YOUR ideal Eurovision 2018 (YOUR chosen entries)

[A-lister]

So all the entries for this year's edition have finally been chosen, and except for a couple of revamped versions still to be revealed, the pre-selection period of Eurovision 2018 is officially over and we are all eagerly waiting for May to come, but before that let's make an annual "Your Ideal Eurovision" list.

1) To make this listing fair, one requirement is that you have atleast, more or less, heard all the official entries from all national selections before, so if you haven't done that yet, please take your time to do that first and then jump to 2).

2) List, country by country, your personal pick for each country. This is your place to adjust this year's Eurovision fitting your own taste. If you agree with the chosen entry by the country, well then just write that chosen entry (preferably make a distinction between actually non-chosen ones, and chosen ones, by putting one or the other in bold or different color so that it will be easier to see where your adjustments actually occur and how much it differs from the official entries of this year's edition).

 

[Realest]

Raya - Crazy
Ana Guerra - El Remedio
Malo - Ciao
Annalisa - Il mondo prima di te
Michael Schulte - You let me walk alone
Rasmussen - Higher Ground
Aron Hannes - Gold Digger
Alexander Rybak - Thats how you write a Song
Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance you off
Saara Aalto - Domino
Ieva Zasimauskaite - When we're old
Liene Greifane - Walk the Talk
Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
Ina Shai - V nebo
Sanja Ilic feat. Balkanika - Nova Deca
Katarina Bogigevic - Nezeljena
Orgesa Zaimi - Ngrije Zerin
Jukebox feat. Bella Santiago - Auzi cum Bate
Doredos - My lucky Day
AWS - Viszlat Nyar
Vanessa Iraci - Redlights
Gromee feat. Lukas Meijer - Light me up
Mikolas Josef - Lie to me
Shuma - Hmarki
Amaliya Margaryan - Waiting for the Sun
Tayanna - Leyla
Claudia Pascoal - O Jardim
Richard and Joe - Song for Dad
Emma Sandstrom - Diamonds

 

[A-lister]

...so here is my ideal Eurovision 2018, changed entries in bold:

Tiri Gjoci - "Orë e ndalur" NF
Tamar Kaprelian - "Poison (Ari Ari)" #6 SF1
Jessica Mauboy - "We Got Love" <- Internally selected
Cesár Sampson - "Nobody but You" <- Internally selected
Aisel - "X My Heart" <- Internally selected
Shuma - "Chmarki" #3 NF
Sennek - "A Matter of Time" <- Internally selected
Equinox - "Bones" <- Internally selected
Franka - "Crazy" <- Internally selected
Eleni Foureira - "Fuego" <- Internally selected
Mikolas Josef - "Lie to Me" #1 NF
Rasmussen - "Higher Ground" #1 NF
Elina Nechayeva - "La forza" #1 NF
"Monsters" #1 NF
Madame Monsieur - "Mercy" #1 NF
Iriao - "Sheni gulistvis" <- Internally selected
Michael Schulte - "You Let Me Walk Alone" #1 NF
Yianna Terzi - "Oneiro mou" <- De facto internally selected
Tamás Horváth - "Meggyfa" NF
Tómas & Sólborg - "Ég og þú" #6 SF1
Ryan O'Shaughnessy - "Together" <- Internally selected
Netta - "Toy" <- Singer publicly selected, song internally selected
Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - "Non mi avete fatto niente" #1 NF
MADARA - Esamība #3 NF
"Kol myliu" <- Lithuanian version of chosen entry
Eye Cue - "Lost and Found" <- Internally selected
Aidan - "Dai Laga" #4 NF
Vanja Radovanović - "Inje" #1 NF
"The World Can Wait" in selection
Aleksander Walmann- "Talk to the Hand" #4 NF
Ifi Ude - "Love Is Stronger" #4 NF
Diogo Piçarra - "Canção do Fim" #1 SF2 / Withdrawn
Feli - Buna de iubit (Romanian version) #3 NF
Julia Samoylova - "I Won't Break" <- Internally selected
Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening - "Who We Are" #1 NF
Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - "Nova deca" #1 NF
Lea Sirk - "Hvala, ne!" #1 NF
Amaia & Alfred - "Tu canción" #1 NF
Felix Sandman - "Every Single Day" #2 NF
Zibbz - "Stones" #1 NF
SuRie - "Storm" #1 NF
TAYANNA - "Lelya" #2 NF

^If the entries would be as above, my top. 10 would look like this:

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[Realest]

...so here is my ideal Eurovision 2018:

Tamar Kaprelian - "Poison (Ari Ari)" #6 SF1

Did you even watch the Live-Performance?

