Last Dreamer

Kamikaze Life is my obvious favourite.

Did you listen (or maybe even like) any songs from Sue Wilkinson ?

Bobbysocks got 3rd place and were the second in televoting. :yahoo: Your Tone Damli could never!

The second good song (after Luxembourg). Is it Eurovision revival after 4 awful years?

When all-time # 1 girl group was born. eBS8JpEKkJY "Barbie" is not the best choice for representing YVA discography, but it's signature track, not only for group, but for me too. This funny pop track made me a big fan of these Lithuanian beauties. I discovered YVA through music contest on ESCForum.net somewhere in 2012-2013 year. "Barbie" was the first YVA song, which I heard and it was love at first sight. YVA tried to represent Lithuania on Eurovision 2005 with "Barbie", but wasn't successful in national pre-selection (4th place from 6 participants in semifinal 5). Suprisingly "Barbie" is not available on any YVA albums, also it's their first and last song on English language.

Strange YVA Medley Mix. :o

"Joyful" for the win, miles above the rest participants. :cheer:

First ESC song, which I like from 2021-2025. :o :o

Everything is better than their 2024 entry.

Neither.

Favourite songs (by countries) : Albania : Kejsi Tola - Carry Me In Your Dreams (2009) Andorra : Susanne Georgi - La Teva Decisio (Get A Life) (2009) Austria : Marianne Mendt - Musik (1971) Belarus : Anastasia Vinnikova - I Love Belarus (2011) Belgium : Micha Marah - Hey, Nana (1979) Bosnia and Herzegovina : Feminnem - Call Me (2005) Bulgaria : Deep Zone and Balthazar - DJ, Take Me Away (2008) Croatia : Daria Kinzer - Celebrate (2011) Cyprus : Yiannis Savidakis and Fani Polymeri - Apopse As Vrethoume (1989) Czech Republic : Gabriela Gunchíkova - I Stand (2016) Denmark : Gry Johansen - Kloden Drejer (1983) Estonia : Birgit Oigemeel - Et Uus Saaks Alguse (2013) Finland : Krista Siegfrids - Marry Me (2013) France : Betty Mars - Come, Comedie (1972) Germany : Cindy and Bert - Die Sommermelodie (1974) Greece : Mariana Efstratiou - To Diko Sou Asteri (1989) Hungary : Kati Wolf - What About My Dreams? (2011) Iceland : Silvia Night - Congratulations (2006) Ireland : Dana - All Kinds Of Everything (1970) Latvia : Anmary - Beautiful Song (2012) (all-time # 1) Lithuania : Monika Linkyte and Vaidas Baumila - This Time (2015) Luxembourg : France Gall - Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son (1965) Macedonia : Jana Burcheska - Dance Alone (2017) Malta : Julie and Ludwig - On Again... Off Again (2004) Moldova : Lidia Isac - Falling Stars (2016) Monaco : Sophie - Une Chanson C'est Une Lettre (1975) Netherlands : Maywood - Ik Wil Alles Met Je Delen (1990) Norway : Anne-Karine Strom - Mata Hari (1976) Poland : Kasia Mos - Flashlight (2017) Portugal : Suzy - Quero Ser Tua (2014) Romania : Humans - Goodbye (2018) Russia : Julia Savicheva - Believe Me (2004) San Marino : Valentina Monetta - The Social Network Song (2012) Serbia : Moje 3 - Ljubav Je Svuda (2013) Slovakia : Twiins - I'm Still Alive (2011) Slovenia : Manuella - Blue And Red (2016) Sweden : Sanna Nielsen - Undo (2014) Switzerland : Lys Assia - Das Alte Karussell (1956) United Kingdom : Samantha Janus - A Message To Your Heart (1991) Yugoslavia : Novi Fosili - Ja Sam Za Ples (1987)

