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# 34. Clodagh Rodgers - Jack In The Box (United Kingdom - 1971) _tYrXVIS60A UK didn't change a format of national final and Northern Irish singer Clodagh Rodgers sang all six songs. The singer expresses her strong feelings of love to a man who treats her like a toy, thus providing the "jack in the box" simile, as she feels that in exchange of his love, she would gladly "bounce on a spring" like the aforementioned toy (but isn't so thrilled to do it without reciprocation). At the end of the song, however, she lets this man know that one day she will be fed up enough to leave, so she hopes he will tell her he loves her, as she will do anything (within a reasonable time frame) to hear those words. Interesting fact : After Eurovision "Jack In A Box" became top 5 hit in UK Singles Chart.

# 35. Alice and Ellen Kessler - Heute Abend Wollen Wir Tanzen Geh'n (Germany - 1959) T4Z3nvP0D18 Alice and Ellen Kessler are twin sisters known in Europe, especially Germany and Italy, from the 1950s and 1960s and until today for their singing, dancing, and acting. Sisters got only 8th place on Eurovision with their moderately up-tempo number, but in my ranking it was maiden win for Germany. Interesting fact : It's my favourite Eurovision song from 1950s decade.

# 36. Jetty Paerl - De Vogels Van Holland (Netherlands - 1956) u45UQVGRVPA Jetty's "De Vogels Van Holland" is my # 1 from the first contest and it's the second highest 50s song in this ranking. Interesting fact : The song is particularly significant for being the first song performed in Eurovision Song Contest history.

# 37. Susanne Georgi - La Teva Decisio (Get A Life) (Andorra - 2009) s01Lqv6vKqI Susanne Georgi started her career along with her sister Pernille in Me & My, the group had a couple of hits around Europe. In 2007 year Me & My finally got to take part in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (national selection for Eurovision Song Contest) with "Two Are Stronger Than One". Even though they were the bookmakers' favourites to win, but finished only on 6th place. Interesting fact : After Susanne's win Andorra became the fourth country with two consecutive wins, after Germany, Ireland and United Kingdom.

# 38. Gry Johansen - Kloden Drejer (Denmark - 1983) h5waUYNuUYs "Kloden Drejer" got deserved silver medal in my ranking of 1983, also it's the highest Danish entry in this list. Interesting fact : "Kloder Drejer" was a big hit in her home country and spent 4 weeks on the top of Danish Singles chart.

# 39. Valentina Monetta - The Social Network Song (San Marino - 2012) y7IoR_5HPQ0 “The Social Network Song” is iconic Eurovision anthem of Internet generation. My top 4 songs of 2012 were performed in one semifinal and didn’t reach the final. It’s still the worst result for my favourites in all long Eurovision history. Interesting fact : "The Social Network Song" was 20th Eurovision entrant produced by legendary Ralph Siegel.

# 40. Geraldine - Toi (Luxembourg - 1975) 7DkaGKhAs6U "Toi" was performed in French by Irish singer Geraldine Brannigan. The song is a ballad, she telling her lover that "my life doesn't exist without you" and pledging her unending love to him. Geraldine recorded the song in two languages; French and her mother tongue English, the latter as "You". Interesting fact : Geraldine is a mother of six children.

YVA - first album and performance in Lithuanian Eurovision pre-selection with "Barbie".

# 41. Patricia Bredin - All (United Kingdom - 1957) LGHNEpTNcXU British debut entry "All" sounds very vintage, more like 20s-30s traditional pop than late 50s songs. For a long time (almost 60 years) it was the shortest performance in the history of the contest. Interesting fact : "All" became only one British Eurovision entry, which wasn't released as single for unknown (at least for me) reason.

# 42. Sandra Oxenryd - Through My Window (Estonia - 2006) zOybfT_x8Sc It's my second favourite Estonian entry and the second place from 2006 too. Interesting fact : In 2008 year Sandra competed for the chance to represent Poland in Eurovision with the song "Superhero", but got only 8th place.

# 43. Anna Bergendahl - This Is My Life (Sweden - 2010) 5P1neQKN-1k Back to back with Lena we have the most underrated song from Eurovision 2010. It was very rare time, when Sweden sent something wonderful. Unfortunately we didn't see her revenge with "Ashes To Ashes". Interesting fact : I also completed Melodifestivalen yearly rankings for last two decades and some acts already won 2 times (Hanna Hedlund, Lina Hedlund, Anna Bergendahl, Sanna Nielsen, Pernilla Andersson).

# 44. Lena Meyer-Landrut - Satellite (Germany - 2010) 7pL9vdpSvnY Lena is the best Eurovision winner from last 40 years. Trash from Azerbaijan was odds favourite, so I was afraid of her win, but thankfully Germany won. "Satellite" spent five consecutive weeks at # 1 in Germany. Interesting fact : Lithuania had a short-lived trend with a tribute song for Eurovision winners in their national pre-selections. Song about Lena "Setellite Of Setellite" was performed by Timohi in 2011. Loreen and Alexander Rybak also had a similar tributes (watch "I Love a Boy Who's in Love with a Fairytale" and Saules Broliai - Loreen on YouTube).

# 45. Anne-Karine Strom - The First Day Of Love (Norway - 1974) _FBJhQkCo28 I'm really angry on discrimination of Norway in 70s Eurovision. How such lovely song was last in 1974 ? "The First Day Of Love" became Eurovision debut for Anne-Karine as solo singer, but she already represented Norway as a member of Bendik Singers in 1973. The song is an inspirational number, with Anne-Karine singing about the regenerative power of love. She sings that everyone in the world wants the same thing, love, and that by moving towards that goal the human race is becoming closer. Interesting fact : Anne-Karine results is the opposite to Johnny Logan, she still the least successful Eurovision participant with two last places.

​# 46. Scooch - Flying The Flag (For You) (United Kingdom - 2007) XT6yOIC6ihI Eurovision 2007 was awful and two best songs made up bottom 2 in final. Scooch easily have improved UK record to twelve wins in my yearly rankings with iconic catchy pure pop song "Flying The Flag". The song mostly got negative critics from press, critics and ESC fans, but … I don't care, I love it. Obviously YVA song "I Dangu" was inspired by Scooch performance. Interesting fact : 5th place in UK chart was the best result for British entry in 1998-2021 years period.​

# 47. Valentina Monetta - Maybe (San Marino - 2014) vt_3yms1PcM Beautiful ballad "Maybe" became the third Eurovision attempt to win for legendary Valentina Monetta. Italy is the one from my least favourite ESC countries, which didn't have even top 5 result. So Valentina easily pushed her small home country higher than all participants of big neighbour. Interesting fact : Based on the average points San Marino is my favourite country of the 2010s decade on Eurovision with 5.33 / 10.

# 48. Marlayne - One Good Reason (Netherlands - 1999) YhqJpF44sdg Fifth win for Netherlands. "One Good Reason" is a moderately up-tempo number, with Marlayne telling her lover that they can overcome whatever obstacles life places in their path by remaining strong in their relationship. She sings that if he can give her "one good reason" to stay together, she can give him two. Interesting fact : Significantly, this was the first occasion on which no Dutch language version of a Dutch Eurovision entry was recorded.

​# 49. Monika Linkyte and Vaidas Baumila - This Time (Lithuania - 2015) 1Cqk5ZdrfSk In last 10 years Lithuania became my favourite country in music, but usually they did wrong ESC choices and sacrificed masterpieces (Break Free in 2011, Sacrifice in 2017, Leisk Tave Paguosti in 2019 and many others). In 2015 year after some top 5 results in the previous years Lithuania finally won with "This Time" and a circle of "Baltic sisters" winners was complete, still wait the same in Eurovision. Interesting fact : My all-time # 1 favoutire act YVA had 2 two very unsuccessful attempts in Lithuanian pre-selections with "Barbie" and "I Dangu". ​

Any chart with "Save Your Love" at # 1.

# 50. Bonnie Tyler - Believe In Me (United Kingdom - 2013) -agn-ERgTXA Legendary Bonnie Tyler brought the last top 3 result for UK in my rankings and should be at least top 5 in the real contest. Interesting fact : It's the third highest 3rd place, only behind a bronze medalists from 1971 and 1974.

# 51. Lotte Nillson and Kenny Lubcke - Alt Det Som Ingen Ser (Denmark - 1992) qmgcJmwJ0Nc Lotte and Kenny became the third male-female victorious duet, also it was the second and last triumph for Denmark. The song "Alt Det Som Ingen Ser" is written as a dialogue between two people at a party. One is stranded there as her boyfriend "got angry, he's gone home", while the other appears to have been by himself to start with. Over the course of the conversation, they soon decide to leave together, because "all the things that nobody sees are none of other people's business". Interesting fact : Only 5th attempt became successful for Lotte Nillson, she finally won in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and represented her country at Eurovision.

# 52. Grethe Kausland and Benny Borg - Smating (Norway - 1972) EROlZbIbjH0 Norwegian entry "Smating" a ballad, with the duo comparing the great successes of human life (inheriting a castle, landing on the moon) with the "little things", such as watching a sunset, which they sing are superior experiences. Interesting fact : In 70s decade Norway had seven top 3 results in my rankings.

# 53. New Seekers - Beg, Steal Or Borrow (United Kingdom - 1972) QyxJeV8OLjI Some months before participation in Eurovision New Seekers recorded a worldwide hit and UK million-seller "I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing", so UK really wanted to win, but finished on the second place again. "Beg, Steal or Borrow" is a love song to a former lover. Interesting fact : "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me" is my favourite song from 1973.

​# 54. Yiannis Savidakis and Fani Polymeri - Apopse As Vrethoume (Cyprus - 1989) qO-auQ5Lmas On 54th place we meet very rare guests from Southern Europe. 1989 was a highlight for this region in my ESC rankings, Cyprus won and Greece was second. "Apopse As Vrethume" was only 11th and received 51 points, include 12 points from … Iceland, Greece gave only 7 in response to Cyprus 12. Greedy Greeks really wanted top 10 result, which they got with 5 points margin over Cyprus. 30 years after it still the one from my favourite Eurovision duets. Interesting fact : Based on this list only in 2012 another country surpassed Сyprus 1989 in the terms of my favourite ESC entry from Southern Europe.​

# 55. Simone Stelzer - Keine Mauern Mehr (Austria - 1990) pq3ndrZzaf0 Austria is the country of little ESC wonders. Sometimes she rose from tier 2 to real contender for shocking win. As Anita in 1984 and Petra in 1994, beautiful blonde lady Simone finished on the second place behind my second favourite from 90s. The song is a dramatic ballad, in which Simone sings about the freedom brought about through the fall of the Berlin Wall. Interesting fact : Several days after the final of Austrian pre-selection winning song "Das Beste" performed by Duett was disqualified and Simone became the Eurovision entrant.

# 56. Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love (United Kingdom - 1974) 1eOMLWh0YIE Let's move into the zone of British domination and listen many amazing UK entries from six different decades. Already famous Australian singer Olivia Newton-John represented the best ESC country with "Love Live Love". It's very hard to believe, especially for young Eurovision fans, but her 4th place was very disappointed result for UK. Interesting fact : Just look on this fantastic chain of UK results from 1967 to 1977 : Win-2nd-Win-2nd-4th-2nd-3rd-4th-2nd-Win-2nd