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Serbia winning their debut year will always be the biggest flex! ❤😂
Poland 1994 was quite close to that but the singer decided to sing partly in English during the 2nd rehearsal and since it was against the rules back then, it cost Poland several points and the No.1 spot.
Till this day no one knows if this was a diva behaviour from the singer or a secret ploy of the Polish broadcaster to escape the win and organising next year, as they couldn't afford that.
@@berlineczka I'm still rooting so hard for Poland! I want them so get a win soon, even though they always messing things up 😂😅❤️
@@erinnadia0409 Mess & chaos seems to be the modus operandi in the Polish delegation. Has been for the last decade at least.
If there is no huge overhaul of the concept and the organisation of the preselection, there won't be any results, I'm afraid.
Established artists will stay away from this dumpster fire, and new artists from independent brands (which tend to be were new talent in Poland starts) won't be able to afford such risky participation.
In effect we too often get starlets backed by big labels who can throw money on production and promotion to cover the shortcomings of their inexperienced singers (sometimes, as with Blanka, it works, and sometimes, as with Luna, it doesn't).
Also, there hasn't been a single year when the rules and format of Polish preselections didn't change from year to year (sometimes it's internal, sometimes it is part of "Szansa na Sukces" contest, sometimes they make separate public preselections, and no consistent point awarding systems either). They also usually start to give info in January or so (!), with unspecific song submission usually open in November, which leaves hardly any time to actually prepare the performance for the big stage (this is no Sweden, where the performers enter with more or less finished stage concept and production).
The only thing Poland has of good quality, are Eurovision media (Misja Eurowizja, eurowizja.org, Dziennik Eurowizyjny, Dobry Wieczór Europo) and the Polish chapter of OGAE (OGAE Polska also run the eurowizja.org page).
They had been associated with the contest since the early 60s as Yugoslavia and participated as Serbia and Montenegro. It may have been "Serbia's" first entry under that name but it certainly wasn't their first time.
@@ashleyfry1976 I am from Serbia and whilst Molitva was welcomed as winner it never felt it was our first entry on ESC. That was Ljiljana Petrović's song in 1961
I’m not saying Gabe looks like Duncan Lawrence, but I am saying it took a rewatch for me to realize it was Gabe in the photo and not duncan
Estonia 2001 has always given me the vibe of a scene from a comedy where a man is trying to bond with his teenage stepson by taking him out for karaoke where they both realize that they love the same cheesy song. I have no idea how it won, but I’m so glad it did.
Alexander Rybak was huge after the Eurovision in so many countries. This boy had everything - catchy song, cool dance, pretty face and even a violin. So yes, not a surprising win but still an iconic one.
Lol Fairytale was playing at my local mall yesterday 😂😅 this was in Australia
But him kissing Lena the year after was suuuuper weird
Right? This is one of my favourites! I was super surprised to see it in C tier
I only disagreed with Gabe on this one. Fairytale still lives and deserved better than C tier.
Also, it still regularly pops up in the top20 monthly videos on the official ESC channel. This song is still in the zeitgeist. That alone is an accomplishment.
Considering Belarus never even came close to winning the contest, I find it funny how there was a time period when a belarusian man had the highest-scoring win of all time
While I'm not 100% sure why you didn't go in chronological order and I certainly disagree with some (maybe a lot) of your takes, this was still fun to watch/listen to.
Specific disagreements that stood out enough to remember after watching the whole thing:
* Quite a few of your takes seemed to have more to do with recent politics than songs, let alone within the context of their original release
* Given your almost violent denouncement of Azerbaijan's rigging of the popular vote, why aren't you as rabidly against the clear rigging of the jury vote for Loreen's Tattoo?
* I may be missing something, but I don't see the impact of Euphoria that you see... unless you mean it's the clearest breaking point after which the contest stopped pretending to be a song contest? But even then, I'd argue there were precedents... Personally, I'd say, Rise like a Phoenix and even Molitva deserve the S ranking more than Euphoria does.