My winners : 1956 : Jetty Paerl - De Vogels Van Holland (Netherlands) 1957 : Patricia Bredin - All (United Kingdom) 1958 : Lys Assia - Giorgio (Switzerland) 1959 : Alice and Ellen Kessler - Heute Abend Wollen Wir Tanzen Geh'n (Germany) 1960 : Jacqueline Boyer - Tom Pillibi (France) 1961 : Greetje Kauffeld - Wat Een Dag (Netherlands) 1962 : Conny Froboess - Zwei Kleine Italiener (Germany) 1963 : Heidi Bruhl - Marcel (Germany) 1964 : Rachel - Le Chant De Mallory (France) 1965 : France Gall - Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son (Luxembourg) 1966 : Margot Eskens - Die Zeiger Der Uhr (Germany) 1967 : Vicky Leandros - L'amour Est Bleu (Luxembourg) 1968 : Kristina Hautala - Kun Kello Kay (Finland) 1969 : Lulu - Boom Bang-a-Bang (United Kingdom) 1970 : Dana - All Kinds Of Everything (Ireland) 1971 : Marianne Mendt - Musik (Austria) 1972 : Sandie Jones - Ceol An Ghra (Ireland) 1973 : Maxi - Do I Dream (Ireland) 1974 : ABBA - Waterloo (Sweden) 1975 : Geraldine Branagan - Toi (Luxembourg) 1976 : Anne-Karine Strom - Mata Hari (Norway) 1977 : Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran - Rock Bottom (United Kingdom) 1978 : Co-Co - The Bad Old Days (United Kingdom) 1979 : Anita Skorgan - Oliver (Norway) 1980 : Prima Donna - Love Enough For Two (United Kingdom) 1981 : Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up (United Kingdom) 1982 : Mess - Sonntag (Austria) 1983 : Sweet Dreams - I'm Never Giving Up (United Kingdom) 1984 : Sophie Carle - 100 % D'Amour (Luxembourg) 1985 : Vikki Watson - Love Is (United Kingdom) 1986 : Lise Haavik - Du Er Fuld Af Logn (Denmark) 1987 : Marcha - Rechtop In De Wind (Netherlands) 1988 : Karoline Kruger - For Var Jord (Norway) 1989 : Fani Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis - Apopse As Vrethoume (Cyprus) 1990 : Maywood - Ik Wil Alles Met Je Delen (Netherlands) 1991 : Samantha Janus - A Message To Your Heart (United Kingdom) 1992 : Kenny Lubcke and Lotte Nilsson - Alt Det Som Ingen Ser (Denmark) 1993 : Inga - Pa Veistu Svarid (Iceland) 1994 : CatCat - Bye Bye Baby (Finland) 1995 : Stone and Stone - Verliebt in Dich (Germany) 1996 : Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit (United Kingdom) 1997 : Maarja-Liis Ilus - Keelatud Maa (Estonia) 1998 : Melanie Cohl - Dis Oui (Belgium) 1999 : Marlayne - One Good Reason (Netherlands) 2000 : Jane Bogaert - La Vita Cos'e (Switzerland) 2001 : Michelle - Wer Liebe Lebt (Germany) 2002 : Jessica Garlick - Come Back (United Kingdom) 2003 : Esther Hart - One More Night (Netherlands) 2004 : Julia Savicheva - Believe Me (Russia) 2005 : Lise Darly - Tout De Moi (Monaco) 2006 : Silvia Night - Congratulations (Iceland) 2007 : Scooch - Flying The Flag (For You) (United Kingdom) 2008 : Gisela - Casanova (Andorra) 2009 : Susanne Georgi - La Teva Decisio (Get A Life) (Andorra) 2010 : Anna Bergendahl - This Is My Life (Sweden) 2011 : Twiins - I'm Still Alive (Slovakia) 2012 : Anmary - Beautiful Song (Latvia) 2013 : Krista Siegfrids - Marry Me (Finland) 2014 : Sanna Nielsen - Undo (Sweden) 2015 : Monika Linkyte and Vaidas Baumila - This Time (Lithuania) 2016 : ManuElla - Blue and Red (Slovenia) 2017 : Jana Burcheska - Dance Alone (Macedonia) 2018 : Humans - Goodbye (Romania) 2019 : Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity (Australia) 2020 : Lesley Roy - Story Of My Life (Ireland) Winners : 12 : United Kingdom (1957, 1969, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2007) 6 : Germany (1959, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1995, 2001) 6 : Netherlands (1956, 1961, 1987, 1990, 1999, 2003) 4 : Luxembourg (1965, 1967, 1975, 1984) 4 : Ireland (1970, 1972, 1973, 2020) 3 : Finland (1968, 1994, 2013) 3 : Norway (1976, 1979, 1988) 3 : Sweden (1974, 2010, 2014) 2 : France (1960, 1964) 2 : Austria (1971, 1982) 2 : Denmark (1986, 1992) 2 : Switzerland (1958, 2000) 2 : Iceland (1993, 2006) 2 : Andorra (2008, 2009) 1 : Cyprus (1989) 1 : Estonia (1997) 1 : Belgium (1998) 1 : Russia (2004) 1 : Monaco (2005) 1 : Slovakia (2011) 1 : Latvia (2012) 1 : Lithuania (2015) 1 : Slovenia (2016) 1 : Macedonia (2017) 1 : Romania (2018)

