Couldn't see another topic, but if there is one then just merge, or delete this...

But a place to rank/ rate the 35 entries in the run up to the semis/ final...

(Albania) Alis - Nan

(Armenia) Simon - Paloma rumba

(Australia) Delta Goodrem - Eclipse

(Austria) Cosmo - Tanzschein

(Azerbaijan) Jiva - Just Go

(Belguim) Essyla - Dancing on the Ice

(Bulgaria) Dara - Bangaranga

(Croatia) Lelek - Andromeda

(Cyprus) Antigoni - Jalla

(Czezhia) Daniel Zizka - Crossroads

(Denmark) Søren Torpegaard Lund - Før vi går hjem

(Estonia) Vanilla Ninja - Too Epic to be True

(Finland) Linda & Pete - Liekinheitin

(France) Monroe - Regarde!

(Georgia) Bzikebu - On Replay

(Germany) Sarah Engels - Fire

(Greece) Akylas - Ferto

(Israel) Noam Bettan - Michelle

(Italy) Sal Da Vinci - Per sempre si

(Latvia) Atvara - Ēnā

(Lithuania) Lion Ceccah - Solo quiero mas

(Luxembourg) Eva Marija - Mother Nature

(Maldova) Satoshi - Viva, Moldova!

(Malta) Aidan - Bella

(Montenegro) Tamara Živković - Nova zora

(Norway) Jonas Lovv - Ya Ya Ya

(Poland) Alicja - Pray

(Portugal) Bandidos do Cante - Rosa

(Romania) Alexandra Capitanescu - Choke Me

(San Marino) Senhit - Superstar

(Serbia) Lavina - Kraj Mene

(Sweden) Felicia - My System

(Switzerland) Veronica Fusaro - Alice

(Ukraine) Leléka - Ridnym

(United Kingdom) Look Mum No Computer - Eins, Zwei, Drei

Edited April 15Apr 15 by ElectroBoy

A first pass of the songs... I don't think its going to be a vintage year 🤣 Look Mum No Computer actually stood out in a good way amongst this lot! Its a shame Sweden didn't send in 'Iconic' as it so much better than anything else here.

01 (France) Monroe - Regarde!

02 (Norway) Jonas Lovv - Ya Ya Ya

03 (Estonia) Vanilla Ninja - Too Epic to be True

04 (Romania) Alexandra Capitanescu - Choke Me

05 (United Kingdom) Look Mum No Computer - Eins, Zwei, Drei

06 (Australia) Delta Goodrem - Eclipse

07 (Germany) Sarah Engels - Fire

08 (Switzerland) Veronica Fusaro - Alice

09 (Denmark) Søren Torpegaard Lund - Før vi går hjem

10 (San Marino) Senhit - Superstar

11 (Georgia) Bzikebu - On Replay

12 (Luxembourg) Eva Marija - Mother Nature

13 (Sweden) Felicia - My System

14 (Armenia) Simon - Paloma rumba

15 (Belguim) Essyla - Dancing on the Ice

16 (Montenegro) Tamara Živković - Nova zora

17 (Austria) Cosmo - Tanzschein

18 (Italy) Sal Da Vinci - Per sempre si

19 (Maldova) Satoshi - Viva, Moldova!

20 (Lithuania) Lion Ceccah - Solo quiero mas

21 (Ukraine) Leléka - Ridnym

22 (Finland) Linda & Pete - Liekinheitin

23 (Albania) Alis - Nan

24 (Bulgaria) Dara - Bangaranga

25 (Azerbaijan) Jiva - Just Go

26 (Cyprus) Antigoni - Jalla

27 (Croatia) Lelek - Andromeda

28 (Greece) Akylas - Ferto

29 (Poland) Alicja - Pray

30 (Latvia) Atvara - Ēnā

31 (Serbia) Lavina - Kraj Mene

32 (Czezhia) Daniel Zizka - Crossroads

33 (Malta) Aidan - Bella

34 (Portugal) Bandidos do Cante - Rosa

35 (Israel) Noam Bettan - Michelle

I did start making note against them, but by around song 20 I was losing the will to live a bit

Søren Torpegaard Lund - Før vi går hjem

Felicia - My System

fin.