* I personally always found Ruslana's wild dances cringe, even when it came out; I'd rate it a lot lower... then again, off the top of my head I can't come up with a suggestion that should've won instead of it (I don't remember that year's contest very well)
Things I agree with the most:
* Dima Bilan was (and probably still is) obnoxious. It doesn't help that that song in particular wasn't worth the level of arrogance he exuded. I'm glad I'm not the only one that has this kind of reaction to him xD
* Sobral's song was awesome and absolutely deserved to win as it did. Also, while his infamous comment was poorly worded, the dude had a point :P
* Kalush Orchestra's Stefania was win-worthy even without the political situation, despite it being hard to decouple the two. Bonus points for it not being sung in English.
@@lemonZzzzs How was Tattoo clearly rigged? We have actual evidence that Azerbaijan rigged their popular votes up until 2014 but we have no proof that there was any rigging for Loreen's Tattoo. And no, ABBA's 50th anniversary just so they could put on that ungodly AI hologram of ABBA is not proof
Yes! I didn't agree with all, but even when I don't agree, Gabe's opinions are always interesting and well thought out!
@@lemonZzzzs Re: Tattoo winning in 2023, as Gabe said, Loreen/Käärijä debate has been done to death, so he was not going to cover it again. Having said that, Käärijä is setting off on his second European tour today! He was on fire last night too in Helsinki and is first and foremost a live artist.
@@lemonZzzzs Sometimes I tell myself that growing up is realising that Sobral's comments are not as offensive as many made it out to be.
molivta is mentioned in my history book as a momunetal part in serbia's history
I love that lmao
are they wrong though
@@wilyriley_ well no!
I don't think I've ever been happier in front of a TV than when Finland won in 2006 ... or more disappointed than when Finland didn't win in 2023. I'm not even Finnish.
And I have never been more disappointed in front of a TV...😢
Rybak is one of the few winners who STILL appear on ESC most played songs nearly every month! Grouping him together with Olson Brothers, and having Heroes and Teardrops above him is absolutely criminal.
Exactly Fairytale is S tier
Most Germans learned to appreciate Lena again btw 👀 if u play it at parties now, ppl will sing along and get all nostalgic
To be honest I prefer Stefan Raabs version from the 2011 show! We were there and saw it live - he was frickin awesome!
@@michduncg yeah respectable, it was amazing
@@michduncgLena was also better in 2011 - Taken by a Stranger is way better than Satellite.
Jamala deserved her win, but if anyone was robbed that year it was Australia - Europe wasn’t ready for Australia’s participation back then and that was reflected by a poor televote. Sound of Silence still sounds as relevant now as it did back then.
Australia wasn't robbed, it got a fully deserved 2nd place.
Yes agree 100%. At the time I was sad Australia didn’t win, but Jamala has grown on me massively as time has gone on.
@@trildiI liked it a lot more than Jamala. Didn't dislike her but I thought Dami Im was fantastic!
@@aekelly Absolutely, Dami was amazing!
It's interesting that there's been a rewriting of history with 1944, cause that's the song that made me realise that damn, Eurovision actually has good music and made me a eurofan.
It's a great format! If you ever have too much time on your hand, I would like more - e.g. judging 2nd places, or winners from earlier years.
Or songs that should have won. 🤔
@@FromtheWindowSeat Like bulgaria 2017! Or norway this year...
I laughed when you declared your love for Estonias winner, that's so precious. Sometimes love defies all rhyme and reason... I also absolutely love how much you hate Running Scared. I'm still fuming all these years later
As a portuguese a love the fact despite people constantly hating on Salvador Sobral, He still holds the record for most points (758), and on top of that he won both the Jury and the Public vote! And on top of that he still manages to win 2 Marcel Bezençon Awards (Artistic Award & Composer Award)!! Literally no other winner accomplish that since him.
hats off, however I still cant stand that song. simply not my cup of tea
if you shoot against the ESC community you will get hate. I think he did a lot of damage with trashing the event as cheap circus. even if thats actually true, he first used it to his own benefit and after distanced himself and felt too good for it. thats arrogant.
I'm a Finn and I was 11 at the time in 2006. Before that we had a saying that Hell freezes over before Finland wins Eurovision. It was unreal watching Finland finally getting 12 points over and over again, the commentators were going totally nuts.