Is it Italy 1964 at # 1 or not ?

After the contest Twinkle recorded English language cover version of "Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son" under the title "A Lonely Singing Doll". oP5ha3V8W8A

2024, not 2023 Just found this good song. Better late than never. :)

# 1. Anmary - Beautiful Song (Latvia - 2012) KAxYfMFE_94 BeXo4HzpmuU For me "Beautiful Song" is a something special, I gave 10/10 rate, but honestly her masterpiece is in a league of its own. This song separated a history of pop music on two parts : before and after. Even the title of my retrospective chart "Gražios Dainos" ("Beautiful songs" on Lithuanian) is a reference to my all-time # 1 favourite song. Everything is perfect : singer, lyrics, vocals, staging (I prefer her NF final performance, but Eurovision version is good too). It's a masterpiece and the best song, which was ever recorded. Possibly if you didn’t know it before, but both her NF performances were different. Final : Semifinal : Iconic book "History of Eurovision" was really missed in the main contest. Interesting fact : I used this special rate system for Eurovision and pre-selections songs from 2010s decade. 10 - Anmary - Beautiful Song 9 - Iconic 8 - Wonderful 7 - Very good 6 - Good 5 - Average 4 - Forgettable 3 - Weak 2 - Bad 1 - Very bad 0 - Awful Like Birgit Anmary also was awarded by the limited chocolate issue.

Top 100 (by countries) : 19 : United Kingdom 10 : Germany 8 : Netherlands 7 : Norway 7 : Ireland 6 : Luxembourg 5 : Finland 4 : Denmark 4 : Austria 3 : Estonia 3 : Sweden 2 : Monaco 2 : Andorra 2 : San Marino 2 : Belgium 2 : Cyprus 1 : Switzerland 1 : France 1 : Latvia 1 : Lithuania 1 : Yugoslavia 1 : Slovenia 1 : Macedonia 1 : Poland 1 : Iceland 1 : Slovakia 1 : Greece 1 : Serbia 1 : Russia 1 : Croatia Top 100 (by decades) : 1950s - 5 1960s - 7 1970s - 31 1980s - 20 1990s - 9 2000s - 11 2010s - 17

