What are your favorites? Which ones should have won? Which ones won but didn't deserve to? Also... were there any finalists from individual countries which never made it to the contest, which you feel should have? By researching Eurovision entries, I ahve found SO MANY songs i've never heard before that I truly LOVE. My favorite of all of them is this one, and i'm totally hacked off that I can't seem to find it on CD in any form!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFjTUsYZ_uU

Eurovision Week is upon us! Tomorrow (May 22nd) is the first semi-final of this year's ESC. So let's take some trips down memory lane this week, and remember the good old days of Eurovision in the company of some songs we'll never forget.....

Netherlands 1966, Milly Scott - "Fernando en Philippo"

Italy 1975, Wess & Dori Ghezzi - "Era"

Finland 1983, Ami Aspelund - "Fantasiaa"

Israel 1991, Duo Datz - "Kan"

I thought we should have a green theme today....

Slovenia 1996, Regina - "Dan najlepsih sanj"

Ireland 1969, Muriel Day - "The wages of love"

Estonia 2000, Ines - "Once in a lifetime"

Netherlands 1972, Sandra & Andres - "Als het om de liefde gaat"

I HATE that 1972 Dutch entry like you wouldn't believe. His suit actually has ric-rac around the lapel? We used to make crafts out of that stuff in vacation bible school! LOL I think her dress is lovely, however. She's quite a good singer, with a decent song, she'd be really good. Edit.... I just looked, and yes, there is some much better stuff there of them. This is great, and her voice is quite impressive:

Edited May 23, 201213 yr by alphanguy74

Today's theme is geography. All songs featured today have the name of a place in its title.

Finland 1977, Monica Aspelund - "Lapponia"

Netherlands 1980, Maggie MacNeal - "Amsterdam"

Sweden 1963, Monica Zetterlund - "En gång i Stockholm"

France 1993, Patrick Fiori - "Mama Corsica"

Italy 1984, Alice & Franco Battiato - "I treni di Tozeur"

Today's theme is girl groups. No songs from the 50s and 60s today, because groups were not permitted to enter until the early 1970s.

Israel 1976, Chocolate Menta Mastik - "Emor Shalom"

Switzerland 2005, Vanilla Ninja - "Cool vibes"

Ireland 1981, Sheeba - "Horoscopes"

Spain 2006, Las Ketchup - "Bloody Mary"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSrGOcutcWE

United Kingdom 1984, Belle & The Devotions - "Love games"

Since yesterday's theme was girl groups I guess it comes as no surprise that today is all about boy bands! Well, at least bands consisting only of boys/men.

Switzerland 1977, Pepe Lienhard Band - "Swiss lady"

Germany 1993, Münchener Freiheit - "Viel zu weit"

Serbia & Montenegro 2005, No Name - "Zauvijek Moja"

Belgium 1980, Telex - "Eurovision"

Latvia 2000, Brainstorm - "My star"

I HATE that 1972 Dutch entry like you wouldn't believe. His suit actually has ric-rac around the lapel? We used to make crafts out of that stuff in vacation bible school! LOL I think her dress is lovely, however. She's quite a good singer, with a decent song, she'd be really good.

Sandra Reemer represented the Netherlands on two further occasions in the ESC, but without Andres.

1976 - "The party's over now"

1979 - "Colorado" (as a member of Xandra Group)

Edited May 25, 201213 yr by I Am A Swede

Tonight's the night! Le Grand Finale! We will find out who this year's winner of the Eurovision Song Contest is. Whoever it is will then join the ever-growing list of winners that includes unforgettable songs and artists such as these:

United Kingdom 1967, Sandie Shaw - "Puppet on a string"

France 1977, Marie Myriam - "L'oiseau et l'enfant"

(West) Germany 1982, Nicole - "Ein bißchen Frieden"

Ireland 1992, Linda Martin - "Why me"

and the perhaps most famous winner of them all.....

Sweden 1974, ABBA - "Waterloo"

I am glad for Sweden's win. Their presentation was tremendous. Very original, creative and fun. Loved it.

No surprise with Russia being so high.

What the hell is this. At least we know what would happen if Eastenders' Shirley Cartey was invited to Eurovision.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cce4EtZxUXU

You know, I hadn't seen the technical glitch before of Sandie Shaw's microphone not being on for her opening note. She must have been panic stricken inside for that moment.

Oh my.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEos9VLtgFU

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silv%C3%ADa_Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVdf7KrevF0&feature=related

This year's winner Loreen entered the Swedish contest last year as well, but failed to even reach the final then:

One of the best pop style songs of the 00s:

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A compilation of the worst songs of the 00s:

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I'm not sure if this should go here or on the Eurovision 2012 thread, but I'll post it here. This was my favourite moment during this year's Swedish selection. It's not a song though....

One of the presenters, Sarah Dawn Finer, did this little sketch where she played a fictional member (Lynda Woodruff) of the EBU (European Broadcasting Union).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NHfJh8GEmE

She also announced the Swedish votes during the big ESC as this character: