A little rushed at the end, so if there's mistakes...I'm sorry! Also, this is a very early top 50 for me, so I might make changes later. For now, this is my honest top 50 ranking of the best national final eliminated songs. I tried my best!
Shower is VERY underappreciated. Intelligent lyrics and arrangement, too avantgarde for Eurovision tho (the blandest the song the better: this is the unspoken main esc rule)
I was just glad that it didn't get underappreciated in the final itself! The jury win was a nice (and deserved) surprise and getting second in the televote to a majorly-hyped song showed what a competitive Eurovision package "Impossible" could have been.
Love the "Impossible" appreciation! It's so underrated by the fandom. I've also done a Top 50 (actually Top 52, because I ranked all songs I had rated over 8.0/10), but that'd be too long of a comment so I'll leave my Top 15 here. 1. Serbia | Hristina - Bedem 2. Italy | Irama - Tu No 3. Spain | Maria Pelae - Remitente 4. Lithuania | Shower - Impossible 5. Finland | Sara Siipola - Paskana 6. Albania | Tiri Gjoci - Ne Enderr 7. Italy | Sangiovanni - Finiscimi 8. Spain | St. Pedro - Dos Extranos (Cuarteto de Cuerda) 9. Italy | Richie E Poveri - Ma Non Tutta La Vita 10. Italy | Diodato - Ti Muovi 11. Luxembourg | Krick - Drowning In The Rain 12. Ukraine | Yagody - Tsunamia 13. Estonia | Ollie - My Friend 14. Serbia | Zorja - Lik U Ogledalu 15. Albania | Eldis Arrnjeti - Nje Kujtim So yeah, I have some of your favourites high up, so mild agreement! Also, really glad to see "Go Tobann" there, as well. I didn't recall you liking it that much!
Your top 15 is actually incredibly tasteful. They are all songs I either had in my list or that I rated highly enough that they would be in my Top 75. All of them are 7.0+, with the only exception probably being Tsunamia, which, and I'll double-check, I've probably got ranked around 6.0. I always felt like Go Tobann was the second best choice in Ireland and wasn't that far off the winner. Since I like the winner quite a bit, it made sense for it to be ranked quite highly here, too.
So interesting to see other candidates from different countries. Thanks for this summary. I agree with your choice and found definitely new songs for my playlist☀️!
Thanks so much! I hadn't seen many of your NF favourites yet, and only had Sweden to go off (where we had many differences of opinion), so glad that across the others, we have some of the same ones. ^^
here's my equivalent list: 1) dia 2) vetëm ty 3) o farol 4) lik u ogledalu 5) ti muovi 6) përsëritja 7) impossible 8) casa portuguesa 9) go tobann 10) onda alta 11) sinceramente 12) dos extraños (cuarteto de cuerda) 13) najbolja 14) change 15) kur? 16) mars 17) la rabbia non ti basta 18) doce mistério 19) vestrið villt / wild west 20) muzika 21) fiðrildi 22) 2073 23) remitente 24) ko je ta žena 25) pé de choro 26) nostalgia 27) glow 28) nuk jemi më 29) primavera 30) l'amore in bocca 31) çmendur 32) glasss 33) novo, bolje 34) herë pas here 35) aldrig mer 36) ma non tutta la vita 37) volto a ti 38) place i call home 39) baba roga 40) melos 41) zovi me lena 42) …pelas costuras 43) bíómynd 44) new years 45) gaudė vėjai 46) el temps 47) diamanti grezzi 48) bem longe daqui 49) a me 50) happy that you found me nice that we have the same 50th haha
We actually seem to have quite a few crossovers between our lists and you also have a few that I would definitely have liked to have found room for. Casa Portuguesa, Kur, Novo Bolje and El Temps are all particularly good choices. ^^
Hi ^^ My Top 15 eliminated Songs 1. Ollie- My Friend (to bad for him he had to compete against 5miinust XD) 2. Clara- Diamanti Grezzi 3. Ecto- Outsider 4. Annalisa- Sinceramente 5. Alfa- Vai! 6. Gothminister- We Come Alive 7. Noan- Te echo de 8. Geolier- I P´me Tu P´te 9. Sigga Ozk- Into the Atmosphere 10. Cyan Kicks- Dancing with Demons 11. Ewert and 2 Dragons- Hold me Now 12. Irama- Tu No 13. Ghali- Casa Mia 14. Bashar Murad- Wild West 15. Alen Duras- A Tamburitza Lullaby
Great choices as expected. With every single one of them I get the appeal, even though I don't always agree. I'm especially happy with 48, 47, 38, 27, 26, 23, 14 and 8 being here. I would have personally also included these: 🇭🇷 Slatke suze gorka ljubav 🇪🇪 Serotoniin, FOMO, No Dog On a Leash, Oblivion 🇫🇮 Mania 🇩🇪 Tears Like Rain, Undream You 🇮🇸 Um allan alheiminn 🇮🇹 Un ragazzo una ragazza, Autodistruttivo, Due altalene, Click Boom 🇱🇻 Kur, For the Show (surprised that you didn't include anything from Supernova) 🇲🇹 Ghost 🇳🇴 Green Lights 🇵🇹 Pelas costuras 🇪🇸 Here to Stay 🇸🇪 Que Sera, Give My Heart a Break, Awful Liar 🇺🇦 Place I Call Home
I'm glad that you liked a few of my choices! Some of the ones that you mentioned were close to making the list. Oblivion in Estonia was actually my no.51! No Dog On A Leash, Undream You, Kur, Pelas Costuras were all rated highly for me but it was a competitive cut-off in the end.
