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Best and worst entries of the whole decade?

Citelis

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Another amazing Eurovision decade is now complete. Hundreds of songs. Some of them were really amazing and i still listening to them today. However there have been some entries that i strongly disliked all these years.
I will try to create first my top 30 favorite entries of the whole decade. And a second top 30 with the entries i disliked the most this decade.


MOST LOVED ENTRIES xheartxbow
1. :dk: 2013 Emmelie de Forest - Only teardrops
2.:se: 2012 Loreen - Euphoria
3. :md: 2013 Aliona Moon - O mie
4. :ch: 2011 Anna Rossinelli - In Love for a While
5. :sl: 2015 Maraaya - Here for you
6. :ie: 2015 Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers
7. :au: 2016 Dami Im - Sound of silence
8. :fi: 2014 Softengine - Something better
9. :by: 2013 Alyona Lanskaya - Solayoh
10. :fi: Saara Aalto - Monsters
11. :ie: 2019 Sarah McTernan - 22
12. :no: 2013 Margaret Berger - I feel you my love
13. :at: 2016 ZOË - Loin d'ici
14. :se: 2019 John Lundvik - Too late for love
15. :ch: 2012 Sinplus - Unbreakable
16. :ro: 2017 Ilinca ft. Alex Florea - Yodel It!
17. :no: 2014 Carl Espen - Silent Storm
18. :be: 2013 Roberto Bellarosa - Love Kills
19. :se: 2017 Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On
20. :nl: 2017 O'G3NE - Lights and Shadows
21. :il: 2014 Mei Finegold - Same heart
22. :ee: 2018 Elina Nechayeva - La forza
23. :ro: 2019 Ester Peony - On a Sunday
24. :de: 2010 Lena - Satellite
25. :mt: 2012 Kurt Calleja - This Is the Night
26. :de: 2015 Ann Sophie - Black Smoke
27. :ch: 2018 ZiBBZ - Stones
28. :bg: 2016 Poli Genova - If love was a crime
29. :fi: 2012 Pernilla Karlsson - När jag blundar
30. :se: 2011 Eric Saade - Popular


MOST DISLIKED ENTRIES xpukexpuke
1. :no: 2018 Alexander Rybak - Thats how you right a song
2. :rs: 2012 Zelijko Joksimovic - Nije Ljubav Svar
3. :at: 2017 Nathan Trend - Running on air
4. :lv: 2015 Aminata - Love injected
5. :gr: 2010 Giorgos Alkaiou - Opa
6. :it: 2011 Raphael Gualazzi - Madness of love
7. :se: 2013 Robin Stjernberg - You
8. :am: 2018 Sevak Khanagyan - Qami
9. :gr: 2014 Freaky Fortune & Risky Kidd - Rise up
10. :cy: 2012 Ivi Adamou - La la love
11. :sm: 2012 Valentina Monetta - The social network song
12. :ru: 2015 Polina Gagarina - A million voices
13. :cy: 2017 Hoovig - Gravity
14. :tr: 2010 maNga - We could be the same
15. :pl: 2017 Kasia Moś - Flashlight
16. :cz: 2016 Gabriela Gunčíková - I Stand
17. :ua: 2011 Mika Newton - Angel
18. :uk: 2014 Molly - Children of the Universe
19. :hr: 2019 Roko - The dream
20. :is: 2010 Hera Björk - Je Ne Sais Quoi
21. :az: 2011 Ell & Nikki - Running scared
22. :is: 2013 Eythor Ingi - Ég Á Líf
23. :az: 2013 Farid Mammadov - Hold me
24. :de: 2017 Levina - Perfect life
25. :ge: 2019 Oto Nemsatze - Keep on going
26. :al: 2016 Edena Tarifa - Fairytale
27. :bg: 2018 Equinox - Bones
28. :fi: 2010 Kuunkuiskaajat - Työlki ellää
29. :dk: 2018 Rasmussen - Higher ground
30. :ie: 2012 Jeward - Waterline

Post your favorites and your most disliked entries.
 