France is my last place

Sweden, Australia, UK, Estonia for me. In that order!

Ranking for Eurovision Song Contest 2026

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1. Denmark

Love

2. Sweden

3. Greece

4. Australia

Great

5. Finland

6. Norway

7. Albania

8. Malta

9. Moldova

10. Cyprus

Good

11. France

12. Italy

13. Austria

14. Serbia

15. Bulgaria

16. Luxembourg

17. Romania

Decent

18. Ukraine

19. Portugal

20. Montenegro

21. Germany

22. Czechia

Average

23. Croatia

24. Estonia

25. Armenia

26. Georgia

27. Switzerland

28. Poland

Meh

29. Israel

30. United Kingdom

31. Latvia

32. Belgium

33. Lithuania

34. San Marino

35. Azerbaijan

1. Latvia

2. Finland

3. Serbia

4. United Kingdom

5. Sweden

6. Romania

7. Norway

8. Australia

9. Croatia

10. Austria

these are good, can't honestly imagine returning to most of the rest after this year, but these 10 were great moments this season

'Ēnā' is so damn beautiful

My rough rankings as of now, based mostly on how much I enjoy the song as opposed to the performance (which helps or hinders depending on the quality of the vox and staging):

Love

Australia

Germany

Romania

Great

Sweden

San Marino

Belgium

Norway

France

Poland

Good

Finland

Cyprus

Bulgaria

Malta

Montenegro

Switzerland

Estonia

Armenia

Lithuania

Austria

Croatia

Denmark

Israel

Average

United Kingdom

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Greece

Moldova

Albania

Not for me

Luxembourg

Portugal

Ukraine

Italy

Czechia

Serbia

Latvia

Very weak year imo. After watching the whole stuff I've changed my mind, I wasnt expecting Bangaranga to be that catchy!

My faves

1 Romania

2 Bulgaria

3 Australia

4 Italy

5 Finland

6 Serbia

7 Germany

8 Cyprus

9 Belgium

10 Greece

Edited May 16May 16 by Jason

Here are my rankings from the final (after a week of getting used to the songs) - excluding Israel as I can't really rank that fairly!

1. Austria

2. United Kingdom

3. Ukraine

4. Cyprus

5. Czechia

6. Norway

7. Moldova

8. Australia

9. Belgium

10. Malta

11. Bulgaria

12. Italy

13. France

14. Greece

15. Finland

16. Sweden

17. Albania

18. Lithuania

19. Germany

20. Romania

21. Serbia

22. Denmark

23. Croatia

24. Poland

Somewhat of a reverse correlation to where they actually finished - I'm clearly not vibing with the collective ear of Europe at the moment!

I've just relistened to the studio versions of the finalists + the performances and studio versions of the DNQs (as I didn't watch the semis) and here's my updated ranking for the year x I massively underrated Albania and Denmark on the night and overrated Serbia and Austria a bit.

1 Croatia / LELEK

2 Bulgaria / DARA

Montenegro / Tamara Živković

3 Greece / Akylas

4 Romania / Alexandra Căpitănescu

5 Serbia / Lavina

6 United Kingdom / LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER

Armenia / SIMÓN

7 Moldova / Satoshi

8 Albania / Alis

9 Norway / JONAS LOVV

10 Czechia / Daniel Žižka

11 France / Monroe

12 Finland / Linda Lampenius/Pete Parkkonen

13 Denmark / Søren Torpegaard Lund

Estonia / Vanilla Ninja

14 Austria / COSMÓ

15 Sweden / FELICIA

16 Australia / Delta Goodrem

Latvia / Atvara

17 Italy / Sal Da Vinci

Portugal / Bandidos Do Cante

18 Lithuania / Lion Ceccah

Georgia / Bzikebi

19 Belgium / Essyla

20 Ukraine / Leléka

Luxembourg / Eva Marija

21 Malta / AIDAN

22 Cyprus / Antigoni

Azerbaijan / JIVA

Switzerland / Veronica Fusaro

San Marino / Senhit/Boy George

23 Germany / Sarah Engels

24 Poland / ALICJA

25 Israel / Noam Bettan

Me having an entirely Balkan top 6 (and 7 of the top 9). Oh my x

How did Montenegro not qualify? Shenannies