Come Back isn't exactly an INCREDIBLE song, just better than the rest of the UK's recent output...in the grand scheme of UK music, its not that great is it!?! Jessica sung it amazingly well though :D

 

love Carola and Anjeza and I agree, Vanilla Ninja were incredible and should have won...their album Blue Tattoo which features Cool Vibes is amaze too :wub: Anna Vissi was so dire, like something from the Nancy show...it's Eurovision not the west end dear :heehee:

29: United Kingdom 1998 - Imaani - Where Are You? // 2nd; 167 points

 

 

Ah, the last year where winning was actually a very realistic hope :( Unfortunately the Israeli trannytastic fem-anthem trashed Imaani, but this slice of contemporary soul really was a fantastic entry ^_^ That's how you do it Andy :smoke:

28: Ukraine 2008 - Ani Lorak - Shady Lady // 2nd; 230 points

 

 

After that performance? Robbed. That is all I have to say on the matter :drink:

27: Israel 2008 - Bo'az Ma'uda - The Fire In Your Eyes // 9th; 124 points

 

 

The first time I heard this, the oddness of Bo'az's voice really did grate on me, although after time I did actually begin to love this track :wub: A flawless performance which earned a rightful top 10 place (which I can accept seeing as this year's top 5 was amazing), Bo'az's voice actually made this song in the end! ^_^ And he didn't look too bad either :naughty:

26: France 2005 - Ortal - Chacun Pense A Soi // 23rd; 11 points

 

 

To this day, I have not been able to figure out why this flopped when it had everything going for it. Fantastic position, decent performance, good looking performer, great modern pop...what went wrong? The only thing I can think of may possibly have been that it was in French or that I'm severly overestimating the quality of the performance...this was robbed of top 10 that year in my opinion :( An English version wouldn't have sounded out of place in the top 40!

25: Ukraine 2006 - Tina Karol - Show Me Your Love // 7th; 145 points

 

 

In all honesty, I can't figure out why this wasn't a favourite before the contest! :lol: Perky, catchy ethno-pop, it's a shock it didn't finish higher! Deserved to beat that c**p from Lithuania at least...-_-

24: Iceland 2008 - Eurobandið - Đis Is My Life // 14ð; 64 points

 

 

Ahahahahaa! :heehee: Near god-like dance anðem ðat had Buzzjack in a state of near permanent orgasm for about a monð when ðe HQ leaked...well, ðose people in the forum a monð before the contest at least :lol: Sadly overtaken by a few oðer entrants by now from ðis year, but ð is so ðe official letter of 2008 :heart::heehee:

Jessica Garlick is a tad too low Tyron. :( Glad Eurobandið are there too. :D

That's what I said David :smoke:

 

23: Ukraine 2007 - Verka Serduchka - Danzing Lasha Tumbai // 2nd; 235 points

 

 

Please don't judge me :cry: The funniest novelty entry ever IMHO! :wub:

Verka above Eurobandiwhatever...what were you thinking Trash :o :puke:

22: Norway 2007 - Guri Schanke - Ven a Bailar Conmigo // 18th (semi); 28 points

 

 

Catchiest thing ever muchhh? This grew on me like an aggressive cancer a couple of weeks before the contest, and I still think it should've been the general anthem for Strictly Come Dancing/Eurovision Dance Contest -_- The performance did lack a certain something though :(

21: Turkey 2003 - Sertab Erener - Every Way That I Can // 1st; 167 points

 

 

It still surprises me today that this won, especially after being drawn to perform 4th! :o An outstanding performance put that performing slot disadvantage to shame, and I can't help but feel that without the performing position the end result would've been nowhere near as nail-biting! :lol: Fantastic track which really is the perfect hybrid of ethnopop :heart:

Haha Guri Skank. :heehee: Decent song though.