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top 3 :au: 2019 :ro: 2013 :se: 2012
bottom 3 :sl: 2017 :ch: 2011 :nl: 2019
 

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These are my top 3 of every year (studioversion!):

2010
1. :se: This is my life
2. :tr: We could be the same
3. :gr: OPA


2011
1. :se: Popular
2. :ba: Love in rewind
3. :ie: Lipstick


2012
1. :is: Never forget
2. :rs: Nije ljubav stvar
3. :fi: När jag blundar


2013
1. :no: I feed you my love
2. :hr: Mižerja
3. :be: Love kills


2014
1. :hu: Running
2. :fr: Moustache
3. :no: Silent storm


2015
1. :se: Heroes
2. :no: A monster like me
3. :mk: Autumn leaves


2016
1. :uk: You're not alone
2. :ru: You‘re the only one
3. :cz: I stand


2017
1. :bg: Beautiful mess
2. :be: City lights
3. :az: Skeletons


2018
1. :dk: Higher ground
2. :me: Inje
3. :bg: Bones


2019
1. :ru: Scream
2. :il: Home
3. :de: Sisters


Fun fact: in 6 years out of 10 my personal winner is from Scandinavia. Only in 2016, 2017 and 2019 there wasn’t any Scandinavian song in my top 3.
 

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:12: :is: 2019 Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra
:10: :pt: 2017 Salvador Sobral - Amar pelos dois
:8: :it: 2019 Mahmood - Soldi
:7: :it: 2018 Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente
:6: :gr: 2013 Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis - Alcohol Is Free
:5: :it: 2017 Francesco Gabbani - Occidentali's Karma
:4: :ge: 2016 Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz - Midnight Gold
:3: :pt: 2019 Conan Osiris - Telemóveis
:2: :lv: 2016 Justs - Heartbeat
:1: :md: 2011 Zdob şi Zdub - So Lucky

Honorable mention to :mk: 2017 who had one of the best songs but... Yeah, you know.
 

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My flops: many but I think the bottom 5 will consist of
:ch: 2011 In love for a while
:hu: 2013 Kedvesem
:hu: 2015 War for nothing
:at: 2017 Running on air
:dk: 2019 Love is forever

I think now you know what kind of music I utterly dislike :D
Seems like every two years there one such song and I hate it!
Looking forward to 2020! :)
 

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I haven't finished my spreadsheet yet but ugh, whatever. A rough estimate will do.

TOP 10 (from perfection to near perfection)

:de: Lena - "Taken by a stranger"
:am: Iveta Mukuchyan - "LoveWave"
:lv: Aminata - "Love Injected"
:au: Kate Miller-Heidke - "Zero Gravity"
:sl: Tinkara Kovac - "Round and round"
:ru: Polina Gagarina - "A Million Voices"
:at: Conchita Wurst - "Rise like a Phoenix"
:be: Blanche - "City Lights"
:ee: Elina Born & Stig Rästa - "Goodbye to yesterday"
:sl: Zala Kralj & Gasper Santl - "Sebi"


BOTTOM 10 (from least evil to most diabolical!)

:dk: Leonora - "Love is forever"
:az: Ell/Nikki - "Running Scared"
:se: Frans - "If I were sorry..."
:al: Rona Nishliu - "Suus"
:cz: Mikolas Jozef - "Lie to me"
:md: Zdob si Zdub - "So lucky"
:at: Trackshittaz - "Woki mit deim Popo"
:dk: A Friend in London - "New Tomorrow"
:ru: Dina Garipova - "What if"
:hu: Boggie - "Wars for nothing"
 

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My flops: many but I think the bottom 5 will consist of
:ch: 2011 In love for a while
:hu: 2013 Kedvesem
:hu: 2015 War for nothing
:at: 2017 Running on air
:dk: 2019 Love is forever

I think now you know what kind of music I utterly dislike :D
Seems like every two years there one such song and I hate it!
Looking forward to 2020! :)

screaming with the exception of running on air, all the remaining ones were in my bottom 3 of their years

taste
 

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Top30 in a chronological order:

2010: :ge:
2011: :gr::az::ua:
2012: :se::az::rs::md:
2013: :az::ua::gr:
2014: :es:
2015: :se::it::am:
2016: :se::at::be::lt::lv:
2017: :bg::hu::ro:
2018: :at::se::md:
2019: :nl::ch::it::mt:


Bottom30 (Finalists only):

2010: :ie::no::uk:
2011: :ch::fr::fi:
2012: :fr::uk:
2013: :ge::ru::am:
2014: :az::am::dk::fr:
2015: :fr::cy::uk::hu:
2016: :hr:
2017: :de::es::au:
2018: :au::fi::es::uk:
2019: :dk::gr::rs:
 

