Right country, wrong song

[Ezio]

Don't you have sometimes the feeling, that a country really deserved the win, given their track record in Eurovision, but then ends up winning with a song, that does not really excite you, but you are still happy for the country?

Or a country just won, and a few years later comes up with a song that would have been so much better, but you would not have wanted this country let have victory due to recency bias?

Here are my examples of the last 25,000 years of Eurovision

I would swap 1999 with 2004

I would swap 2000 with 2001

I would swap 2002 with 2005 or 2000

I would swap 2001 with 2002

I would swap 2005 with 2007

I would swap 2006 with 2009

I would swap 2008 with 2006

I would swap 2010 with 2011

I would swap 2014 with 2016

I would swap 2015 with 2015 MF Jon Hendrik or Mariette

I would swap 2016 with 2021

I would swap 2019 with 2013

I would swap 2021 wth 2015

 

[hijirio]

2011 with just anything except 2018

 

[LordofMangoes]

For 1999 and 2000 would have been also better options.

What I disagree with in OP is that 2009 was more worthy song to win. It was absolutly trash. Thank god it didn't win. I would have picked for ether 2008 or 2013. I also like quite a bit their songs from 2010 and 2012 as well .
...But the real question is why they didn't win at 1976

 

[Lance Esgard]

I would swap Germany 2010 (Lena with Satellite) with Germany 2011 (Lena with Taken By A Stranger). I would also swap the joint-winning entry of the United Kingdom in 1969 (Lulu with Boom Bang--Bang) with United Kingdom 1968 (Cliff Richard with Congratulations).

 

[Brandt]

2019 > 2014
2008 > 2007
2014 > 2016
2011 > 2021
2010 > 2011

 

[lasse braun]

very nice thread idea!


i would swap 2010 with 2019 NF lilly among the clouds.
i would swap 2019 with 2014 GF runner up.
i would swap 2015 with 2020 MF runner up dotter.

for 2016 i have minimum 4 options - maybe this in my next post...

 

[Ezio]

For 1999 and 2000 would have been also better options.

What I disagree with in OP is that 2009 was more worthy song to win. It was absolutly trash. Thank god it didn't win. I would have picked for ether 2008 or 2013. I also like quite a bit their songs from 2010 and 2012 as well .
...But the real question is why they didn't win at 1976

Finland 2009 was so stunning, although their live was a trainwreck but still such an undeserved flop. I am also still listening to 2009

 

[Sabrewulf238]

I would swap Estonia's 2001 win with Estonia 2009. (Rändajad)

 

[Mainshow]

I´d swap:

2008 --> 2003
2009 --> 2013
2011 --> 2010
2010 --> 2011
2007 > 2008

 

[midnightsun]

2013 <-> 2018

First one boring and annoying, second one feels more Scandinavian folklore and better staging.