March 9, 20205 yr Amazing 1 Albania · Arilena Ara ‒ Shaj 2 Norway · Ulrikke ‒ Attention 3 Australia · Montaigne ‒ Don't Break Me 4 Germany · Ben Dolic ‒ Violent Thing Very good 5 Latvia · Samanta Tina ‒ Still Breathing 6 Switzerland · Gjon's Tears ‒ Répondez-moi 7 Slovenia · Ana Soklic ‒ Voda 8 Bulgaria · Victoria ‒ Tears Getting Sober 9 Iceland · Daði and Gagnamagnið ‒ Think About Things Good 10 Greece · Stefania ‒ Superg!rl 11 Israel · Eden Alene ‒ Feker Libi 12 Lithuania · The Roop ‒ On Fire 13 Ireland · Lesley Roy ‒ Story of My Life 14 Italy · Diodato ‒ Fai Rumore Ok 15 Spain · Blas Cantó ‒ Universo 16 United Kingdom · James Newman ‒ My Last Breath 17 Moldova · Natalia Gordienko ‒ Prison 18 Poland · Alicja Szemplinska ‒ Empire 19 Finland · Aksel Kankaanranta ‒ Looking Back Zzzzzzz…. 20 Estonia · Uku Suviste ‒ What Love Is 21 Belarus · VAL ‒ Da Vidna 22 France · Tom Leeb ‒ The Best In Me 23 Armenia · Athena Manoukian ‒ Chains on You 24 Czech Republic · Benny Cristo ‒ Kemama Eh, no….. 25 Romania · Roxen ‒ Alcohol You 26 Austria · Vincent Buono ‒ Alive 27 Ukraine · Go_A ‒ Solovey 28 Belgium · Hooverphonic ‒ Release Me No opinion on the rest yet.
March 9, 20205 yr :wub: 01 Norway: Ulrikke - Attention 02 Bulgaria - Victoria - Tears Getting Sober 03 Malta: Destiny - All Of My Love 04 Greece: Stefania - Superg!rl 05 Germany: Ben Dolic - Violent Thing 06 Australia: Montaigne - Don't Break Me 07 Latvia: Samanta Tina - Still Breathing 08 Italy: Diodato - Fai rumore (such a grower!!) :D 09 Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Repondez-Moi 10 Serbia: Hurricane - Hasta La Vista 11 Ukraine: Go_A - Solovey 12 Israel: Eden Alene - Feker Libi 13 Ireland: Lesley Roy - Story Of My Life 14 Lithuania: The Roop - On Fire 15 Sweden: The Mamas - Move 16 Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Prison 17 Armenia: Athenia - Chains On You 18 Poland: Alicja Szemplińska - Empires 19 Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy - Grow :) 20 Denmark: Ben & Tan - Yes 21 Belarus: VAL - Da vidna 22 Portugal: Elisa - Medo de sentir 23 Czech Republic: Benny Criso - Kemama 24 Albania: Arilena Ara - Shaj 25 Belgium: Hooverphonic - Release Me 26 Spain: Blas Canto - Universo 27 San Marino: Senhit - Freaky 28 United Kingdom - James Newman - My Last Breath 29 North Macedonia: Vasil - You 30 Austria: Vincent Bueno - Alive :/ 31 Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - Take Me As I Am 32 Romania: Roxen - Alcohol You 33 Slovenia: Ana Soklic - Voda 34 Estonia: Uku Suviste - What Love Is 35 Croatia: Damir Kedžo - Divlji vjetre 36 Finland: Aksel Kankaanranta - Looking Back 37 Cyprus: Sandro - Runniing 38 Iceland: Daði & Gagnamagnið - Think About Things 39 France: Tom Leeb - The Best In Me Very much looking up with songs growing me and what we've had since our last rank! Not the best year ever, but a good crop nonetheless. There's not much in it for a lot of cases so I feel like my rank is just gonna be a mess and could change drastically at any point :lol:
