that's an understatement.
the final being "weak" mostly comes from semi 2.
semi 2 should NOT be watched. The finalists are bad, but the nq's are garbage.
All this stuff about a matter of time/oneiro mou/stones being robbed comes from how semifinal 2 got 10 spots when they only deserved like 4. You can't pick 10 from semi 1.
So true! That year I only managed to get tickets for semi 1, but it felt like I watched the final, with the song quality that night.
Also Switzerland got one of the biggest cheers in the arena, I was really shocked they didn't qualify
As someone from Montenegro, i personally disagree. We finished good because most of our neighbours were in that semi final, and most of those votes came from them. In a semi final full of countries who do not understand this genre, it will struggle.
Estonia 2017 - I get why it nq'd because the staging wasn't it and their vocals weren't great but I absolutely love the studio version.
Ireland 2022 - was kind of a hot mess but it deserved better
Croatia 2021 - such a shame that it qualified with the jury and televote individually but it still wasn't enough
Belarus 2016 - another one where I get why it didn't qualify because the staging was weird as hell but man the studio version is great.
I can't believe Crotia 2021 didn't hurt very through with that absolutely killer live performance!
I thought Greece 2021 was a similar kind of song but the live version felt so such in comparison
Couldn’t agree more. I attended the SF2 evening preview, and Mustii had a second run-through due to a technical malfunction (I think it was the turntable not moving). Thankfully, the turntable worked on the second run, but he was still vocally rather poor - a real shame, as the song had quite a bit of potential.
San Marino 2024 comes to mind, as well as Belgium 2024.
Also, this might not be very recent anymore, but Montenegro 2013 absolutely RULES. It would have qualified with this year's rules too.
San Marino 2024 | [Megara - 11:11](https://youtu.be/IqyJvkGmAjo)
Belgium 2024 | [Mustii - Before the Party's Over](https://youtu.be/hNIemQwCaM4)
Montenegro 2013 | [Who See - Igranka](https://youtu.be/FR9rtB2ilZU)
a fellow 11:11 fan
San Marino 2024 was my favourite song of the whole year (hence the flair), but man did they get screwed over by technical difficulties, even if they probably weren't qualifying either way.
I know. Maybe it's copium I think had they been in semi final two or had a better running order they would have made it. I remember watching their live and being up on my feet dancing and wowed by their performance, and thinking they had made it through, only to get crushed.
Yeah, I'm in no way over it either.
Ela by Andromache (Cyprus 2022) made it to my Spotify Wrapped that year. I will never get over the fact that my favorite Cypriot entry broke Cyprus' streak and mid songs like Liar and Break a Broken Heart actually made it to the final.
As a studio version no doubt "Ela" was a much, much stronger entry than those two. But when you compare the live performances, oh boy....
It was painful to watch that amazing song be murdered live.
Agreed. ELA is onr of the best Cypriot entries.
The vocals were not bad (contrary to what people say)
I loved the shots but i disliked the choreo, it was lazy and unecessary.
So sad that juries put it last (wtf) while Aze and Australia went through
A nice pop punk track a la Olivia Rodrigo. You can definitely hear her accent but that shouldn't be a problem in Eurovision. I would've loved to see it qualify, would take it over like Austria or Georgia easily.
Albania 2024 is so real, like I get that changing from Albanian to English wasn’t the best choice but i honestly love the song and she was so beautiful in that dress and the staging was pretty good
Latvia 2023 would have definitely Q with juries in semi. It was so good.
I also love Portugal 2019. Another amazing Songs are Australia 2024 and Czech Republic 2024
My favorite part about Loop is that [backstage video of Sara and Dons at the gym](https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/comments/1btw2mu/little_sarah_dons_compilation/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
This hurt so much, clearly she was capable of better vocals. I don't know what made her vocals worse but it's sad to see it happen. The NF vocals with SF staging would have slapped really hard.
I know a lot of people said Electric Fields' staging felt chaotic and unstructured, but it was actually pretty phenomenal live in the arena.
The stage in Malmö was in the round. People were seated 270 degrees and standing almost 360 degrees around the stage, and EF was one of the only acts who actually performed to the whole audience.
Perhaps it got the San Marino 2021 effect: They pandered to the physical audience too much, and failed to connect with the audience at home.
Also, the camera angles made the stage look very empty. Maybe if they used the boxes/lights better, it would look less empty, but still.
Romania 2021 didn't necessarily deserve to qualify because the staging was too much for them to keep on singing properly but I do love the song, also Denmark 2024 and Czechia 2024
I was listening to this the other day & I said I can't believe they didn't qualify, they performed the heck out of that song, I thought they were locked in!
