Posted June 5, 20222 yr Β To celebrate Ukraine's third victory at Eurovision last month, I thought it was time to revisit the back catalogue of arguably the powerhouse of modern Eurovision in a rate! Give each entry a score from 0-10 (.5 scores allowed but no other decimal places) with one entry being allowed the prestige of your 11, if you so wish. No minus scores please, a 0 is enough for a song you don't like. Β Do try and rate all 18 songs if you can, otherwise leave those entries blank rather than a default zero. I'll be leaving this open until Saturday 25th June, so plenty of time to discover the wonders of the Ukrainian Eurovision entry, or just to refresh yourselves!Β Β Β SBQ_72fJAVQ *Ignore Siren Song in this recap please x
June 5, 20222 yr 06 2003: 'Hasta la Vista' by Oleksandr 11 2004: 'Wild Dances' by Ruslana 03 2005: 'Razom nas bahato' by GreenJolly 07 2006: 'Show Me Your Love' by Tina Karol 07 2007: 'Dancing Lasha Tumbai' by Verka Serduchka 09 2008: 'Shady Lady' by Ani Lorak 06 2009: 'Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)' by Svetlana Loboda 06 2010: 'Sweet People' by Alyosha 06 2011: 'Angel' by Mika Newton 08 2012: 'Be My Guest' by Gaitana 10 2013: 'Gravity' by Zlata Ognevich 07 2014: 'Tick-Tock' by Mariya Yaremchuk 09 2016: '1944' by Jamala 05 2017: 'Time' by O.Torvald 06 2018: 'Under The Ladder' by MΓ©lovin 07 2020: 'Solovey' by Go_A 08 2021: 'Shum' by Go_A 07 2022: 'Stefania' by Kalush OrchestraΒ Hope I donβt get banned for my scores for Verka and Svetlana! For me Ukraine are pretty hit or miss despite their consistent huge success, but Wild Dances is one of my favourite ever songs and Gravity, Shady Lady and 1944 were fantastic. Edited June 5, 20222 yr by gooddelta
June 5, 20222 yr 05 2003: 'Hasta la Vista' by Oleksandr 08 2004: 'Wild Dances' by Ruslana 03 2005: 'Razom nas bahato' by GreenJolly 07 2006: 'Show Me Your Love' by Tina Karol 07 2007: 'Dancing Lasha Tumbai' by Verka Serduchka 10 2008: 'Shady Lady' by Ani Lorak 11 2009: 'Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)' by Svetlana Loboda 06 2010: 'Sweet People' by Alyosha 06 2011: 'Angel' by Mika Newton 07 2012: 'Be My Guest' by Gaitana 10 2013: 'Gravity' by Zlata Ognevich 07 2014: 'Tick-Tock' by Mariya Yaremchuk 04 2016: '1944' by Jamala 04 2017: 'Time' by O.Torvald 04 2018: 'Under The Ladder' by MΓ©lovin 05 2020: 'Solovey' by Go_A 05 2021: 'Shum' by Go_A 03 2022: 'Stefania' by Kalush Orchestra
June 5, 20222 yr hell yes I'd probably rank them as my favourite country of the last 20 years on average (Finland have slipped up just a few times whereas Ukraine maybe have... once?)Β I'll revisit the ones I don't listen to as much before rating though
June 5, 20222 yr Author 05 2003: 'Hasta la Vista' by Oleksandr 10 2004: 'Wild Dances' by Ruslana 07 2005: 'Razom nas bahato' by GreenJolly 07 2006: 'Show Me Your Love' by Tina Karol 09 2007: 'Dancing Lasha Tumbai' by Verka Serduchka 10 2008: 'Shady Lady' by Ani Lorak 09 2009: 'Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)' by Svetlana Loboda 07 2010: 'Sweet People' by Alyosha 04 2011: 'Angel' by Mika Newton 08 2012: 'Be My Guest' by Gaitana 09 2013: 'Gravity' by Zlata Ognevich 07 2014: 'Tick-Tock' by Mariya Yaremchuk 11 2016: '1944' by Jamala 05 2017: 'Time' by O.Torvald 07 2018: 'Under The Ladder' by MΓ©lovin 08 2020: 'Solovey' by Go_A 10 2021: 'Shum' by Go_A 10 2022: 'Stefania' by Kalush OrchestraΒ It's wild to me that 'Angel' is their best non-top 3 entry, the 2011 results were bizarre.