Recap : 2. Dana - All Kinds Of Everything (Ireland - 1970) 3. France Gall - Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son (Luxembourg - 1965) 4. Samantha Janus - A Message To Your Heart (United Kingdom - 1991) 5. Sandie Jones - Ceol An Ghra (Ireland - 1972) 6. Anne-Karine Strom - Mata Hari (Norway - 1976) 7. Sweet Dreams - I'm Never Giving Up (United Kingdom - 1983) 8. Kathy Kirby - I Belong (United Kingdom - 1965) 9. Maxi - Do I Dream ? (Ireland - 1973) 10. Marianne Mendt - Musik (Austria - 1971) 11. Mary Hopkin - Knock Knock (Who's There ?) (United Kingdom - 1970) 12. Lynsey De Paul and Mike Moran - Rock Bottom (United Kingdom - 1977) 13. Anita Skorgan - Oliver (Norway - 1979) 14. Vikki Watson - Love Is (United Kingdom - 1985) 15. Krista Siegfrids - Marry Me (Finland - 2013) 16. Silvia Night - Congratulations (Iceland - 2006) 17. Birgit Oigemeel - Et Uus Saaks Alguse (Estonia - 2013) 18. Sanna Nielsen - Undo (Sweden - 2014) 19. ABBA - Waterloo (Sweden - 1974) 20. Cindy and Bert - Die Sommermelodie (Germany - 1974) 21. Hanne Krogh - Lykken Er (Norway - 1971) 22. Maywood - Ik Wil Alles Met Je Delen (Netherlands - 1990) 23. Manuella - Blue And Red (Slovenia - 2016) 24. Maria Christian - Wait Until The Weekend Comes (Ireland - 1985) 25. Mess - Sonntag (Austria - 1982) 26. Nicole - A Little Peace (Germany - 1982) 27. Co-Co - The Bad Old Days (United Kingdom - 1978) 28. Prima Donna - Love Enough For Two (United Kingdom - 1980) 29. Maggie MacNeal - Amsterdam (Netherlands - 1980) 30. Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up (United Kingdom - 1981) 31. Sheeba - Horoscopes (Ireland - 1981) 32. Tina Reynolds - Cross Your Heart (Ireland - 1974) 33. Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses For Me (United Kingdom - 1976) 34. Clodagh Rodgers - Jack In The Box (United Kingdom - 1971) 35. Alice and Ellen Kessler - Heute Abend Wollen Wir Tanzen Geh'n (Germany - 1959) 36. Jetty Paerl - De Vogels Van Holland (Netherlands - 1956) 37. Susanne Georgi - La Teva Decisio (Get A Life) (Andorra - 2009) 38. Gry Johansen - Kloden Drejer (Denmark - 1983) 39. Valentina Monetta - The Social Network Song (San Marino - 2012) 40. Geraldine - Toi (Luxembourg - 1975) 41. Patricia Bredin - All (United Kingdom - 1957) 42. Sandra Oxenryd - Through My Window (Estonia - 2006) 43. Anna Bergendahl - This Is My Life (Sweden - 2010) 44. Lena Meyer-Landrut - Satellite (Germany - 2010) 45. Anne-Karine Strom - The First Day Of Love (Norway - 1974) 46. Scooch - Flying The Flag (For You) (United Kingdom - 2007) 47. Valentina Monetta - Maybe (San Marino - 2014) 48. Marlayne - One Good Reason (Netherlands - 1999) 49. Monika Linkyte and Vaidas Baumila - This Time (Lithuania - 2015) 50. Bonnie Tyler - Believe In Me (United Kingdom - 2013) 51. Lotte Nillson and Kenny Lubcke - Alt Det Som Ingen Ser (Denmark - 1992) 52. Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg - Smating (Norway - 1972) 53. New Seekers - Beg, Steal Or Borrow (United Kingdom - 1972) 54. Yiannis Savidakis and Fani Polymeri - Apopse As Vrethoume (Cyprus - 1989) 55. Simone Stelzer - Keine Mauern Mehr (Austria - 1990) 56. Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love (United Kingdom - 1974) 57. Maarja-Liis Ilus - Keelatud Maa (Estonia - 1997) 58. Betty Mars - Come, Comedie (France - 1972) 59. Marcha - Rechtop In De Wind (Netherlands - 1987) 60. Novi Fosili - Ja Sam Za Ples (Yugoslavia - 1987) 61. Anita Skorgan - Casanova (Norway - 1977) 62. Ireen Sheer - Feuer (Germany - 1978) 63. Jana Burcheska - Dance Alone (Macedonia - 2017) 64. Sophie - Une Chanson C'est Une Lettre (Monaco - 1975) 65. Heidi Bruhl - Marcel (Germany - 1963) 66. Linda Williams - Het Is Een Wonder (Netherlands - 1981) 67. Sophie Carle - 100% D'amour (Luxembourg - 1984) 68. Ellen Nikolaysen - Touch My Life With Summer (Norway - 1975) 69. Bernadette - Sing Me A Song (Netherlands - 1983) 70. Cat Cat - Bye Bye Baby (Finland - 1994) 71. Moje 3 - Ljubav Je Svuda (Serbia - 2013) 72. Gisela - Casanova (Andorra - 2008) 73. Vicky Leandros - L'amour Est Bleu (Luxembourg - 1967) 74. Lise Haavik - Du Er Fuld Af Logn (Denmark - 1986) 75. Anita - Einfach Weg (Austria - 1984) 76. Swarbriggs Plus Two - It's Nice To Be In Love Again (Ireland - 1977) 77. Margot Eskens - Die Zeiger Der Uhr (Germany - 1966) 78. Teddy Scholten - Een Beetje (Netherlands - 1959) 79. Micha Marah - Hey, Nana (Belgium - 1979) 80. Mariana Efstratiou - To Diko Sou Asteri (Greece - 1989) 81. Texas Lightning - No No Never (Germany - 2006) 82. Jeane Manson - J'ai Deja Vu Ca Dans Tes Yeux (Luxembourg - 1979) 83. Jessica Garlick - Come Back (United Kingdom - 2002) 84. Michelle - Wer Liebe Lebt (Germany - 2001) 85. Monica Aspelund - Lapponia (Finland - 1977) 86. Lena Valaitis - Johnny Blue (Germany - 1981) 87. Carita Holmstrom - Keep Me Warm (Finland - 1974) 88. Mary Cristy - Toi, La Musique Et Moi (Monaco - 1976) 89. Chris Baldo and Sophie Garel - Nous Vivrons D'amour (Luxembourg - 1968) 90. Evdokia Kadi - Femme Fatale (Cyprus - 2008) 91. Kasia Mos - Flashlight (Poland - 2017) 92. Kristina Hautala - Kun Kello Kay (Finland - 1968) 93. Lys Assia - Das Alte Karussell (Switzerland - 1956) 94. Malene Mortensen - Tell Me Who You Are (Denmark - 2002) 95. Twiins - I'm Still Alive (Slovakia - 2011) 96. Daria Kinzer - Celebrate (Croatia - 2011) 97. Julia Savicheva - Believe Me (Russia - 2004) 98. Gina G - Ooh Aah Just A Little Bit (United Kingdom - 1996) 99. Katrina and The Waves - Love Shine A Light (United Kingdom - 1997) 100. Iris - Would You ? (Belgium - 2012)