I am living for the bulletpoint summary of each song!
to make a case about Latvia 2002: this song feels like it belongs in the context of the early 00's (unlike some others in that period), plus I don't see many people talking about the artist's great on-stage charisma, her face expressions totally pump energy to the performance, it's kinda underrated by the fandom IMO
I'd never seen/heard it before (was living in a non-EU country at the time) ... so I watched the video on TH-cam. I quite like it! I rated it as a solid C ... better than, for example, Duncan Lawrence (D), Alexander Rybak (E) and Salvador Sobral (Z). Edit: no, I changed my mind ... it's a B 🙂.
Yeah and Latvia 2002 was first choreographed girl bop, so we gotta give some credit to her for that
Yeah. I agree. This is so underrated, but for 2002 it was a great performance and the song is actually catchy! It was a bit ahead of its time, because it literally feels like a cross between Dancing with the Stars and Eurovision.
Estonian watching.
Gabe: Moving forward a year, it's Estonia 2001...
Me: Yes, I know. F tier. Deserved. It's horrible. 🙄
Gabe: I really can't explain why I absolutely love this song! A tier!
Me: *spits drink out* WHAT? 😲😳
My favorite winner will always be Nemo. The Code means so much to me and they DESERVED their win!
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They were one of my winners this year..I was happy for a week after the Grand final 😍😍💖💖💖💖
Abuse as requested: I completely agree that Marija Šerifović deserved to win in 2007, that performance was so ahead of its time. But to say no other song that year would have been a deserving winner is sieben, sieben very rude.
sieben sieben FIGHT ME
@@escgabe Alright, you're on. Tanzen vs. Veisson battle. Let's go.
Imagine thinking Verka isn't anything but a joke. 😂
I still listen to "Satellite" on the regular lmao
I wish I was able to turn my brain off too 😮💨
Same tbat and fairytale are in my top 5 most listened eurovision songs
hello from Estonia 🇪🇪 thank you for putting us to A ❤️
I'd put Måneskin as S-tier, but then I've been a total stan since, and have watched them play Zitti e Buoni live on the main stage at Rock Werchter twice now, as well as at their own show, and it's just whoah. It hits me every single time I listen to it and the opening riff starts.
As for Nemo, aside of it being jury heavy, it also had the benefit of a really divided televote that year. (in fact that televote would have been even more divided if Joost had been there as well) It might not have been 'my' winner, but it definitely deserved the win it got. (and I'll always appreciate the judges for tanking Israel that year)
Strangely enough the song that won the contest that I personally love the most is 1995's Nocturne by Secret Garden. I absolutely adore the sound of a well-played violin, and Nocturne is just magical in every aspect. It's also why I really like Fairytale. The instrumentation on that entry is just on a whole other level
yesss nocturne's my favorite too
I'm just infuriated that every studio release I can find of that song is the English version
Funniest part about Lordis win was the absolute insane panning and slander Lordi got as devil worshipers from Finnish press before the win and then the brutal whiplash after the win when it became the national achievement :D
Salvador Sobral in the thumbnail
As a portuguese person, I'm glad there are people who actually like his song.
There are dozens of us!
It is a beautiful, atmospheric song 😊
from the moment the FdC entries were only revealed and i found myself bawling to a song i barely understood a few words in, salvador was winning eurovision to me and to this day, i still cannot comprehend the hate for this entry. i spent all season rooting for it at the time and i doubt the day will ever come that i'll stop loving it.
Ireland here, while I didn't think it was the best song of the competition that year it's still a beautiful heartfelt piece of music.
FINALMENTE 😭😭😭
As a metalhead who studied jazz in college, I'm glad you share my opinions on Amar Pelos Dois and Hard Rock Hallelujah, I actually discovered Eurovision and became a fan because I loved Finnish metal like Nightwish, Insomnium, and of course Lordi
I agree with most, but i really think Rybak deserved better than B.
