| Eurovision Song Contest News - 2009 Moscow, Russia 

Layla Al-Magnuna

I'm 23 years old and from Norway.

Eurovision has always been something most of my family watched every year, so I was exposed to it at an early age. I didn't get really into it until the late 90's though. From then on I just got more and more interested.





My favourites in 2009 (will be updated soon, I've changed my mind):

WANT TO WIN (Can't decide):

01. MOLDOVA: Nelly Ciobanu - hora din Moldova
01. NORWAY: Alexander Rybak - fairytale

I LOVE:

03. BELGIUM: Patrick Ouchene - copycat
04. SLOVENIA: Quartissimo - love symphony
05. GERMANY: Alex swings! Oscar sings! - miss kiss kiss bang
06. ESTONIA: Urban symphony - randajad
07. BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: Regina - bistra voda
08. PORTUGAL: Flor-de-Lis - todas as ruas do amor

I LIKE/I LIKE MILDLY:

09. FINLAND: Waldo's people - lose control
10. ROMANIA: Elena Gheorghe - the Balkan girls
11. MALTA: Chiara - what if we
12. CROATIA: Igor Cukrov - lijepa tena
13. TURKEY: Hadise - dum tek tek
14. AZERBAIJAN: AySel & Arash - always
15. IRELAND: Sinead Mulvey & Black Daisy - et cetera
16. ARMENIA: Inga & Anush Arshakyan - nor par (jan jan)
17. SWITZERLAND: Lovebugs - the highest heights
18. FYR MACEDONIA: Next time - nesto sto ke ostane
19. SERBIA: Marko Kon & Milan Nikolic - cipela
20. SPAIN: Soraya - la noche es para mi
21. ICELAND: Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir - is it true
22. MONTENEGRO: Andrea Demirovic - just get out of my life
23. DENMARK: Niels Brinck - believe again
24. NETHERLANDS: De toppers - shine

JUST OK:

25. GREECE: Sakis Rouvas - this is our night
26. SWEDEN: Malena Ernman - la voix
27. UNITED KINGDOM: Jade Ewen - my time
28. FRANCE: Patricia Kaas - et s'il fallait le faire
29. ANDORRA: Susanna Georgi - la teva decisio
30. ALBANIA: Kejsi Tola - me merr ne enderr
31. BULGARIA: Krassimir Avramov - illusion

I DON'T LIKE:

32. RUSSIA: Anastasiya Prihod'ko - mamo
33. ISRAEL: Noa & Mira Awad - einaiych (there must be another way)
34. POLAND: Lidia Kopania - I don't wanna leave
35. LITHUANIA: Sasha Son - love
36. CYPRUS: Christina Metaxas - firefly
37. BELARUS: Petr Elfimov - eyes that never lie
38. SLOVAKIA: Kamil Mikulcik & Nela Pociskova - let' tmou

I HATE:

39. LATVIA: Intars Busulis - probka
40. UKRAINE: Svetlana Loboda - be my valentine
41. HUNGARY: Zoltan Adok - dance with me

17. CZECH REPUBLIC: Gipsy.cz - aven romale



2009 is a great ESC year! Good luck to everyone!










The REAL winners:

1956. GERMANY: Freddy Quinn - so geht das jede nacht
1957. BELGIUM: Bobbejaan Schoepen - straatdeuntje
1958. ITALY: Domenico Modugno - nel blu dipinto di blu
1959. UNITED KINGDOM: Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson - sing, little birdie
1960. UNITED KINGDOM: Bryan Johnson - looking high, high, high
1961. UNITED KINGDOM: The Allisons - are you sure?
1962. SWEDEN: Inger Berggren - sol och vaar
1963. ITALY: Emilio Pericoli - uno per tutte
1964. AUSTRIA: Udo Jurgens - warum
1965. LUXEMBOURG: France Gall - poupee de cire, poupee de son
1966. AUSTRIA: Udo Jurgens - merci cherie
1967. LUXEMBOURG: Vicky - l'amour est bleu
1968. UNITED KINGDOM: Cliff Richard - congratulations
1969. NORWAY: Kirsti Sparboe - oj, oj, oj, saa glad jeg skal bli
1970. IRELAND: Dana - all kinds of everything
1971. GERMANY: Katja Ebstein - diese welt
1972. LUXEMBOURG: Vicky Leandros - apres toi
1973. SPAIN: Mocedades - eres tu
1974. SWEDEN: ABBA - Waterloo
1975. NETHERLANDS: Teach-in - ding-a-dong
1976. UNITED KINGDOM: Brotherhood of man - save your kisses for me
1977. SWITZERLAND: Pepe Lienhard band - Swiss lady
1978. ISRAEL: Izhar Cohen & Alphabeta - a-ba-ni-bi
1979. GERMANY: Dschinghis Khan - Dschinghis Khan
1980. IRELAND: Johnny Logan - what's another year
1981. UNITED KINGDOM: Bucks fizz - making your mind up
1982. GERMANY: Nicole - ein bisschen frieden
1983. YUGOSLAVIA: Daniel Popovic - Dzhuli
1984. SWEDEN: Herreys - diggi-loo diggi-ley
1985. NORWAY: Bobbysocks - la det swinge
1986. BELGIUM: Sandra Kim - j'aime la vie
1987. IRELAND: Johnny Logan - hold me now
1988. SWITZERLAND: Celine Dion - ne partez pas sans moi
1989. YUGOSLAVIA: Riva - rock me
1990. YUGOSLAVIA: Tajci - hajde da ludujemo
1991. SPAIN: Sergio Dalma - bailar pegados
1992. IRELAND: Linda Martin - why me?
1993. NORWAY: Silje Vige - alle mine tankar
1994. IRELAND: Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan - rock 'n' roll kids
1995. NORWAY: Secret garden - nocturne
1996. IRELAND: Eimear Quinn - the voice
1997. UNITED KINGDOM: Katrina & The waves - love shine a light
1998. CROATIA: Danijela - neka mi ne svane
1999. ESTONIA: Evelin Samuel & Camille - diamond of night
2000. RUSSIA: Alsou - solo
2001. FRANCE: Natasha St. Pier - je n'ai que mon ame
2002. FRANCE: Sandrine Francois - il faut du temps
2003. POLAND: Ich troje - keine grenzen (zadnych granic)
2004. UKRAINE: Ruslana - wild dances
2005. MOLDOVA: Zdob si zdub - boonika bate doba
2006. FINLAND: Lordi - hard rock hallelujah
2007. MOLDOVA: Natalia Barbu - fight
2008. BELGIUM: Ishtar - o julissi
2009. NORWAY: Alexander Rybak - fairytale
2010. RUSSIA: Vitas - ? (lol, I can dream)

So, UK would have been the big winners if it was all up to me - 7 wins! Ireland 6 wins.