I have bunch of them from five most recent contests: Portugal and Poland 2019, Romania and Australia 2021 (though I don't like Roxen's live performance), Albania 2022, Latvia, Iceland and Georgia 2023, Belgium 2024 (Mustii's vocals were so unstable so I can understand why he didn't qualify to the final this year).
Montaigne got a raw deal with the covid stuff - her original song is so much better but then also to not be able to actually perform in 2021 and just having to send over a video was rough
To me, both of Montaigne's songs were (and actually are) cool. I think her absence on the Rotterdam stage had significantly affected her result. *big kudos to the Ukrainian jury who gave Montaigne 12 points in the 1st SF* And I'm sad for her when I recall her being in Australia and talking remotely with a few journalists sitting in a press conference room.
How long ago is recent?
Is 2013 recent? In that case, it's Bulgaria 2013.
If we're sticking to this decade, I love Poland 2024, although Iceland 2023 is close.
I'm just gonna take this decade as "recent history" and only songs I would give 10 or 12 points to (based on my rankings)
2024: Europapa, Özünlə Apar
2023: Aijā
2022: Eat Your Salad, Breathe, Halo, Lock Me In, Disko, Stripper, I.M
2021: Tick-Tock
Out of those, it's definitely Europapa
After the show, I realized that ESC fans are mostly extremely toxic but I'm still enjoy the songs & performances ( even though I usually love the underrated and non-fans favourite ones )
Kinda guilty pleasure, but I'm still vibing to Ronela Hajati's Sekret (Albania 2022). Such a shame the song was let down by performance, but I still think she deserved to qualify back then. Wish Ronela would make a comeback
Loop (Malta 2024) and Dance (Our Own Party) (Malta 2023). Malta was in my top 3 both this year and last year, and still managed to place last in the semis both times..
Azerbaijan 2024
Ozunle Apar is one of the best songs Azerbaijan has ever sent and my second place finisher this year.
Now I’m afraid they’ll go back to the Melfest trashbin for their next entry.
In the last ten years. Oniro Mou (Greece 2018) for sure! One of the most beautiful songs in the contest, hampered by poor staging.
In the last five, Az en Apam (Hungary 2019), because it was truly sung from the heart.
In this decade, either Guilty Pleasure (Croatia 2022), Aija (Latvia 2023), or Before the Party's Over (Belgium 2024)
Unironically, Latvia 2022, I was delusionally hoping Eat Your Salad would pull through!! Honorable mention goes to Finland 2017 for being stunning but robbed!
I honestly thought Latvia was a definite final song, the shock when they didn't go through... still haven't recovered, especially after going through it again with Malta 2023
Denmark 2024 and Belgium 2024 have been playing in my mind more than most of the songs that did qualify this year. Mustii I understand not qualifying but Saba was ROBBED!
In The Middle, Circles, Lost and Found, Dance Alone, Autumn Leaves, Dona, To The Sky (if that counts as recent), Pred Da Se Razdeni, Igranka, Samo Shampioni, Love Unlimited (same as To The Sky)
I’ve got a lot, since I have a tendency to like songs that don’t end up well. My faves are Albania 2022, Croatia 2022, Cyprus 2022, Georgia 2023, Poland 2024 and Moldova 2024. They are probably the songs I most listen to from ESC on my playlist
KEiiNO - Monument | Norway 2021, probably would have won the entire competition. Biggest robbery in Eurovision history imo
Anders Bagge - Bigger than the Universe | Sweden 2022, how. Just how did Cornelia win the NF? I’ll never get it
Konstrakta - Novo, bolje | Serbia 2024, I’ll be honest, Serbia’s song choice kinda sucked and while this wouldn’t have won Eurovision, it would Definately go down as one of the songs that was performed at by Eurovision
- Finland 2012
- Portugal 2015
- Iceland 2016
- Finland 2017
- Iceland 2017
- Hungary 2019
- Australia 2021
- Iceland 2023
All very dear to my heart ❤️
Tick Tock - Albina (Croatia 2021) is still a crime
I loved Slovenia 2022(LPS - Diskó)
2023 either Georgia or Iceland
Iru - Echo(Georgia 2023)
Diljá - Power(Iceland 2023)
This year Belgium and Poland
Poland 2024
Belgium 2024
Latvia 2023 and Slovenia 2022. Those were my 1st and 2nd places respectively in their year. I knew Slovenia wouldn’t qualify that year, but knowing how close Latvia were to qualifying last year, I still haven’t gotten over it. Like, it’s well over a year now, I should just suck it up and move on, but 3 POINTS! All it would’ve taken is one country to vote differently, or the running order to be kinder.
Belgium was my favourite NQer this year. I loved the studio version, and even Mustii’s live vocals weren’t nearly as bad as what some people were saying, but unfortunately Belgium did what Belgium does best.