March 10, 20205 yr GOD TIER 01 | [Germany] Ben Dolic - Violent Thing 02 | [Austria] Vincent Bueno - Alive 03 | [Cyprus] Sandro - Running 04 | [ireland] Lesley Roy - Story Of My Life 05 | [Latvia] Samanta Tina - Still Breathing 06 | [ukraine] Go_A - Solovey 07 | [North Macedonia] Vasil - You 08 | [Lithuania] The Roop - On Fire 09 | [serbia] Hurricane - Hasta La Vista 10 | [Greece] Stefania - Superg!rl GREAT 11 | [Malta] Destiny - All Of My Love 12 | [Australia] Montaigne - Don’t Break Me 13 | [sweden] The Mamas - Move 14 | [bulgaria] Victoria - Tears Getting Sober 15 | [Armenia] Athenia Makounian - Chains On You 16 | [israel] Eden Alene - Feker Libi 17 | [Moldova] Natalia Gordienko - Prison 18 | [san Marino] Senhit - Freaky 19 | [belarus] VAL - Da Vidna COOLIO 20 | [Denmark] Ben & Tan - Yes 21 | [switzerland] Gjon's Tears - Repondez-Moi 22 | [united Kingdom] James Newman - My Last Breath 23 | [iceland] Daði & Gagnamagnið - Think About Things 24 | [slovenia] Ana Soklič - Voda OKAY 25 | [belgium] Hooverphonic - Release Me 26 | [Norway] Ulrikke - Attention 27 | [Czech Republic] Benny Cristo - Kemama EH 28 | [Netherlands] Jeangu Macrooy - Grow 29 | [Estonia] Uku Suviste - What Love Is 30 | [Poland] Alicja Szemplińska - Empires 31 | [Croatia] Damir Kedžo - Divlji vjetre 32 | [spain] Blas Cantó - Universo 33 | [Romania] Roxen - Alcohol You 34 | [Finland] Aksel Kankaanranta - Looking Back NO NOT TODAY 35 | [Albania] Arilena Ara - Shaj 36 | [italy] Diodato - Fai rumore 37 | [Portugal] Elisa - Medo de sentir 38 | [France] Tom Leeb - The Best In Me 39 | [Georgia] Tornike Kipiani - Take Me As I Am (1 and 2 could easily switch, my Filipino pride is inching to put Vincent at the top but I prefer Violent Thing by just a smidge) This is already so much better than the last two years overall. My “no not today” section is pretty much songs that are forgettable or ones that I just don’t feel anything for (like Portugal). Georgia’s is the only one I really hate. Slovenia’s really grew on me; that change in dynamics in the last chorus sold it!
March 10, 20205 yr Obsessed 1. Bulgaria · Victoria ‒ Tears Getting Sober Amazing 2. Switzerland · Gjon's Tears ‒ Répondez-moi 3. Denmark · Ben & Tan ‒ Yes 4. Latvia · Samanta Tina ‒ Still Breathing Great 5. Spain · Blas Cantó ‒ Universo 6. Iceland · Daði and Gagnamagnið ‒ Think About Things 7. United Kingdom · James Newman ‒ My Last Breath 8. Moldova · Natalia Gordienko ‒ Prison 9. Estonia · Uku Suviste ‒ What Love Is 10. Poland · Alicja Szemplinska ‒ Empires 11. Lithuania · The Roop ‒ On Fire 12. Italy · Diodato ‒ Fai Rumore 13. North Macedonia · Vasil - You 14. Serbia · Hurricane ‒ Hasta La Vista 15. Georgia · Tornike Kipiani ‒ Take Me As I Am 16. Armenia · Athena Manoukian ‒ Chains on You Good 17. Ukraine · Go_A ‒ Solovey 18. Sweden · The Mamas ‒ Move 19. Albania · Arilena Ara ‒ Shaj 20. Romania · Roxen ‒ Alcohol You 21. Cyprus · Sandro ‒ Running 22. Belgium · Hooverphonic ‒ Release Me 23. Ireland · Lesley Roy ‒ Story of My Life 24. Israel · Eden Alene ‒ Feker Libi 25. Greece · Stefania ‒ Superg!rl Average 26. Croatia · Damir Kedzo ‒ Divlji vjetre 27. Portugal · Elisa ‒ Medo de Sentir 28. Australia · Montaigne ‒ Don't Break Me 29. Norway · Ulrikke ‒ Attention 30. Malta · Destiny - All Of My Love 31. Finland · Aksel Kankaanranta ‒ Looking Back 32. Germany · Ben Dolic ‒ Violent Thing 33. Belarus · VAL ‒ Da Vidna Bad 34. Austria · Vincent Buono ‒ Alive 35. San Marino · Senhit - Freaky 36. Czech Republic · Benny Cristo ‒ Kemama 37. Netherlands · Jeangu Macrooy ‒ Grow 38. Slovenia · Ana Soklic ‒ Voda 39. France · Tom Leeb ‒ The Best In Me Bulgaria is the only Eurovision song that exists what do you mean there are 38 other songs Mostly fine year with only a few left to reveal, I'd be very happy to see any of my top 16 get plenty of success. But Bulgaria need to win.
