| Eurovision Song Contest News - 2009 Moscow, Russia 

Djamila N.

I am looking forward to watching the Eurovision Song Contest this year more than in previous years. I love so many of the songs! Here we go...

12 points - Portugal (My favorite of all Eurovision songs, in every year, to date)
10 points - Azerbaijan (May drop in this list if I tire of it as quickly as I did some other favorites)
8 points - Norway (Brilliant, I love that a Western European country sent it)
7 points - Moldova (I listen to it every day, I'm not tired of it yet - a fantastic song)
6 points - Israel (Arabic, Hebrew, and English - inspirational)
5 points - Albania (Will drop significantly in my list if performed in English)
4 points - Estonia (Stunning)
3 points - Spain (The more I listen, the more I like it)
2 points - Turkey (It's not the same after 1,000 plays as it was the first - my own fault)
(2 points - Bosnia and Herzegovina)
1 point - Sweden (Truly beautiful)

Songs I still wish I could give points to:

11. Hungary (Fantastic)
12. United Kingdom (Such a great performance, such a charming singer)
13. Romania (Fun, fun, fun)
14. Macedonia (I feel happy as soon as it starts playing)
15. Finland (It got old very quickly, it is an old-style song, but still good)
16. Armenia (Impressive in English)
17. Andorra (An addictive vocal arrangement)
18. Slovenia (Very nice, pity it wasn't Zaigraj muzikant)
19. Switzerland (Very nice)
20. Montenegro (It's Montenegro's best since independence)
21. Greece (Great song, but he and his performance turn me off)
22. Czech Republic (Very interesting)
23. Russia (Classy, but not the greatest)
24. France (Great voice, but the song doesn't go anywhere)
25. Germany (Sexy, a little too schlagery)
26. Denmark (Great voice, a little too schlagery)
27. Ireland (Catchy, but not all that great overall)
28. Malta (A lovely voice)
29. Lithuania (Good elements, they just don't come together perfectly)
30. Poland (Good voice)
31. Iceland (She's devoid of emotion, but good song)

Songs I do not wish I could give points to:

32. Ukraine (Yikes)
33. Croatia (Sorry Croatia, great song but awful voice)
34. Serbia (Sorry Serbia, great music but awful overall)
35. Slovakia (What a mess)
36. Netherlands (Yikes)
37. Belgium (Yikes)
38. Bulgaria (What a mess)
39. Latvia (Good performance, horrible song)
40. Belarus (Yikes)
41. Cyprus (Yikes)

Last year, following the live performances at the final, these were my favorite entries (excluding my own country, of course):

12 points - Serbia
10 points - Israel
8 points- Turkey
7 points - Romania
6 points - Portugal
5 points - Norway
4 points - Croatia
3 points - Russia
2 points - Iceland
1 points - Armenia