I think I might do the top 20 tomorrow :w00t: Round-up:

 

21. 2003 – Turkey – Sertab Erener – Every Way That I Can – 1st – 167

22. 2007 – Norway – Guri Schanke – Ven a Bailar Conmigo – 18th (semi) – 48

23. 2007 – Ukraine – Verka Serduchka – Danzing Lasha Tumbai – 2nd – 235

24. 2008 – Iceland – Eurobandið – This Is My Life – 14th – 64

25. 2006 – Ukraine – Tina Karol – Show Me Your Love – 7th – 145

26. 2005 – France – Ortal – Chacun Pense A Soi – 23rd - 11

27. 2008 – Israel – Bo’az – The Fire In Your Eyes – 9th – 124

28. 2008 – Ukraine – Ani Lorak – Shady Lady – 2nd – 230

29. 1998 – UK – Imaani – Where Are You? – 2nd – 167

30. 2002 – Slovenia – Sestre – Samo Ljubezen – 13th – 33

 

31. 2002 – United Kingdom – Jessica Garlick – Come Back – 3rd – 111

32. 2007 – Moldova – Natalia Barbu – Fight – 10th – 109

33. 2008 – Greece – Kalomoira – Secret Combination – 3rd – 218

34. 1991 – Sweden – Carola – Fangad Av En Stormvind – 1st – 146

35. 2006 – Greece – Anna Vissi – Everything – 9th – 128

36. 2005 – Switzerland – Vanilla Ninja – Cool Vibes – 8th – 128

37. 2004 – Albania – Anjeza Shahini – Image of You – 7h - 106

38. 2008 – Armenia – Sirusho – Qele Qele – 4th – 199

39. 2008 – Serbia – Jelena Tomasevic – Oro – 6th – 160

40. 2002 – Estonia – Sahlene – Runaway – 3rd – 111

 

41. 2001 – Denmark – Rollo & King – Never Ever Let You Go – 2nd – 177

42. 2003 – UK – Jemini – Cry Baby – 26th – 0

43. 2003 – Russia – t.A.T.u, - Ne Ver Ne Boysia – 3rd – 164

44. 2007 – Georgia – Sopho – Visionary Dream – 12th – 97

45. 2003 – Belgium – Urban Trad – Sanomi – 2nd – 165

46. 2003 – Portugal – Rita Guerra – Deixa-me Sonhar – 22nd – 13

47. 2005 – Norway – WigWam – In My Dreams – 9th – 125

48. 2004 – Belgium – Xandee – 1 Life – 22nd – 7

49. 2003 – Greece – Mando – Never Let You Go – 17th – 25

50. 2000 – Macedonia – XXL – 100% Te Ljubam – 15th – 29

Onto the top 20 :w00t:

 

20: Ukraine 2004 - Ruslana - Wild Dances // 1st; 280 points

 

 

Ahahahaha! :heehee: Such energy from Ruslana, and you can't beat a bit of Xena-themed performance :kink: This fantastic track won me over with its infectiousness and more than deserved its victory, although there are still 2 other songs from that year that I prefer...

19: Greece 2001 - Antique - Die For You // 3rd; 147 points

 

 

And here we have the second artist which appears twice in this list! The artist in question being a much younger and far bigger-nosed Elena Paparizou...also looking slightly less attractive :( She's clearly had surgery since :smoke: Anyway, this wonderful precursor to Elena's later work was just one of 2001's many fantastic entries, although there is still another yet to come :heehee: Realistically though, this really should've won! :(

18: France 1991 - Amina - C'est le Dernier Qui a Parle Qui a Raison // 2nd; 146 points

 

 

This so deserved to beat Carola, and is probably the best entry the French have or will ever send :( The sound that she makes in the chorus is just spine-tingling :wub: I do believe it's also possibly notable as the first properly ethnic song given Amina's Tunisian heritage :o

17: Germany 2003 - Lou - Let's Get Happy! // 11th; 53 points

 

 

Oh God, this must be one of my ultimate guilty pleasures :lol::blush: This uber-cheesefest sadly missed out on top 10 that year, and really does set records for campness :heehee: I mean come on, look at the lyric "Let's get happy and let's be gay" - you can't tell me that was intended in the original sense of the word in this of all songs! :lol:

16: Sweden 2008 - Charlotte Perrelli - Hero // 18th; 47 points

 

 

Oh Charlotte, where did it all go wrong? :( Why couldn't you nail the performance - why was the performance so ridiculously understated for such a great song? :(

 

If history were written properly, she'd have won in 1999 with this and come 18th in 2008 with Take Me To Your Heaven tbh :smoke:

15: Belgium 2006 - Kate Ryan - Je T'Adore // 12th (semi); 69 points

 

 

OK, even two years after this happened...HOW THE F*** DID THIS MISS OUT ON QUALIFICATION? :mellow: The performance was great, the song was quite simply divine, the choreography was good, the performer was dishy...unlike France 2005, I can't actually think of any reason at all for this not qualifying :unsure: