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I forgot about "bast*rdo"....yes that would have been a top 3er too :) This is a brilliant one too:

What I meant with Shiri or a Nadine is, it would have either done great or done poorly like Nadine did. I think Ithaka Maria would have done the same as Getter.

Now that ESC is over for another year, which songs would have done better for countries that didn't do well or not as well this year. Here is my list: Armenia - "Ayo" would have been top 10 in Dusseldorf easily. Very Kesha like and contemporary. Much better than the joke "Boom Boom". Albania - Aurela was a good choice, but Alban and Miriam would have got into the final. Austria - Nadine was the best choice. 18th was too low in ESC :( Belgium - Sarina Cohn the runner-up would have sneaked into the final. It would have been 20-25th in the final, but a magical song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W_Rl08VEt0 Bulgaria - It had to be Poli.....however Milena would have got through a la the freak show factor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r7e_Rr_dDs Croatia - It should have been Jacques Houdek instead of Daria. Any of his renditions of the three songs would have made it. Estonia - Getter was a good choice, but I think Victoria with "Baby Had You" would have done better. Finland - Stala and So with "Pamela" or Cardinat with "Rapture In Time" - I think these would have done top 10! Greece - I would have loved Nikki Ponte or Valanto, but Stereo Mike and the lovely Loukas were the right choices. Top 10 would have been achieved no matter what. Iceland - Yohanna!!!!! She would have won. Israel - "Ding Dong" was good, but the performance lacked on the night, plus she was very flat on the Hebrew parts. I think Adi Cohen's powerful ballad could have done a Shiri or a Nadine Beiler Lithuania - I think the right choice was made. Malta - Glen was close, but I think "Finally" by Richard Edwards would have done top 10 ditto Kurt Galea with "Over and Over". Moldova - Zdoub zi Zdoub did well, but I think Millenium's "In Memoriuam" would have been a winner! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbVAFX0SoZE Italy - I think Natalie would have won ESC2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFZBHlhyRd8 The Netherlands - To me the right choice was made....but it should have stayed in Dutch. "De Stroom" the runner-up was another good song which could have done better Norway - Stella was a good choice....but I think they could have done well with Noora Noor - her song is very Adele/Amy Winehouse esque and it's a sound which people would go for. - This girl has a beautiful voice :wub: I also think Susperia with "Nothing Remains" would have done really well, especially as this group does have fans across Europe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FBH31ojb6I Poland - "Jestem" was the best choice, but destroyed on the night :( Portugal - Filipa Ruas by far!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJWkqNzI4LE Spain - Great choice, but "Abrazame" would have done better Sweden - Eric was indeed the right choice now, but I think Loreen would have won, possibly Danny. Switzerland - I'd have gone for Aura with "All my love" which was eliminated in the semi stage of their pre-selection. She is known in the former USSR countries and would have done better than last in the final. Serbia - Nina or bust......that ballad would have bombed and "Ring Ring Ring" would have been 20th in the final. Slovenia - Maja easily. Ukraine - Mika was the right choice all along. I think Jamala would have not qualified....sounds like a strangled cat. Ireland - Jedward was the right choice. I think Nikki Kavanagh would have not qualified or got last in the final.

To be honest Eric, that one WAS a chav anthem!

"Beautiful Girls" I remember it being a "chav anthem" when it was released....always blasted on buses and chavs were singing it - yet again I did live and work in a bad part of Brum @ the time. "Fire Burning" is a good song.....hope Sean recovers...my heart goes out to him and he's only a young lad too.

Pitbull is the "I need a bit of cash, so can I PLEASE rap on your song" type rapper.

Lady Gaga's skullduggery pays off then......ah well. Shame we've got generic crap as the top 4, whilst The Pierces with "Glorious" couldn't even make the Top 100....shows there is no taste with people anymore.

As I've said, the only way around it is a) two seperate charts: One Domestic and One International and B) The critics have 50% say in the charts. I would also throw in a homegrown rule for radio which is in force in France....60% of acts played on radio have to be from the UK.

I do agree with this. It seems the common factor that after the first two singles do oustanding, the rest will go nowhere unless you are Rihanna with huge selling power and popularity or Lady Gaga who has manipulated the chart with her songs being drummed down you.

Yay to Rihanna and Alexandra!! Double yay to Olly finally hitting the top 40!!! Why is Leona's souless, Disney ballad, vocal gymnastic version of "Run" back in the top 100?

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, that "Freak Me" song is nasty. So desperate. What is more disturbing is, I have a mental image of Dane Bowers singing this to Jordan before doing her!!! "Don't wanna miss a thing" = "My heart will go on" - Both from overhyped crappy films and overplayed. "All my life" - I just adore that song. Easily one of the best 1990s ballads. Also like Enya, Brandy and Monica and Def Leppard - all classics.

Freefaller - "Do This, Do That!" - I know it's not the best song ever written but it has a charm to it. Catchy as anything ;) My hair was actually like that back then...but I was 20 and it was 2005. 4XNTGfYUgGY Vogue - "Twilight" - I can't seem to find the video to this song, but this was released in June 2009 and did nothing in the charts. The girls look and probably are working on Babestation and it's ilk ;) I'm probably one of the 100 people aside from family and friends who only the CD single of this! 1--J-SHZ_fc&feature=artist Bandito - "Rocking At The Disco" - Another non-charter from 2009, this one released near Christmas of that year. Very catchy and would work if it was sung by Cascada. Handsome guy I may say....looks someone who worked in the same buidling as me ;) We should have sent this to Eurovision 2010, but this would have probably done a Zoli Adok/Miro type result of bottom three. -vKCa8yEJoQ Will Young - "Changes" - Should have been top 5 easily.....very dark video and a beautifully composed song. uhpjB5IVH9M Rachel White - "Cinderella's Playing Out" - My sister used to go ballistic when she saw this video as she shares the same first name and said it was lent to a "shoddy product" - I disagree as this is a good song. I bet if this was sung by Britney this would have been top 3 Na7yLFyUHWw Sinead Quinn - "What You Need Is" - Why wasn't this girl huge?!!?!?!?!?!?!! She was so talented and had great songs. The show did give us a great winner with David Sneddon, but Lemar got all the fame as dull soul was in *at the right time* which I always think that lead to him being succesfull. Only made #19 in 2003, should have been #1! Album is brilliant too zP2n2jpoUHk

Strike - "U Sure Do" is a 90s classic and would be #1 on my list :D 17 years on, this still sounds fresh. I don't like that Hanson song...I remember a girl in my class at school who was crazy over them. I wonder if she liked their comeback in 2005 especially as "Penny and Me" was actually a decent song! "I Swear" is too drippy for my liking.....ditto "Truly Madly Deeply". Other than that, you've a fantastic list. Keep up the good work.

Why is this Scottish syncopant who gets moist over the slightest thing still on our TV screens? She's nothing but a fake and a sucker-up. Is she screwing someone over at Daybreak to keep her job? I'm glad I am at work most the time (It's unfortunate as I've got a very bad sprained foot), so I don't endure her. Surely there should be fresh blood?

Who is buying this Glee rubbish? I'm so glad SKY have bought the rights off Channel 4. At least the effect won't be as huge on the charts. It's just a bunch of crap actors miming to raped renditions of classic songs. It's the sort of thing that would finish 18th in a Eurovision semi final. Makes me mad. I've managed to listen through that Gaga album....my what a load of crap; bar two songs which are the underperforming ones - "Schiesse" and "Government Hooker".

Can not stand that Titanic song. The film is bad, and the song is just one of many production line power ballads. Celine should have gone down with the Titanic with that odious junk. The song makes me want to vomit! "Don't Speak" is very overplayed, and the novelty has worn off on this now, ditto "Better The Devil You Know". The rest however, are all good :)

01. (1) Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Whenever I hear this song, reminds me of "Family Guy" with Peter borrowing a video of Mannequin and him dead on the floor! 02. (3) Tom Jones - A Boy From Nowhere - Nah! 04. (4) Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong - Easily the best version of the song. 07. (5) Living In A Box - Living In A Box - The homeless song ;) Nah seriously, it's decent. 08. (6) Kim Wilde And Junior - Another Step (Closer To You) - Not bad from Kimmy - not her best song. 10.(NE) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - A tad overplayed, but hey it's still great :) 17. (7) Madonna - La Isla Bonita - Love this! 23.(NE) Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (Live) - Classic. 25.(NE) Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now - Back when Ireland entered a proper song with a proper singer and won. Easily the best song of that Eurovision. 27.(22) Europe - Carrie - Prefer this to "The Final Countdown". Very emotive and powerful ballad. Underrated. 32.(39) John Farnham - You're The Voice - Strong anthemic rock song. He's very popular in Oz. 38.(23) Glenn And Chris - Diamond Lights - ewwwww 43.(28) U2 - With Or Without You - Not a fan. 50.(NE) Suzanne Vega - Luka - Another classic about domestic abuse. 56.(41) David Essex - Myfanwy - Is dedicated to the barmaid in Little Britain? 60.(36) Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile - I quite like this :) 61.(77) Coventry City Cup Final Squad - Go For It - Believe it or not Coventry City did win something! 69.(44) Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive - Another classic. 89.(92) Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over - An overplayed if classic song. 90.(RE) Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) - Classic!

I've heard about five songs off GaGa's album, and I may say none of them match up to the genuis which was "The Fame".

We need the UK acts to start releasing at once. I'm sick of the American R and B nonsense clogging the charts. I really wish this country respected Europe and Australia a lot more than the US. About time we started to cut ties with them.

Didn't the Eastenders theme tune make the top 10?

This piece of crap winning a Bafta shows how stupid the UK public are for voting it. I could understand if "Gypsy Wedding" won as that has a side to it which is informative and gives us an insight on their lives....this however is a fake piece of nonsense,

Can't see this doing well. "Louder" fell out of the charts in a matter of weeks, this will be lucky to make top 40. Plus is it me or do they look like a bunch of tarts?

It just seem a bit offensive as Bruno Mars is obviously mixed race. Not that I object or anything, as monkeys and gorillas are my favourite animals.

Perhaps the re-entries are bought by people who want the old Gaga back ;)

It's like that at the one in Wolverhampton and Coventry - as soon as you walk in, there are the physicals.....although it is usual all the fiX-Factor $h!te and it's affiliates and some obscure charity record which made #101 or something. The Brum one only has a small section for physicals, again the same with perhaps the odd vinyl of an obscure Indie act. Also not meaning to sound P.C. but isnt the cover and the video a tad racist with the monkey masks?