 

[A-lister]

Did you even watch the Live-Performance?

yes, and so what?

As far as song goes it was the best in their selection and this is what I'm taking into consideration here, not some performance from a lackluster badly produced local selection. We know very well that performances can turn 180 degrees from national selections to ESC, so I find it kind of pointless to judge by performances really. We can say all we want about performances, but since we will never see this on stage in ESC with a high quality production, I don't really see the point. So my list is solely about the songs, I don't take anything else into consideration here.

 

[Realest]

yes, and so what?

As far as song goes it was the best in their selection and this is what I'm taking into consideration here, not some performance from a lackluster badly produced local selection. We know very well that performances can turn 180 degrees from national selections to ESC, so I find it kind of pointless to judge by performances really. We can say all we want about performances, but since we will never see this on stage in ESC with a high quality production, I don't really see the point. So my list is solely about the songs, I don't take anything else into consideration here.

Ok, she was my Fav too before the Show, but I wouldnt only blame the Production since Sevak and Amaliya sounded good. For me Her Livesinging was horrible.

 

[A-lister]

Ok, she was my Fav too before the Show, but I wouldnt only blame the Production since Sevak and Amaliya sounded good. For me Her Livesinging was horrible.

Maybe, but like I said I judge the studio versions. I will not go back to local performances, but I might add some tracks on my Spotify list. Of course people are free to judge differently.

 

[NNR]

I'll break it down by semi. Bold indicates the entry would've been in my top 10.

Semi 1:
Inis Neziri - Piedestal
Tamar Kaprelian - Poison (Ari Ari)
Cesar Sampson - Nobody But You
Aisel - X My Heart
Alekseev - Forever
SENNEK - A Matter Of Time
EQUINOX - Bones
Franka - Crazy
Eleni Foureira - Fuego
Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me
Elina Nechayeva - La Forza
Saara Aalto - Monsters
Yianna Terzi - Oneiro Mou
Aron Hannes - Gold Digger
Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together
Netta - Toy
Greta Zazza - Broken Shadows
Eye Cue - Lost And Found
Zibbz - Stones

Semi 2:
Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
Lasse Meling - Unfound
Ethno-Jazz-Band-Iriao - For You
Yesyes - I Let You Run Away
Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl
Eleanor - Back To Life
DoReDoS - My Lucky Day
Vanja - Inje
Waylon - Outlaw In Em
Ida Maria - Scandilove
Gromee ft Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up
Alexia and Matei - Walking On Water
Yulia Samoylova - I Won't Break
Sara De Blue - Out of the Twilight
Balkanika - Nova Deca
Lara Kadis - Zdaj Sem Tu
Felix Sandman - Every Single Day
MELOVIN - Under The Ladder

FINAL:
Rui David - Sem Medo
Madame Monsieur - Mercy
Ivy Quainoo - House on Fire
Annalisa - Il mondo prima di te
Amaia and Alfred - Tu Cancion
Jaz Ellington - You

 

[Alaska49]

i will just post the ones i would change

- orgesa zaimi - ngrije zerin
- asmik shiroyan - you & i
- shuma - hmarki
- eva burešová - fly
- aron hannes - gold digger (i guess. in my ideal eurovision, relinquishes its spot for a second entry.)

- nina petković - dišem (i guess. i would also have relinquish their spot to more )
- ida maria - scandilove
- ifi ude - love is stronger
- feli - buna de iubit
- bql - ptica/promise
- jessica andersson - party voice lol
- kadnay - beat of the universe (and tayanna. and vilna. and the erised. )

- voxxxlub - i mog di so
- lo stato sociale - una vita in vacanza
- asanda - legends