| Eurovision Song Contest News - 2010 Oslo, Norway 

DannyT

Hey everyone I am Daniel, born and bred in Belfast, and I have watched Eurovision since I can remember although I have gotten really into it for the last 5 years. I certainly have my favourite songs and think the quality is getting better year on year, although a lot of the time the results don't reward the songs that I like but what can ye do?

As for Ireland, we're goin through a rough patch - bar the brilliance that was Dustin, the last moment we had like that was back with that Eimear Quinn girl singing about how good her voice was. Dervish...those manly voiced sisters in 99... Donna and Joe!!! what have we been thinkin?! Anyway I love and will back my country even when we provide shite

OK so the 2010 season is well under way and here's a list of the songs I have really liked so far:
Estonia Astronaut - Iiris Vesik
Estonia - Maagiline Paev - Violina and Rolf Junior
Estonia - Teiste Seest Koigile - Groundhog Day
Finland - Annankadun Kulmassa - Heli Kajo! (robbed the wee girl blind!)
Norway Jealous Cause I Love You - Venke Knutson

Ranking of songs qualified to Eurovision 2010 so far

Good
01 Cyprus - nice wee song from them this year, nothing special but much much better than a lot of the other stuff we've heard so far
02 Norway - I really like this song considering it wouldn't really be my style. I can imagine this doing very well in the final too

OK
03 Iceland - good voice and nice song and its a solid if not fantastic entry from Iceland. Doesn't match up though to last year and Johanna but it could grow on me
04 Albania - nice to see Albania trying and modernise themselves a bit with their entry. By no means a great song but nice to see that Lady Gaga's influence has even made it there

Nothing Special
05 Finland - nice enough but Heli Kajo was robbed and would have been my number one
06 Denmark - very 80s Time of your Life type of duet and while its listenable I would forget how it goes every time I listen

Awful
07 Switzerland - weird song and weird guy. Sorry Switzerland but you have been knocked off your pedestal after the past two years

666
08 Netherlands - horrible, horrible, horrible. People often comment on this site that Eurovision is for everyone and that that allows a place for this song. Well great to see them be Samaritans but I ain't that forgiving and I'm more selfish. I want fresh, modern songs if its uptempo or for slower songs ethnic or classic sounding. This is just a nightmare and makes me understand why Eurovision can be considered such a joke... 0 points, don't pass GO, don't collect £200.


2009


01 Iceland - she is class, song is class and I still listen to it all the time
02 Norway - catchy wee ditty and fun and honestly was the right winner in the end even if I prefer Iceland
03 Switzerland - best song of the contest, shame bout your man's voice on the night
04 Germany - guilty pleasure but your woman Dita should have been on more
05 Portugal - makes me smile every time, that wee singer is lovely
06 Turkey - catchy frickin song but why'd they have a guy doin back up? made no sense!
07 Estonia - class!
08 Azerbaijan - catchy but your man couldn't sing to save his life
09 Sweden - your woman looked kinda scary but still good
10 Moldova - Nelly seems mental... I liked that

Just missing out is Bosnia & Herzegovina - class song that looked amazing on stage. B&H is fast becoming one of my fave countries in ESC

As for Ireland I can only say it was alright - at least we did well in the fact we chose the least rubbish song plus your wee girl could sing alright. Blondy mohawk though was a bit strange... overall it was meh but cos its Ireland I'll forgive it that!!!!

The Five Worst Songs
01 Albania - my ears bleed when I hear this one
02 Bulgaria - this is actually the worst however at least it had the decency not to qualify - still completely horrible though... what were the bulgarians thinkin!
03 Latvia - bit of a mess like
04 Malta - God love Chiara she did her best but that is one shite song
05 Slovenia - a waste of 3 minutes


2008
01 France - Divine - Sebastien Tellier
02 Greece - Secret Combination - Kalomira
03 Ukraine - Shady Lady - Ani Lorak
04 Ireland - Irelande Douze Pointes - Dustin The Turkey
05 Norway - Hold On Be Strong - Maria
06 Iceland
07 Bosnia & Herzegovina
08 Armenia
09 Turkey
10 Spain
Other great songs - Israel, Netherlands

Worst 5 - all are awful in their own unique way
01 FYR Macedonia
02 Croatia
03 Hungary
04 Belarus
05 Georgia

2007
1. Russia - Song #1 - Serebro
2. Hungary - Unsubstantial Blues - Magdi Ruzsa
3. Ukraine - Dancing Lasha Tumbai - Verka Serduchka
4. Sweden - The Worrying Kind - The Ark
5. France - L'Amour A La Francaise - Les Fatal Picards
Other great songs - Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Iceland and Andorra

Worst Award for 2007 goes to Armenia - they better thank God for the amount of Armenians around Europe who don't want to live in Armenia but still show their patriotism by voting for shit like this. Awful awful awful and among my chosen worst songs of the contest's history. Oh yeah... awful

2006
1. Finland - Hard Rock Hallelujah - Lordi
2. Romania - Tornero - Mihai Traistariu
3. Germany - No No Never - Texas Lightning
4. Ireland - Every Song Is A Cry For Love - Brian Kennedy
5. Belgium - Je t'adore - Kate Ryan
Other great songs - Ukraine, Russia, Iceland, Norway, FYR Macedonia

