Hi! As ESC gets excitingly closer, I thought I'd try to actually finish a list like this and post my rankings by semi final for this year. I know I made a blog before with my top 43 but as anyone who knows me will know my music taste is an actual mess and changes on an hourly basis. Things have changed.
So let's keep going, first of all the 19th places! Obviously as there are only 18 countries in semi final 2 I can only do this for semi 1 but let's go on <3
Not my last because something else is somehow more diabolical than this, but this is still pretty terrible. Weak vocals, weak English, weak everything, I don't really see any appeal in this and if the staging is as cringy as it looks I could well see it coming last.
AQ
11. Italy
15. Portugal
18. United Kingdom
25. Germany
30. Spain
31. France
Hi! As ESC gets excitingly closer, I thought I'd try to actually finish a list like this and post my rankings by semi final for this year. I know I made a blog before with my top 43 but as anyone who knows me will know my music taste is an actual mess and changes on an hourly basis. Things have changed.
Obviously, doing it by semi-final makes it a bit awkward for the big six, so I'll rank these quickly here now. For the sake of this blog, as there are six songs, I won't link the videos this time although obviously can post them in the comments if anyone really wants them.
6TH PLACE - FRANCE
Song: Madame Monsieur - "Mercy"
Overall Rank: 31/43
This is okay I guess? I like the message behind it, and everything is fairly nice, but there's just something about it that doesn't click with me at all. Not really sure what it is but it's there and it's stopping me from liking this as much as I probably should. That said, I wouldn't be all that mad if it won (and I think it might)!
5TH PLACE - SPAIN
Song: Alfred & Amaia - "Tu canción"
Overall Rank: 30/43
Just beating France to avoid the last place, Spain is another song that's okay. Alfred needs to do something about his facial expressions because they're super off-putting, and the song is ~probably~ definitely too nauseatingly sweet for its own good, but it's a fairly nice song that'll have its fans. Benefits from being less hyped outside of Spain for me maybe.
4TH PLACE - Germany
Song: Michael Schulte - "You Let Me Walk Alone"
Overall Rank: 25/43
I used to like this a lot more than I do. Joins France and Spain in the "okay" club, I mean it's pretty cute but it's become a bit stale. Not really a lot else to say, can maybe see this surprising on the night though.
3RD PLACE - UNITED KINGDOM
Song: Surie - "Storm"
Overall Rank: 18/43
Not necessarily bias but the small amounts of exposure this has been given here have definitely helped this. Initially thought this was really, really bland and well, it's still really bland, but Surie is such an icon and the song is irritatingly catchy and generally fairly likeable. I can't see this doing much better than last but hey it gives us something to complain about it because it's ALL POLITICAL.
2ND PLACE - PORTUGAL
Song: Cláudia Pascoal - "O Jardim"
Overall Rank: 15/43
This has been a slow burner for me. I've always kind of liked it, and as far as I can remember it's always been around 11th-20th which is good for my standards because welp what an unstable mess. I really love the meaning and emotion behind this, it never really blows me away but it's such a nice listen.
1ST PLACE - ITALY
Song: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - "Non mi avete fatto niente"
Overall Rank: 11/43
Those vocals on any other sort of song would make me shudder every time but it really, really works with a song like this. I've said from the start that I think this could surprise, it's been a bit overlooked but it's great. I think the lack of exposure after the first rehearsals has stopped this from being in my top 10 as I literally bumped it out today lol, but it's still good!