March 11, 20205 yr ICONIC: 1. Greece: Stefania ‒ Superg!rl 2. Norway: Ulrikke - Attention 3. Serbia: Hurricane ‒ Hasta La Vista 4. Australia: Montaigne - Don’t Break Me 5. Israel: Eden Alene ‒ Feker Libi 6. Latvia: Samanta Tina - Still Breathing 7. Armenia: Athenia Makounian - Chains On You 8. Denmark: Ben & Tan ‒ Yes A little bit of LOVIN: 9. Azerbaijan: Efendi - Cleopatra 10. Romania: Roxen ‒ Alcohol You 11. Malta: Destiny - All Of My Love 12. Sweden: The Mamas ‒ Move Decent/Good: 13. Austria: Vincent Buono ‒ Alive 14. Estonia: Uku Suviste ‒ What Love Is 15. Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Kemama 16. Russia: Little Big - Uno 17. San Marino: Senhit - Freaky 18. Ireland: Lesley Roy ‒ Story of My Life 19. Ukraine: Go_A - Solovey 20. Spain: Blas Cantó - Universo 21. Cyprus: Sandro ‒ Running 22. Albania: Arilena Ara - Fall From The Sky Like/Okay: 23. Moldova: Natalia Gordienko ‒ Prison 24. Germany: Ben Dolic - Violent Thing 25. Bulgaria: Victoria ‒ Tears Getting Sober 26. North Macedonia: Vasil - You 27. Iceland: Daði and Gagnamagnið ‒ Think About Things 28. Belarus: VAL - Da Vidna 29. Lithuania: The Roop - On Fire 30. France: Tom Leeb - The Best In Me 31. Switzerland: Gjon's Tears ‒ Répondez-moi 32. United Kingdom: James Newman - My Last Breath 33. Portugal: Elisa ‒ Medo de Sentir 34. Poland: Alicja Szemplińska - Empires 35. Croatia: Damir Kedzo ‒ Divlji vjetre Boring: 36. Finland: Aksel Kankaanranta ‒ Looking Back 37. Belgium: Hooverphonic - Release Me 38. Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy ‒ Grow 39. Slovenia: Ana Soklič - Voda 40. Italy: Diodato - Fai rumore 41. Georgia: Tornike Kipiani ‒ Take Me As I Am Edited March 13, 20205 yr by Alex!
March 11, 20205 yr I don't like Romania. Her voice has an irritating croackiness to it and I find the word play of the chorus annoying. The production is quite good though.
March 11, 20205 yr I want to like Romania but just can't, the more I try and get around the bits I dislike to enjoy it, the less I enjoy it :lol:
March 12, 20205 yr Anyone else starting to think Eurovision may not go ahead in May due to corona virus?