Here we see Kale Project giving another musical taste lesson: Anyway, I am not a fan of every single song in your top, but I still really love how diverse it is and also, the fact that all songs included have decent quality at least (except 'Babaroga' lol). By the way, judging by your intro I suppose your favourites of Eurovision 2024 are Croatia, Norway & Serbia? *I have the exact same top 3!* These songs are the only ones which sound like winners to me. Praying one of them wins. 🙏
Haha....do you know what the funny thing is? I didn't even realise that I had put opening songs that where at the top of my ranking. I went through the National Final Performance videos of the Official Eurovision YT, and just picked the three that were the most likely to do well in the contest. XD But yeah, all three of the songs I picked are in my top five.
@kaleproject3495 Ok, maybe not same top 3, but we agree that all of them are Eurovision winning material, right (regardless of televote/jury preferences)?
@@dimidrugg9592 Yeah, they're three of the songs that I see having a path to victory. Obviously, Croatia is a strong candidate for a televote win. Serbia could win the jury and still do well with the televote. Norway could surprise in both. It's a really open contest this year.
@kaleproject3495 Good to know I'm not crazy. Seeing Norway & Serbia so low in the odds baffles me. The hype around Ukraine & Italy worries me actually. Both won very recently and I do not want to see them again at the top. Also I can see the Netherlands pull a Norway 2023 and get a surprise top 5 result. The song has gone viral since its release. About Switzerland: I really like the song, but I find it overhyped. It is too experimental to be a winner and those vocal notes will be very hard to hit live. To close, I think France, Sweden & Belgium are potential jury winners under certain circumstances.
@@dimidrugg9592 I'm not so worried about Ukraine. I feel their chances are being inflated artificially, similar to Malta 2021. There's very little actual buzz about their entry. Italy, on the other hand, always goes under the radar before the contest and then does much better than people expect. They could be a potential compromise winner between televote and jury if nothing is unanimous. Netherlands will probably get slaughtered by juries, but I could foresee an In Corpore Sano type televote score for it. Again, if points go a certain way elsewhere, it could get close to the top five. Switzerland will need a lot of jury appreciation in the final because, I don't think it's the most accessible song for the Saturday Night televoting crowd. Almost everyone I know who likes it (including me) weren't sure what to make of it on first listen but it got better with further listens. That makes something a good song, but not necessarily a good Eurovision result. France seems in the running to win the jury. The vocals are very impressive and it is a solid composition. Sweden shouldn't be, but they will be because Sweden. Belgium, on the other hand, might go either way with juries. I'm not a huge fan of the song and I do wonder if it'll get lost a bit. It takes a LONG TIME to get to the point.
I'm not somebody who really makes a lot of movement based on live performances. I listen to most of the songs on my headphones almost all the time, so yeah, they're good songs. :3
Controversial opinion maybe, but I really did think of it as a potential jury winner at Eurovision...and Lithuania always do somewhat well in the televote so....
I haven't listened to ALL the songs in the Polish internal selection yet, so I don't know if it would've been the best, but I definitely think it's a stronger entry than "The Tower".
Heehee. My thumbnail policy is simple. Pick someone in the list who isn't *too* much of a spoiler. ....oh....and pick a girl. A pretty, pretty girl. Almost always.
It was one of the good songs in a strong (by their standards) national selection in Iceland. It really does get better and better each time you listen to it.