June 5, 20222 yr 01 2003: 'Hasta la Vista' by Oleksandr 10 2004: 'Wild Dances' by Ruslana 04 2005: 'Razom nas bahato' by GreenJolly 10 2006: 'Show Me Your Love' by Tina Karol 09 2007: 'Dancing Lasha Tumbai' by Verka Serduchka 09 2008: 'Shady Lady' by Ani Lorak 10 2009: 'Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)' by Svetlana Loboda 03 2010: 'Sweet People' by Alyosha 03 2011: 'Angel' by Mika Newton 05 2012: 'Be My Guest' by Gaitana 04 2013: 'Gravity' by Zlata Ognevich 06 2014: 'Tick-Tock' by Mariya Yaremchuk 10 2016: '1944' by Jamala 05 2017: 'Time' by O.Torvald 07 2018: 'Under The Ladder' by MΓ©lovin 09 2020: 'Solovey' by Go_A 11 2021: 'Shum' by Go_A 09 2022: 'Stefania' by Kalush OrchestraΒ
June 5, 20222 yr 05 2003: 'Hasta la Vista' by Oleksandr 11 2004: 'Wild Dances' by Ruslana 08 2005: 'Razom nas bahato' by GreenJolly 07 2006: 'Show Me Your Love' by Tina Karol 10 2007: 'Dancing Lasha Tumbai' by Verka Serduchka 05 2008: 'Shady Lady' by Ani Lorak 08 2009: 'Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)' by Svetlana Loboda 06 2010: 'Sweet People' by Alyosha 09 2011: 'Angel' by Mika Newton 08 2012: 'Be My Guest' by Gaitana 10 2013: 'Gravity' by Zlata Ognevich 09 2014: 'Tick-Tock' by Mariya Yaremchuk 10 2016: '1944' by Jamala 09 2017: 'Time' by O.Torvald 07 2018: 'Under The Ladder' by MΓ©lovin 09 2020: 'Solovey' by Go_A 10 2021: 'Shum' by Go_A 09 2022: 'Stefania' by Kalush OrchestraΒ I only realised with looking at GreenJolly's entry on this list and remembering how I used to have that in my mind as 'the only Ukrainian-language entry' how seamless their transition has been in the last few years from an 'English-language sellout' country to 'glorious Ukrainian-language cultural promoters'. I suspect that'll continue, because their participation is about the most significant example of soft power in the contest, both for Eurovision and for Ukraine itself - they're not this successful in other forms of international competition. Now they get to do it in their own language and Europe still loves it.Β 'Shady Lady' has not gotten better than an average pop song for me over the years, that's the one where I don't get it, especially without seeing its performance. Like SloMo except I've found reason to enjoy the studio version of SloMo after seeing its performance, the studio version of 'Shady Lady' sounds so weak.
June 5, 20222 yr Oooh I was thinking we should run something like this!Β 05 2003: 'Hasta la Vista' by Oleksandr 09 2004: 'Wild Dances' by Ruslana 04 2005: 'Razom nas bahato' by GreenJolly 08 2006: 'Show Me Your Love' by Tina Karol 10 2007: 'Dancing Lasha Tumbai' by Verka Serduchka 11 2008: 'Shady Lady' by Ani Lorak 08 2009: 'Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)' by Svetlana Loboda 03 2010: 'Sweet People' by Alyosha 06 2011: 'Angel' by Mika Newton 07 2012: 'Be My Guest' by Gaitana 10 2013: 'Gravity' by Zlata Ognevich 08 2014: 'Tick-Tock' by Mariya Yaremchuk 10 2016: '1944' by Jamala 04 2017: 'Time' by O.Torvald 07 2018: 'Under The Ladder' by MΓ©lovin 11 2019: Siren Song by Maruv 04 2020: 'Solovey' by Go_A 10 2021: 'Shum' by Go_A 08 2022: 'Stefania' by Kalush OrchestraΒ Ukraine truly are the queens of modern Eurovision. All three of their winners were deserved as would have Verka, Ani Lorak, Zlata or Go-A(2021) been as well!Β
June 5, 20222 yr Let us (the mods) know if you want more rates of an entire country's output over the summer.
June 5, 20222 yr Let us (the mods) know if you want more rates of an entire country's output over the summer.Β For sure, a Sweden one would be <3 Maybe from the mid 90s onwards to capture the great run of form they had before the late 00s dip (in results, NOT quality).
