June 2, 200817 yr Author 39. Kalomoira - Secret Combination Country: Greece Year: 2008 Total points: 218 Final placing: 3rd out of 25 JOq9nW2Cqzw For a while, it seemed like this song was in with a real chance of winning this year. :o Shame it all ended so abruptly, but 'Secret Combination' is certainly a good song, even going to #71 in the United Kingdom. It never really got me before the contest, but I really like the performance, and this year was the sixth year in a row that Greece have sent a genuinly good song. Take note UK!
June 2, 200817 yr Author 38. Vania Fernandes - Senhora Do Mar Country: Portugal Year: 2008 Total points: 69 Final placing: 13th out of 25 cRFjrlZfVV8 This song certainly deserved another couple of hundred points to go with its 69, and had it been performed at the end again, I think it could well have done that. It's such a great, haunting ballad that deserved to emulate the success of 'Molitva' from 2007. I was so pleased when the final envelope was opened and Portugal were revealed too, would've been a tragedy had it not gone through! Still, at least it was Portugal's first finalist appearance since 2003. Their last top ten appearance was way back in 1996 though...
June 2, 200817 yr Author 37. Marija Sestic - Rijeka Bez Imena Country: Bosnia-Herzegovina Year: 2007 Total points: 106 Final placing: 11th out of 24 rc09SlThMA0 I only really got into this song after the contest, and after Marija's shockingly good finish. :o This was predicted by many - including myself - to be amongst the bottom few, but a great performance of a fairly strong song ensured this was going to be another successful year for the Bosnians. And the Herzegovinans. They've been in the final every year since 2001, and I can see them being the next Balkan country to win the contest, whenever that may be.
June 2, 200817 yr Author 36. Marc Roberts - Mysterious Woman Country: Ireland Year: 1997 Total points: 157 Final placing: 2nd out of 25 62R_sQKGDEM And so Ireland's only entry in my top 50 comes in at just #36. This is, however, a cracking song. Definately deserving of its runner-up position, and the only decent song Ireland have sent in the past 12 compeitions in my opinion. Brian Kennedy was alright, but nowhere near the quality of this. It was joint favourite with Katrina to win the 1997 contest, just ahead of Jalisse of Italy, and the bookies certainly weren't wrong. This came some 70 points behind the United Kingdom, but some way ahead of Turkey and the Italians who were third and fourth respectively.
June 2, 200817 yr Author 35. Nicki French - Don't Play That Song Again Country: United Kingdom Year: 2000 Total points: 28 Final placing: 16th out of 24 Mi0PUIwskSw Haha I must say I do like this song. Why she had to show off her belly though I'll never know... not as if she had the most ab-tastic stomach really was it? I think it should've done better than 28 points really, when you see the rubbish that did better this year - Turkey, Germany, Ireland, MACEDONIA. How the f*** did that Macedonian song get one more point than Nicki French? :( Sorry Boyan, but XXL were really awful. This was one of the pre-contest favourites, actually priced at 2/1 just before the contest, trailing only Estonia at 6/4... But the bookies were rather inaccurate. Denmark were at 125/1! :lol:
June 2, 200817 yr Author 34. Marija Serifovic - Molitva Country: Serbia Year: 2007 Total points: 268 Final placing: 1st out of 24 DVLINmPsrLY And the award for most bizarre looking, strangely dressed person goes to... Hmm, well I always thought this was a good song, but it never really captivated me until after she'd won. It's a great song, and definately the best song in the 2007 contest. Had we sent Cyndi, as we should've done that year, things might've been a little different, but I guess we'll never know. -_- I love the panpipe thing in the middle too. :heart: Excellent song, and thank God Verka didn't win!
June 2, 200817 yr ^ MEH, don't like the song much from that year EDIT: Nicki's one i mean Edited June 2, 200817 yr by Pavel
June 2, 200817 yr 34. Marija Serifovic - Molitva Country: Serbia Year: 2007 Total points: 268 Final placing: 1st out of 24 DVLINmPsrLY And the award for most bizarre looking, strangely dressed person goes to... Hmm, well I always thought this was a good song, but it never really captivated me until after she'd won. It's a great song, and definately the best song in the 2007 contest. Had we sent Cyndi, as we should've done that year, things might've been a little different, but I guess we'll never know. -_- I love the panpipe thing in the middle too. :heart: Excellent song, and thank God Verka didn't win! shame VERKA hadn't won :P One of my friends was seriously thinking Maria was a man until she performed on the Russian NF in March :lol: I swear! Edited June 2, 200817 yr by Pavel
June 2, 200817 yr Author 33. Beth - Dime Country: Spain Year: 2003 Total points: 81 Final placing: 8th out of 26 hV22o5fib74 Now had this been in tune, I think it could've given Belgium, Russia and Turkey a run for their money. 81 points when putting in a Jemini/XXL style off-key performance is pretty good going. Though tbf, she wasn't quite as bad. And if Croatia got deducted a third for having a so-called male voice in their song in 1999, I think the "oh oh oh-oh" things at the start of this song, and all the way through it should surely count as having extra voices on the backing track! This was one of the pre-contest faves both with fans and the bookies, and Spain have only had one top ten finish since then. Mind you, that's two better than the UK have managed...