March 12, 20205 yr Maybe a "Coronavirus and Eurovision" thread would be more appropriate for this discussion than the ranking thread? :lol:
March 12, 20205 yr First full ranking/review bc I've been DYING to this - and I think we've actually got a very good crop! :wub: 01 Norway: Ulrikke - Attention - still a one to beat for me, just the perfect huge ballad and everyone Eurovision needs one. This could be a Sound Of Silence moment as for me it sounds even better life. 02 Azerbaiijan: Efendi - Cleopatra - A SERVE, so much packed into 3 minutes and all of it is for the gays. Bonkers in the best way. 03 Bulgaria: Victoria - Tears Getting Sober - Stunning, modern, I love the melodies and it's one of those songs where you find little quirks all the time to love it even more. 04 Russia: Little Big - Uno - Batshit enough to be quintessentially Little Big, but accessible enough that it'll do well, I can't wait to see it live! 05 Malta: Destiny - All Of My Love - lived up to all her hype, her voice really carries this and I think it's gonna slay as a live performance. 06 Germany: Ben Dolić - Violent Thing - the song Benjamin Ingrosso wished he had, an absolute bop. 07 Italy: Diodato - Fai rumore - such a grower, absolutely stunning and it just will not quit! One of the best vocals of the year too. 08 Australia: Montaigne - Don't Break Me - still a big fave for me despite other songs overtaking, love her style I just hope the live performance improves as this could be a shock DNQ :( 09 Latvia: Samanta Tina - Still Breathing - so unique, I stan the breakdown and the 2 line rap verse *.* A queen. :D 10 Israel: Eden Alene - Feker Libi - The ethnobop we deserve, I think it could go off a little more but she's such a fun and engaging performer. 11 Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Repondez-Moi - A stunning song but I just know this is gonna be one of those moments where the live performance takes it to a whle new level! 12 Ukraine: Go_A - Solovey - We stan a demonic chant bop x 13 Greece: Stefania - Superg!rl - I feel like Azerbaijan does this better so it's kind of tumbled down my ranking, but still a bop in its own right. 14 Serbia: Hurricane - Hasta La Vista - love a K-pop esque bop, this year really needs this song! 15 Ireland: Lesley Roy - Story Of My Life - very dated but 2009 is the best era to be dated in and I'm here for it. Let's hope her vox improve oops. 16 Sweden: The Mamas - Move - Just Too Late For Love pt II but less good for me, cute enough though and I can bop to it. 17 Lithuania: The Roop - On Fire - growing on me a fair bit but I don't see it as deserving of being a huge contender. 18 Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Prison - kind of hopeless but I still enjoy it. 19 Armenia: Athena - Chains On You - waiting for the revamp and I think this could go up a good few places. 20 Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy - Grow - could be an even bigger grower, when you think of the meaning it's just stunning! 21 Poland: Alicja Szemplinska - Empires - as above, plus I think live it might be one of those that hits during the actual contest. :) 22 Denmark: Ben & Tan - Yes - Cute enough but I'm not going mad over it when you think of how many good songs we've got here! 23 Albania: Arilene Ara - Fall From The Sky - nice enough revamp that didn't ruin it, could be another grower. 24 Belarus: VAL - Da Vidna - There's just not a huge amount there, it's not bad at all but what a comedown from Like It. 25 Portugal: Medo de sentir - again nice enough but I barely remember it when it's done, it's not bad I just don't care either way. 26 Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Kemama - the revamp kinda ruined it, not terrible in the end but it could have gone up instead :( 27 Belgium: Hooverphonic - Release Me - nice is literally all I can, they could have done so much better! 28 United Kingdom: James Newman - My Last Breath - competent enough for us which is about the best we an hope for. 29 Spain: Blas Canto - Universo - I want to like this more, it's just about good enough I guess. 30 San Marino: Senhit - Freaky - typical San Marino, lowkey tragic but in a way I can't help but have a bit of time for. :/ 31 Romania: Roxen - Alcohol You - style over substance, just really quite annoying and is growing off me so quickly the more I try to like it oops 32 North Macedonia: Vasil - You - just very dated, huge step down from the past few entries (I didn't stan Proud or anything but that was a great ballad). 33 Austria: Vincent Bueno - Alive - hard pass, cba with the funk sound it just sounds like it came out of Bruno Mars' bin 34 Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - Take Me As I Am - not as tragic as their usual but just no, it's annoying there's something almost here but in the end there's just not a lot :( 35 Slovenia: Ana Soklič - Voda - bog standard Balkan ballad I forget about as soon as it's done. 36 Estonia: Uku Suviste - What Love Is - very very dated, 2002 Idol winner realness. 37 Croatia: Damir Kedžo - Divlji vjetre - as per Voda 38 Finland: Aksel Kankaanranta - Looking Back - imagine having Cicciolina on offer and choosing THAT 39 Iceland: Daði & Gagnamagnið - Think About Things - tragic, the hype is ridiculous it's just not even good 40 Cyprus: Sandro - Running - bleh, don't like this sound to begin with but this is just a lazy rehash of many songs I already disliked. 41 France: Tom Leeb - The Best In Me - the pit of a fair crop of meh songs, very Westlife B-Side and really how is that the best a country capable of the likes of Mercy can come up with??