I liked Helena’s 2005 winning song but I think she deserved to win more in 2001 with “Die for you”
As an American who fell out of following Eurovision during the 2010's, during that decade, the 3 songs that made any impact in the US were Euphoria, Rise Like a Phoenix and Toy (Obviously Arcade did eventually, but that was delayed into the 2020's). Euphoria due to general dance music success, the other 2 were notable in gay circles (Conchita's notability is probably what eventually got it picked up by Logo [aka, the niche gay channel that birthed Drag Race] and airing over here by 2016). Obviously there are massive issues around Israel now, but that F-tier does not feel right in regards to impact on the contest from a global standpoint. That said, I applaud you loudly for being willing to rate Fairytale lower, it's never done a thing for me.
Slight editing note: Whenever the lists come up on screen (this is across all videos pretty much), they always go away sliiiightly too fast to fully read everything, and it gets pretty annoying constantly having to rewind. They are funny enough that it's always worthwhile to read everything, give us a chance to do so!
I do like Fairytale..but yeah "Toy" didn't deserve the F tier.For me is special because that was the first song I knew from Eurovision and led me to follow the contest later on.That said ,2018 could have had like 6 different winners in my book 😂
(Unpopular opinion of mine,I dont get the "Fuego" hype 😅)
There are two annoying things for me with Måneskin: 1) when they won they said "Rock'n'roll never dies" and then proceeded to lean more into pop music and 2) I'M FRENCH AND THIS IS THE YEAR WE CAME THE CLOSEST TO WIN ADULT EUROVISION SINCE 1991, PLEASE LET US HAVE FINALLY A VICTORY SO THAT MORE FRENCH PEOPLE GET INTO EUROVISION AND WE CAN HAVE A PREPARTY IN FRANCE GODDAMNIT
Italy 2021, Portugal 2017, and Serbia 2007 are the best Eurovision Winners of each decade in my opinion
*so far.
I'm expecting big things for the rest of the decade
Funnily enough I was in the city where Lordi's from when they won. Ofc I don't remember anything of it, I was 5 yo but my mum told me that outside our hotel in the streets ppl absolutely exploded and cheered and a big party happened 🎉
Yesss for creating a new bottom level for Azerbaijan 2011 - just utter drivel. I remember my mum and I sitting staring incredulously at the TV wondering what on earth we'd just witnessed when it won.
As an Azerbaijani myself, what maddens me more is that our entries the two consecutive years before and after 2011 (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013) were miles better than whatever that was, so yeah, we also got extremely surprised when that song won
The best Eurovision winner of all time for me will always be Jamala's 1944. Music is about feeling, and the way that massive note near the end conveys generations of hurt, betrayal, grief but also resilience is magic. Chills every time I hear it.
Tatars were terrorists for centuries.
1944 is just a revisionist failed attempt.
I'M SORRY, YOU CAN'T SAY "STOP SAYING I LOOK LIKE DUNCAN LAURENCE" AND THEN IMMEDIATELY SHOW A PHOTO OF YOU BURIED UNDER A DUTCH FLAG
Anyways my S tier songs
- 2004 Ukraine - When the craziness started.
- 2005 Greece - Still very popular at Balkans
- 2006 Finland - 180 degrees turn from previous years
- 2014 Austria - Such an epic and impactful moment
- 2017 Portugal - Out of the would performance
and last but not least
- 2024 Switzerland - Against all odds, beating massive fanfavorite, and televoting organised song, just by pure quality. Another epic moment like with Austria 2014 which none of other competing songs had - and it was one of the strongest years if anyone ask me.
Lordi's song aged so well that they made a film out of it. I am chuffed that you have a metal background.
I will NEVER understand the hype of Euphoria. Never ever ever. Booooriiiinggg. Tbh 2010-2012 was a roughhh time to be a eurovision fan bc of thew winning songs. And justice for Margarewt Berger!!!! Forever my winnerrrr
I am with you. Never liked that song and the way she sings it
I still remember in 2017 watching my country create what was most likely the worst song ever to embrace the contest while our neighbours creating the biggest sucess in terms of points was such a weird thing i must say. I'm just glad that made us realise that we needed to take the contest more seriously
salvador sobral is easily one of my favorite artists ever, of all time, period. everything he's put out has blown me away. i got to see him live earlier this year and it was the coziest, most entertaining concert i've ever been to. amar pelos dois still makes me cry. i genuinely think he's a beautiful man with immense talent
I was really looking forward to your opinion on Portugal and I'm so glad with it! 😍
That song is amazing 🥹
I love your videos Gabe! It is the Eurovision content I need all year around.
