| Eurovision Song Contest News - 2010 Oslo, Norway 

Blaise Jones

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My current ranking for Eurovision 2010;
(**) = My Prediction for Eurovision 2010
(DNQ) = Does not qualify for the final

1/GERMANY (**3**)
2/AZERBAIJAN (**1**)
3/SWEDEN (**7**)
4/GEORGIA (**10**)
5/BELGIUM (**9**)
6/CROATIA (**4**)
7/TURKEY (**5**
8/DENMARK (**11**)
9/SPAIN(**13**)
10/NORWAY (**6**)
11/IRELAND(**12**)
12/ISRAEL (**2**)
13/FRANCE (**17**)
14/ARMENIA (**8**)
15/SLOVAKIA (**20**)
16/ALBANIA (**18**)
17/SWITZERLAND
18/MALTA (**19**)
19/CYPRUS(DNQ)
20/ICELAND (**16**)
21/BELARUS (**15**)
22/LATVIA(DNQ)
23/POLAND(DNQ)
24/BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (**14**)
25/PORTUGAL (**22**)
26/BULGARIA (**21**)
27/UNITED KINGDOM (**24**)
28/ROMANIA (DNQ)
29/MOLDOVA(**23**)
30/GREECE(DNQ)
31/ESTONIA(DNQ)
32/FINLAND (**25**)
33/SERBIA(DNQ)
34/NETHERLANDS(DNQ)
35/RUSSIA(DNQ)
36/SLOVENIA(DNQ)
37/FYR MACEDONIA(DNQ)
38/LITHUANIA(DNQ)
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TBC/UKRAINE



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Most of the music I listen to isn't from the ESC... I like ska/dub, rock and a bit of hardcore, think Mad Caddies, Antimaniax, Sonic Boom Six, Against Me! etc. I grew up in a very dull part of mid-Wales where we somehow managed to get some great independant national bands playing little gigs around us, I seriously loved that. Unsurprising these genres aren't heard in Eurovision much (Or rather, at all!). I just really like music, and I'm pretty open-minded.

Favourite ESC songs ever (In reverse chronalogical order);

Randajad [Estonia / 2009]
The Highest Heights [Switzerland / 2009]
Shady Lady [Ukraine / 2008]
Senhora Do Mar [Portual / 2008]
Shake It Up Sekerim [Turkey / 2007]
Salvem el mon [Andorra / 2007]
Never Let You Go [Russia / 2006]
Hard Rock Hallelujah [Finland / 2006]
Cool Vibes [Switzerland / 2005]
Angel [Malta / 2005]
Every Way that I Can [Turkey / 2003]
Ne Ver', Ne Boysi [Russia / 2003]
Come Back [United Kingdom / 2002]
Il faut du temps [France / 2002]
Fly on the Wings of Love [Denmark / 2000]
Where Are You? [United Kingdom / 1998]
Hemel en aarde [Netherlands / 1998]
Nocturne [Norway / 1995]
Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi [Switzerland / 1988]
Waterloo [Sweden / 1974]

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My votes for Eurovision 2009

12 points/SWITZERLAND [The Highest Heights]
10 points/ ESTONIA[Randajad]
8 points/ ICELAND [Is it True?]
7 points/ NORWAY [Fairytale]
6 points/ BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA [Bistra Voda]
5 points/ AZERBAIJAN [Always]
4 points/ FRANCE[Et S'il Faillait le Faire]
3 points/ SPAIN[La Noche Es Para Mi]
2 points/ UNITED KINGDOM [My Time]
1 point/ GREECE [This is Our Night]

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My votes for Eurovision 2008;

12 points/ PORTUGAL [Senhora Do Mar]
10 points/ UKRAINE [Shady Lady]
8 points/ TURKEY [Deli]
7 points/ NORWAY [Hold On, Be Strong]
6 points/ RUSSIA [Believe]
5 points/ ISRAEL [The Fire in You Eyes]
4 points/ GERMANY [Disappear]
3 points/ SWITZERLAND [ Era Stupendo]
2 points/ FRANCE [Devine]
1 point/ SERBIA [Oro]

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My votes for Eurovision 2007;

12 points/ ANDORRA [Salvem El Mon]
10 points/ TURKEY [Shake It Up Sekerim]
8 points/ SERBIA [Molitva]
7 points/ GEORGIA [Visionary Dream]
6 points/ HUNGARY [Unsubstainable Blues]
5 points/ GERMANY [Frauen Regier'n Die Welt]
4 points/ MOLDOVA [Fight]
3 points/ FINLAND [Leave Me Alone]
2 points/ SWEDEN [The Worrying Kind]
1 point/ FRANCE [L'Amour A La Francais]

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My votes for Eurovision 2006:

12 points/ FINLAND [Hard Rock Hallelujah]
10 points/ RUSSIA [Never Let You Go]
8 points/ SWEDEN [Invincible]
7 points/ GREECE [Everything]
6 points/ BELGIUM [Je T'Adore]
5 points/ GERMANY [No No Never]
4 points/ UNITED KINGDOM [Teenage Life]
3 points/ TURKEY [Super Star]
2 points/ ARMENIA [Without You Love]
1 point/ UKRAINE [Show Me Your Love]

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My Favourite Eurovision Years[1998 - 2009] ; By overall quality of entries.

1. 2005 KIEV
2 .1998 BIRMINGHAM
3. 2009 MOSCOW
4. 2006 ATHENS
5. 2003 RIGA
6. 2008 BELGRADE
7. 2004 ISTANBUL
8. 2007 HELSINKI
9. 2000 STOCKHOLM
10. 2001 COPENHAGEN
11. 1999 JERUSALEM
12. 2002 TALLINN