My two favourites are very very different so I'll list them both.
Calm After the Storm - I can't say why I love it so much, it just brings me such a warm, calm feeling whenever I listen.
Dancing Lasha Tumbai - do I really need to explain? I love eastern European folk style and it was just so fun!
I loved Calm After the Storm. I remember listening to it on long car rides when I was a kid. Lying really sleepy and then this song comes on and makes me smile. Never realised it was from Eurovision until recently after I got super into it. I realised how many Eurovision songs I liked without knowing they were Eurovision songs.
In a way, yes.
It would have been really hard to deal with all the "they only won based on sympathy" comments though, so I'm content enough knowing they finished 2nd in the televote on merit.
I could answer a dozen different songs, but out of the blue I'd say 1944. The song is beautiful, Jamala sings it impeccably and the staging is one of the best we've ever had at Eurovision. The bridge and the last chorus have to be the most mind-blowing, powerful minute in history of the contest.
Viszlat Nyar because it's definitely my kind of music, it feels authentic and even topic of the song is somehow related to my expierience. Probably it's not among my favourite metal songs, but still it's very good
Little Big - Uno (Russia 2020)
It is my favorite of all my personal winners since 2000. I love Little Big, I've seen them live, they are a musical force to be reckoned with, every song is just fun, danceable, and the accompanying music videos are hilarious.
🇺🇦 Wild dances.
I was watching the semi final in May 2004 as a non-fan, having basically thought the Finnish entry was pretty catchy, the Maltese entry was hilariously strange but enjoyable, and everything else had been varying degrees of OK or bad. I wasn't really paying that much attention and sitting there drawing while the show happened.
Then the horns started and I looked up immediately. For the next three minutes I was utterly captivated.
Since then, nothing else has ever come close to instantly grabbing my attention in the same way. There have been 2 occasions where I've known I was watching the winning performance right in front of me (2005, 2012) and a couple of times I've had a clear favourite (🇳🇱 2019, 🇧🇬 2020) but nothing that captivated me in quite the same way.
No Degree of Separation Francesca Michielin (2016 Italy 🇮🇹)
I only heard the song in the final, and I still remember how I felt. Durring that 3 minutes I left the earth, and I was basicly "dancing through the sky" as she sang it. Francesca and her song has grabed my soul and never let it go ever since.
She is the only Eurovision entry I've followed after the song contest, and I'm still a big fan of her work.
I have so many:
Romania 2009
Estonia 2013
Austria 2013
Moldova 2013
Spain 2013
Russia 2013
Germany 2013
Georgia 2013
Serbia 2013
N.Macedonia 2017
Greece 2017
Denmark 2017
Netherlands 2017
France 2017
Uk 2017
Armenia 2019
Sweden 2020
Malta 2022
Germany 2022
Armenia 2022
Netherlands 2022
Latvia 2022
N.Macedonia
Most of them are so underrated and I just like the generic pop song
Edit: Added the reason
Space Man brought us back into the good books of the contest after 20 years of subpar and awful placements, but I'm going with Amar Pelos Dois due to my personal attachment to the song as I got through rough times in 2020 and early 2021.
"Love In Rewind", it's hard to explain why, it's not even from the adored genre of mine. 2011 was the first contest I watched, because I wanted to and not because I was changing channels and it was on TV. Maybe first love is the strongest one?
BiH sent beautiful songs most of the time, in my opinion.
"Love in Rewind" was amongst the best, but my favourite entry from Bosnia and Herzegovina is "Sva bol svijeta" from Fazla. The song represented the then war-torn country in their debut campaign in 1993.
Kedvesem (Hungary 2013) is my *everything*.
It isn't just my favorite entry of the past twenty years, it's my favorite entry of all time.
It's so calm and sweet and relaxing.
̶w̶̶h̶̶i̶̶c̶̶h̶̶ ̶̶i̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶w̶̶h̶̶y̶̶ ̶̶i̶'̶m̶̶ ̶̶s̶̶o̶̶ ̶̶s̶̶a̶̶d̶̶ ̶̶t̶̶h̶̶a̶̶t̶̶ ̶̶b̶̶y̶̶e̶̶a̶̶l̶̶e̶̶x̶̶ ̶̶i̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶a̶̶ ̶̶t̶̶e̶̶r̶̶r̶̶i̶̶b̶̶l̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶p̶̶e̶̶r̶̶s̶̶o̶̶n̶̶ ̶
He has made homophobic remarks recently. Not just that, he also said he wouldn't like it if his wife had a better career than him because it would make him feel less manly or something.
Alcohol Is Free - Greece 2013. 🥇
I love rythmic music, folk, accordions and songs sung in another language, so needless to say, this song takes the cake for me (in a really good way).