All in all, still the worst national final decision of the season for me. Iceland might run it close, but similar levels of potential given up for borderline NQ fodder.
Juries almost unanimously preferring "Fighter" was the strangest thing this year, along with the juries kicking Ryk to the curb. They weren't even close decisions!@@kaleproject3495
Yeah, I've had a few people talk to me about it. Generally when I rank/rate songs, I don't really care about the lyrics unless they're lyrically clunky or the word phrasing is awkward. In most cases, performers can sing out their shopping lists as far as I care. XD
For me personally, this is the hardest song to rank. Musically, I found it to be the most attractive candidate in Serbia. Lyrically, though, I don't have the cultural background needed to wade into that mess. I'd probably have it around #20 ordinarily, but I think I'll just disqualify it. There are too many good songs in the queue just waiting to get in my top 50.
A little rushed at the end, so if there's mistakes...I'm sorry!
Also, this is a very early top 50 for me, so I might make changes later. For now, this is my honest top 50 ranking of the best national final eliminated songs. I tried my best!
As suspected, there seems to have been a glitching issue on one section of the video, that only showed up in post.
I am NOT fixing it now. XD
Shower is VERY underappreciated. Intelligent lyrics and arrangement, too avantgarde for Eurovision tho (the blandest the song the better: this is the unspoken main esc rule)
I was just glad that it didn't get underappreciated in the final itself!
The jury win was a nice (and deserved) surprise and getting second in the televote to a majorly-hyped song showed what a competitive Eurovision package "Impossible" could have been.
Love the "Impossible" appreciation! It's so underrated by the fandom. I've also done a Top 50 (actually Top 52, because I ranked all songs I had rated over 8.0/10), but that'd be too long of a comment so I'll leave my Top 15 here.
1. Serbia | Hristina - Bedem
2. Italy | Irama - Tu No
3. Spain | Maria Pelae - Remitente
4. Lithuania | Shower - Impossible
5. Finland | Sara Siipola - Paskana
6. Albania | Tiri Gjoci - Ne Enderr
7. Italy | Sangiovanni - Finiscimi
8. Spain | St. Pedro - Dos Extranos (Cuarteto de Cuerda)
9. Italy | Richie E Poveri - Ma Non Tutta La Vita
10. Italy | Diodato - Ti Muovi
11. Luxembourg | Krick - Drowning In The Rain
12. Ukraine | Yagody - Tsunamia
13. Estonia | Ollie - My Friend
14. Serbia | Zorja - Lik U Ogledalu
15. Albania | Eldis Arrnjeti - Nje Kujtim
So yeah, I have some of your favourites high up, so mild agreement! Also, really glad to see "Go Tobann" there, as well. I didn't recall you liking it that much!
Your top 15 is actually incredibly tasteful. They are all songs I either had in my list or that I rated highly enough that they would be in my Top 75. All of them are 7.0+, with the only exception probably being Tsunamia, which, and I'll double-check, I've probably got ranked around 6.0.
I always felt like Go Tobann was the second best choice in Ireland and wasn't that far off the winner. Since I like the winner quite a bit, it made sense for it to be ranked quite highly here, too.
So interesting to see other candidates from different countries. Thanks for this summary. I agree with your choice and found definitely new songs for my playlist☀️!
Thanks so much!
If I knew viewers were still watching some of these for the first time, I would've made the clips longer. :3
Almost feels like I watched my own list of favourites, hah!
So many wonderful songs in here!
Thanks so much! I hadn't seen many of your NF favourites yet, and only had Sweden to go off (where we had many differences of opinion), so glad that across the others, we have some of the same ones. ^^
Thanks for including Një kujtim 🇦🇱 and Hold Me Now 🇪🇪. These songs are really underrated by the fandom.
Happy to do so! I haven't seen either in similar lists so far.
Yes, finally, Impossible appreciation:D
It's safe to say, based on the comments, that "Impossible" is probably my most popular choice in this list. ^^
Spain sign his last place sentence by not sending Dos Extraños to the Eurovision 🙄
Is a possibility, but Germany might be fighting hard for it, too!
Well, at the end Germany almost in top 10 and Spain isn't in top 20 again
I'm so happy you like so many lithuanian songs!! I wish good luck to Silvester. But God, how much i love Shower's Impossible!!! ❤❤❤
What a year!