I feel so happy and lucky that we regularly get videos from you WHILE you are working on the massive project that are the coveted iceberg videos! ❤
I'm so excited for the next vid! 🎉
Thank you for your love for Finlands LORDI!
1944 gives me chills everytime.
Yes one of the best winners ever
Completely disagree with Wild Dances being "angrier" than "Everyway that i can". Ruslana is smiling and having so much fun on that stage while Sertab is filled with conflicted and possible angry emotions during her performance. Wild dances punches more soundwise probably, but the performance is just childlike happiness 😊
latvia literally organized one of the most amazing eurovision contests in 2003 ☠️ don’t hate on our winner
esc in latvia was great and it is a wonderful country. song is still bad sorry
now be real for a second, the latvian winning song was absolutely abysmal
@@goranvojinovic6233i love it :/
And t.A.T.u. totally deserved to win!
@@goranvojinovic6233 But so was the whole 2002 lineup, I don't like the song but it's still in my top 3 given how ridiculously bad that year was. The only quality song imo was France, the rest was just absolute trash (and so was the hosting, especially compared to the neighbors in 2003)
Alexander Rybak introduced me to Eurovision. A few months later, I witnessed Emmelie de Forest taking the win. This year, Nemo won.
What do these three winners all have in common? They all broke their trophies.
Nice video, I think my tendencies are pretty much similar to yours, with minor differences. For me, I picked 5 S-Tier winners: Marija Šerifović, Lordi, Emelie de Forrest, Conchita and Nemo
thats gonna be one hell of an icerberg, good luck!
It’s always fabulous to hear a metalhead loving Eurovision. I was never quite as extreme loving Slayer etc, but heavy rock was my life while simultaneously loving Eurovision.
Sorry, how old were you in 2002? You're saying costume changes were new. Erm, Bucks Fizz 1981!!!!
Bucks Fizz just made some dance moves clung to their microphone stands, like more or less everyone with up-tempo songs up until 2002. Marie N did the combination of a multiple-stage costume change while doing a cabaret style show number. Too bad that the song itself is extremely boring and forgettable.
There were A LOT of acts with costume changes between 1981 and 2002.
Gabe is teasing us with the tip of the iceberg comment on Nemo's performance.
Good video, I agree at least somewhat with all your takes so far (half way in). I approve of the random order too. Tip: I think the video will perform better if you add timestamps.
"I Wanna" is my personal favorite Eurovision winner for its breaking of traditional gender roles in choreo on top of being a catchy song and in my findings rich with symbolism in the performance. Amazing video regardless!
Now rank every song that's gotten 2nd in the 2000s
Fairytail and Tatoo under Teardrops is a crime
Agree with you on so much! I also didn't see Maneskin as a winner until they performed live. Shum is still my winner from that year but I'm absolutely fine with Maneskin winning and I get it.
Also not keen on years where the inevitable happens. I much prefer an open competition rather than an obvious winner
Lynch me, arrest me as you said, but 2011 was a worthy winner. Not because the song is amazing, it's not, but in a garbage year like 2011 there wasn't much of a choice. In 2015 or 2016 it would be a horrible winner, but in horrible 2011 it's not that bad of a winner
@@matijapongracic4812 there were many songs on the night that were far better - I was there in Düsseldorf and France, Serbia and Hungary were all great entries in their own right. And of course Sweden was well performed too.
@@michduncg I also have 6 songs higher than Azer in 2011, but most of them were never going to win. There were some good songs in 2011, but songs like Celebrate, Boom Boom, Ding Dong, One Life, portuguese one and many more are some of the biggest tragedies ever performed on ESC stage
@28:28 OMG, a Clubland CD cover straight out of the late 90s! Growing up as a raver kid in 90s Ireland, Clubland compilations were the bee's knees. All the commercial rave stuff mixed with terrible dance remixes of popular songs. I can't believe they still exist, and the female vocalist on that clip sounds exactly like all the dance covers I remember from back then.
Didn’t we also rip off the song for our entry in 2003?
