In my opinion, Euphoria wasn't that one-of-a-kind. I mean it had a solid melody, it was catchy. But I tend to think that Loreen's voice (along with the staging) made it special somehow. Arrangement-wise, it's pretty "Melodifestivalen standard". On the contrary, the original version of "My Heart Is Refusing Me" sound fresher and more inspired to me. So no wonder (for me) that we didn't have fantastic pop acts the year after.
I agree that the most obvious influenced entry was Glorious. Tbh I think Loreen's win led to a surge of uptempo electronic/pop songs (even if most of them actually weren't that modern) like Slovenia, Ireland, Norway, Latvia, and - dare I say - to a lesser extent Belgium, Romania, Montenegro. I don't mean all those entries were inspired by Euphoria, just saying the music style of the last winning entry sort of "attracts" new artists that may have a similar music genre.
Same with "Rise Like A Phoenix" and the sea of ballads it generated, "Fairytale" also had an overall impact on 2010.
As for runners-up, that was particularly right last year indeed.
Regarding France sore loser habits, you shouldn't worry too much because they'll complain as usual (even if a decent final position may tone their reaction down), that we had one of the best packages, Russia at the top, bloc voting, blah blah Then time will come when Nathalie says "I've learned so much from that edition, I know what I have to do next year"
And here we go again. I guess they'll never change their post-contest attitude unless we win.
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But two countries decided to spoil my party by giving points to this.