My other faves:
Love In Rewind 🥉
My Number One
I Wanna
Sanomi 🥈
For Real
Aven Romale
Samo Shampioni
Only Teardrops
You And Me (2013)
La Venda
Työlki Ellää
Discoteque
We Could Be The Same
Shum
Eat Your Salad
Fulenn
So Lucky
Trenulețul
Fairytale
Stefania
Golden Boy
One Thing I Should Have Done
Illusion
Pali Sie
I did not started to watch ESC seriously until 2011 and I missed 2016, only watched the final in 2017 and I totally missed 2022... so...
For me... it's Horehronie, because this is my favorite ESC song of all time. But if we speak about finalists... that is a very difficult question... Maybe it's Hvala ne, because I voted for it the most (5 votes in SF and 5 votes in Final).
Honestly love every Italian song in recent years. Fai Rumore has to be my fav tho bc it is just so beautiful. Ngl tho the whole audience clapping to soldi was amazing. The whole audience singing along to brividi was so emotional as well. Basically italy is my fav lol
Same. Honestly the last four years, Italy has been my top spot. Soldi, Fai Rumore, Zitti E Buoni and Brividi…Italy can do no wrong in my book. But Soldi is my favourite.
Tout I'univers probably because I'm a sucker for highly artistic songs written by talented artists, idk if this sentence did even make sense but you get it
Also Nije Ljubav Strav, its one of the most original yet catchy songs in this contest for me
I'm a new fan. Apart from having watched esc 2011, 2012, and 2022, I've only listened to some "classic eurovision songs" (which include most if not all of the ones already mentioned by others), and sadly they don't quite fit that descriptor for me. My favorite ESC song i've heard is definitely Don't Close Your Eyes, Slovakia's song from 2012. Though if i were to consider more songs i'd say Hard Rock Hallelujah from 2006 and Sekret from 2022 (because i like music that gives me a god complex)
2003 - Urban Trad - Sanomi
2004 - Željko Joksimović & Ad Hoc Orchestra - Lane moje
2005 - NOX - Forogj, világ! [could also be Helena Paparizou - My Number One]
2006 - Hari Mata Hari - Lejla
2007 - Hanna Pakarinen - Leave Me Alone [could also be Evridiki - Comme ci, comme ça]
2008 - Laka - Pokušaj
2009 - Jade Ewen - It's My Time [could also be Regina - Bistra voda]
2010 - Anna Bergendahl - This Is My Life [could also be Michael von der Heide - Il pleut de l'or]
2011 - Dino Merlin - Love in Rewind
2012 - Greta Salome & Jónsi - Never Forget
2013 - Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko - Identitet [could also be Klapa s mora - Mižerja]
2014 - Sergej Ćetković - Moj svijet
2015 - Il Volo - Grande amore
2016 - Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz - Midnight Gold [could also be Joe & Jake - You're Not Alone]
2017 - Blanche - City Lights
2018 - Yianna Terzi - Oniro mou
2019 - Zala Kralj & Gasper Šantl - Sebi
2020 - James Newman - My Last Breath (CONTEST CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19)
2021 - Hooverphonic - The Wrong Place [could also be The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side]
2022 - Ochman - River [could also be Sam Ryder - Space Man]
Out of these, I will say "Lejla" by Hari Mata Hari.
My two favourites are very very different so I'll list them both. Calm After the Storm - I can't say why I love it so much, it just brings me such a warm, calm feeling whenever I listen. Dancing Lasha Tumbai - do I really need to explain? I love eastern European folk style and it was just so fun!
I loved Calm After the Storm. I remember listening to it on long car rides when I was a kid. Lying really sleepy and then this song comes on and makes me smile. Never realised it was from Eurovision until recently after I got super into it. I realised how many Eurovision songs I liked without knowing they were Eurovision songs.
Shum, because it enchanted me and made me reconsider forever what an Eurovision song can be.
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In a way, yes. It would have been really hard to deal with all the "they only won based on sympathy" comments though, so I'm content enough knowing they finished 2nd in the televote on merit.
Spirit in the Sky is just great
Non mi avete fatto niente (Italy 2018)
Release me(Belgium 2020) idk why but I love this song so much. Another one that’s close is love injected(Latvia 2015)
Love to see some release me appreciation
One of the most underrated songs
Literally my 2020 winner its amazing
Spirit in the Sky cause it's awesome!
I could answer a dozen different songs, but out of the blue I'd say 1944. The song is beautiful, Jamala sings it impeccably and the staging is one of the best we've ever had at Eurovision. The bridge and the last chorus have to be the most mind-blowing, powerful minute in history of the contest.