I've said it already and I will say it again: Ukrainians seem to be unable to send a song that's not an political pity-party about historical injustices. Too bad it's not enough for me to care and I don't particularly like the genre mishmash of Kalush orchestra or Jamala's contribution that's a hundred times more obviously political than Israel's this year.
21:00 my man just said ”alcaraz”
I always watched Eurovision with my parents in the 90's, then I quit in 2000 or something because I was 15 and now I was too cool to do such lame things with my parents. Then in 2006, I was hanging out in my regular metal bar in Amsterdam and they were... Watching Eurovision? And then Lordi came and it all made sense. Have been watching it again ever since.
Agree with you 100% about Amar Pelos Dois and Salvador - one of my favourite Eurovision songs ever, and one of the most deserving winners ever, however you look at it.
That slipknot moment had me dying😅
I remember watching the voting in 2014, waiting for Malta to give Azerbaijan their annual 12 points (as they had done in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013) and being rather pleasantly surprised when it failed to happen.
Respect on you for putting Netta in F, and MAD respect for putting Amar Pelos Dois in S
Predictable rating, I’m not a massive fan of the song but it’s hardly F tier. Current politics definitely skewed it.
I will never be over the 2023 results tbh. You are a better person than me
Salvador Sobral is definitely my favourite. After his win I did not follow esc until 2021. But since then I try to listen to all of the songs from about two months before the contest. And I always discover artists that are very special and whose music I continue to follow. For example Konstrakta, Maro, Daði Freyr or the current winner Nemo.
And of course there is this great band that didn't make it through the semi-finals: Sudden Lights.
I was lucky enough to see the band last summer at a small festival at their only German gig in front of about 500 people. At that time, they were already filling entire arenas at home.
I had similar feelings about Tattoo initially but it grew on me quite dramatically and suddenly. I might even like it more than Euphoria. It had a certain melancholy in it, feels so much more mature and serious. The buildup exploding into an ethereal bridge, I almost felt stupid about my initial reaction to it, it’s not that similar to Euphoria from a certain perspective.
Yep, it’s a grower. 😎
I don't like the instrumentals..but the lyrics are great 💖💖💖💖💖💖
Both songs, mediocre at best.
It never grew on me honestly. It just feels so generic to me.
YES, there’s a maturity to tattoo that isn’t there in euphoria, it feels less poppy and more soundscapey if that makes any sense. The echo effects and depth in production make it feel like I’m in a giant, endless chasm. The builds into the chorus are so explosive and they hit every time
Heroes and Arcade: if there were such songs winning these years, I surely wouldn't follow ESC anymore. Can't stand the way these songs meant for effect and being claptraps.
I'd move a few up or down a tier due to different personal enjoyment of the songs, but for the most part agree with your ranking and the reasons for it. Special mention to the Margaret Berger shoutout (underrated masterpiece, also one of my all-time faves) and the seething hatred of "Running Scared" and "A Million Voices" (two of the most loathsome Eurovision entries of all time alongside Israel this year).
The Salvador, Jamala and Stefania parts especially articulated my thoughts about each of them. Spot on.
Love seeing more content from you Gabe! I wouldn't mind your postcards sticking around onscreen for a couple more seconds as I think they're so funny and I am not always quick enough to pause the video to read them, I might just be a bit slow though! 💗
I went and filled out the tierlist before watching the video so I could see how my opinions compared to yours with less bias and let me just say hearing your takedown of Running Scared was deeply satisfying 😂
double year 2000 curse in this vid with the estonian names in the caption at 27:05 and 2000 being in the 20th century :(
You probably know how much I like you I'm just surprised how many seemingly biased opinions you have in this video. I prefer not to comment further for unnecessary negativity
Fly on the wings of love is a classic ❤ you have to sing it from the heart when you are drunk at eurovision party and you will put it on the top of your list 😂😂😂
Is Lena’s delivery and “accent” phony or fake? I am not sure, since I have heard MANY Europeans adopting this bizarre English delivery. I had a friend from Osnabruck who unfortunately committed suicide in 1993 and she spoke English (perfectly) just like Lena sings.
Lena is half Welsh.