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Worst :

All my 0 / 10 from this decade :
381. :il: Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy (2015)
382. :fr: Alma - Requiem (2017)
383. :au: Dami Im - Sound Of Silence (2016)
384. :fr: Anggun - Echo (You And I) (2012)
385. :ru: Dina Garipova - What If (2013)
386. :ua: Maria Yaremchuk - Tick-Tock (2014)
387. :hu: Joci Papai - Origo (2017)
388. :me: Slavko Kalezic - Space (2017)
389. :fi: Pertti Kurikan Nimipaivat - Aina Mun Pitaa (2015)
390. :pt: Conan Osiris - Telemoveis (2019)
391. :au: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love (2018)
392. :it: Mahmood - Soldi (2019)
393. :bg: Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov - Samo Shampioni (2013)
394. :rs: Bojana Stamenov - Beauty Never Lies (2015)
395. :fi: Sandhja - Sing It Away (2016)
396. :fr: Jessy Matador - Allez ! Olla ! Ole ! (2010)
397. :me: Who See - Igranka (2013)
398. :al: Rona Nishliu - Suus (2012)
399. :al: Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju Tokes (2019)
400. :is: Hatari - Hatrid Mun Sigra (2019)
401. :ua: Gaitana - Be My Guest (2012)
402. :lv: Aminata - Love Injected (2015)
403. :no: Stella Mwangi - Haba Haba (2011)
404. :il: Netta - Toy (2018)
405. :se: Loreen - Euphoria (2012)
406. :ua: Jamala - 1944 (2016)
407. :it: Nina Zilli - L'amore E Femmina (2012)
408. :at: Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix (2014)

Four Eurovision winners are in my bottom 5 of decade.
 

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Top 30 in a chronological order

2010 :al::is::ua::ch:
2011 :fi::it::ee::de:
2012 :it::de::mk::fi:
2013 :fr:
2014 :nl::pl:
2015 :ee::by::se:
2016 :ee::at::by:
2017 :be::lv::it:
2018 :il::nl::ch:
2019 :es::it::sm:


Statistically speaking,

7 countries failed in the semi final (23%)
Switzerland 2010, Finland 2012, Belarus 2015, Belarus 2016, Latvia 2017, Belgium 2017, Switzerland 2018

8 countries are prequalified for the final (26%)
Italy 2011, Germany 2011, Italy 2012, Germany 2012, France 2013, Italy 2017, Italy 2018

1 host country (3%)
Germany 2011

15 countries qualified for the final (50%)

2 countries are winners (6%)
Sweden 2015, Israel 2018

3 countries are runner-ups (10%)
Italy 2011, Netherlands 2014, Italy 2019

No third places

3 countries came last in the semi finals (10%)
Switzerland 2010, Estonia 2016, Latvia 2017

None came last in the finals

Most repeating country: Italy, 4 times (13%)
 

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I'll try to join you guys.

I wanted to compile a Top 30 only but I couldn't stop adding entries, tbh. :oops:

My Top 20 would be probably looking like that:
#1 :se: "Euphoria" by Loreen (2012)
#2 :nl: "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence (2019)
#3 :by: "Forever" by ALEKSEEV (2018)
#4 :hu: "Viszlát Nyár" by AWS (2018)
#5 :az: "When Music Dies" by Sabina Babayeva (2012)
#6 :de: "Taken By A Stranger" by Lena (2011)
#7 :it: "L'essenziale" by Marco Mengoni (2013)
#8 :al: "Ktheju Tokës" by Jonida Maliqi (2019)
#9 :it: "Soldi" by Mahmood (2019)
#10 :pt: "Telemoveis" by Conan Osiris (2019)
#11 :uk: "Love Will Set You Free" by Engelbert Humperdinck (2012)
#12 :az: "Skeletons" by Dihaj (2017)
#13 :am: "Fly With Me" by Arstvik (2017)
#14 :al: "I'm Alive" by Elhaida Dani (2015)
#15 :ie: "Together" by Ryan O'Shaughnessy (2018)
#16 :fr: "Requieum" by Alma (2017)
#17 :de: "Satellite" by Lena (2010)
#18 :ua: "1944" by Jamala (2016)
#19 :ru: "You Are The Only One" by Sergey Lazarev (2016)
#20 :pl: "My Slowanie - We Are Slavic" by Donatan - Cleo (2014)

