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roadrunner

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2008 :no: Maria Haukas - "Hold On Be Strong" or :rs: Jelena Tomašević - "Oro"

I also felt quite disappointed that Serbia didn't win (again) in 2008. That could've been great. :D
2009 Azerbaijan or Iceland
2010 Romania xheart
2011 Hungary (it really deserved more points)
 

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The countries I think they should have been the winners since 1995:


1995: Spain
1996: United Kingdom
1997: Turkey
1998: Israel
1999: Sweden
2000: Russia
2001: Greece
2002: Latvia
2003: Turkey
2004: Ukraine
2005: Greece
2006: Russia
2007: Ukraine or Russia (Serbia was a good winner too).
2008: Ukraine
2009: Iceland
2010: Germany
2011: Italy
 

FilipFromSweden

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Top 5 not winning songs:
Russia 2006 - Never Ever Let You Go
Denmark 2010 - In A Moment Like This
Azerbaijan 2010 - Drip Drop
Iceland 200 - Is It True?
Greece 2008 - My Secret Combination
 

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Well, let's start from the very beginning shall we? :lol:

So here are my preferred winners of each year (I obviously skip the years my favorites one, but as you'll notice, that's almost no year :lol:).

As you can see, Eurovision would have looked ALOT different if I'd have my say. Ireland would no longer be the country with most victories, instead we would have Israel with a total of 8 wins (including 2/3 of their actual wins)... practically whole 70's and bits of 80's ESC would have been spend on Israeli soil :lol:

Also Austria would have had a much better record under "my" control, coming in second with 4 wins together with Germany and Russia. Big countries Spain and France would have not been as lucky, as they would have no wins at all according to this. Also the two Baltic winners up till now (Estonia & Latvia) aswell as Azerbaijan would have not won either, on the other hand we'd get "unlucky" Central-European countries that has yet to win like Poland, Slovakia & Hungary with 1 win each, aswell as total 3 wins for independent Croatia.

1958: :se: Alice Babs - Lilla Stjärna
1959: :ch: Christa Williams - Irgendwoher
1960: :no: Nora Brockstedt - Voi Voi
1961: :yu: Ljiljana Petrović - Neke davne zvezde
1962: :it: Claudio Villa - Addio, addio
1963: :mc: Françoise Hardy - L'amour s'en va

1965: :at: Udo Jürgens - Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen
1966: :de: Margot Eskens - Die Zeiger der Uhr
1967: :lu: Vicky Leandros - L'amour est bleu
1968: :se: Claes-Göran Hederström - Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej
1969: :it: Iva Zanicchi - Due grosse lacrime bianche
1970: :uk: Mary Hopkin - Knock, Knock Who's There?
1971: :yu: Krunoslav Slabinac - Tvoj dječak je tužan
1972: :ie: Sandie Jones - Ceol an Ghrá
1973: :il: Ilanit - Ey Sham

1976: :il: Chocolat, Menta, Mastik - Emor Shalom
1977: :il: Ilanit - Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim

1981: :il: Hakol Over Habibi - Halayla

1983: :il: Ofra Haza - Hi
1984: :lu: Sophie Carle - 100% d'amour
1985: :at: Gary Lux - Kinder dieser Welt
1986: :yu: Doris Dragović - Željo moja
1987: :de: Wind - Laß die Sonne in dein Herz
1988: :se: Tommy Körberg - Stad i ljus
1989: :at: Thomas Forstner - Nur ein Lied
1990: :be: Philippe Lafontaine - Macédomienne
1991: :il: Duo Datz - Kan
1992: :at: Tony Wegas - Zusammen geh'n
1993: :de: Münchener Freiheit - Viel zu weit
1994: :pl: Edyta Górniak - To nie ja!
1995: :dk: Aud Wilken - Fra Mols til Skagen
1996: :uk: Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit
1997: :tr: Şebnem Paker & Grup Etnic - Dinle
1998: :hr: Danijela - Neka mi ne svane
1999: :hr: Doris Dragović - Marija Magdalena
2000: :ru: Alsou - Solo
2001: :gr: Antique - Die for You
2002: :hr: Vesna Pisarović - Everything I Want
2003: :ru: t.A.T.u. - Ne ver', ne boysia

2005: :hu: NOX - Forogj, világ!
2006: :no: Christine Guldbrandsen - Alvedansen
2007: :ru: Serebro - Song #1
2008: :rs: Jelena Tomašević - Oro
2009: :ru: Anastasiya Prikhodko - Mamo
2010: :sk: Kristina - Horehronie
2011: :ie: Jedward - Lipstick
 

LakZaNokte

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1986:
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Doris Dragović - Željo moja
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I love that song soo much...my fav Yu entry :D
 

Matterhorn

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For me my favorite non-winning songs (off the top of my head) are:

:be: 2003, :fr: 2002, :es: 1990, :se: 1996 and :no: 1966. :)

But if I'd have to pick only one then it would probably be :fr:2002.
 