# 2. Dana - All Kinds Of Everything (Ireland - 1970) h1a_5Hyzjks Dana's win became a wonderful start for my favourite Eurovision decade. She sings about all the things which remind her of her sweetheart (such as wishing-wells, wedding bells and an early morning dew) with the admission at the end of every verse that "all kinds of everything remind me of you". It was a great time, when the cute song about the first love won on Eurovision and spent 2 weeks on the top of main music chart in the world. In Ireland "All Kinds Of Everything" was a record holder with 9 weeks at # 1, before "Mull Of Kintyre" (10 weeks at # 1) in 1978. "All Kinds Of Everything" already got some very good deserved results in my previous rankings (2nd place in top 100 UK # 1 songs and the best single from 1970 year). Interesting fact : This UK chart moment could be my # 1 favourite in all music history, but it happened 13 years before my birth. www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19700412/7501/

# 3. France Gall - Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son (Luxembourg - 1965) PyFnDf8PvmU It's even not my farvourite Gall's single. I always prefered scandalous "Les Sucettes", but "Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son" win changed Eurovision. After it the contest moved in a right direction. Interesting fact : Many popular singers and groups from different countries and music genres recorded their covers of France Gall's main hit. From baroque pop group Divine Comedy to Eurodance singer Kim Kay. Swedish band Therion even released symphonic metal version. Is it the most covered ESC song ? QFD7YIk_9dw

# 4. Samantha Janus - A Message To Your Heart (United Kingdom - 1991) nYU_3l0-hVo Six years after the previous win United Kingdom did it again for 9th time. "A Message To Your Heart" is my favourite British entry, which was performed by Brighton resident Samantha Janus. As you know Brighton was the host city of Eurovision 1974, where ABBA received a substantial boost to their worldwide music career. In this year Rome was a host city. The singers were asked to sing a known Italian song which would then be used as a short clip for the postcard. Samantha Janus sang a short piece of "Ricordati Di Me" in her postcard. Interesting fact : All songs in top 4 won my "Song of The Year" award.

# 5. Sandie Jones - Ceol An Ghra (Ireland - 1972) -EthssVf7mY I want to believe that you didn't get boring with another song from my 70s "Holy Trinity" country. ;) Beautiful ballad "Ceol An Ghra" ("Music Of Love") was only one Irish Eurovision entry on their native language. The song became # 1 in Irish chart and won in my ranking, but shockingly finished on 15th place from 18 participants. Interesting fact : Sadly we didn't have HD television in 70s, but I love this preview and it's my favourite Eurovision videoclip. She looks a little bit like dominatrix in black leather high heels boots.

# 6. Anne-Karine Strom - Mata Hari (Norway - 1976) SkjSwjV1JLc Most underrated song from all Eurovision history "Mata Hari" easily became the first winner for Norway in my ranking. I don't understand how she finished in a bottom of the table only with 7 points. Interesting fact : With two last places Anne-Karine Strom is the least successful Eurovision participant.

# 7. Sweet Dreams - I'm Never Giving Up (United Kingdom - 1983) in5hT6P9KFA United Kingdom won again, this time with my favourite single from 1983 year "I'm Never Giving Up". Let's look on British results in my Eurovision rankings from 1976 to 1983 : 1976 - 2nd place 1977 - winner 1978 - winner 1979 - 5th place 1980 - winner 1981 - winner 1982 - 3rd place 1983 - winner Three other countries had two consecutive wins, Ireland won three times in four years, but nobody can't beat United Kingdom result from glorious days. After Vikki Watson's win in 1985 my favourite Eurovision country had 6 wins from last 9 contests. Sweet Dreams was a British vocal trio composed of Carrie Gray, Helen Kray and Bobby McVay. After the disbanding of the group, Gray went on to become a TV presenter, presenting Fame Academy among others. McVay became a radio presenter and later resumed his singing career when he was a part of Bucks Fizz comeback on British pop scene in 2015 year, together with three original members (Cheryl Baker, Jay Aston, Mike Nolan). In February 2018, McVay departed from the group as, living in Italy, he found it challenging to be constantly travelling between UK and Italy. I always wanted to know something about Helen Kray. Interesting fact : In my opinion German Marlene Charell is the most beautiful host in long Eurovision history. She recorded three singles in 70s, the one from them was German language version of Clodagh Rodgers - Lady Love Bug.

# 8. Kathy Kirby - I Belong (United Kingdom - 1965) OeDI52bdntQ Before Eurovision blonde Kathy Kirby already had top 5 hit in UK chart, it was her cover of Doris Day's single "Secret Love". Her physical appearance often drew comparisons with Marilyn Monroe. Her popularity peaked in 1960s, when she was one of the best-known and most-recognised female personalities in British show business. In 1965 year she was a favourite of the contest, but was beaten by 17 years old French singer France Gall, who represented Luxembourg. Interesting fact : "I Belong" is my most loved ESC silver medalist's entry.