| Eurovision Song Contest News - 2008 Belgrade, Serbia 

Pau PV

Hola! I'm a guy from Spain living in the Mediterranean coast, in a village near to Valencia. I study in University History of Art (I'd like to specialize in Ancient Greek art) and I'm also musician, with the speciality in oboe. I speak Catalan, Castilian (Spanish) and English, but I'd like to learn one day French and Italian too.

About Eurovision, my attitude is very simple: I enjoy the contest, where I can listen (and now see) different styles and languages, until the voting time, when I turn off the TV. Of course, I don't vote in the Final, since every year the 12 points from Spain go to Romania (and not because of the song; if so, I wouldn't mind). I never vote in the Spanish selection too, because it uses to be a disaster since 2004, included. I've watched all the editions of the contest since 1998, when Dana International won for Israel, except the edition of 2001 and the Semi Final of 2004. I also watch the Eurovision Dance Contest, but not the Junior.

As an eurofan from Spain, I want to apologize to the rest of eurofans all over Europe for the entry we are sending to Belgrade. Baila el chiki chiki is not bad if you want to have fun with your friends when you're drunk in the streets or in a disco, but definitely it's not a song for a music contest.

[b]BELGRADE 2008[/b]

Best songs: Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, France, Greece, Hungary Iceland, Israel, Poland, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey

SEMI-FINAL 1:

Andorra, Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Greece, Israel, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey

SEMI-FINAL 2:

Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland

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[b]HELSINKI 2007[/b]

1 Slovenia (Alenka Gotar – Cvet z juga)
2 Hungary (Magdi Rúzsa – Unsubstantial blues)
3 Moldova (Natalia Barbu – Fight)
4 Russia (Serebro – Song number one)
5 Bulgaria (Elitsa & Stoyan – Voda)
6 Armenia (Hayko – Everytime you need)
7 Ireland (Dervish – They can’t stop the spring)
8 Turkey (Kenan Dogulu – Shake it up shekerim)
9 Finland (Hanna Pakarinen – Leave me alone)
10 Andorra (Anonymous – Salvem el món)


[b]ATHENS 2006[/b]

1 Belgium (Kate Ryan – Je t’adore)
2 Iceland (Silvía Night – Congratulations)
3 Russia (Dima Bilan – Never let you go)
4 Norway (Christine Guldbrandsen – Alvedansen)
5 Turkey (Sibel Tüzün – Superstar)
6 Greece (Anna Vissi – Everything)
7 Estonia (Sandra – Through my window)
8 Sweden (Carola – Invincible)
9 Bulgaria (Mariana Popova – Let me cry)
10 Germany (Texas Lightning – No no never)


[b]KIEV 2005[/b]

1 Israel (Shiri Maymon – Hasheket shenish’ar)
2 Slovenia (Omar Naber – Stop)
3 Hungary (Nox – Forogj világ)
4 Switzerland (Vanilla Ninja – Cool vibes) / Austria (Global Kryner – Y así)
5 Serbia and Montenegro (No Name – Zauvijek moja)
6 Greece (Helena Paparizou – My number one)
7 Norway (Wig Wam – In my dreams)
8 Iceland (Selma – If I had your love)
9 Netherlands (Glennis Grace – My impossible dream)
10 Latvia (Walter and Kazha – The war is not over)


[b]ISTANBUL 2004[/b]

1 Serbia and Montenegro (Zjelko Joksimovic – Lane moje)
2 Cyprus (Lisa Andreas – Stronger every minute)
3 Israel (David d’Or – Leha’amin)
4 Turkey (Athena – For real)
5 Albania (Anjeza Shahini – The image of you)
6 Croatia (Ivan Mikulic – You are the only one)
7 France (Jonatan Cerrada – A chaque pas)
8 Andorra (Marta Roure – Jugarem a estimar-nos)
9 Belarus (Aleksandra and Konstantin – My Galileo) – only the studio version
10 Iceland (Jonsi – Heaven)


[b]RIGA 2003[/b]

1 Spain (Beth – Dime)
2 Portugal (Rita Guerra – Deixa-me sonhar)
3 Iceland (Brigitta Haukdal – Open your heart)
4 Norway (Jostein Hasselgard – I’m not afraid to move on)
5 Netherlands (Esther Hart – One more night)
6 Sweden (Fame – Give me your love)
7 Greece (Mando – Never let you go)
8 Austria (Alf Poier – Weil der Mensch zählt)
9 Belgium (Urban Trad – Sanomi)
10 Croatia (Claudia Beni – Više nisam tvoja) / Ireland (Mickey Harte – We’ve got the world)


[b]TALLINN 2002[/b]

