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Aleksi DC

Hello Everyone!!!! Eurovision Rocks!!!
(I don't care what the western press has to say about it at the moment, it rocks anyway)

I'm a Finnish/English fan of Eurovision who has lived across Europe in Germany, England, Finland and now England again. I am a firm believer that Eurovision should include as many different music styles as possible, and not just be 24 cheesy pop songs in a row (not that there is anything wrong with pop, but there's a limit to what you can digest in one evening ). It's great to see countries that dare to be original and try something new, even if there's the risk that it will be taken the wrong way.

A lot of the time, my favourite Eurovision entries have been ones that Europe has sadly underestimated on the actual night of the contest (Gotta love the underdog ). To get some idea of my taste in music, here are some of my favourite Eurovision songs:

2008 Belgrade
FINLAND Teräsbetoni - Missä Miehet Ratsastaa
IRELAND Dustin the Turkey - Irlande Douze Points (Hell yeah!!!!!! I say Eurovision to Dublin, 2009)
SERBIA Jelena Tomasevic - Oro
AZERBAIJAN Elnur & Samir - Day after day

2007 Helsinki
FINLAND Hanna - Leave me alone
RUSSIA Serebro - Song # 1
ICELAND Eirikur Hauksson - Valentine Lost
GEORGIA Sopho - Visionary Dream
SLOVENIA Alenka Gotar - Czet z Juga

2006 Athens
FINLAND LORDI - HARD ROCK HALLELUJAH (Ok, It won, but you can hardly blame me for loving it )
ICELAND Silvia Night - Congratulations (It's sad that Europe really had no sense of humour when it came to her)
NORWAY Christine - Alvedansen
POLAND Ich Troje - Follow my heart

2005 Kyiv
GERMANY Gracia - Run and Hide (Should have been in the top 10)
SWITZERLAND Vanilla Ninja - Cool Vibes (Should have won)
RUSSIA Natalia Podolskaya - Nobody hurt no one

2004 Istanbul
UKRAINE Ruslana - Wild Dances
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Zeljko Joksimovic - Lane moje
BELGIUM Xandee - 1 Life (I was seriously expecting this to win, I still can't believe what happened)

Some older Eurovision entries:
2003 RUSSIA t.A.T.u - Ne verj, ne boisja
2002 UNITED KINGDOM Jessica Garlick - Come back
2001 FRANCE Natasha St-Pier - J'ai ne que mon âme
2000 ESTONIA Ines - Once in a lifetime
1999 ICELAND Selma - All out of luck
1994 UNITED KINGDOM Frances Ruffelle - Lonely Symphony
1987 FINLAND Vicky Rosti - Sata Salamaa
1985 FINLAND Sonja Lumme - Eläköön Elämä
1984 FINLAND Kirka - Hengaillaan
1983 FINLAND Ami Aspelund - Fantasiaa

And, what I think, are some of the worst Eurovision songs of recent years...

2007
ISRAEL Teapacks - Push the button
UK Scooch - Flying the flag

2006
PORTUGAL Nonstop - Coisas de nada

2005
FYR MACEDONIA Martin Vucic - Make my day
LATVIA Valters & Kaza - War is not over
CYPRUS Constantinos - Ela Ela

2004
SWITZERLAND Piero & the Musicstars - Celebrate
AUSTRIA Tie Break - Du bist
NETHERLANDS Re-Union - Without you

2003
CYPRUS Stelios Konstantas - Feeling alive

2002
LATVIA Marie N - I wanna