@@gianfranco_maldetto_92 She's not. Her father's family comes from Baltic Germans, her grandfather was born in Tallinn. Her mother's side is from Hungarian nobility in Slovakia.
Look despite the war.... Sergey was actually robbed... dont hate on Sergey because he represented Russia
We need the second places ranking.
as an american I remember seeing conchita YEARS before hearing about eurovision
You should do this for more eras of the contest
Excellent vid as usual, props to both Gabe and Jay, always make me rofl. With a few exceptions I was very much aligned with the ranking and the reasons behind it. I got a nice, warm, fuzzy feeling in my little Finnish heart when Gabe placed Lordi in the S-tier, so thanks for that 🤘🥰 🤍💙🤍 Also, I learned a fantastic new word today, "naff"🤓
What about Dadi Freyer from Iceland who should have won when the contest was not staged due to covid.
Nah Switzerland Had by far the best Song that year and should Had won. What a Masterpiece that was.
i will never forget emmelie de forest in the sauna and just for that she should get s tier
As an estonian - surely our winning song is in the bottom, right? Although I think Russia 2008, Azerbaijan 2011 and Israel 2018 are worse :P
ARE YOU READY. ALRIGHT! EVERY NIGHTS A FRIDAY NIGHT
AHA! WHAT NIGHT? Don't be so modest of your song, sometimes you just need to set the right mood for friday night. Makes me laugh everytime 😂😂
I like to think that Lordi winning in 2006 was the reason I was coded to be a massive insane metal head, as I was born just 3 days after. I am now 18 and got to see lordi play in person during their latest tour. I have seen many eurovision participants since then on diffrent events and what not, but lordi hits diffrent.
was an outfit change revolutionary by 2002? bucks fizz did quite a famous one in 1981...
My S-tier instant classic winners are: Ruslana, Lordi, Rybak, Duncan
She wasnt pushed because theres always unfair treatment between big/rich countries and the little/poor ones. Its basically forbidden to vote for Armenia in Azerbaijan, but everyone pretend its normal; if Aliyev decided to the same with Sweden, Azerbaijan would be expelled in a blink.
Because Westerners are fake AF.
9:07 the ice scater is Evgeni Plushenco , four-time Olimpic champion, three-time World champion and seven -time European champion. For us who follow figure skating it was a pleasant surprise.
But Believe IS sooo Trash. Hate bilan and His awful Song and performance since then.
@@ChrolliForever I've heard way worse songs since the first time I started watching ESC (early 80s). Isn't hate a strong word for someone you've never met?
Thank you for your opinions about Portugal, it feels my Portuguese heart with so much joy :)
I'm very happy you gave finland and portugal an S tier. any other disagreements were insignificant to me, so good list!
I know it's not a popular opinion, but Running Scared is my favorite winning song from this list.
My only defense with the Azerbaijan 2011 is that at least it gave us a first time winner in the 2010s decade (alongside Portugal), and I'm still gonna stand by that opinion, again I'm still pissed that the fact that when I started watching ESC (back in 2013), I've only seen ONE first time winner. when the past decade, it's like every year we had a first time winner.
Gabe putting Lordi in S made me forgive him for what he said about Nemo
??? I was really positive about Nemo 😭 i thought i made it clear they are one of my favourite winners and i put them in A tier
ngl I would have cried if Hard Rock Hallelujah didn't get S-tier
I agree with a lot of your takes, but the one i simply have to mention is 2009.
That song is possibly the best song in eurovision history and still keeps a spot in the top 5 most listened to songs consistantly, even 15 years later.
Rybak is a eurovision legend and has to be in S tier.
You hate on Latvia 2002 but for as older fans it was a breath of fresh air after the horrible late 90s entries and the 1999,2000,2001 wining songs which were the absolute worst Although its not a good song its catchy and the costume change was memorable Latvia was what made me continue watching
I remember the year Azerbaijan won, and there was a massive discourse over the singers being lovers, the guy obviously much younger than her. That was pretty much caught my attention and remember thinking that all through the votes, i don’t remember liking the song but the story behind it intrigued me, perhaps clever PR for us to pick up the phone. First time I’ve heard of rigging though, I’ll have to rewatch that year now.