June 5, 20222 yr 5 2003: 'Hasta la Vista' by Oleksandr 10 2004: 'Wild Dances' by Ruslana 2 2005: 'Razom nas bahato' by GreenJolly 11 2006: 'Show Me Your Love' by Tina Karol 6 2007: 'Dancing Lasha Tumbai' by Verka Serduchka 9 2008: 'Shady Lady' by Ani Lorak 6.5 2009: 'Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)' by Svetlana Loboda 5 2010: 'Sweet People' by Alyosha 4 2011: 'Angel' by Mika Newton 5 2012: 'Be My Guest' by Gaitana 5 2013: 'Gravity' by Zlata Ognevich 5.5 2014: 'Tick-Tock' by Mariya Yaremchuk 9 2016: '1944' by Jamala 3 2017: 'Time' by O.Torvald 4 2018: 'Under The Ladder' by MΓ©lovin 2 2019: Siren Song by Maruv 5 2020: 'Solovey' by Go_A 10 2021: 'Shum' by Go_A 6 2022: 'Stefania' by Kalush Orchestra
June 6, 20222 yr Let us (the mods) know if you want more rates of an entire country's output over the summer.Β Aye, a few more popular countries would be great - if only to get more people taking part.Β you could go all the way back, I've been watching really old contests as part of PED, but probably best for participation to set a cutoff point.
June 6, 20222 yr 05 2003: 'Hasta la Vista' by Oleksandr 07 2004: 'Wild Dances' by Ruslana 05 2005: 'Razom nas bahato' by GreenJolly 10 2006: 'Show Me Your Love' by Tina Karol 02 2007: 'Dancing Lasha Tumbai' by Verka Serduchka 05 2008: 'Shady Lady' by Ani Lorak 04 2009: 'Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)' by Svetlana Loboda 04 2010: 'Sweet People' by Alyosha 04 2011: 'Angel' by Mika Newton 09 2012: 'Be My Guest' by Gaitana 11 2013: 'Gravity' by Zlata Ognevich 03 2014: 'Tick-Tock' by Mariya Yaremchuk 04 2016: '1944' by Jamala 04 2017: 'Time' by O.Torvald 07 2018: 'Under The Ladder' by MΓ©lovin 02 2020: 'Solovey' by Go_A 06 2021: 'Shum' by Go_A 05 2022: 'Stefania' by Kalush Orchestra
June 7, 20222 yr 03 2003: 'Hasta la Vista' by Oleksandr 10 2004: 'Wild Dances' by Ruslana 04 2005: 'Razom nas bahato' by GreenJolly 10 2006: 'Show Me Your Love' by Tina Karol 10 2007: 'Dancing Lasha Tumbai' by Verka Serduchka 08 2008: 'Shady Lady' by Ani Lorak 10 2009: 'Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)' by Svetlana Loboda 07 2010: 'Sweet People' by Alyosha 06 2011: 'Angel' by Mika Newton 07 2012: 'Be My Guest' by Gaitana 05 2013: 'Gravity' by Zlata Ognevich 06 2014: 'Tick-Tock' by Mariya Yaremchuk 09 2016: '1944' by Jamala 06 2017: 'Time' by O.Torvald 04 2018: 'Under The Ladder' by MΓ©lovin 10 2020: 'Solovey' by Go_A 11 2021: 'Shum' by Go_A 09 2022: 'Stefania' by Kalush Orchestra
June 7, 20222 yr 04 2003: 'Hasta la Vista' by Oleksandr 08 2004: 'Wild Dances' by Ruslana 07 2005: 'Razom nas bahato' by GreenJolly 05 2006: 'Show Me Your Love' by Tina Karol 10 2007: 'Dancing Lasha Tumbai' by Verka Serduchka 06 2008: 'Shady Lady' by Ani Lorak 02 2009: 'Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)' by Svetlana Loboda 06 2010: 'Sweet People' by Alyosha 04 2011: 'Angel' by Mika Newton 04 2012: 'Be My Guest' by Gaitana 08 2013: 'Gravity' by Zlata Ognevich 08 2014: 'Tick-Tock' by Mariya Yaremchuk 10 2016: '1944' by Jamala 07 2017: 'Time' by O.Torvald 07 2018: 'Under The Ladder' by MΓ©lovin 10 2020: 'Solovey' by Go_A 11 2021: 'Shum' by Go_A 10 2022: 'Stefania' by Kalush OrchestraΒ Oop at how different some of my ratings are, for me there's probably recency bias as I don't think I'd heard anything pre-2014 before except Dancing Lasha Tumbai πΆ but the last few years have been v high quality
June 7, 20222 yr 04 2003: 'Hasta la Vista' by Oleksandr 09 2004: 'Wild Dances' by Ruslana 05 2005: 'Razom nas bahato' by GreenJolly 08 2006: 'Show Me Your Love' by Tina Karol 08 2007: 'Dancing Lasha Tumbai' by Verka Serduchka 11 2008: 'Shady Lady' by Ani Lorak 09 2009: 'Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)' by Svetlana Loboda 10 2010: 'Sweet People' by Alyosha 10 2011: 'Angel' by Mika Newton 10 2012: 'Be My Guest' by Gaitana 10 2013: 'Gravity' by Zlata Ognevich 09 2014: 'Tick-Tock' by Mariya Yaremchuk 08 2016: '1944' by Jamala 05 2017: 'Time' by O.Torvald 08 2018: 'Under The Ladder' by MΓ©lovin 07 2020: 'Solovey' by Go_A 06 2021: 'Shum' by Go_A 07 2022: 'Stefania' by Kalush Orchestra Edited June 7, 20222 yr by Alex!