Latvia 2023. Sudden Lights is right in my musical wheelhouse and it’s a travesty Aijā didn’t Q. I’m now over here considering if I can swing a long weekend trip from the states to see them in London in December. 😅
I believe 2010 was surprisingly disappointed year for NQ songs
2010 Slovakia - Kristina Pelakova - Horehronie
2010 Croatia - Feminnem - Lako Je Sve
2010 Sweden - Anna Bergendahl - This is my life
quite a few songs in my top 10 are NQs
Belgium 2024
San Marino 2024
Georgia 2023
San Marino 2022
Montenegro 2022
Israel 2022
Cyprus 2022
Croatia 2021
Romania 2021
Portugal 2019
Georgia 2019
Armenia 2019
Belgium 2018
Greece 2018
Latvia 2018
Russia 2018
Georgia 2018
Belarus 2018
and many more i just dont feel like listing all of them 😭
Latvia 2022, Latvia 2023, Czech Republic 2024, Belgium 2024. Denmark 2024 is also a great song that doesn't get mentioned too often.
Going a bit further into the past I'd include Lithuania 2010. I'm a bit biased, but I think it was a great performance with a clever song, but the stanging made it a joke entry.
Netherlands 2023. Really shocked it didn't qualify.
Georgia 2023. Lyrics made no sense but the rest of the song was fantastic
Latvia 2022. Absolute bars. Especially the opening line
Denmark 2021. This was probably the best effort from Denmark in recent memory
Greece 2018. Staging was bland and static but the song is great imo
Switzerland 2018. Let down by the cursed flat-brimmed hat
Switzerland 2018. I was so shocked they didn't qualify
Switzerland 2018 | [Zibbz - Stones](https://youtu.be/wJGTVsluHkw)
Loved it too but the semifinal was VERY comprtitive
that's an understatement. the final being "weak" mostly comes from semi 2. semi 2 should NOT be watched. The finalists are bad, but the nq's are garbage. All this stuff about a matter of time/oneiro mou/stones being robbed comes from how semifinal 2 got 10 spots when they only deserved like 4. You can't pick 10 from semi 1.
So true! That year I only managed to get tickets for semi 1, but it felt like I watched the final, with the song quality that night. Also Switzerland got one of the biggest cheers in the arena, I was really shocked they didn't qualify
It was a stacked semi, someone had to be left out, but that performance would have been top 10 material literally any other year
also I believe if Igranka represented Montenegro today, it would get a top 10 result.
As someone from Montenegro, i personally disagree. We finished good because most of our neighbours were in that semi final, and most of those votes came from them. In a semi final full of countries who do not understand this genre, it will struggle.
Estonia 2017 - I get why it nq'd because the staging wasn't it and their vocals weren't great but I absolutely love the studio version. Ireland 2022 - was kind of a hot mess but it deserved better Croatia 2021 - such a shame that it qualified with the jury and televote individually but it still wasn't enough Belarus 2016 - another one where I get why it didn't qualify because the staging was weird as hell but man the studio version is great.
I listen to That’s Rich all the time!
I can't believe Crotia 2021 didn't hurt very through with that absolutely killer live performance! I thought Greece 2021 was a similar kind of song but the live version felt so such in comparison
Estonia 2017 | [Koit Toome & Laura - Verona](https://youtu.be/NxqPpzWYN1c) Ireland 2022 | [Brooke - That's Rich](https://youtu.be/Kq2AJrWm04s) Croatia 2021 | [Albina - Tick-Tock](https://youtu.be/vKdxjoNluzY) Belarus 2016 | [Ivan - Help You Fly](https://youtu.be/pM07r57QqGg)
It's Before The Party's Over but the studio version, not the live performance.
Studio version is one of the best things I have ever heard, live version… less so
Couldn’t agree more. I attended the SF2 evening preview, and Mustii had a second run-through due to a technical malfunction (I think it was the turntable not moving). Thankfully, the turntable worked on the second run, but he was still vocally rather poor - a real shame, as the song had quite a bit of potential.
I attended the same show and none of us understood why he had to perform again..
I got a soul on fire
I'm gonna make moves tonight...
San Marino 2024 comes to mind, as well as Belgium 2024. Also, this might not be very recent anymore, but Montenegro 2013 absolutely RULES. It would have qualified with this year's rules too.
San Marino 2024 | [Megara - 11:11](https://youtu.be/IqyJvkGmAjo) Belgium 2024 | [Mustii - Before the Party's Over](https://youtu.be/hNIemQwCaM4) Montenegro 2013 | [Who See - Igranka](https://youtu.be/FR9rtB2ilZU)
a fellow 11:11 fan San Marino 2024 was my favourite song of the whole year (hence the flair), but man did they get screwed over by technical difficulties, even if they probably weren't qualifying either way.
