Over the past decade, we’ve seen less and less songs in national language, so today we’re going to celebrate the greatness that is song in national language (i.e. not English, and not including Malta and UK). Today’s post includes our top 5 from the last 5 years, and although the sample space shrunk to be…
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Croatia has been a part of Eurovision since 1993, and participated a total of 22 times. Out of those 22, Croatia has been in the finals a total of 17 times, making them a fairly successful Eurovision nation. You may say, ‘but most of those years didn’t feature semi-finals?’ and that’s true, most of their…
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Sweden has come out on top in recent years, with fairly consistent results in the top 10. Since 2006, which is where we begin our journey today, Sweden has only missed the final once, and achieved six top 5 results, including two 3rd places and 2 winning songs. With so many great songs, it’s hard…
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Out of the 61 years of Eurovision, Spain has participated 56 times, and during those years, the nation has won the contest twice, and those two times were two years in a row, 1968 and 1969. In 1969, Spain was part of a four way tie for the win, therefore sharing first place with three…
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Azerbaijan is one of the fairly newer nations in Eurovision, after debuting back in 2008. Since their debut, they have been consistently one of the most successful nations, having always qualified to the final, and scoring a win since they began their Eurovision journey. Usually in this series, we would look back to 2006 until…
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Serbia debuted as an independent nation in 2007, and for the most part, has had a successful run, with a winning act on debut as Serbia, and the worst result being 11th in the semi-final. Not bad at all! Today, we’re going to be recapping the Serbian entries between 2007 and 2015 to decide which…
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Lithuania haven’t been the most successful of nations at Eurovision, but even though they haven’t yet scored a win, there are still a few gems from over the years. Today, we’re going to be looking at the Lithuanian entries between the years 2006 and 2015 to decide which song is the Best of the Bunch!…
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Norway debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest back in 1960, and since then, has won the contest three times, in 1985, 1995 and 2009. On the other end of the scale, Norway has also score no less than 11 last places, with 4 of those nul points. Today, we’re beginning our Norwegian Eurovision journey in…
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Ukraine in Eurovision seem to have two extremes: powerful, emotion evoking songs, and on the other end of the scale is the punchy, in your face pop anthems which are very much OTT. I could give you one guess as to where Gaitana’s 2012 Eurovision entry fits in that scale. Yep, you guessed right, this…
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This week, we’re looking at Armenia through the years 2006 to 2015 to decide which song is the Best of the Bunch! Armenia debuted in 2006, and have statistically been quite successful since then. Out of the 9 appearances since 2006, Armenia has appeared in 8 finals. 8 out of 9 ain’t bad! Now, let’s…
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