March 13, 20205 yr GOD TIER 01 | [Germany] Ben Dolic - Violent Thing 02 | [Austria] Vincent Bueno - Alive 03 | [Cyprus] Sandro - Running 04 | [ireland] Lesley Roy - Story Of My Life 05 | [Azerbaijan] Efendi - Cleopatra 06 | [Latvia] Samanta Tina - Still Breathing 07 | [ukraine] Go_A - Solovey 08 | [North Macedonia] Vasil - You 09 | [Lithuania] The Roop - On Fire 10 | [Russia] Little Big - Uno 11 | [serbia] Hurricane - Hasta La Vista 12 | [Greece] Stefania - Superg!rl GREAT 13 | [Malta] Destiny - All Of My Love 14 | [Australia] Montaigne - Don’t Break Me 15 | [bulgaria] Victoria - Tears Getting Sober 16 | [sweden] The Mamas - Move 17 | [Armenia] Athenia Makounian - Chains On You 18 | [israel] Eden Alene - Feker Libi 19 | [Moldova] Natalia Gordienko - Prison 20 | [san Marino] Senhit - Freaky 21 | [belarus] VAL - Da Vidna COOLIO 22 | [Denmark] Ben & Tan - Yes 23 | [switzerland] Gjon's Tears - Repondez-Moi 24 | [united Kingdom] James Newman - My Last Breath 25 | [iceland] Daði & Gagnamagnið - Think About Things 26 | [slovenia] Ana Soklič - Voda OKAY 27 | [belgium] Hooverphonic - Release Me 28 | [Norway] Ulrikke - Attention 29 | [Czech Republic] Benny Cristo - Kemama EH 30 | [Netherlands] Jeangu Macrooy - Grow 31 | [Estonia] Uku Suviste - What Love Is 32 | [Poland] Alicja Szemplińska - Empires 33 | [Croatia] Damir Kedžo - Divlji vjetre 34 | [spain] Blas Cantó - Universo 35 | [Romania] Roxen - Alcohol You 36 | [Finland] Aksel Kankaanranta - Looking Back NO NOT TODAY 37 | [Albania] Arilena Ara - Shaj 38 | [italy] Diodato - Fai rumore 39 | [Portugal] Elisa - Medo de sentir 40 | [France] Tom Leeb - The Best In Me 41 | [Georgia] Tornike Kipiani - Take Me As I Am This year’s Eurovision was a complete SERVE, and what a way to complete the rankings; Cleopatra for the gays and Uno being the such a Chad move
March 13, 20205 yr 1 Albania 2 Switzerland 3 Norway 4 Australia 5 Bulgaria 6 Germany 7 Slovenia 8 Latvia 9 Greece 10 Israel 11 Iceland 12 Lithuania 13 Ireland 14 Malta 15 Finland 16 Moldova 17 Sweden 18 Italy 19 Poland 20 Spain 21 Estonia 22 United Kingdom Not really moved by anything else
March 13, 20205 yr CONAN OSIRIS 1 Azerbaijan: Efendi - Cleopatra AMAZING 2 Lithuania: The Roop - On Fire 3 Switzerland: Gjon's Tears ‒ Répondez-moi 4 Greece: Stefania ‒ Superg!rl GREAT 5 Norway: Ulrikke - Attention 6 Ukraine: Go_A - Solovey 7 Latvia: Samanta Tīna - Still Breathing 8 Israel: Eden Alene ‒ Feker Libi 9 Australia: Montaigne - Don’t Break Me 10 Germany: Ben Dolic - Violent Thing 11 Albania: Arilena Ara - Fall From The Sky 12 Cyprus: Sandro ‒ Running 13 Russia: Little Big - Uno GOOD 14 Bulgaria: Victoria ‒ Tears Getting Sober 15 Malta: Destiny - All Of My Love 16 Serbia: Hurricane ‒ Hasta La Vista 17 Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Kemama 18 Iceland: Daði and Gagnamagnið ‒ Think About Things 19 Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy ‒ Grow 20 Poland: Alicja Szemplińska - Empires 21 Italy: Diodato - Fai rumore 22 Sweden: The Mamas ‒ Move 23 Slovenia: Ana Soklič - Voda WILL DO 24 Finland: Aksel Kankaanranta ‒ Looking Back 25 Romania: Roxen ‒ Alcohol You 26 Denmark: Ben & Tan ‒ Yes 27 United Kingdom: James Newman - My Last Breath 28 Ireland: Lesley Roy ‒ Story of My Life 29 San Marino: Senhit - Freaky 30 Austria: Vincent Buono ‒ Alive 31 Croatia: Damir Kedzo ‒ Divlji vjetre 32 Spain: Blas Cantó - Universo FUN TRASH 33 Georgia: Tornike Kipiani ‒ Take Me As I Am BAWREENG 34 Belarus: VAL - Da Vidna 35 Portugal: Elisa ‒ Medo de Sentir 36 Armenia: Athenia Makounian - Chains On You 37 Moldova: Natalia Gordienko ‒ Prison 38 North Macedonia: Vasil - You 39 Estonia: Uku Suviste ‒ What Love Is BYE 40 Belgium: Hooverphonic - Release Me 41 France: Tom Leeb - The Best In Me
March 13, 20205 yr Also did my averages for the year per Semi + 6 direct finalists. 1st place = 41 points, etc., last place - 1 point Semi 1 = 402 pts = 23.65 pts avg Semi 2 = 357 pts = 19.83 pts avg DTF = 102 pts = 17 pts avg Semi 2 had a lot less points even though it has more points oops. But looks about right