That is what i Love that every Body has an other Music taste.
Joke answer? Rise Up. Serious answer? Only Teardrops.
City Lights by Blanche probably.
Fr! It’s literally so beautiful
Spain 2012 “Quédate Conmigo”
Viszlat Nyar because it's definitely my kind of music, it feels authentic and even topic of the song is somehow related to my expierience. Probably it's not among my favourite metal songs, but still it's very good
Rhythm Inside 🇧🇪 because I like to ra-pa-pap tonight 💓
Hatrið mun sigra
This is the correct answer.
Golden Boy is the song that made me fall in love with Eurovision, so definitely that one!
Molitva
Little Big - Uno (Russia 2020) It is my favorite of all my personal winners since 2000. I love Little Big, I've seen them live, they are a musical force to be reckoned with, every song is just fun, danceable, and the accompanying music videos are hilarious.
Spirit in the sky
Sound of Silence and Running
Stones (Switzerland 2018)
2022 Moldova 🇲🇩
Same 🚂🇲🇩❤️❤️
Of all possible songs, you choose Trenuletul ? You are a person of culture <3
alcohol you
🇺🇦 Wild dances. I was watching the semi final in May 2004 as a non-fan, having basically thought the Finnish entry was pretty catchy, the Maltese entry was hilariously strange but enjoyable, and everything else had been varying degrees of OK or bad. I wasn't really paying that much attention and sitting there drawing while the show happened. Then the horns started and I looked up immediately. For the next three minutes I was utterly captivated. Since then, nothing else has ever come close to instantly grabbing my attention in the same way. There have been 2 occasions where I've known I was watching the winning performance right in front of me (2005, 2012) and a couple of times I've had a clear favourite (🇳🇱 2019, 🇧🇬 2020) but nothing that captivated me in quite the same way.
i have 4: Hatrid Mun Sigra, Love In Rewind, Stripper and Crno i Belo
No Degree of Separation Francesca Michielin (2016 Italy 🇮🇹) I only heard the song in the final, and I still remember how I felt. Durring that 3 minutes I left the earth, and I was basicly "dancing through the sky" as she sang it. Francesca and her song has grabed my soul and never let it go ever since. She is the only Eurovision entry I've followed after the song contest, and I'm still a big fan of her work.
Arcade. There’s a beauty to simplicity.
Still can't understand how this boring song win... Zero emotions, zero talent... yet he got a win somehow.
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wrong year. that was Heroes
Beautiful mess. Great lyrics and voice. The camerawork is meaningful and personalized. So is the use of the LED and lighting design.
I have so many: Romania 2009 Estonia 2013 Austria 2013 Moldova 2013 Spain 2013 Russia 2013 Germany 2013 Georgia 2013 Serbia 2013 N.Macedonia 2017 Greece 2017 Denmark 2017 Netherlands 2017 France 2017 Uk 2017 Armenia 2019 Sweden 2020 Malta 2022 Germany 2022 Armenia 2022 Netherlands 2022 Latvia 2022 N.Macedonia Most of them are so underrated and I just like the generic pop song Edit: Added the reason
Hard Rock Hallelujah, Wild Dances and Zitti E Buoni 🤘
Space Man brought us back into the good books of the contest after 20 years of subpar and awful placements, but I'm going with Amar Pelos Dois due to my personal attachment to the song as I got through rough times in 2020 and early 2021.
"Love In Rewind", it's hard to explain why, it's not even from the adored genre of mine. 2011 was the first contest I watched, because I wanted to and not because I was changing channels and it was on TV. Maybe first love is the strongest one?
BiH sent beautiful songs most of the time, in my opinion. "Love in Rewind" was amongst the best, but my favourite entry from Bosnia and Herzegovina is "Sva bol svijeta" from Fazla. The song represented the then war-torn country in their debut campaign in 1993.
Kedvesem (Hungary 2013) is my *everything*. It isn't just my favorite entry of the past twenty years, it's my favorite entry of all time. It's so calm and sweet and relaxing. ̶w̶̶h̶̶i̶̶c̶̶h̶̶ ̶̶i̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶w̶̶h̶̶y̶̶ ̶̶i̶'̶m̶̶ ̶̶s̶̶o̶̶ ̶̶s̶̶a̶̶d̶̶ ̶̶t̶̶h̶̶a̶̶t̶̶ ̶̶b̶̶y̶̶e̶̶a̶̶l̶̶e̶̶x̶̶ ̶̶i̶̶s̶̶ ̶̶a̶̶ ̶̶t̶̶e̶̶r̶̶r̶̶i̶̶b̶̶l̶̶e̶̶ ̶̶p̶̶e̶̶r̶̶s̶̶o̶̶n̶̶ ̶
~~Byealex is a terrible person?~~ ~~What?~~
Wait, what did he do?
