Belarus have had a mixed history at the contest, however are still yet to crack into the Top 5 since their debut in 2004. They have come close with Dmitry Koldun back in 2007, although no act since then has really captured Europe’s imagination and more importantly Europe’s votes. This year a national selection was…
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It’s always an interesting dynamic when a song very early gets labelled a favourite. You get the hard-core fandom rooting for the song, adamantly claiming it’s a definite winner. Then you get the sceptics who claim it’s all just a phase. Italy this year has fallen into that trap, being labelled as a winner quite…
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There’s a lot of pressure as a host nation. For many nations, you’d want to be selecting a song and artist capable of giving the host nation at least a Top 10 position, but not so good that it will win for that nation two years in a row. In more recent Eurovision history, it…
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Estonia is a mixed bag when it comes to Eurovision, with some great results, and some not so great results. Since 2009, they’ve been in the final all but three times, which is not bad at all, and some of those qualifying songs cracked the Top 10 in the final. This year, two former Eurovision…
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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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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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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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