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lucio f

My very first memory of ESC is Fredi siging "Pump pump", how could I know that some 20 years after I would have lived in Finland? How could I know that te one and only ESC I have been was the Helsinki one?

Anyway from 1990 these are my faves:

1990
1 Isreael - Rita - Shara barechovot
2 Cyprus - Anastazio - Milas poli
3 Spain - Azucar Moreno - Bandido
4 France - Joëlle Ursull - White and black blues
5 Portugal - Nucha - Há sempre alguém
6 Denmark - Lonnie Devantier - Hallo hallo
7 Greece - Christos Callow - Horis skopo
8 Yugoslavia - Tajci - Hajde da ludujemo
9 Netherlands - Maywood - Ik wil alles met je delen
10 Iceland - Stjórnin - Eitt lag enn

1991 (worst ESC ever because of the show and because of the songs, Amina was outstanding)
1 France - Amina - C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison
2 Portugal - Dulce - Lusitana paixão
3 Belgium - Clouseau - Geef het op
4 Finland - Kaija - Hullu yö
5 Greece - Sofia Vossou - I anixi
6 Sweden - Carola - Fångad av en stormvind
7 Norway - Just 4 Fun - Mrs Thompson
8 Yugoslavia - Baby Doll- Brazil
9 Switzerland - Sandra Simó - Canzone per te
10 United Kingdom - Samatha Janus - A message to your heart

1992
1Italy - Mia Martini - Rapsodia
2 Greece - Cleopatra - Olou tou kosmou i elpida
3 Sweden - Christer Björkman - Imorgon är en annan dag
4 France - Kali - Monté la riviè
5 United Kingdom - Michael Ball - One step out of time
6 Portugal - Dina - Amor d'agua fresca
7 Netherlands - Humphrey Campbell - Wijs me de weg
8 Luxembourg - Marion Welter - Sou fräi
9 Cyprus - Evridiki - Teriazoume
10 Iceland - Heart - 2 Heart Nei eða já

1993
1 Ireland - Niamh Kavanagh - In your eyes
2 Greece - Keti Garbi - Ellada, chora tou fotos
3 Italy - Enrico Ruggeri - Sole d'Europa
4 Finland - Katri-Helena - Tule luo
5 Norway - Silje Vige - Alle mine tankar
6 Switzerland - Annie Cotton - Moi, tout simplement
7 United Kingdom - Sonia - Better the devil you know
8 Spain - Eva Santamaria - Hombres
9 Netherlands - Ruth Jacott - Vrede
10 Austria - Tony Wegas - Maria Magdalena

1994
1 United Kingdom - Frances Rufelle - We will be free
2 Estonia - Silvi Vrait - Nagu merelaine
3 Iceland - Sigga - Nætur
4 France - Nina Morato - Je suis un vrai garçon
5 Hungary - Friderika - Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet
6 Cyprus - Evridiki - Ime anthropos ki ego
7 Lithuania - Ovidijus Vyshniauskas - Lopsine mylimai
8 Portugal - Sara - Chamar a música
9 Germany - Mekado - Wir geben'ne Party
10 Russia - Youddith - Vetschni strannik

1995
1 Greece - Elina Konstantopoulou - Pia prossefchi
2 Poland - Justyna - Sama
3 Denmark - Aud Wilken Fra Mols til Skagen
4 United Kingdom - Love City Groove - Love City Groove
5 Spain - Anabel Conde - Vuelve conmigo
6 Norway - Secret Garden - Nocturne
7 Sweden - Jan Johansen - Se på mig
8 France - Nathalie Santamaria - Il me donne rendez-vous
9 Portugal - Tó Cruz - Baunilha e chocolate
10 Austria - Stella Jones - Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt

1996
1 United Kingdom - Gina G. - Ooh aah just a little bit
2 Portugal - Lucia Moniz - O meu coração não tem cor
3 Malta - Miriam Christine Borg - In a woman's heart
4 Iceland - Anna Mjöll - Sjúbídú
5 Ireland - Eimear Quinn - The voice
6 Slovakia - Marcel Palonder - Kým nás más
7 Spain - Antonio Carbonell - Ay! Que deseo!
8 Switzerland - Cathy Leander - Mon coeur l'aime
9 Belgium - Lisa Del Bo - Liefde is een kaartspel
10 Poland - Kasia Kowalska - Chze znac swój grzech

1997
1 Iceland - Paul Oscar - Minn hinsti dans
2 France - Fanny - Sentiments songes
3 Italy - Jalisse - Fiumi di parole
4 Cyprus - Hara & Andros Constantinou - Mana mou
5 Poland - Anna Maria Jopik - Ale jestem
6 Greece - Marianna Zorba - Horepse
7 Portugal - Célia Lawson - Antes do adeus
8 Hungary - V.I.P. - Miert keel, hogy elmenj?
9 Turkey - Sebnem Paker & Grup Etnik - Dinle
10 Switzerland - Barbara Berta - Dentro di me