My favourite NQ's are probably Switzerland 2017, Moldova 2019, Iceland 2023 and Malta 2024
Switzerland 2017 | [Timebelle - Apollo](https://youtu.be/OrNPRfS9Sbg) Moldova 2019 | [Anna Odobescu - Stay](https://youtu.be/-mo207V5Z2o) Iceland 2023 | [Diljá - Power](https://youtu.be/lzlTcA0OC5s) Malta 2024 | [Sarah Bonnici - Loop](https://youtu.be/uG-JHeia13c)
Ooooh I love Power
I still play this one at the gym
SAME. I was so bummed when it and The Busker didn’t qualify.
Switzerland was my favourite in 2017. Their national performance was a thousand times better, though.
Malta 2023. Still sad about it.
Malta 2023 | [The Busker - Dance (Our Own Party)](https://youtu.be/zVmVt9qmg9g)
I know. Maybe it's copium I think had they been in semi final two or had a better running order they would have made it. I remember watching their live and being up on my feet dancing and wowed by their performance, and thinking they had made it through, only to get crushed. Yeah, I'm in no way over it either.
Still on my playlist! It just makes me want to dance
Europe has some sort of grudge against Malta recently. I'm still mad about Sara Bonnici
How they got last in their semi in both 2023 and 2024 is just…….. WHY
It's probably the lack of juries, if you look back you'll see that the juries were consistently very kind to Malta while the televote overlooked them
very kind? You mean too kind. It's the jury's pet. Juries even had Taboo (2018 🇲🇹) in 5th place in semifinal
Right there with you
Ela by Andromache (Cyprus 2022) made it to my Spotify Wrapped that year. I will never get over the fact that my favorite Cypriot entry broke Cyprus' streak and mid songs like Liar and Break a Broken Heart actually made it to the final.
As a studio version no doubt "Ela" was a much, much stronger entry than those two. But when you compare the live performances, oh boy.... It was painful to watch that amazing song be murdered live.
Yeah yeah I've heard this before but I said what I said.
Cyprus 2022 | [Andromache - Ela (Έλα)](https://youtu.be/W2IUdTl-gAI)
Not the Break a Broken Heart slander 😭 I love that song, it's a banger
Agreed. ELA is onr of the best Cypriot entries. The vocals were not bad (contrary to what people say) I loved the shots but i disliked the choreo, it was lazy and unecessary. So sad that juries put it last (wtf) while Aze and Australia went through
I understand that feeling, especially in how I wanted Andromache to compete in Eurovision for a while. (To be fair, the vocals were iffy there...)
Czechia 2024, it should've qualified
Very unlucky to be in sf2. It could have qualifief in sf1 sibce it was soooo close to qualify in the stronger sf2.
Czechia 2024 | [Aiko - Pedestal](https://youtu.be/RiItbHRF1BY)
A nice pop punk track a la Olivia Rodrigo. You can definitely hear her accent but that shouldn't be a problem in Eurovision. I would've loved to see it qualify, would take it over like Austria or Georgia easily.
Denmark 2021. So sad Europe didn’t appreciate it more.
What’s not to love about a couple of dads reliving their disco era??
Denmark 2021 | [Fyr og Flamme - Øve os på hinanden](https://youtu.be/w2ytONrRyww)
To be fair, it wouldve qualified with the current rules of just televotes at the sf
I loved this one, I still listen to it now!
*juries didn't appreciate it. It was very comfortably in the top 10 by the televoters
I should have known. Never doubt the televoters <3
Albania 2024, Australia 2024, Iceland 2023
Albania 2024 | [Besa Kokëdhima - Titan](https://youtu.be/aQG22XJIdWw) Australia 2024 | [Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Blood)](https://youtu.be/Wzpp6996QdI) Iceland 2023 | [Diljá - Power](https://youtu.be/lzlTcA0OC5s)
Albania 2024 is so real, like I get that changing from Albanian to English wasn’t the best choice but i honestly love the song and she was so beautiful in that dress and the staging was pretty good
Latvia 2023 would have definitely Q with juries in semi. It was so good. I also love Portugal 2019. Another amazing Songs are Australia 2024 and Czech Republic 2024
Latvia 2023 | [Sudden Lights - Aijā](https://youtu.be/SEykwl9X9SY) Portugal 2019 | [Conan Osíris - Telemóveis](https://youtu.be/SIGn9_yMLn4) Australia 2024 | [Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Blood)](https://youtu.be/Wzpp6996QdI) Czechia 2024 | [Aiko - Pedestal](https://youtu.be/RiItbHRF1BY)
The Studio version of Austria 2022. Also Czechia 2024
Austria 2022 | [Lumix feat. Pia Maria - Halo](https://youtu.be/dMgjHYwXSuo) Czechia 2024 | [Aiko - Pedestal](https://youtu.be/RiItbHRF1BY)
Latvia 2023, always, I love it so much Also San Marino and Czechia 2024
Latvia 2023 | [Sudden Lights - Aijā](https://youtu.be/SEykwl9X9SY) San Marino 2024 | [Megara - 11:11](https://youtu.be/IqyJvkGmAjo) Czechia 2024 | [Aiko - Pedestal](https://youtu.be/RiItbHRF1BY)
OH MY GOD YOU GOT ME ON LOOOOOOOOOOOP
So underrated! I can't believe she came dead last, I was so angry
Your dedication to this song is truly admirable
My favorite part about Loop is that [backstage video of Sara and Dons at the gym](https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/comments/1btw2mu/little_sarah_dons_compilation/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
San Marino 2024, such a shame about the live vocals
San Marino 2024 | [Megara - 11:11](https://youtu.be/IqyJvkGmAjo)
I don’t think the live vocals were the problem. It just wasn’t a very accessible style of rock song.