And if anything, I was still too harsh with Lithuania's selection in terms of my ratings. I love a lot of those songs. :3
here's my equivalent list:
1) dia
2) vetëm ty
3) o farol
4) lik u ogledalu
5) ti muovi
6) përsëritja
7) impossible
8) casa portuguesa
9) go tobann
10) onda alta
11) sinceramente
12) dos extraños (cuarteto de cuerda)
13) najbolja
14) change
15) kur?
16) mars
17) la rabbia non ti basta
18) doce mistério
19) vestrið villt / wild west
20) muzika
21) fiðrildi
22) 2073
23) remitente
24) ko je ta žena
25) pé de choro
26) nostalgia
27) glow
28) nuk jemi më
29) primavera
30) l'amore in bocca
31) çmendur
32) glasss
33) novo, bolje
34) herë pas here
35) aldrig mer
36) ma non tutta la vita
37) volto a ti
38) place i call home
39) baba roga
40) melos
41) zovi me lena
42) …pelas costuras
43) bíómynd
44) new years
45) gaudė vėjai
46) el temps
47) diamanti grezzi
48) bem longe daqui
49) a me
50) happy that you found me
nice that we have the same 50th haha
We actually seem to have quite a few crossovers between our lists and you also have a few that I would definitely have liked to have found room for. Casa Portuguesa, Kur, Novo Bolje and El Temps are all particularly good choices. ^^
Hi ^^
My Top 15 eliminated Songs
1. Ollie- My Friend (to bad for him he had to compete against 5miinust XD)
2. Clara- Diamanti Grezzi
3. Ecto- Outsider
4. Annalisa- Sinceramente
5. Alfa- Vai!
6. Gothminister- We Come Alive
7. Noan- Te echo de
8. Geolier- I P´me Tu P´te
9. Sigga Ozk- Into the Atmosphere
10. Cyan Kicks- Dancing with Demons
11. Ewert and 2 Dragons- Hold me Now
12. Irama- Tu No
13. Ghali- Casa Mia
14. Bashar Murad- Wild West
15. Alen Duras- A Tamburitza Lullaby
I would've guessed a few of these!
Irama was really close to making my list. Had it been a Top 60, he would've made the cut.
Great choices as expected. With every single one of them I get the appeal, even though I don't always agree. I'm especially happy with 48, 47, 38, 27, 26, 23, 14 and 8 being here.
I would have personally also included these:
🇭🇷 Slatke suze gorka ljubav
🇪🇪 Serotoniin, FOMO, No Dog On a Leash, Oblivion
🇫🇮 Mania
🇩🇪 Tears Like Rain, Undream You
🇮🇸 Um allan alheiminn
🇮🇹 Un ragazzo una ragazza, Autodistruttivo, Due altalene, Click Boom
🇱🇻 Kur, For the Show (surprised that you didn't include anything from Supernova)
🇲🇹 Ghost
🇳🇴 Green Lights
🇵🇹 Pelas costuras
🇪🇸 Here to Stay
🇸🇪 Que Sera, Give My Heart a Break, Awful Liar
🇺🇦 Place I Call Home
I'm glad that you liked a few of my choices!
Some of the ones that you mentioned were close to making the list. Oblivion in Estonia was actually my no.51! No Dog On A Leash, Undream You, Kur, Pelas Costuras were all rated highly for me but it was a competitive cut-off in the end.
Here we see Kale Project giving another musical taste lesson:
Anyway, I am not a fan of every single song in your top, but I still really love how diverse it is and also, the fact that all songs included have decent quality at least (except 'Babaroga' lol).
By the way, judging by your intro I suppose your favourites of Eurovision 2024 are Croatia, Norway & Serbia? *I have the exact same top 3!* These songs are the only ones which sound like winners to me. Praying one of them wins. 🙏
Haha....do you know what the funny thing is? I didn't even realise that I had put opening songs that where at the top of my ranking. I went through the National Final Performance videos of the Official Eurovision YT, and just picked the three that were the most likely to do well in the contest. XD
But yeah, all three of the songs I picked are in my top five.
@kaleproject3495 Ok, maybe not same top 3, but we agree that all of them are Eurovision winning material, right (regardless of televote/jury preferences)?
@@dimidrugg9592 Yeah, they're three of the songs that I see having a path to victory. Obviously, Croatia is a strong candidate for a televote win. Serbia could win the jury and still do well with the televote. Norway could surprise in both.
It's a really open contest this year.
@kaleproject3495 Good to know I'm not crazy. Seeing Norway & Serbia so low in the odds baffles me.
