.png 333rd – "Angel Si Ti" by Miro (2010) This one surprised me a bit upon rewatch because I honestly liked it a lot more than I thought I would. It's an energetic song and so totally Eurovision lmao. Miro has a nice voice though it kind of needs a little bit of help here and there but man this definitely should have placed higher than 15th in the semi it was in. Sounds kind of like something I would have listened to post-Eurovision back in 2007 or 2008. That outfit is horrendous though and the choreography is pretty hilar. This is one of my favorites. Love the strings a lot. They're incredibly dramatic and exciting. Edited June 2, 20169 yr by Colm
June 6, 20169 yr Author Sorry for the wait guys - Finland and France will hopefully be up later today :) in the mean time here's some stats for each of the Contests and their reps so far: 2000: 2 songs out of 6 have qualified (Denmark, Estonia) 2001: 1 song out of 4 has qualified (Denmark) 2002: 2 songs out of 8 have qualified (Croatia, Estonia) 2003: 2 songs out of 5 have qualified (Belgium, Croatia) 2004: 4 songs out of 10 have qualified (Albania, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Estonia) 2005: 6 songs out of 11 have qualified (Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cyprus, Denmark) 2006: 5 songs out of 11 have qualified (Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia) 2007: 2 songs out of 13 have qualified (Belarus, Cyprus) 2008: 1 song out of 13 has qualified (Armenia) 2009: 5 songs out of 13 have qualified (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Estonia) 2010: 4 songs out of 11 have qualified (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Denmark) 2011: 4 songs out of 12 have qualified (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Estonia) 2012: 6 songs out of 11 have qualified (Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia) 2013: 4 songs out of 11 have qualified (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Denmark) 2014: 4 songs out of 8 have qualified (Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Denmark) 2015: 6 songs out of 11 have qualified (Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia) 2016: 8 songs out of 14 have qualified (Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic) so far 2008 has the worst success rate which is surprising to me because I didn't realized they had so many below average songs lol. 2007 is worse though as the average of the eliminated songs is much lower than 2008.
June 7, 20169 yr Author moved to the top of the next page for aesthetic reasons :) Edited June 8, 20169 yr by jafetsigfinns
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