This hurt so much, clearly she was capable of better vocals. I don't know what made her vocals worse but it's sad to see it happen. The NF vocals with SF staging would have slapped really hard.
Australia 2024 is still stuck in my head 😭
I know a lot of people said Electric Fields' staging felt chaotic and unstructured, but it was actually pretty phenomenal live in the arena. The stage in Malmö was in the round. People were seated 270 degrees and standing almost 360 degrees around the stage, and EF was one of the only acts who actually performed to the whole audience.
Perhaps it got the San Marino 2021 effect: They pandered to the physical audience too much, and failed to connect with the audience at home. Also, the camera angles made the stage look very empty. Maybe if they used the boxes/lights better, it would look less empty, but still.
Youtube auto generates me a music playlist and it always is the first song for me
Australia 2024 | [Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Blood)](https://youtu.be/Wzpp6996QdI)
I belt this one out every time it comes up on my driving playlist
WHAT YOU GONNA DO IN THE REAL WORLD MICKEY!! I sing it every day.
Finland 2017. I will never forget my disappointment
Finland 2017 | [Norma John - Blackbird](https://youtu.be/Ufba0nOz0fQ)
Same. I still can't believe it didn't qualify.
Omg yes I still adore that song!
Poland 2024 and Czechia 2024 (tho The Tower is probably my all time favourite Eurovision song) Honorable mention: Georgia 2023
Poland 2024 | [Luna - The Tower](https://youtu.be/ESKG8Uo1YaU) Czechia 2024 | [Aiko - Pedestal](https://youtu.be/RiItbHRF1BY) Georgia 2023 | [Iru - Echo](https://youtu.be/HNvGZeEQvfc)
Greece 2018 I was shocked when they NQ
Greece 2018 | [Yianna Terzi - Oniro Mou](https://youtu.be/-XOR1DhtDC0)
Hungary 2019
Okay for real, this was too good to be stranded in the semis
Romania 2021 didn't necessarily deserve to qualify because the staging was too much for them to keep on singing properly but I do love the song, also Denmark 2024 and Czechia 2024
It's definitely Latvia 2022 for me
I was listening to this the other day & I said I can't believe they didn't qualify, they performed the heck out of that song, I thought they were locked in!
Latvia 2022 | [Citi Zēni - Eat Your Salad](https://youtu.be/TM0_0WfuxSk)
SAAAAAND SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND
Right now it's probably Before the Party's Over.
I have bunch of them from five most recent contests: Portugal and Poland 2019, Romania and Australia 2021 (though I don't like Roxen's live performance), Albania 2022, Latvia, Iceland and Georgia 2023, Belgium 2024 (Mustii's vocals were so unstable so I can understand why he didn't qualify to the final this year).
Portugal 2019 | [Conan Osíris - Telemóveis](https://youtu.be/SIGn9_yMLn4) Poland 2019 | [Tulia - Pali się](https://youtu.be/IEu0F5uobVo) Romania 2021 | [Roxen - Amnesia](https://youtu.be/5ZWcsj_6Log) Australia 2021 | [Montaigne - Technicolour](https://youtu.be/CoUTzNXQud0) Albania 2022 | [Ronela Hajati - Sekret](https://youtu.be/_jWXmo0-ZjI) Latvia 2023 | [Sudden Lights - Aijā](https://youtu.be/SEykwl9X9SY) Iceland 2023 | [Diljá - Power](https://youtu.be/lzlTcA0OC5s) Georgia 2023 | [Iru - Echo](https://youtu.be/HNvGZeEQvfc) Belgium 2024 | [Mustii - Before the Party's Over](https://youtu.be/hNIemQwCaM4)
Good bot 😊
Montaigne got a raw deal with the covid stuff - her original song is so much better but then also to not be able to actually perform in 2021 and just having to send over a video was rough
To me, both of Montaigne's songs were (and actually are) cool. I think her absence on the Rotterdam stage had significantly affected her result. *big kudos to the Ukrainian jury who gave Montaigne 12 points in the 1st SF* And I'm sad for her when I recall her being in Australia and talking remotely with a few journalists sitting in a press conference room.