April 9, 20205 yr 41 Belgium: Hooverphonic - Release Me This is the only song that I actively dislike. It just sounds like they made minimal effort. 40 Ukraine: Go_A - Solovey When the intro comes on while I am listening to the playlist I think "oh, cool. One of the ethnic songs". Then I realise that it's this. I respect the artistic choices made by the band but I just don’t like it at all. 39 Austria: Vincent Buono ‒ Alive I don’t mind derivative songs - I mean, I wouldn't be a Eurovision fan if I did, but this is a bad album track from Bruno Mars. 38 Belarus: VAL - Da Vidna In a year with so much quality this really isn't good enough. 37 Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy ‒ Grow I keep reading that this is a grower. I feel nothing when I listen to this. 36 San Marino: Senhit - Freaky This sounds like a poor disco retread from a third rate girl band in 2003. 35 Serbia: Hurricane ‒ Hasta La Vista Like Da Vidna, just not good enough. Bad girl band from the early 00s. 34 Georgia: Tornike Kipiani ‒ Take Me As I Am This has grown on me recently. It may well continue to grow on me. Initially, I had it as second worst. Some of the production is good. 33 Croatia: Damir Kedzo ‒ Divlji vjetre The weakest of the sad-boy tunes but to be honest it's not a whole lot worse than France or Estonia 32 France: Tom Leeb - The Best In Me Zzzzz…... 31 Estonia: Uku Suviste ‒ What Love Is Less Zzzz but still dull 30 Denmark: Ben & Tan ‒ Yes I just don’t like this sort of music and I find the lyrics irritating. 29 Czech Republic: Benny Cristo - Kemama A nice diversion and definitely adds something to the list of entries. 28 United Kingdom: James Newman - My Last Breath Now we're getting into the songs that are actually not that bad, really. Best British entry in ages but not sure how well it would have done. I still don’t see the public going for it. 27 Spain: Blas Cantó - Universo Nothing ground breaking but I don’t skip it if/when it comes on. 26 Azerbaijan: Efendi - Cleopatra This is the first of a few songs that have amazing bits that get dragged down by awful bits. The part that starts with "There was no intervention" is just wonderful. The rest is mostly bad. I know it's popular and the live performance could have been great. 25 Portugal: Elisa ‒ Medo de Sentir This lovely. 24 Russia: Little Big - Uno This at least has novelty factor going for it - I hear so many other bands/acts in this - Deee Lite, Aqua, Scissor Sisters, er, Chamillionaire. The video is fun. There's no way this would be so popular with out it. 23 North Macedonia: Vasil - You A big grower. I though it was so bad when I heard it first. 22 Cyprus: Sandro ‒ Running I don’t really like the chorus but his humming bits are great, the verse is good and I like the production. 21 Moldova: Natalia Gordienko ‒ Prison The strings and electro stuff really makes this interesting for me. 20 Armenia: Athenia Makounian - Chains On You I had this near the bottom but the video has made me listen to it a lot more and now I've started to like it. The lyrics are very disjointed. 19 Sweden: The Mamas ‒ Move I enjoyed this a lot more when they first won the national selection. It's still pure joy, though. 18 Romania: Roxen ‒ Alcohol You Another song with great bits and rubbish bits. The chorus is terrible. The word play is terrible. The rest of it is great. With a different chorus this would be Top 10. 17 Poland: Alicja Szemplińska - Empires I'm a sucker for a big ballad and this just powered its way into my affections. 