Lithuania definitely has to win the award for the longest national final, with a process that lasted for about 3 months longer than it should have. Despite that, at the end, we managed to get a Eurovision song out of Lithuania, and they made the interesting decision to pick Fusedmarc with the song Rain of…
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Switzerland have two varieties of Eurovision acts. Sometimes, well most of the time (recently) they’ve picked shockers. Songs that just don’t make an impact on audiences, and as such don’t get the votes. The other variety is the surprise package, a la Sebalter, where the song is kinda out there, but gains this fan favourite…
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I have to say, I really didn’t think I’d see Valentina Monetta at Eurovision again, yet here she is, for the fourth time. In 2014, which was her third attempt at that time, she (and San Marino) qualified for the first time in Eurovision history, and we all thought that she would leave on a…
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Incredibly, in all 17 appearances at Eurovision, Romania has managed to qualify to every single final. Although they have yet to win the contest, this is still a seriously good statistic. Last year, Romania was set to continue their qualification streak, however not long before the contest, the EBU announced that the Romanian broadcaster would…
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FYR Macedonia certainly aren’t the luckiest Eurovision nation, and have yet to win, and incredibly they are yet to even hit the top 10. Their best result was back in 2006 with 12th place, so with that in mind, the nation needed a bit of a shake up to get in the Eurovision groove. This…
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Serbia as an independent nation set the bar high after winning on debut in 2007, and since then, has had fairly consistent results. Over the last few years, they’ve held either small scale national finals or internal selections, and it’s for the most part at least getting them into the final. This year they went…
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Arguably, one of Moldova’s most memorable Eurovision moments (amongst some of the most outrageous) would have to be Epic Sax Guy, who first made his appearance on international television screens in 2010 as part of Sunstroke Project. This year, we are lucky enough to be graced with the presence of the meme-worthy Epic Sax Guy…
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Iceland knows what’s up when it comes to Eurovision, with pretty consistent qualifications over the years. It wasn’t until 2015 where things started to get a bit rocky for the nation, with two years in a row failing to make the final, much to the surprise of Eurovision fans. This year, the usual national final…
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The Czech Republic are surely amongst some of the most unlucky nations at Eurovision, with majority of their participations (which to be fair, has been few) ending in being stuck in the semi-final, or worse, coming last in the semi-final. It wasn’t until last year that the nation actually managed to make the final, and…
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Poland have had their highs and lows in Eurovision, with the best result of 2nd place from their debut year of 1994. If they don’t reach the final, they’re usually not that far off, and since their return to the contest in 2014, they’ve managed to reach the final each year. This year, a national…
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