The hype around Ukraine & Italy worries me actually. Both won very recently and I do not want to see them again at the top.
Also I can see the Netherlands pull a Norway 2023 and get a surprise top 5 result. The song has gone viral since its release.
About Switzerland: I really like the song, but I find it overhyped. It is too experimental to be a winner and those vocal notes will be very hard to hit live.
To close, I think France, Sweden & Belgium are potential jury winners under certain circumstances.
@@dimidrugg9592 I'm not so worried about Ukraine. I feel their chances are being inflated artificially, similar to Malta 2021. There's very little actual buzz about their entry. Italy, on the other hand, always goes under the radar before the contest and then does much better than people expect. They could be a potential compromise winner between televote and jury if nothing is unanimous.
Netherlands will probably get slaughtered by juries, but I could foresee an In Corpore Sano type televote score for it. Again, if points go a certain way elsewhere, it could get close to the top five.
Switzerland will need a lot of jury appreciation in the final because, I don't think it's the most accessible song for the Saturday Night televoting crowd. Almost everyone I know who likes it (including me) weren't sure what to make of it on first listen but it got better with further listens. That makes something a good song, but not necessarily a good Eurovision result.
France seems in the running to win the jury. The vocals are very impressive and it is a solid composition. Sweden shouldn't be, but they will be because Sweden. Belgium, on the other hand, might go either way with juries. I'm not a huge fan of the song and I do wonder if it'll get lost a bit. It takes a LONG TIME to get to the point.
I love Bedem, duga je noc and Go Tobann. Unfortunately, last two weren't good in live
I'm not somebody who really makes a lot of movement based on live performances. I listen to most of the songs on my headphones almost all the time, so yeah, they're good songs. :3
@kaleproject3495 yes, I'm also don't care about live, if studio already good enough
@@Snowdrop-s3vproblem: what’s the point about live nf performances then
Impossible ❤
Controversial opinion maybe, but I really did think of it as a potential jury winner at Eurovision...and Lithuania always do somewhat well in the televote so....
What is your opinion on witcher tarohoro?
I haven't listened to ALL the songs in the Polish internal selection yet, so I don't know if it would've been the best, but I definitely think it's a stronger entry than "The Tower".
The thumbnail oh god KALE PROJECT WHY DID U DO THIS AAAAAAAAAA
(if u dont get it ill just comment what i mean)
Heehee. My thumbnail policy is simple. Pick someone in the list who isn't *too* much of a spoiler.
....oh....and pick a girl. A pretty, pretty girl. Almost always.
@@kaleproject3495 exactly
great video
Thanks for watching! Looks like mostly my choices that were more fan-friendly got the love from you! Although, #36 was a pleasant surprise. ^^
Wild Wild West should have joined the party in Malmo
It was one of the good songs in a strong (by their standards) national selection in Iceland. It really does get better and better each time you listen to it.
Number 1 ❤
I think everyone knew it was coming. ^^
krick you’ll always be famous
All in all, still the worst national final decision of the season for me. Iceland might run it close, but similar levels of potential given up for borderline NQ fodder.
@@kaleproject3495 tbh luxembourg is still my 8th place 😭 but with krick it would probably be an easy top 3
Potential jury winner.
Few selections this year seemed worried about those SF televotes and ignored obvious jury songs.
Juries almost unanimously preferring "Fighter" was the strangest thing this year, along with the juries kicking Ryk to the curb. They weren't even close decisions!@@kaleproject3495
Bashar rlly fucked up by singing in english for his final performance imo
Interesting. I didn't think whether this would've affected the voting. You think he would've won had he kept it in Icelandic?
Simple Joy! Such a loss
It gets overly-hated but was still one of the best songs in what was the best selection of the season.
You know what Breskvica’s song is about right? It’s kinda propaganda…
Yeah, I've had a few people talk to me about it.
Generally when I rank/rate songs, I don't really care about the lyrics unless they're lyrically clunky or the word phrasing is awkward. In most cases, performers can sing out their shopping lists as far as I care. XD
For me personally, this is the hardest song to rank. Musically, I found it to be the most attractive candidate in Serbia. Lyrically, though, I don't have the cultural background needed to wade into that mess. I'd probably have it around #20 ordinarily, but I think I'll just disqualify it. There are too many good songs in the queue just waiting to get in my top 50.
This guy has kinda boring taste
Might be some truth to that. XD
Sjà þig💖💖💖😩😩
Only Iceland could have their best selection in years, and still end up with their worst song in years.