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LastDreamer

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Best :
Julia Savicheva - Believe Me - :7:

Worst :
Anastasia Prikhodko - Mamo - :0:
Dina Garipova - What If - :0:
Little Big - Uno - :0:
 

midnightsun

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Best
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1. Lena Valaitis - Johnny Blue (1981, 2nd place)
2. Wind - Für alle (1985, 2nd place)
3. Maxi & Chris Garden - Lied für einen Freund (1988, 14th place)


Worst:
1. Michelle - Wer Liebe lebt (2001, 8th place)
2. Bianca Shomburg - Zeit (1997, 18th place)
3. Texas Lightning - No No Never (2006, 15th place)
 

Preuss

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Best:

A Monster Like Me. Our best entry ever, I absolutely adore it and I’m so grateful that the juries saved us a decent placing that year. I think 7th or 8th place was the best we could’ve hoped for that year. Staging could’ve been more interesting for sure and the harmonies perhaps better, but it was still beautiful. And Debrah looked amazing xlove

Worst:

That’s How You Write A Song. God no, this one wasn’t for me
 

tomos2019

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My UK winners:
1.1968-Cliff Richard-Congratulations
2.1976-Brotherhood of Man-Save Your Kisses for Me
3.1981-Bucks Fizz-Making Your Mind Up
4.1996-Gina G-Ooh ahh just a little bit
5.2011-Blue-I Can

My top 5 worst UK positions on my tops
1.2003-Jemini-Cry Baby[Last]
2.2006-Daz Sampson-Teenage Life[36th/37](Could easily be last tbh)
3.2008-Andy Abraham-Even If[35th/43]
--2018-SuRie-Storm[35th/43]
5.2020-James Newman-My Last Breath[34th/41] (Oh,surprised myself there! I do think it deserves it though)
Also I have to mention narrowly missing out is 2009-Jade Ewen-It's my time xfacepalm(Seriously, I just can't deal with overrated songs like that!)
 

BorisBubbles

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I developed a rash by seeing Wind in someone's top three. "Für Alle"s insincere, falsetto-driven, fucking sanctimonious (and borderline paedophiliac? "für die Sehnsucht die in Kinderaugen steht" :brr: ) schmaltz is one of the worst five Eurovision entries, probably.

I was going to compliment Ezio for righteously crowning the very overlooked flower-power mastodont "FALTER IM WIND" as an anthem of greatness but the omission of Schmetterlinge and the inclusion of "Y asì" on the shitlist cancelled it out lol. :(

Anyway

Best:
:be: 1987 Soldiers of Love
:be: 1986 J'aime la vie
:be: 2017 City Lights

Worst:
:be: 2014 Mother
:be: 1985 Laat me nu gaan
:be: 2000 Envie de vivre
 
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NikolaiMoller

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Best:
2001 - Rollo & King - "Never Ever Let You Go"
2002 - Malene Mortensen - "Tell Me Who You Are"
2010 - Chanée & N'evergreen - "In a Moment Like This"
2011 - A Friend in London - "New Tomorrow"

Worst:
Soooooooooooooo many :ROFLMAO:
 

hijirio

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Best:

2009 Dum Tek Tek (I actually became a fan after this song)

Worst:

2011 Live it up
 

Citelis

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Best
1992 Cleopatra - Olou tou kosmou i elpida

Worst
2002 Michalis Rakintzis - S.A.G.A.P.O.
2009 Sakis Rouvas - This is our night
2010 Giorgos Alkaios - Opa
2014 Freaky Fortune feat. RiskyKidd - Rise Up
 

Franzilein

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Best
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1. Lena Valaitis - Johnny Blue (1981, 2nd place)
2. Wind - Für alle (1985, 2nd place)
[...]

xlove

:de:

Best
1. Katja Ebstein – Theater (3rd place 1980)
2. Roman Lob – Standing Still (8th place 2012)
3. Dschinghis Khan – Dschinghis Khan (4th place 1979)

Worst
1. Gracia – Run & Hide (Last place 2005)
2. No Angels – Disappear (23th & technically last place 2008)
3. Corinna May – I Can’t Live Without Music (21th place 2002)

The 00’s were some really dark times...
 

tomos2019

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"Für Alle"s insincere, falsetto-driven, fucking sanctimonious (and borderline paedophiliac? "für die Sehnsucht die in Kinderaugen steht" :brr: ) schmaltz is one of the worst five Eurovision entries, probably.

Really?! :oops: I don't speak German at all so I wouldn't have known about that, I would have just liked the tune!
 

Zeus

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Tbh for me the best entry from The Netherlands was Waylons Outlaw in 'Em. Maybe not his performance on ESC, that staging was just really bad. But the song was strong and his voice is beyond incredible. His vocal performance in the show where he performed in The Netherlands was just too good for Eurovision. Different level.


Furthermore, I think Anouks Birds was a pure quality song. She is known in The Netherlands as an honest and strong character who sings mostly rock-ish songs. So that song was quite a surprise as well. Worst entry? Well, too much. Sieneke or The Toppers.
 

midnightsun

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Really?! :oops: I don't speak German at all so I wouldn't have known about that, I would have just liked the tune!

Because it‘s completely BS! As a German I can assure you there‘s nothing like that in the lyrics. Maybe Mr. Bubbles‘ knowledge in German is not as good as he may think. ;)

And yes, Wind is Schlager. But I love it. Why not. We all have different taste. Some may say it‘s „schmaltzy“ but it’s not. It‘s about hope. A song for everyone who is in need, who is optimistic enough to see the „light at the end of the tunnel“, an anthem to hold on, to overcome sadness.
We could all need a song „for everyone“ (that‘s what Für alle means) these days.
 
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Uto

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The Neds:

Best:
:nl: Duncan Laurence - Arcade
:nl: Anouk - Birds
:nl: The Common Linnets - Calm After The Storm

Worst:
:nl: De Toppers - Shine
:nl: Treble - Amambanda
:nl: Sieneke - Ik Ben Verliefd

Anouk still stands as one of the most underrated songs in ESC. That should have finished top 3 in my opinion. The Toppers should have finished dead last. It's quite an achievement and I still would like to have a word with the Albanian jury who gave it 10 whopping points.
 

LastDreamer

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ESC94

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Now it´s my turn. ;)

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Best:

1. Lena - Satellite 2010
2. Texas Lightning - No No Never 2006
3. Lena Valitis - Johnny Blue 1981

Worst:

1. Atlantis 2000 - Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben 1991
2. Gracia - Run & Hide 2005
3. S!sters - Sister 2019
 

Etanna

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Best:
2009, Gipsy.cz - Aven Romale
(since our re-joining the contest: 2018 Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me)

Worst:

2008, Tereza Kerndlová - Have Some Fun
(2017, Martina Bárta - My Turn or the studio version of 2019, Lake Malawi - Friend of a Friend)

in general, we've been sending rather middle-of-the-road songs - not terrible but not that great either
 
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