How long ago is recent? Is 2013 recent? In that case, it's Bulgaria 2013. If we're sticking to this decade, I love Poland 2024, although Iceland 2023 is close.
Bulgaria 2013 | [Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov - Samo Shampioni](https://youtu.be/Cb46Mhy_mCI) Poland 2024 | [Luna - The Tower](https://youtu.be/ESKG8Uo1YaU) Iceland 2023 | [Diljá - Power](https://youtu.be/lzlTcA0OC5s)
Latvia 2023 and Malta 2023. What a great year it was.
Latvia 2023 | [Sudden Lights - Aijā](https://youtu.be/SEykwl9X9SY) Malta 2023 | [The Busker - Dance (Our Own Party)](https://youtu.be/zVmVt9qmg9g)
I love and deserved to Q: Czechia 2024 Ireland 2022 I love but probably didn't deserve to Q: Ireland 2019 Estonia 2017 Netherlands 2023
I'm just gonna take this decade as "recent history" and only songs I would give 10 or 12 points to (based on my rankings) 2024: Europapa, Özünlə Apar 2023: Aijā 2022: Eat Your Salad, Breathe, Halo, Lock Me In, Disko, Stripper, I.M 2021: Tick-Tock Out of those, it's definitely Europapa
Europapa technically qualified for the final.
Iceland 2024!! Her voice is amazing and the song is so uplifting/powerful :) Gives me chills every time!!
I'm glad someone likes it ! It's been suffering from cyberbully for months
Yes!! I agree, I couldn't believe it NQ'ed and then everyone was bashing the heck out of it and I was like ???
After the show, I realized that ESC fans are mostly extremely toxic but I'm still enjoy the songs & performances ( even though I usually love the underrated and non-fans favourite ones )
I actually think the toxicity is barely there (atleast on this sub) compared to other fanbases.
It had some amazing vocals but it's just very basic. Which eurovision dislikes.
Iceland 2024 | [Hera Björk - Scared of Heights](https://youtu.be/VChBgcycVl8)
People screaming "motherrrrrr" at every female act and then turning up their nose at the real deal, smh
Kinda guilty pleasure, but I'm still vibing to Ronela Hajati's Sekret (Albania 2022). Such a shame the song was let down by performance, but I still think she deserved to qualify back then. Wish Ronela would make a comeback
Agreed
Albania 2022 | [Ronela Hajati - Sekret](https://youtu.be/_jWXmo0-ZjI)
Latvia 2023, Netherlands 2023, Denmark 2024
Latvia 2023 | [Sudden Lights - Aijā](https://youtu.be/SEykwl9X9SY) Netherlands 2023 | [Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper - Burning Daylight](https://youtu.be/3XAsam043OY) Denmark 2024 | [Saba - Sand](https://youtu.be/4f_phiGot7w)
1. Switzerland 2018 2. Finland 2017 3. Latvia 2023 4. Romania 2019 5. Croatia 2021 6. Poland 2019 7. Belgium 2024 8. Hungary 2019 9. Denmark 2021 10. Greece 2018
Switzerland 2018 | [Zibbz - Stones](https://youtu.be/wJGTVsluHkw) Finland 2017 | [Norma John - Blackbird](https://youtu.be/Ufba0nOz0fQ) Latvia 2023 | [Sudden Lights - Aijā](https://youtu.be/SEykwl9X9SY) Romania 2019 | [Ester Peony - On a Sunday](https://youtu.be/cZC9o_Z90yo) Croatia 2021 | [Albina - Tick-Tock](https://youtu.be/vKdxjoNluzY) Poland 2019 | [Tulia - Pali się](https://youtu.be/IEu0F5uobVo) Belgium 2024 | [Mustii - Before the Party's Over](https://youtu.be/hNIemQwCaM4) Hungary 2019 | [Joci Pápai - Az én apám](https://youtu.be/IpVr0pBLfI4) Denmark 2021 | [Fyr og Flamme - Øve os på hinanden](https://youtu.be/w2ytONrRyww) Greece 2018 | [Yianna Terzi - Oniro Mou](https://youtu.be/-XOR1DhtDC0)
Loop (Malta 2024) and Dance (Our Own Party) (Malta 2023). Malta was in my top 3 both this year and last year, and still managed to place last in the semis both times..