My Top 60 [chronologically]

2010 :de: :sk: :az: :il: :hr: :am: :ua:
2011 :de: :ie: :az: :sl:
2012 :se: :az: :al: :bg: :it: :uk:
2013 :it: :az: :il: :by: :me:
2014 :pl: :nl: :az: :se: :me: :sl: :it:
2015 :al: :it: :az: :me: :lt: :nl: :no: :au:
2016 :ru: :ua: :lv: :de: :hr:
2017 :az: :am: :fr: :se: :ua: :pt: :fi:
2018 :by: :hu: :sl: :ie: :ee: :az:
2019 :nl: :it: :pt: :al: :ge:

Bottom 60 [chronologically]
2010 :lt: :lv:
2011 :al: :am: :be:
2012 :by: :ge: :lv: :sm: :ua:
2013 :am: :hr: :is: :lv: :ro: :ru: :se:
2014 :al: :be: :dk: :fr: :il: :lt: :lv: :ro:
2015 :fi: :ch: :de: :uk: :md: :rs: :sm:
2016 :be: :by: :ch: :es: :fi: :gr: :md: :me: :mk: :sm:
2017 :de: :es: :uk: :gr: :lt: :nl: :sm:
2018 :uk: :ge: :is: :no: :sm: :ua:
2019 :au: :de: :es: :me: :sm:
 

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BEST
  1. 2016 :ua: Jamala - 1944
  2. 2017 :be: Blanche - City Lights
  3. 2015 :no: Morland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me
  4. 2014 :se: Sanna Nielsen - Undo
  5. 2012 :ee: Ott Lepland - Kuula
  6. 2012 :az: Sabina Babayeva - When the Music Dies
  7. 2010 :tr: maNga - We Could Be the Same
  8. 2015 :it: Il Volo - Grande Amore
  9. 2017 :fi: Norma John - Blackbird
  10. 2019 :it: Mahmood - Soldi
  11. 2016 :bg: Poli Genova - If Love Was a Crime
  12. 2016 :hr: Nina Kraljic - Lighthouse
  13. 2010 :sk: Kristina Pelakova - Horehronie
  14. 2014 :no: Carl Espen - Silent Storm
  15. 2012 :se: Loreen - Euphoria
  16. 2014 :nl: The Common Linnets - Calm After the Storm
  17. 2012 :rs: Zeljko Joksimovic - Nije ljubav stvar
  18. 2010 :ua: Alyosha - Sweet People
  19. 2016 :se: Frans - If I Were Sorry
  20. 2019 :ch: Luca Hanni - She Got Me


WORST
  1. 2012 :at: Trackshittaz - Woki mit deim Popo
  2. 2015 :fi: Pertti Kurikan Nimipaivat - Aina mun pitaa
  3. 2011 :pt: Homens da Luta - A luta e alegria
  4. 2016 :ba: Dalal & Dean feat. Ana Rucner & Jala - Ljubav je
  5. 2012 :fi: Pernilla Karlsson - Nar jag blundar
  6. 2015 :hu: Boggie - Wars for Nothing
  7. 2010 :es: Daniel Diges - Algo pequenito
  8. 2017 :hr: Jacques Houdek - My Friend
  9. 2019 :au: Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity
  10. 2013 :bg: Elitsa & Stoyan - Samo shampioni
  11. 2014 :lv: Aarzemnieki - Cake to Bake
  12. 2014 :dk: Basim - Cliche Love Song
  13. 2015 :uk: Electro Velvet - Still in Love With You
  14. 2016 :fi: Sandhja - Sing it Away
  15. 2017 :me: Slavko Kalezic - Space
  16. 2018 :ru: Julia Samoyolova - I Won't Break
  17. 2017 :sm: Valentina Monetta & Jimmie Wilson - Spirit of the Night
  18. 2013 :hu: ByeAlex - Kedvesem
  19. 2013 :be: Roberto Bellarosa - Love Kills
  20. 2015 :rs: Bojana Stamenov - Beauty Never Lies
 

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^ Basically my exact top-20 with the exception of your #2, #5, #12, #14 and #19.
I'd exchanged them with 2018 :cy: , 2016 :am:, 2017 :pt: (despite his attitude), 2015 :se: and 2019 :nl:
 
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