1 Malta (Ira Losco – 7th Wonder)
2 Estonia (Sahléne – Runaway)
3 United Kingdom (Jessica Garlick – Come back)
4 Spain (Rosa – Europe’s living a celebration)
5 Slovenia (Sestre – Samo ljubezen)
6 Finland (Laura – Addicted to you)
7 Austria (Manuel Ortega – Say a word)
8 Switzerland (Francine Jordi – Dans le jardin de mon âme)
9 France (Sandrine François – Il faut du temps)
10 Romania (Monica Anghel & Marcel Pavel – Tell me why)


[b]COPENHAGEN 2001[/b]

1 Greece (Antique – Die for you)
2 Slovenia (Nuša Derenda – Energy)
3 Netherlands (Michelle – Out on my own)
4 Denmark (Rolo & King – Never ever let you go)
5 France (Natasha St Pier – Je n'ai que mon âme)
6 Croatia (Vanna – Strings of my heart)
7 Lithuania (Skamp – You got style)
8 Sweden (Friends – Listen to your heartbeat)
9 Turkey (Sedat Yüce – Sevgiliye Son)
10 United Kigndom (Lindsay Dracass – No dream impossible)


[b] STOCKHOLM 2000 [/b]

1 Switzerland (Jane Bugaert – La vita cos’e) – studio version
2 Romania (Taxi – The moon)
3 Latvia (BrainStorm – My star)
4 Cyprus (Alexandrous and Christina – Nomiza) – studio version
5 Ireland (Eamonn Toal – Millennium of love)
6 Croatia (Goran Karan – Kada zaspu andeli)
7 Estonia (Ines – Once in a lifetime)
8 Sweden (Roger Pontare – When spirits are calling my name)
9 Spain (Serafín Zubiri – Colgado de un sueño)
10 FYR Macedonia (XXL – 100\\\\\\\\\% te ljubam)


[b]JERUSALEM 1999[/b]

1 Estonia (Evelin Samuel & Camille T. – Diamond of night)
2 Belgium (Vanessa Chinitor – Like the wind)
3 Malta (Times 3 – Believe'n peace)
4 Germany (Sürpriz – Reise nach Jerusalem-Kudüs'e seyahat)
5 Slovenia (Darja Švajger - For a thousand years)
6 Sweden (Charlotte Nilsson – Take me to your heaven)
7 Iceland (Selma Bjrnsdttir – All out of luck)
8 United Kingdom (Precious – Say it again)
9 Israel (Eden – Yom-Hooledet)
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dino & Beatrice – Putnici)


[b]BIRMINGHAM 1998[/b]

1 Israel (Dana International – Diva)
2 Finland (Edea – Aava)
3 Slovakia (Katarina hasprová – Modlitba)
4 Croatia (Danijela – Neka mi ne svane)
5 Netherlands (Edsilia Rombley – Hemel en aarde)
6 Estonia (Koit Toome – Mere lapsed)
7 Cyprus (Michael Hajiyanni – Genesis)
8 Malta (Chiara – The one that I love)
9 Belgium (Mélanie Cohll – Dis oui)
10 Slovenia (Vili Resnik – Naj bogovi slišijo)


[b]DUBLIN 1997[/b]

1 Estonia (Maarja-Liis Ilus – Keelatud Maa)
2 Hungary (V.I.P. – Miért kell, hogy elmenj)
3 Italy (Jalisse – Fiumi di parole)
4 Greece (Marianna Zorba – Horepse)
5 Malta (Debbie Scerri – Let me fly)
6 Turkey (Sebnem Paker – Dinle)
7 Slovenia (Tanja Ribic; – Zbudi se dobri princ)
8 Germany (Bianca Shomburg – Zeit)
9 United Kingdom (Katrina and the Waves – Love shine a light)
10 Iceland (Paul Oscar – Minn hinsti dans)


[b]OSLO 1996[/b]

1 Ireland (Eimear Quinn – The voice)
2 Sweden (One More Time – Den Vilda)
3 Norway (Elisabeth Andreassen – Eternity)
4 Estonia (Ivo Linna and Maarja-Liis Ilus – Kaelakee hääl)
5 Slovenia (Regina – Dan najlepših sanj)
6 Hungary (Delhusa Gjon – Fortuna)
7 Slovakia (Marcel Palonder – Kým nás máš)
8 United Kingdom (Gina G - Ooh Aah (Just A Little Bit))
9 Switzerland (Kathy Leander – Mon coeur l'aime)
10 Croatia (Maja Blagdan – Sveta Ljubav)


[b]DUBLIN 1995[/b]

1 Norway (Secret Garden – Nocturne)
2 Slovenia (Darja Švajger – Prisluhni mi)
3 Sweden (Jan Johanssen – Se på mej)
4 Croatia (Magazin & Lidija – Nostalgija)
5 Malta (Mike Spiteri – Keep me in mind)
6 Spain (Anabel Conde – Vuelve conmigo)
7 Israel (Liora – Amen)
8 Turkey (Arzu Ece – Sev)
9 Poland (Justyna Steczkowska – Sama)
10 Russia (Philipp Kirkorov – Kobelnaya dlya vulkana)