June 24, 20222 yr 02 2003: 'Hasta la Vista' by Oleksandr 08 2004: 'Wild Dances' by Ruslana 07 2005: 'Razom nas bahato' by GreenJolly 05 2006: 'Show Me Your Love' by Tina Karol 09 2007: 'Dancing Lasha Tumbai' by Verka Serduchka 06 2008: 'Shady Lady' by Ani Lorak 07 2009: 'Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)' by Svetlana Loboda 05 2010: 'Sweet People' by Alyosha 05 2011: 'Angel' by Mika Newton 07 2012: 'Be My Guest' by Gaitana 06 2013: 'Gravity' by Zlata Ognevich 06 2014: 'Tick-Tock' by Mariya Yaremchuk 10 2016: '1944' by Jamala 04 2017: 'Time' by O.Torvald 07 2018: 'Under The Ladder' by MΓ©lovin 09 2020: 'Solovey' by Go_A 11 2021: 'Shum' by Go_A 09 2022: 'Stefania' by Kalush OrchestraΒ
June 24, 20222 yr 05 2003: 'Hasta la Vista' by Oleksandr 06 2004: 'Wild Dances' by Ruslana 01 2005: 'Razom nas bahato' by GreenJolly 06 2006: 'Show Me Your Love' by Tina Karol 04 2007: 'Dancing Lasha Tumbai' by Verka Serduchka 07 2008: 'Shady Lady' by Ani Lorak 05 2009: 'Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)' by Svetlana Loboda 05 2010: 'Sweet People' by Alyosha 07 2011: 'Angel' by Mika Newton 11 2012: 'Be My Guest' by Gaitana 09 2013: 'Gravity' by Zlata Ognevich 08 2014: 'Tick-Tock' by Mariya Yaremchuk 10 2016: '1944' by Jamala 06 2017: 'Time' by O.Torvald 07 2018: 'Under The Ladder' by MΓ©lovin 08 2020: 'Solovey' by Go_A 08 2021: 'Shum' by Go_A 06 2022: 'Stefania' by Kalush Orchestra
June 24, 20222 yr 06 2003: 'Hasta la Vista' by Oleksandr 09 2004: 'Wild Dances' by Ruslana 05 2005: 'Razom nas bahato' by GreenJolly 10 2006: 'Show Me Your Love' by Tina Karol 11 2007: 'Dancing Lasha Tumbai' by Verka Serduchka 09 2008: 'Shady Lady' by Ani Lorak 10 2009: 'Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)' by Svetlana Loboda 07 2010: 'Sweet People' by Alyosha 06 2011: 'Angel' by Mika Newton 09 2012: 'Be My Guest' by Gaitana 10 2013: 'Gravity' by Zlata Ognevich 07 2014: 'Tick-Tock' by Mariya Yaremchuk 09 2016: '1944' by Jamala 04 2017: 'Time' by O.Torvald 06 2018: 'Under The Ladder' by MΓ©lovin 07 2020: 'Solovey' by Go_A 10 2021: 'Shum' by Go_A 08 2022: 'Stefania' by Kalush OrchestraΒ As much as I love Shum, Dancing Lasha Tumbai is one of the most iconic Eurovision hits of all time. First year I watched the show too!Β what a nation *.*
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