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1997: :tr: Sebnem Paker - Dinle
2004: :tr: Athena - For Real
2004: :rs: Zeljko Joksimovic - Lane Moje
2004: :gr: Sakis Rouvas - Shake it
2006: :ba: Hari Mata Hari - Lejla
2007: :gr: Sarbel - Yassou Maria
2008: :am: Sirusho - Qele Qele
2009: :az: Aysel & Arash - Always
2010: :tr: Manga - We Could Be The Same
 

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1989 Austria xheart
1990 Austria xheart
1991 France
1993 United Kingdom xheart
1994 Hungary
1995 Spain xheart xheart xheart
1998 United Kingdom
1999 Austria xheart xheart
2000 Russia xheart
2001 Denmark
2002 Estonia xheartxheart
2004 Sweden xheart xheart xheart
2005 Israel xheart xheart xheart
2007 Greece xheart
2008 Azerbaijan xheart
2011 Ireland

The years from 1989 not mentioned had the best song as winners :)
 

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1995 :es: Anabel Conde - Vuelve Conmigo
1996 :uk: Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit
1997 :tr: Şebnem Paker and Grup Etnic - Dinle
1998 :hr: Danijela - Neka Mi Ne Svane
1999 :hr: Doris Dragovic - Marija Magdalena
2000 :ru: Alsou - Solo
2001 :gr: Antique - Die For You
2002 :mt: Ira Losco - Seventh Wonder
2003 :es: Beth - Dime
2004 :tr: Athena - For Real
2005 :hu: NOX - Forogj, Világ!
2006 :ro: Mihai Trăistariu - Tornero
2007 :ad: Anonymous - Salvem El Món
2008 :no: Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold on Be Strong
2009 :ee: Urban Symphony - Randajad
2010 :fr: Jessy Matador - Allez Ola Olé
2011 :de: Lena - Taken by a Stranger
 

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2011: Dino Merlin - "Love In Rewind" :ba:
2010: Ovi & Paula Seling - "Playing With Fire" :ro:
2009: Yohanna - "Is It True?" :is:
 

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I think it's sad that no one here seems to be able to remember anything before 2000.

I think the best non-winning entries of all-time were France in 1991, when they tied first place with Carola. Amina's C'est le dernier qui parlé was by far the best song.

Second, I'd say both Jan Johannson 1995 and Jill Johnson 1998 both should have won it for Sweden.

I think Nina's 1989 Nacida Para Amar, which only placed 6th is clearly 100 times better than Riva's Rock Me, which won.

 

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1995 :es: Anabel Conde - Vuelve Conmigo
1996 :uk: Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit
1997 :tr: Şebnem Paker and Grup Etnic - Dinle
1998 :hr: Danijela - Neka Mi Ne Svane
1999 :hr: Doris Dragovic - Marija Magdalena
2000 :ru: Alsou - Solo
2001 :gr: Antique - Die For You
2002 :mt: Ira Losco - Seventh Wonder
2003 :es: Beth - Dime
2004 :tr: Athena - For Real
2005 :hu: NOX - Forogj, Világ!
2006 :ro: Mihai Trăistariu - Tornero
2007 :ad: Anonymous - Salvem El Món
2008 :no: Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold on Be Strong
2009 :ee: Urban Symphony - Randajad
2010 :fr: Jessy Matador - Allez Ola Olé
2011 :de: Lena - Taken by a Stranger

As I seem to be the old grandad here, I'll take it back even further....

1995 :se: Jan Johansen - Sej Pa Mej

1994 :pl: Edyta Gorniak - To Nie Ja

1993 :uk: Sonia - Better The Devil You Know

1992 :it: Mia Martini - Rapsodia

1991 :fr: Amina - C'est le dernier...

1990 :es: Azúcar Moreno - Bandido

I'll go further, next post.
 

FilipFromSweden

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The best song that have EVER standed on a Eurovision stage, not winning (Euphoria will beat it later but yeah) is:

2006. Tornero - Romania :ro:, it is my absolute favorite of all time. It has a great coreography, a great singer, a fantastic sound, great dancers that actually tells a story and i just love it.

But the best Eurovision song ever is :se: Euphoria
 

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The best song that have EVER standed on a Eurovision stage, not winning (Euphoria will beat it later but yeah) is:

2006. Tornero - Romania :ro:, it is my absolute favorite of all time. It has a great coreography, a great singer, a fantastic sound, great dancers that actually tells a story and i just love it.

But the best Eurovision song ever is :se: Euphoria

Tornero? Good choice. Great song.

I think all the euphoria around Euphoria is a little premature. It doesn't really stand out for me but I think all you Swedes are doing a terrific job in hyping it up. You are to be commended, it shows real national(ist) passion and that's what the ESC is all about. Congrats.
 
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