16 Italy: Diodato - Fai rumore I remember when this was released and everyone had it at the top of their list. I was baffled. It grew so much after that. 15 Bulgaria: Victoria ‒ Tears Getting Sober I had this in my top 5 for about a week. It has lost some of its charm but I still like it a lot. 14 Ireland: Lesley Roy ‒ Story of My Life One of the least original songs in the list but it’s a joy to listen to and if it was in semi 2 it may even have qualified for the final. 13 Malta: Destiny - All Of My Love When every one was hyping Destiny up before the song had even been released I was fully expecting to find her overrated. I was so surprised when I heard the song, in full. Total class. 12 Iceland: Daði and Gagnamagnið ‒ Think About Things Another tune that has dropped down through the ranks but I still love it. I get a lot of Hot Chip from it. 11 Lithuania: The Roop - On Fire This has been hanging around outside my top 10 for ages while other songs move up and down around it. I would never have considered this as winner potential but I have no idea what the public likes. 10 Finland: Aksel Kankaanranta ‒ Looking Back Yes, I know. It's a supremely bland song and I know if it was not in Eurovision I would have not even listened to it twice. The chorus just builds for me. The biggest grower of the whole competition. 9 Latvia: Samanta Tina - Still Breathing I've been a fan from early on. I was watching it on repeat when I first heard it. Her vocal is phenomenal. She looks like she isn't even trying and it looks like she is having so much fun while performing it. Such stage presence too. Who knows how insane the staging would have been. Maybe we'll find out in 2021. 8 Australia: Montaigne - Don’t Break Me Was my runner up for ages but it doesn't blow my mind as much as it once did. I hear Marina in places. 7 Slovenia: Ana Soklič - Voda OMG - this was so beautiful at the national finals. So many people complaining that it took too long to get the chorus - if it wasn't in Eurovision no one would have cared. Glad they revamped it as it feels a lot more complete now. I know many people have this in their bottom 5. Her voice is so comforting in the verse. 6 Greece: Stefania ‒ Superg!rl The first time I heard this I thought it was going to be my favourite for the rest of the season. I got sorta bored with it for a while - I find the chorus less than amazing but the other bits are just great. I don’t like the "ooh na na" bit. The middle 8 is astonishing! There's three descending brass chords after the middle 8 that make it epic. I always love it when musicians make an effort add in more stuff near the end. 5 Norway: Ulrikke - Attention This would have been spectacular in Rotterdam. Solid gold. 4 Germany: Ben Dolic - Violent Thing I remember when I first heard this I thought it was too calculated, too "current". It grew on me and one of the few songs that make me smile when I'm listening to it, 3 Switzerland: Gjon's Tears ‒ Répondez-moi An instant favourite with me and the potential winner that I would have supported most at the final. A very special song. 2 Israel: Eden Alene ‒ Feker Libi I play this a lot at the moment and in the past week alone it has shot up my top 10. There's so may parts to it and they're all amazing. The chorus is one of the best in the competition. That 90s piano house chorus hits the spot and then the "ethnic" bit. Everything you could want in an upbeat Eurovision song. They pack so much into 3 minutes. 1 Albania: Arilena Ara - Fall From The Sky I heard this song in January in its original form and I liked it straight away. But I came to associate it with the death of one of my oldest friends on 22nd January. I thought if I played it more then I would start to associate it with different things. The revamp did nothing to change that. It will always been the song that I associate with his passing. Many of these songs will. Edited April 10, 20205 yr by Colm
April 10, 20205 yr Semi 2 had a lot less points even though it has more points oops. But looks about right Semi 2 had less points despite having more points? What is this, Schroedinger’s semi final?