Worst - while Denmark was pretty shockin, Turkey was a total mess from the song to her and back. At least there were hot dancers to look at

2005
1. Switzerland - Cool Vibes - Vanilla Ninja
2. Greece - My Number One - Helena Paparizou
3. Norway - In My Dreams - Wig Wam
4. Israel - Hasheket Shenish'ar - Shiri Maimon
5. Denmark - Talking To You - Jakob Sveistrup
Other great songs - Romania, France, Hungary, United Kingdom, Moldova

Worst 2006 Award - the Balkans really stepped up their game this yearto reach new depths of bad... Croatia and FYR Macedonia however were beaten by Serbia & Montenegro though for top worst song - boybands from the east don't work unless they are singing Mi a hi and shite like that

2004
1. Greece - Shake It! - Sakis Rouvas
2. Ukraine - Wild Dances - Ruslana
3. Sweden - It Hurts - Lena Philippson
4. Germany - Can't Wait Until Tonight - Max
5. Serbia & Montenegro - Lane Moje - Zeljko Joksimovic;
Other great songs - Bosnia & Herzegovina, France, Belgium, Cyprus, Turkey

Worst - Croatia and Switzerland share this award - Croatia wins for being bad but inexplicably (cough neighbours) doing well, Switzerland... well you just have to listen to it for about 5 seconds to realise that you are listening to potentially the worst song of all time

2003
1. Romania - Don't Break My Heart - Nicola
2. Turkey - Every Way That I Can - Sertab Erener
3. Ireland - We've Got The World - Mickey Joe Harte
4. Spain - Dime - Beth
5. Netherlands - One More Night - Esther Hart
Other great songs - Sweden, Belgium, Estonia, Iceland, France

Worst 2003 - Malta - so sweet I want to brick it


2002
1. United Kingdom - Come Back - Jessica Garlick
2. France - Il Faut Du Temps - Sandrine Francois
3. Estonia - Runaway - Sahlene
4. Spain - Europe's Living A Celebration - Rosa
5. Malta - 7th Wonder - Ira Losco
Other great songs - Latvia, Sweden, Cyprus, Belgium, Croatia

Worst - plenty of songs to go for for 2002 (Lithuania, Bosnia) but it is Germany that really shines in being bad here - blind women are really bad in Eurovision

2001
1. Denmark - Never Ever Let You Go - Rollo & King
2. Netherlands - Out On My Own - Michelle
3. Russia - Lady Alpine Blue - Mumiy Troll
4. France - Je N'Ai Que Mon Ame - Natasha St-Pier
5. Greece - Die For You - Antique
Other great songs - Slovenia, United Kingdom, Estonia, Sweden, Germany

Worst - Norway, Ireland , Portugal, Latvia, Israel, Malta

2000
1. Russia - Solo - Alsou
2. Estonia - Once In A Lifetime - Ines
3. Germany - Wadde Hadde Dudde Da? - Stefan Raab
4. Denmark - Fly On The Wings Of Love - The Olsen Brothers
5. Latvia - My Star - Brainstorm
Other great songs - Israel!!, Croatia, FYR Macedonia (same pleasure of Croatia 97 - so bad but I like it for that!!, Netherlands, Norway

Worst - Belgium - awful in so many ways - well done if thats what they were going for

1999
1. Iceland
2. Austria
3. Sweden
4. United Kingdom
5. The Netherlands
Also good - Germany and Croatia

Worst of 1999 - tons to choose but I am plumping for Israel - Happy Birthday?? are they f**king serious?!

1998
1. Israel
2. United Kingdom
3. Netherlands
4. Belgium
5. Croatia

Worst - Hungary - ugly man lookin drunk - well done Hungary!

1997 - have to say well done Ireland - I like the stage! and actually quite a few above average songs!
1. United Kingdom - amazing overload
2. Iceland
3. France
4. Turkey
5. Ireland
Others I like - Italy, Greece, Poland, Croatia - I can't help liking this obviously shite song

Worst - Norway - honest to God this was a huge mess and it shouldn't have shared nil points with Portugal... it should have had the shame of it all to itself. Why did the Netherlands send a middle aged girlband?


1996
1. Ireland - there were other songs but do they compare to this? No - well maybe thats an exaggeration but still Ireland won with the best song I think we ever entered... Result!!!!
2. United Kingdom - too catchy for my own good!
3. Norway
4. Sweden
5. Netherlands - tall man? check tiny woman? check hilarity will surely ensue!!

Worst - Spain - he's a total weirdo... cut your hair son, Iceland - did I hear shobby doo and Timbuktu as a rhyme? yucky

In the real world, outside Eurovision, I love lots of music from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Coldplay, the Beatles and the Who to Girls Aloud, Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake
I just have to add too, even though it is completely off music, that LOST is the best TV show of all time and I am completely addicted so I am well up for talking about that!!


Well they're my Eurovision and other opinions feel free to add me on MSN at dannyt240@hotmail.com