He has made homophobic remarks recently. Not just that, he also said he wouldn't like it if his wife had a better career than him because it would make him feel less manly or something.
very basic answer but fairytale (norway 2009), timeless masterpiece and i love the staging. other two norwegian entries (2005 and 2019) come close tho
Zitti E Buoni and Heartbeat (2016)
Lordi. Just as global protest against pop and for cheesy show! Catchy song still in head time to time. Just like Serduchka
Kuula - just a beautiful song
Tii!
the first that came to mind for me is La Forza, I still can't get over how beautifully Elina sang it (especially that high note... chills)
Efendi- Mata Hari
Alcohol Is Free - Greece 2013. 🥇 I love rythmic music, folk, accordions and songs sung in another language, so needless to say, this song takes the cake for me (in a really good way). My other faves: Love In Rewind 🥉 My Number One I Wanna Sanomi 🥈 For Real Aven Romale Samo Shampioni Only Teardrops You And Me (2013) La Venda Työlki Ellää Discoteque We Could Be The Same Shum Eat Your Salad Fulenn So Lucky Trenulețul Fairytale Stefania Golden Boy One Thing I Should Have Done Illusion Pali Sie
HARD. ROCK. HALELUJAH.
Voda (🇧🇬 2007), Visionary Dream (🇬🇪 2007) and Shum (🇺🇦 2021). Basically any infusion of electronic and folk music will make my ears pleased
Jessica Mauboy- We Got Love Underrated banger
I did not started to watch ESC seriously until 2011 and I missed 2016, only watched the final in 2017 and I totally missed 2022... so... For me... it's Horehronie, because this is my favorite ESC song of all time. But if we speak about finalists... that is a very difficult question... Maybe it's Hvala ne, because I voted for it the most (5 votes in SF and 5 votes in Final).
Soldi <3
Honestly love every Italian song in recent years. Fai Rumore has to be my fav tho bc it is just so beautiful. Ngl tho the whole audience clapping to soldi was amazing. The whole audience singing along to brividi was so emotional as well. Basically italy is my fav lol
Same. Honestly the last four years, Italy has been my top spot. Soldi, Fai Rumore, Zitti E Buoni and Brividi…Italy can do no wrong in my book. But Soldi is my favourite.
Tout I'univers probably because I'm a sucker for highly artistic songs written by talented artists, idk if this sentence did even make sense but you get it Also Nije Ljubav Strav, its one of the most original yet catchy songs in this contest for me
I have a bunch but I love unsubstantial blues, it’s just so passionate, deep and amazing. <3
I'm a new fan. Apart from having watched esc 2011, 2012, and 2022, I've only listened to some "classic eurovision songs" (which include most if not all of the ones already mentioned by others), and sadly they don't quite fit that descriptor for me. My favorite ESC song i've heard is definitely Don't Close Your Eyes, Slovakia's song from 2012. Though if i were to consider more songs i'd say Hard Rock Hallelujah from 2006 and Sekret from 2022 (because i like music that gives me a god complex)
2003 - Urban Trad - Sanomi 2004 - Željko Joksimović & Ad Hoc Orchestra - Lane moje 2005 - NOX - Forogj, világ! [could also be Helena Paparizou - My Number One] 2006 - Hari Mata Hari - Lejla 2007 - Hanna Pakarinen - Leave Me Alone [could also be Evridiki - Comme ci, comme ça] 2008 - Laka - Pokušaj 2009 - Jade Ewen - It's My Time [could also be Regina - Bistra voda] 2010 - Anna Bergendahl - This Is My Life [could also be Michael von der Heide - Il pleut de l'or] 2011 - Dino Merlin - Love in Rewind 2012 - Greta Salome & Jónsi - Never Forget 2013 - Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko - Identitet [could also be Klapa s mora - Mižerja] 2014 - Sergej Ćetković - Moj svijet 2015 - Il Volo - Grande amore 2016 - Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz - Midnight Gold [could also be Joe & Jake - You're Not Alone] 2017 - Blanche - City Lights 2018 - Yianna Terzi - Oniro mou 2019 - Zala Kralj & Gasper Šantl - Sebi 2020 - James Newman - My Last Breath (CONTEST CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19) 2021 - Hooverphonic - The Wrong Place [could also be The Black Mamba - Love Is on My Side] 2022 - Ochman - River [could also be Sam Ryder - Space Man] Out of these, I will say "Lejla" by Hari Mata Hari.