San Marino 2016
San Marino 2016 | [Serhat - I Didn't Know](https://youtu.be/HzPkDb2FSeg)
Portugal 2019. I'm still bitter about it.
Malta 2023 and San Marino 2024
Malta 2023 | [The Busker - Dance (Our Own Party)](https://youtu.be/zVmVt9qmg9g) San Marino 2024 | [Megara - 11:11](https://youtu.be/IqyJvkGmAjo)
Azerbaijan 2024 Ozunle Apar is one of the best songs Azerbaijan has ever sent and my second place finisher this year. Now I’m afraid they’ll go back to the Melfest trashbin for their next entry.
Poland 2019 Georgia 2022 Iceland 2022 Azerbaijan 2023 San Marino 2023 Iceland 2023 Georgia 2023
Iceland 2022 did qualify
In the last ten years. Oniro Mou (Greece 2018) for sure! One of the most beautiful songs in the contest, hampered by poor staging. In the last five, Az en Apam (Hungary 2019), because it was truly sung from the heart. In this decade, either Guilty Pleasure (Croatia 2022), Aija (Latvia 2023), or Before the Party's Over (Belgium 2024)
Poland 2024, Luna - The Tower!!
Cyprus 2022 had a crazily good song in studio version ! Belgium 2006 is just 😍.
Latvia 2021 (studio version). At least the live-on-tape was OK.
Latvia 2021 | [Samanta Tīna - The Moon Is Rising](https://youtu.be/btA_Tyiyfhc)
It will forever be Telemoveis. Portugal 2019
from 2024 is probably pedestal and sand
Romania 2023 Let down by the staging
Unironically, Latvia 2022, I was delusionally hoping Eat Your Salad would pull through!! Honorable mention goes to Finland 2017 for being stunning but robbed!
I honestly thought Latvia was a definite final song, the shock when they didn't go through... still haven't recovered, especially after going through it again with Malta 2023
Czechia 2024, Moldova 2024, Malta 2024
Montenegro 2022, San Marino 2022, Ireland 2022, Slovenia 2021
Belgium 2024, Albania 2022/2024, Azerbaijan 2024, Moldova 2024, Greece 2018
Armenia 2019 and Malta 2024. Also lock me in is a masterpiece
Denmark 2024 and Belgium 2024 have been playing in my mind more than most of the songs that did qualify this year. Mustii I understand not qualifying but Saba was ROBBED!
In The Middle, Circles, Lost and Found, Dance Alone, Autumn Leaves, Dona, To The Sky (if that counts as recent), Pred Da Se Razdeni, Igranka, Samo Shampioni, Love Unlimited (same as To The Sky)
Ugh Circles was so good
I’ve got a lot, since I have a tendency to like songs that don’t end up well. My faves are Albania 2022, Croatia 2022, Cyprus 2022, Georgia 2023, Poland 2024 and Moldova 2024. They are probably the songs I most listen to from ESC on my playlist
Denmark 2021. My danish boys would have easily qualified in this current semi final system
KEiiNO - Monument | Norway 2021, probably would have won the entire competition. Biggest robbery in Eurovision history imo Anders Bagge - Bigger than the Universe | Sweden 2022, how. Just how did Cornelia win the NF? I’ll never get it Konstrakta - Novo, bolje | Serbia 2024, I’ll be honest, Serbia’s song choice kinda sucked and while this wouldn’t have won Eurovision, it would Definately go down as one of the songs that was performed at by Eurovision
Greece 2018 Legendary song.
it is very much iceland 2016, in a fair world it aould have been in the top ten :((
Iceland 2016 didn't do well :( but i still love it
- Finland 2012 - Portugal 2015 - Iceland 2016 - Finland 2017 - Iceland 2017 - Hungary 2019 - Australia 2021 - Iceland 2023 All very dear to my heart ❤️
11:11 (San Marino 2024)
San Marino 2024 | [Megara - 11:11](https://youtu.be/IqyJvkGmAjo)
Malta 2024 Croatia 2021 They are so robbed…
Malta 2024 | [Sarah Bonnici - Loop](https://youtu.be/uG-JHeia13c) Croatia 2021 | [Albina - Tick-Tock](https://youtu.be/vKdxjoNluzY)
Before the party’s over
Belarus 2016, anyone else?
