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Best of the Bunch: Norway

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…

Best of the Bunch: Armenia

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…

Best of the Bunch: FYR Macedonia

This week, we’ll be looking at the last 10 years of FYR Macedonia in Eurovision – from 2006 to 2015. Their first appearance at Eurovision was in 1998, however had previously made an effort to enter the contest two years before this, however failed to qualify from the pre-selection round. Let’s look back on 2006,…

Junior Eurovision Top 5 (Part 2: 2010 – 2015)

With Junior Eurovision 2016 approaching, we’ve decided to take a look back into the history of the contest to decide on some of our very favourites. Our last Top 5 (which you can find here) looked at our favourites between 2003 and 2009, and now it’s time to look at our favourites between 2010 and…

Best of the Bunch: Israel

Israel first debuted in 1973, and has appeared in Eurovision 39 times. Since debuting, the nation has won an impressive 3 times, with two consecutive wins in 1978 and 1979, and then again in 1998. Today, we’re going to look at the performances between 2006 and 2015 to decide which is the best of the…

Best of the Bunch: Ireland

This week we’re going to look at a country that dominated the contest throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s, a country that has been the most successful at Eurovision – surely you know it, it’s Ireland! Although they have won the most out of any country, we’re only taking the last 10 years, which wasn’t Ireland’s…

Best of the Bunch: Belarus

This week, we’re looking at the last 10 years of Belarus in Eurovision. The nation debuted in 2004, and interestingly, have never sung in their native language, always English. The first three years of participation, Belarus struggled to get close to the top 10 of the semi-finals, meaning that they didn’t qualify until 2007. Before…

Best of the Bunch: Greece

This week we’re going back to revisit the last 10 Greek entries to decide which is the best of the bunch. Greece first debuted in 1974, and since then, had 1 winning entry, and 3 third places. The nation is known for the catchy songs, and often over-the-top staging, but if it brings good results,…

Best of the Bunch: Georgia

This week, we’re going to take a closer look at Georgia. For this series, we take the last 10 entries from the country, in this case, Georgia, however, since they only debuted back in 2007, and did not participate in 2009, we only have 8 entries! On the positive side, this means we can look…

Best of the Bunch: Albania

Albania debuted back in 2004, and since then, have qualified into the final six times. Today, we’re taking the Albanian songs from the last 10 years, and then you can decide which song, or songs, are your favourites! In 2006, Albania sent Luiz Ejlli to Eurovision with the song Zjarr e ftohtë. This was the…