April 11, 20205 yr Somehow my first and last ranking of the year. Overall I think it's a strong year and there would've been quite a few countries in contention for the win. I just need Hurricane and Samanta Tina (with an Aminata co-write) confirmed for 2021 immediately thank you. 01. Serbia // Hurricane - Hasta La Vista 02. Norway // Ulrikke - Attention 03. Israel // Eden Alene - Feker Libi 04. Azerbaijan // Efendi - Cleopatra 05. Latvia // Samanta Tīna - Still Breathing 06. Switzerland // Gjon's Tears - Répondez-moi 07. Greece // Stefania - Superg!rl 08. Germany // Ben Dolic - Violent Thing 09. Russia // Little Big - Uno 10. Ukraine // Go_A - Solovey 11. Denmark // Ben & Tan - Yes 12. Bulgaria // Victoria - Tears Getting Sober 13. Cyprus // Sandro - Running 14. Croatia // Damir Kedžo - Divlji Vjetre 15. Italy // Diodato - Fai Rumore 16. Sweden // The Mamas - Move 17. The Netherlands // Jeangu Macrooy - Grow 18. Albania // Arilena Ara - Fall From The Sky 19. Spain // Blas Cantó - Universo 20. Australia // Montaigne - Don't Break Me 21. Lithuania // The Roop - On Fire 22. Malta // Destiny - All Of My Love 23. Czech Republic // Benny Cristo - Kemama 24. Austria // Vincent Bueno - Alive 25. Belarus // VAL - Da Vidna 26. United Kingdom // James Newman - My Last Breath 27. Slovenia // Ana Soklič - Voda 28. Poland // Alicja - Empires 29. Armenia // Athena Manoukian - Chains On You 30. Ireland // Lesley Roy - Story Of My Life 31. San Marino // Senhit - Freaky! 32. North Macedonia // Vasil - You 33. Georgia // Tornike Kipiani - Take Me As I Am 34. Portugal // Elisa - Medo De Sentir 35. Moldova // Natalia Gordienko - Prison 36. Romania // Roxen - Alcohol You 37. Estonia // Uku Suviste - What Love Is 38. Finland // Aksel - Looking Back 39. Belgium // Hooverphonic - Release Me 40. France // Tom Leeb - Mon Alliée (The Best in Me) 41. Iceland // Daði og Gagnamagnið - Think About Things
April 16, 20205 yr Author I feel like I'll be alone with my Netherlands/Georgia/France stanning and Russia hate but here we go 1 Germany - Ben Dolic - Violent Thing 2 Norway - Ulrikke - Attention 3 Denmark - Ben & Tan - Yes 4 Bulgaria - Victoria - Tears Getting Sober 5 Malta - Destiny - All of My Love 6 Israel - Eden Alene - Feker libi 7 Greece - Stefania - Supergirl 8 Sweden - The Mamas - Move 9 Ukraine - Go_A - Solovey 10 Ireland - Lesley Roy - Story of my Life 11 Netherlands - Jeangu Macrooy - Grow 12 Georgia - Tornike Kipiani - Take Me as I Am 13 Italy - Diodato - Fai rumore 14 Czech Republic - Benny Cristo - Kemama 15 France - Tom Leeb - Mon aliee (The Best in Me) 16 Azerbaijan - Efendi - Cleopatra 17 Australia - Montaigne - Don't Break Me 18 Serbia - Hurricane - Hasta la Vista 19 Belarus - VAL - Da Vidna 20 San Marino - Senhit - Freaky! 21 United Kingdom - James Newman - My Last Breath 22 Moldova - Natalia Gordienko - Prison 23 Austria - Vincent Bueno - Alive 24 Albania - Arilena Ara - Fall from the Sky 25 Switzerland - Gjon's Tears - Repondez-moi 26 Armenia - Athena Manoukian - Chains on You 27 Iceland - Dadi og Gagnamagnid - Think About Things 28 Lithuania - The Roop - On Fire 29 Cyprus - Sandro - Running 30 Finland - Aksel - Looking Back 31 Poland - Alicja - Empires 32 Spain - Blas Canto - Universo 33 North Macedonia - Vasil - You 34 Estonia - Uku Suviste - What Love Is 35 Portugal - Elisa - Medo de sentir 36 Romania - Roxen - Alcohol You 37 Latvia - Samanta Tina - Still Breathing 38 Croatia - Damir Kedzo - Divlij vjetre 39 Slovenia - Ana Soklic - Voda 40 Belgium - Hooverphonic - Release Me 41 Russia - Little Big - Uno
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