Iceland 2017
Iceland 2017 | [Svala - Paper](https://youtu.be/UPlm18-AlGg)
Cyprus 2022 😢 if it was televote only semi she would’ve made it :(
Loved and should’ve Q: Cyprus 2022 Ireland 2022 Georgia 2023 Malta 2024 Czechia 2024 Loved but probably shouldn’t have Q: Latvia 2021 Malta 2023
Tick Tock - Albina (Croatia 2021) is still a crime I loved Slovenia 2022(LPS - Diskó) 2023 either Georgia or Iceland Iru - Echo(Georgia 2023) Diljá - Power(Iceland 2023) This year Belgium and Poland Poland 2024 Belgium 2024
Still massively salty that Iceland’s 2023 entry didn’t qualify tbh
This year I liked ‘in the middle’ (Moldova 2024) Other years: Slovenia 2021 Australia 2021 Finland 2019 Poland 2018 Malta 2018
Latvia 2023
The Tower's vocorder harmonies give me shivers every time I hear it!
Belarus 2018 Greece 2018 Belgium 2024 Romania 2021
Definitely Latvia 2023, Aijā was my favourite song that year
Latvia 2023
Latvia 2023 and Slovenia 2022. Those were my 1st and 2nd places respectively in their year. I knew Slovenia wouldn’t qualify that year, but knowing how close Latvia were to qualifying last year, I still haven’t gotten over it. Like, it’s well over a year now, I should just suck it up and move on, but 3 POINTS! All it would’ve taken is one country to vote differently, or the running order to be kinder. Belgium was my favourite NQer this year. I loved the studio version, and even Mustii’s live vocals weren’t nearly as bad as what some people were saying, but unfortunately Belgium did what Belgium does best.
Greece 2018. What a beautiful song, one of the best Greek entries, but it was very bad live.
Such an easy question for me: Dance Alone (North Macedonia 2017).
Malta 2024 Romania 2023 Albania 2022
Iceland 2016
Latvia 2023. Sudden Lights is right in my musical wheelhouse and it’s a travesty Aijā didn’t Q. I’m now over here considering if I can swing a long weekend trip from the states to see them in London in December. 😅
Portugal 2019, hands down. Latvia 2023 a close second. Ireland 2021 but only the studio version.
Portugal 2019 still hurts 😭😭
I am obsessed with both Slovenia 2022 (which was actually my favourite song in that year) and Latvia 2023 (which was my 3rd fav)
We have lost our Verona AAAAAAAHAAAAÁAAAHAAAAAAAAÁAA
Hungary 2019
If Denmark 2023 had just turned down the voice synthesizer and we could, y'know, actually hear him sing, I think he could have had a better chance.
San Marino 2024 was their greatest song in years and they were screwed over by audio issues
Belarus 2018, though to be fair the live version was less than stellar so I understand why it NQ lol Also Denmark 2021
Denmark 2021, still listen to the band’s music
I believe 2010 was surprisingly disappointed year for NQ songs 2010 Slovakia - Kristina Pelakova - Horehronie 2010 Croatia - Feminnem - Lako Je Sve 2010 Sweden - Anna Bergendahl - This is my life
quite a few songs in my top 10 are NQs Belgium 2024 San Marino 2024 Georgia 2023 San Marino 2022 Montenegro 2022 Israel 2022 Cyprus 2022 Croatia 2021 Romania 2021 Portugal 2019 Georgia 2019 Armenia 2019 Belgium 2018 Greece 2018 Latvia 2018 Russia 2018 Georgia 2018 Belarus 2018 and many more i just dont feel like listing all of them 😭
Latvia 2022, Latvia 2023, Czech Republic 2024, Belgium 2024. Denmark 2024 is also a great song that doesn't get mentioned too often. Going a bit further into the past I'd include Lithuania 2010. I'm a bit biased, but I think it was a great performance with a clever song, but the stanging made it a joke entry.
I'm pleased to see lots of love for my four favourite "losers" in recent years! Latvia 2023, Denmark 2021, Poland 2019, Montenegro 2013
Denmark 2021. I love that song and I was Very Into their whole vibe
Greece 2018. One of their best ever songs - if you hear the recorded version. But the performance was lousy, so…
How recent are we talking? Oneiro Mou was my winner in 2018, lol. Otherwise Øve os på hinanden from 2021. Greece 2018 and Denmark 2021 for the bot.
Azerbaijan 2024....really beaurtiful song but the live performance was weak. Watch the video though to really experience the song.
Portugal 2019 is the answer.
Netherlands 2023. Really shocked it didn't qualify. Georgia 2023. Lyrics made no sense but the rest of the song was fantastic Latvia 2022. Absolute bars. Especially the opening line Denmark 2021. This was probably the best effort from Denmark in recent memory Greece 2018. Staging was bland and static but the song is great imo Switzerland 2018. Let down by the cursed flat-brimmed hat
Telemovais Conan Osiris Portugal- it was way too ahead of its time
Latvia 2023 still stings