AQ
11. Italy
15. Portugal
18. United Kingdom
25. Germany
30. Spain
31. France
AMAZING
01. Israel (Netta - Toy)
02. Estonia (Elina Nechayeva - La forza)
03. Hungary (AWS - Viszlát nyár)
04. Belgium (Sennek - A Matter of Time)
05. Cyprus (Eleni Foureira - Fuego)
06. Netherlands (Waylon - Outlaw in 'Em)
07. Albania (Eugent Bushpepa - Mall)
08. Switzerland (Zibbz - Stones)
09. Moldova (DoReDos - My Lucky Day)
10. Azerbaijan (Aisel - X My Heart)
REALLY GOOD
11. Ukraine (Melovin - Under the Ladder)
12. Bulgaria (EQUINOX - Bones)
13. Greece (Yianna Terzi - Oneiro mou)
14. Germany (Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone)
15. Italy (Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente)
16. Portugal (Cláudia Pascoal - O jardim)
GOOD
17. Austria (Cesár Sampson - Nobody but You)
18. Serbia (Sanja Ilić & Balkanika - Nova deca)
19. Australia (Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love)
20. Romania (Humans - Goodbye)
21. Ireland (Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together)
22. Lithuania (Ieva Zasimauskaitė - When We're Old)
23. Georgia (Iriao - For You)
24. Latvia (Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl)
25. Russia (Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break)
26. San Marino (Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are)
DECENT
27. United Kingdom (SuRie - Storm)
28. Spain (Alfred & Amaia - Tu canción)
29. Finland (Saara Aalto - Monsters)
AVERAGE
30. Croatia (Franka - Crazy)
31. Montenegro (Vanja Radovanović - Inje)
32. France (Madame Monsieur - Mercy)
33. Malta (Christabelle - Taboo)
Bit late, and only includes songs from contests I voted in (so TSC 283 onwards)
50. Chase & Status - Love Me More | Fritzyyyyy | TSC 286, 6th place
49. Kate Higgins - Jump Up, Super Star! | TolisKalkas | TSC 298, 7th place
48. London Grammar - Non Believer | Patrick319 | TSC 294, 8th place
47. Grace Carter - Silence | Insanity17 | TSC 299, 2nd place
46. Natasha Barnes - Supermodel | Catch_a_falling_star | TSC 291, 4th place
45. Tkay Maidza - Simulation | #Fritzyyyyy | TSC 284, 3rd place
44. Sabina Ddumba - I Cry | dragotistic | TSC 285, 1st place
43. Sada Vidoo - Iconic | rodrigueseve | TSC 293, 4th place
42. Lia Marie Johnson - DNA | andalarew_2231 | TSC 286, 8th place
41. Alice on the Roof - Easy Come Easy Go | krrais | TSC 285, 16th place
40. Jessi - Gucci | Insanity | TSC 294, 13th place
39. Anastacia - Caught In The Middle | #TolisKalkas | TSC 291, 2nd place
38. Coeur de Pirate - Crier tout bas | Temeky | TSC 285, 3rd place
37. Joseph J. Jones - Crawl | #Catch_a_falling_star | TSC 299, 6th place
36. NONONO - Masterpiece | #Patrick319 | TSC 291, 1st place
35. Andra Day - Stand Up For Something | adeleadele | TSC 289, 2nd place
34. Eleni Foureira - Pio Dinata | #Temeky | TSC 287, 11th place
33. Bouchra - Blanc ou Noir | #rodrigueseve | TSC 284, 9th place
32. Olya Polyakova - Nomer Odin | #Temeky | TSC 299, 5th place
31. Celtic Woman - Tir na nog | AlanDuncan | TSC 285, 5th place
30. Lizzo - Water Me | #Fritzyyyyy | TSC 287, 5th place
29. Di'Ja - Sowemo | #adeleadele | TSC 284, 4th place
28. Cam - Diane | #adeleadele | TSC 297, 3rd place
27. Lights - Savage | #Catch_a_falling_star | TSC 286, 2nd place
26. Dreamcatcher - Chase Me | #Insanity | TSC 283, 4th place
25. MØ - When I Was Young | ricktworick1 | TSC 299, 4th place
24. Edona Vatonci - Hala | MvrshmallowCat | TSC 299, 16th place
23. Bree Runway - What Do I Tell My Friends? | #Patrick319 | TSC 295, 4th place
22. Moment - All This Time | #Patrick319 | TSC 293, 8th place
21. Paloma Faith - Crybaby | #Fritzyyyyy | TSC 289, 3rd place
20. Fenech Soler - All I Know | LoveMeLoveMe | TSC 289, 11th place
19. Echosmith - Goodbye | #Patrick319 | TSC 283, 14th place
18. Nadine Coyle - Go To Work | #ricktworick1 | TSC 296, 3rd place
17. Kacy Hill - Arm's Length | #Insanity | TSC 296, 11th place
16. Dean Lewis - Waves | #Insanity17 | TSC 289, 5th place
15. Noonie Bao - Reminds Me | #Patrick319 | TSC 296, 1st place
14. Dotter - Evolution | #Patrick319 | TSC 285, 2nd place
13. ionnalee (Jonna Lee) - Samaritan | #Temeky | TSC 294, 1st place
12. Asa - SBG | #ricktworick1 | TSC 284, 6th place
11. Billie - Love Kills Slowly | #Catch_a_falling_star | TSC 295, 3rd place
10. Betsy - Lost & Found | #ricktworick1 | TSC 290, 1st place
9. The Hardkiss - Rain | #MvrshmallowCat | TSC 298, 1st place
8. Janice - Love You Like I Should | #Catch_a_falling_star | TSC 287, 1st place
7. Mona Haydar - Hijabi (Wrap My Hijab) | rollingderp | TSC 297, 11th place
6. Bonzai - I Feel Alright | Katey | TSC 286, 5th place
5. Bishop Briggs - Dream | #Fritzyyyyy | TSC 295, 1st place
4. Billie Eilish - Bellyache | #ricktworick1 | TSC 287, 6th place
3. Gabrielle Aplin - Miss You | #Temeky | TSC 297, 9th place
2. July Jones - Jump In The Water | #Catch_a_falling_star | TSC 289, 7th place
1. Gabrielle Aplin - Waking Up Slow | #Patrick319 | TSC 286, 1st place
