| Eurovision Song Contest News - 2008 Belgrade, Serbia 

Akis Stratidakis

ESC birthday 1956 and my birthday 1976 : 24 May

FAVOURITE SONGS

1956: NONE

1957: NONE

1958: Italy Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)

1959 - 1966: NONE

1967: Luxembourg L' amour est bleu

1968: UK Congratulations (should have won)

1969: Spain Vivo Cantando (should have been the only winner)

1970: NONE

1971: Monaco Un banc, un arbre, une rue (Deserved WINNER)

1972: Luxembourg Apres Toi (Deserved WINNER)

1973: Luxembourg Tu te reconnaitras (Deserved WINNER)

1974: Sweden Waterloo (Deserved WINNER)

1975: Netherlands Ding A Dong (Deserved WINNER)

1976: UK Save Your Kisses For Me (Deserved WINNER)

1977: Greece Mathima Solfege (Should have won)

1978: Israel A-Ba-Ni-Bi (Deserved WINNER)

1979: Germany Dschinghis Khan (Should have won)
Greece Sokratis

1980: Luxembourg Le Papa Pingouin (Should have won)

1981: UK Making Your Mind Up (Deserved WINNER)

1982: Spain El (Should have won)
Cyprus Mono i agapi
Germany Ein bisschen frieden

1983: Israel Hi, hi (Should have won)

1984: Sweden Diggiloo diggiley (Deserved WINNER)
Belgium Avanti la vie

1985: Norway La Det Swinge (Deserved WINNER)
Greece Miazoume

1986: NONE

1987: Ireland Hold Me Now (Deserved WINNER)
Greece Stop
Cyprus Aspro Mavro

1988: Switzerland Ne partez pas sans moi (Deserved WINNER)
Israel Ben - Adam
Netherlands Shangri la

1989: Greece To diko sou asteri (Should have won)

1990: France White and black blues (Should have won) or
Spain Bandido (Should have won)
Yugoslavia Hajde Da Ludujemo
Italy Insieme 1992
Luxembourg Quand je te reve

1991: France Le Dernier Qui A Parle (SHOULD HAVE WON)
Greece Aniksi
Israel Kan
Portugal Lusitana paixao

1992: Cyprus Teriazoume (Should have won)
Greece Olou tou kosmou i elpida
Italy Rapsodia
Portugal Amor de agua fresca
Israel Ze rak sport

1993: Netherlands Vrede (Should have won)
Greece Ellada hora tou fotos
Portugal A Cidade Ate Ser Dia
Spain Hombres
Ireland In your eyes

1994: Poland To ne ja (Should have won)
Germany Wir geben'ne Party
Portugal Chamar a Musica
Iceland Naetur
UK Lonely Symphony

1995: Sweden Se Pa Mig (Should have won)
Denmark Fra Mols Til Skagen
Croatia Nostalgija
Cyprus Sti fotia
Norway Nocturne

1996: Portugal O Meu Coracao Nao Tem Cor (Should have won)
UK Ooh Aah...Just a little bit
Croatia Sveta ljubav
Norway I Evighet
Sweden Den vilda

1997: UK Love shine a light (Deserved WINNER)
Italy Fiumi di parole
Spain Sin rencor
Turkey Dinle
Portugal Antes do adeus (why did this end so low?)

1998: Israel (Deserved WINNER)
Croatia Neka mi ne svane (This is my all time favourite entry)
Portugal Se Eu Te Pudesse Abracar
Ireland Is always over now?
UK Where are you?

1999: Sweden Take me to your heaven (Deserved WINNER)
Cyprus Tha nai erotas
Croatia Maria Magdalena
Iceland All out of luck
Germany Reise Nach Jerusalem

2000: Netherlands No goodbyes (Should have won)
Latvia My star
Estonia Once in a lifetime
Denmark Fly on the wings of love
Switzerland La vita cos'e

2001: Greece Die for you (Should have won) OR
France Je n'ai que mon ame (Should have won)
Slovenia Energy
Spain Dile que la quiero
Malta Another summer night
Croatia The strings of my heart
UK No dream impossible
Turkey Sevgilye Son

2002: Germany I Can't Live Without Music (the only decent song in a contest full of garbage)

2003: Turkey Every way that I can (WHAT A WINNER!!!!!!!)
Spain Dime (my favourite till i watched Every way that i can LIVE)
Slovenia Nanana

2004: Ukraine Wild dance (Deserved WINNER)
Belgium 1 life
Greece Shake it
Israel To believe
Turkey For real
Sweden It hurts
FYROM Life

2005: GREECE My number one (DESERVED WINNER)
Denmark Talking to you
Israel Hasheket Shenishar
Hungary Forog Vilag
Romania Let me try
Iceland If i had your love
Turkey Rimi rimi ley
UK Touch my fire
Serbia & Montenegro Zauvijek Moja
Monaco Tous de moi

2006: Ukraine Show me your love (should have won) OR
Romania Tornero (Should have won)
Belgium Je t' adore
FYROM Ninanaja
Turkey Superstar
Sweden Invicible
Moldova Loca
Croatia Moja stikla
Slovenia Mr Nobody
Russia Never let you go

2007: Cyprus Comme ci Comme ca (SHOULD HAVE WON) OR
Ukraine Dancing lasha tumbai (SHOULD HAVE WON)
Russia Song No1
Lithuania Love or leave
Hungary Unsubstantial blues
Andorra Let's save the world
Slovenia Cvet Z Juga
Spain I love you mi vida
Sweden The worrying kind
Belarus Work your magic
France L' amour a la Francaise
Switzerland Vampires are alive
Poland Time to party