What's your mum's favourite?

[lavieenrose]

We finished today, and I drew up what would probably be her ranking with some quotes I could remember:
1. Denmark: (through laughter) “It sounds like something the Brady kids would sing – frickin’ brilliant!”
2. Finland: “These guys are awesome. Top 5.” – she’s a bigger punk fan than I am
3. Latvia: “This’ll come down to the live performance, but it’s definitely top 5.”
4. Georgia: “I like this. It’s catchy. No idea what ‘oximated’ means.”
5. Norway: “He has a really nice voice – this one’s a favorite.”
6. Hungary: "I like her voice a lot. I hope it doesn't get lost."
7. Estonia: “This one’s great. Very 80s.”
8. Slovenia
9. Iceland
10. Lithuania
11. Germany: “This sounds very un-German (she was born in and spent a year in Germany), but it’s great.”
12. Portugal: (after I told her that it’s been panned darn close to universally) “I don’t get that. It doesn’t light the world on fire, but it’s pretty good!”
13. Australia: "A nice entry. Very Australian (after the "do what you, what you, what you want" parts). It's a bit Michael Jackson derivative, though."
14. Albania
15. Netherlands: “Her voice sounds very youthful. It’s good.”
16. Serbia “The lyrics are trite, but it’s a good song otherwise.”
17. Belarus
18. Sweden: (after I told her about the staging) “Of course he gets chased by an army of gnomes. It’s Eurovision.”
19. Czech Republic
20. Belgium: “Well this one's…dramatic.”
21. Azerbaijan
22. Macedonia
23. Poland
24. Montenegro: “I can see how this composer is a Eurovision winner, but it’s just kind of eh for me.”
25. Spain
26. Armenia: “Shouty ending. Too complicated.”
27. Italy: "I think this one will win. People love a boyband."
28. Romania: "What a strange song. I don't get it."
29. Israel: "This definitely screams Israeli pop; I'm not a fan."
30. Moldova: "Wait - this is just fake Lady Gaga!"
31. France
32. Austria: “It’d be great if Austria won on home soil, but they won’t. He was not meant to sing in falsetto.”
33. Malta
34. Ireland (after about 30 seconds) “Okay, I’m bored already.”
35. Russia
36. United Kingdom
Didn’t show: Switzerland, Cyprus, Greece
She couldn’t stop laughing during San Marino, so I haven’t included that in the rankings because I don’t know how I could.

 

[aardvark]

My mom loves and .

 

[Schlagerman1]

18. Sweden: (after I told her about the staging) “Of course he gets chased by an army of gnomes. It’s Eurovision.”

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Best comment ever!

 

[lilka]

I have finally asked my mum to listen to the entries and she says her favourites are , and

 

[birthday]

My mom really loves Montenegro, Romania, Germany and Ireland from the 20 she's fully heard so far. My dad's favourite is Georgia, he listens to it all the time, especially when he's drunk, it's hilarious. My friends like Slovenia a lot.

 

[Cyberbliss]

My mom loves and but her favourite didn't make it through to the final and HERE IT IS!!!!

 

[carl1]

I showed the songs to my mom, who doesn´t care about eurovision..
She liked the most
She hated and with a passion.

 

[DutchESC]

My mom and sister like these the most;

 

[CPV4931]

I´ll have preview listening with my parents next week. Already curious what they´ll like, but I think it will be and

 

[Terence]

Eventually I got round to bringing up some kind of confession from my mum (sticking the CD in the car whilst driving her around etc)

- I figured out she'd like this
- Bouncy, fun, catchy and uptempo
- playing Semi 1 in running order 'finally, a good song!!'
- Wow, this is great.

My mum dislikes ballads in Eurovision, give or take an exception or two.

She thinks is catchy too.

 

[Anjeza]

- never thought my mum would like this kind of music, I thought she would say or maybe

 

[ParadiseES]

Mu mum just told me that we are going to win because Edurne looks so stunning, the most stunning woman we've ever sent, so she will stand out in the competition...

Poor mum
It's true that Edurne is the most gorgeous Spanish entrant ever and probably the hottest girl this year, but we will not win because of that

 

[Leydan]

Mu mum just told me that we are going to win because Edurne looks so stunning, the most stunning woman we've ever sent, so she will stand out in the competition...

Poor mum
It's true that Edurne is the most gorgeous Spanish entrant ever and probably the hottest girl this year, but we will not win because of that

I assume she will throw a fit and say it's all political when she doesn't win?

 

[ParadiseES]

I assume she will throw a fit and say it's all political when she doesn't win?

She will say it's all political and hypocrisy no matter the result

(She used to say it's crap and boring as well, until she watched it with me last year, when she had to admit it was a great and entertaining show).

 

[Leydan]

She will say it's all political and hypocrisy no matter the result

(She used to say it's crap and boring as well, until she watched it with me last year, when she had to admit it was a great and entertaining show).

Ah I see. My mum is exactly the same. When I first got my mum to listen to a snippet of half the songs (after a lot of asking) she refused to admit that she liked any. Even though she clearly did from her reaction to a couple.

 

[Mimoliin]

If mom was alive she would've loved Italy and Hungary, and perhaps Russia. She would also complain about all the "modern" songs, like Georgia, Sweden, Belgium...

 

[GRE]

If mom was alive she would've loved Italy and Hungary, and perhaps Russia. She would also complain about all the "modern" songs, like Georgia, Sweden, Belgium...

 

[Vittra]

My mum's favourite is .

 

[Dessi]

And my mum's favourite is
It was my mum who introduced me to ESC back in 1974 and she has listened to all the songs, every single year since the 50s. So I didn't have to do anything then just to ask her cause she had already listened to all the songs before the first semi.

 

[RainyWoods]

Mother dearest's favourite surprised me.

was her favourite. She thought he had a beautiful voice.

also impressed her, and she liked So yeah, I hate my mum right now..... only joking, I love her really but her taste kills me there.

She also loved though. She was cheering for Bojana during the voting, really wanting her to pass. I think she was also fond of and quite liked


Now for what she hated She thought were atrocious. She actually found them painful to listen to. She also didn't share my enthusiasm for but I must say Elhaida let me down tonight. I didn't think she was too great.

was very mixed for her. She found the performance unsettling but thought that he had a great rock voice.