June 2, 200817 yr 35. Nicki French - Don't Play That Song Again Country: United Kingdom Year: 2000 Total points: 28 Final placing: 16th out of 24 Mi0PUIwskSw Haha I must say I do like this song. Why she had to show off her belly though I'll never know... not as if she had the most ab-tastic stomach really was it? I think it should've done better than 28 points really, when you see the rubbish that did better this year - Turkey, Germany, Ireland, MACEDONIA. How the f*** did that Macedonian song get one more point than Nicki French? :( Sorry Boyan, but XXL were really awful. This was one of the pre-contest favourites, actually priced at 2/1 just before the contest, trailing only Estonia at 6/4... But the bookies were rather inaccurate. Denmark were at 125/1! :lol: I wish I'd put a couple of quid on the Olsens! as I said earlier, this really sounded like Steps had rejected it...it was about 2 or 3 years out of date as well, but you're right, there was far far worse on offer in 2000!
June 2, 200817 yr 34. Marija Serifovic - Molitva Country: Serbia Year: 2007 Total points: 268 Final placing: 1st out of 24 DVLINmPsrLY And the award for most bizarre looking, strangely dressed person goes to... Hmm, well I always thought this was a good song, but it never really captivated me until after she'd won. It's a great song, and definately the best song in the 2007 contest. Had we sent Cyndi, as we should've done that year, things might've been a little different, but I guess we'll never know. -_- I love the panpipe thing in the middle too. :heart: Excellent song, and thank God Verka didn't win! Cyndi wouldn't have beaten Marija :heehee: my sister had said to me that she was certain this would win just before the contest, but I didn't listen to her and put my money on Belarus :(
June 2, 200817 yr Author 32. Rollo & King - Never Ever Let You Go Country: Denmark Year: 2001 Total points: 177 Final placing: 2nd out of 23 n31550n8OgI How this didn't win in 2001 I will never know! That Estonian song was very mediocre tbh, and this had everything going for it - performing last being top of the pile! It's an amazing song tbh, that accordian or whatever they're called adds to its greatness too. The 2001 contest is probably my favourite of all time actually, aside from 1997 or 1998 maybe, the presenters just made it! :heart: This song was one of the favourites to win along with Slovenia, the United Kingdom (:blink:), Greece, Sweden and France.
June 2, 200817 yr 32. Rollo & King - Never Ever Let You Go Country: Denmark Year: 2001 Total points: 177 Final placing: 2nd out of 23 n31550n8OgI How this didn't win in 2001 I will never know! That Estonian song was very mediocre tbh, and this had everything going for it - performing last being top of the pile! It's an amazing song tbh, that accordian or whatever they're called adds to its greatness too. The 2001 contest is probably my favourite of all time actually, aside from 1997 or 1998 maybe, the presenters just made it! :heart: This song was one of the favourites to win along with Slovenia, the United Kingdom (:blink:), Greece, Sweden and France. 2001 was also my favourite contest, and I absolutely loved this, in fact I have it on single :o I was happy with the result though as Everybody was my favourite song :D tbh though all of the top five deserved to win
June 2, 200817 yr Author 31. Zeljko Joksimovic - Lane Moje Country: Serbia & Montenegro Year: 2004 Total points: 263 Final placing: 2nd out of 24 4lroN21ofmE I think this is the best Serbia has ever offered us. :heart: Better than 'Molitva' I feel, and definately better than that Bosnian dirge that appeared a few years later in 'Leilja'. There's your answer Pavel. :P It would've been nice had this song won, but I think Ruslana was probably a bit more memorable. This song's performance in the semi-final though I think shows that running order perhaps does matter... it was on near the end of the semi and came above the Ukrainians. :o Odds weren't that low though at 12/1, but it was all about Sakis and Ruslana in the bookmakers' eyes in 2004.
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