@Mainshow
Well, there´s a lot to write about.
2011: Well, with a few years distance this was a very mediocre year songwise, I personally hate "Running Scared" with a burning passion. This was also the year of the "crashed fan favourites". So many songs were hyped before the contest and viewed as a potential winner like
,
,
and
, and all of them performed far worse than expected. My personal favourite this year was "Taken by a Stranger", but Maja Keuc and "No One" were closely behind.
2012: A better year songwise, with an ok song from
. But my personal favourite from this edition will always be "Kuula" by Ott Lepland, I still love it as much as in 2012, even though Nina Zili from
and Pastora Soler from
were also real queens for me.
Loreen and "Euphoria" were also alright, but for some reason this song faded rather quickly for me.
2013: For me the weakest year songwise in the last decade. Most of the songs were boring average in my opinon, and I´m really sorry for disagreeing with you once more, but I still don´t get the love for "Igranka".
Marco from
was really great and would have been a worthy winner as well, but my personal queen was Margaret from
, this was just electrifying!! I also enjoyed Anouk from
, but you can´t listen to "Birds" all that often in my opinion.
Back in 2013 I kinda liked "Only Teardrops" from
, but like the year before the song faded really quickly, even more than "Euphoria" , it´s rather dull and repetitive and I really doubt that the song would have won in stronger years like 2012, 2014 or 2015.
Cascadas song was ok, nothing groundbreaking but quite solid. The 21st place was a bit harsh, even though the performance was rather underwhelming and Natalie not as self confident on stage as usual.
2014: A really interesting year songwise with many different styles. Even though I agree with you that the juries were too harsh on
the song itself is still just ok for me. I kinda like it, but nothing more.
And could someone tell me why
was such a big favourite before the contest?? For me "Not Alone" was just boring average, and the dubstep part at the end didn´t fit to the rest of the song for me. The unlikable presence of him didn´t help either.
That year
won for the first time after 48 years. I was really happy for them and for Conchita as well after all the homophobic bullshit before. I liked the song as well, even though I´m usually not that into these Bond style ballads.
My personal favourite though were
and "Calm After the Storm". If there´s an example for a magic moment when you just sit silent in front of the TV because you´re soo impressed than it´s this one. It was my parents favourite as well and I was happy when
gave
. You can still hear the song on the radio here, which rarely happens with other ESC songs.
Elaiza were ok, even though I´m still not sure whether I like "Is It Right" or not. They did their best, but performing between
and
didn´t help.
Otherwise I really liked the emotional "Silent Storm" from
, "La mia citta" from
and "Dancing in the Rain" from
the most.
On the other end of the scoreboard
finished last for the first time, rightfully deserved in my opinion. I wasn´t a big fan of "Moustache" before the contest, but the performance in the final was like watching a car crash on a highway. You shouldn´t look but you have to because it was soo bad.