1998 (perhaps my favourite year)
1 Israel - Dana International - Diva
2 United Kingdom - Imaani - Where are you?
3 Netherlands - Edsilia - Hemel en aarde
4 Germany - Guildo Horn - Guildo hat Euch lieb
5 France - Marie-Line - Où aller
6 Finland - Edea - Aava
7 Malta - Chiara - The one that I love
8 Sweden - Jill Johnson - Kärleken är
9 Belgium - Mélanie Cohl - Dis oui
10 Switzerland - Gunvor - Lass Ihn

1999
1 Iceland - Selma - All out of luck
2 Croatia - Doris Dragovic - Marija Magdalena
3 Sweden - Charlotte Nilsson - Take me to your heaven
4 Spain - Lidia - No quiero escuchar
5 Bosnia - Dino & Beatrice - Putnici
6 Turkey - Tugba Önal - Dön artik
7 United Kingdom Precious Say it again
8 Israel - Eden - Happy birthday
9 Slovenia - Darja Švajger - For a thousand years
10 Germany - Sürpriz - Journey to Jerusalem - Kudüs'e seyahat

2000
1 Austria - Rounder Girls - All to you
2 France - Sofia Mestari - On aura le ciel
3 Netherlands - Linda - No goodbyes
4 Latvia - Brainstorm - My star
5 Turkey - Pinar & the S.O.S. - Yorgunum anla
6 United Kingdom - Nicki French - Don't play that song again
7 Germany - Stefan Raab - Wadde hadde dudde da
8 Estonia - Ines - Once in a lifetime
9 Switzerland - Jane Bogaert - La vita cos'é
10 Belgium - Natalie Sorce - Envie de vivre

2001
1 Greece - Antique - Die for you
2 Slovenia - Nuša Derenda - Energy
3 Netherlands - Michelle - Out on my own
4 Lithuania - Skamp - You got style
5 United Kingdom - Lindsay D - No dream impossible
6 Germany - Michelle - Wer Liebe lebt
7 Croatia - Vanna - Strings of my heart
8 Norway - Haldor Lægreid - On my own
9 Russia - Mumiy Troll - Lady Alpine Blue
10 Malta - Fabrizio Faniello - Another summer night

2002
1 Finland - Laura - Addicted to you
2 Denmark - Malene - Tell me who you are
3 Turkey - Safir - Leylaklar soldu kalbinde
4 Slovenia - Sestre - Samo ljubezen
5 FYR Macedonia - Karolina - Od nas zavisi
6 Germany - Corinna May - I can't live without music
7 Spain - Rosa - Europe's living a celebration
8 Lithuania - Aivaras - Happy you
9 Sweden - Afro-dite - Never let it go
10 Austria - Manuel Ortega - Say a word

2003
1 Germany - Lou - Let's get happy
2 Spain - Beth - Dime
3 Belgium - Urban Trad - Sanomi
4 Estonia - Ruffus - Eighties coming back
5 France - Louisa - Monts et merveilles
6 Russia - t.A.T.u - Ne ver', ne bojsia, ne prosi
7 Greece - Mando - Never let you go
8 Iceland Birgitta Open your heart
9 United Kingdom - Jemani - Cry baby
10 Bosnia - Mija Martina - Ne brini

2004
1 Germany - Max - Can't wait until tonight
2 Estonia - Neiokõsõ - Tii
3 Israel - David D'Or - Le'ha'amin
4 Belgium - Xandee - 1 Life
5 Portugal - Sofia - Foi magia
6 Finland - Jari Sillanpää - Takes 2 to tango
7 Turkey - Athena - For real
8 Sweden Lena Philipsson It hurts
9 Serbia & Montenegro - Zeljko Joksimovic - Lane moje
10 Cyprus - Lisa Andreas - Stronger every minute

2005
1 Turkey - Gülseren - Rimi rimi ley
2 Iceland - Selma - If I had your love
3 Austria - Global Kryner - Y así
4 Andorra - Marian van de Wal - La mirada interior
5 Switzerland - Vanilla Ninja - Cool vibes
6 Monaco - Lise Darly - Tout de moi
7 Norway - Wig Wam - In my dreams
8 Romania - Lumita Anghel & Sistem - Let me try
9 Bosnia -Femminem - Call me
10 United Kingdom - Javine - Touch my fire

2006
1 Belgium - Kate Ryan - Je t'adore
2 Iceland - Silvia Night - Congratulations
3 Norway - Christine Guldbrandsen - Alvedansen
4 Bulgaria - Mariana Popova - Let me cry
5 Slovenia - Anzej Dezan - Mr Nobody
6 Spain - Las Ketchup - Bloody Mary
7 Ukraine - Tina Karol - Show me your love
8 Croatia - Severina - Moja štikla
9 Netherlands - Treble - Amambanda
10 Poland - Ich Troje - Follow my heart

2007
1 Netherlands - Edsilia Rombley - On the top of the world
2 Hungary - Magdi Rúzsa - Unsubstantial blues
3 Finland - Hanna Pakarinen - Leave me alone
4 Cyprus - Evridiki & Dimitris Korgialas - Comme ci comme ça
5 Georgia - Sopho - Visionary dream
6 Bulgaria - Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov - Water
7 Germany - Roger Cicero - Frauen regieren die Welt
8 Denmark - DQ - Drama Queen
9 Iceland - Eiríkur Hauksson - Valentine lost
10 Sweden - The Ark - The worrying kind