20. Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra
Iceland 2019
10th Place
2019: 3/5
Iceland: 1/2
lol yes Hatarilegends! This is my fav Iceland entry this decade, in the 2000s I adored Iceland but in this decade idk there was this, Greta and SVALA lol and that's about it for my appreciation of Iceland. Obviously this is so ~above~ Eurovision or whatever but idfc. There was being who only watched for Hatari, Hatari became a PHENOMENON and I was like okay mehh I had it like 11th. But they absolutely killed it. Matthias is hot which helps and just in the pre-show press and interviews and shit they grew on me so much I began to like the song. And the song is GOOD like forreal both of them can sing but most the reason it's this high is because of the crazy staging. I don't care much about this genre but they just sold it completely, glad it got top 10 since I wasn't sure.
They key change SLAYS!
19. Mariya Yaremchuk - Tick-Tock
Ukraine 2014
6th Place
2014: 2/5
Ukraine: 3/4
Oooooh....*whistling* *CLAP CLAP* I love trashy Ukraine divas, we had 2007-2009 aka their golden era and this was giving me the hole in my heart that was MISSING or whatever. My heart is like a clock. The giant hamster wheel ugh this entire entry just excites me and is soo fun from start to finish, it might not be the most high quality song or artistic or whatever but we love schlager! And I remember before the revamp this song was like, so trainwrecky and awful.
WE BELONG TO EACHODDER LIKE A SISTER TO A BRUDDER.
Maybe I like the original version idk? Tricky tricky tick trock tock or whatever. And Mariya is sooo pretty which boosts it.
18. Iveta Mukuchyan - LoveWave
Armenia 2016
7th Place
2016: 4/10
Armenia: 1/1
ART. Pure performance art, amazing, showstopping, never been done before etc. That build up gives me chills from the start. The starpower Iveta brought to the stage was so great even if I don't like the song itself much, it's all about the performance and staging for me. This was the first staging ever I was like OMG Eurovision is modern and cool now. Hey...it's me....*shudder* and the camera angles YAS! I think this is in a lot of people's top 10s this decade but it misses out on mine because Iveta > LoveWave
Oooouuuh..also they kinda went for something similar with Artsvik the next year who is my 2nd fav Armenian this decade but ugh she was robbed and might have just seemed amazing in dire 2017 SF1. This is about Iveta though not Artsvik but I think they need to bring her back to have the NQ streak end!
17. Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening (JENY B) - Who We Are
San Marino 2018
41st Place
(17th in SF2)
2018: 3/5
San Marino: 3/4
omg these absolute legends kinda singlehandedly invested me in 2018. Like I was so busy with exams that year but these constellations came into my life through the insanity of 1 in 360. The section for 1in360 has like 400 words on Wikipedia which shows how crazy it was. The paypal voting
ZOE being the evil ringleader behind it all and being both jury member and songwriter. :') The fact everyone from around the world came together to represent San Marino and ended up with a Maltese and German woman performing in an abandoned warehouse in SLOVAKIA to represent San Marino
Never change! And after all of that...we got this. This Maltese 10x reject and this HIP young rapper. Insanity.
As for the song, well, it's Heroes duh? But if it was about people dissing you on Twitter and not getting bitter or giving up and being a quitter. REV IT UP AND BE A STAR! Give it to 'em Jess. omg the song was sooo awful I had to stan like omg even listening now I can't help but LAUGH at everything that came together to give us this Bottom 2 in the semi song.
THEN my absolute fav part of the San Marino 2018 experience was not even a WEEK after the contest they unfollowed eachother on Instagram and deleted photos of eachother and hate eachother now. Like hwo fucking amazing. WE LOVE YOU SAN MARINO!