| Eurovision Song Contest News - 2009 Moscow, Russia 

Louis LaFontaine

Hiya! This is Louis, calling from Brussels! I'm 19 years old, and I'm studying Translation and Interpreting, for I absolutely love languages and I hope to make a living by travelling around the world and making understanding between nations possible! I follow Eurovision since 2002, but I've been finding out about previous contests till 1985, and I love it! Now I'm so looking forward to Asiavision too, for I'm keen on Asia, specially Japan, China and Korea!

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From the best to the worst 2009 entry, this is what they mean for me:

I love:
01 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA - Emotional, melancholic, sublime
02 ISRAEL - Harmonic, beautiful, memories
03 FRANCE - Classy, smart, sophisticated
04 UNITED KINGDOM - Rebirth, remembrance, melody
05 NORWAY - Innocent, cute singer, smile
06 SWITZERLAND - Quality, complete, change
07 LITHUANIA - Sensitivity, sensuality, lovely singer
08 ESTONIA - Haunting, mysterious, fantastic
09 RUSSIA - Deep, rage, meaningful
10 SWEDEN - Intense, moving, potential
11 IRELAND - Different, fresh, underrated
12 MONTENEGRO - Catchy, farewell, easy-listening
13 GREECE - Hot guy, improvement, energy
14 CYPRUS - Lovely, pure, nice
15 ICELAND - Tenderness, missing, feelings
16 SLOVENIA - Waves, strings, open window

I like
17 MALTA - Powerful
18 PORTUGAL - Charming
19 ANDORRA - Cute
20 CZECH REPUBLIC - Funny chaos
21 DENMARK - On-the-go
22 ARMENIA - Crazy
23 TURKEY - Overrated
24 FINLAND - Wanna dance

Just OK
25 GERMANY - America?
26 MOLDOVA - Folk
27 ALBANIA - Borderline
28 SPAIN - Wise choice
29 FYR MACEDONIA - Not enough
30 BELGIUM - Kitsch
31 CROATIA - Growing
32 SERBIA - Weird

Nothing special
33 POLAND - Dull
34 BULGARIA - Far-fetched
35 BELARUS - Circus
36 SLOVAKIA - Scream!

I don't like
37 LATVIA - Absurd
38 HUNGARY - Deja  vu
39 ROMANIA - Shitty lyrics
40 THE NETHERLANDS - Cheesy and stereotyped

I hate
41 AZERBAIJAN - Brag
42 UKRAINE - Tasteless

These are the countries I would like to see in the final:

1st Semi-Final:

01 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
02 ISRAEL
03 SWITZERLAND
04 SWEDEN
05 MONTENEGRO
06 ICELAND
07 MALTA
08 PORTUGAL
09 ANDORRA
10 CZECH REPUBLIC/ARMENIA

2nd Semi-Final

01 NORWAY
02 LITHUANIA
03 ESTONIA
04 IRELAND
05 GREECE
06 CYPRUS
07 SLOVENIA
08 DENMARK
09-10 MOLDOVA/ALBANIA/CROATIA/SERBIA

But my predictions, in no particular order, are:

SF1: Montenegro, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Israel, Iceland, Finland, Portugal, Malta, Bosnia & Herzegovina
SF2: Ireland, Serbia, Norway, Denmark, Slovenia, Azerbaijan, Greece, Lithuania, Albania, Estonia

Favourite songs from the National Finals

* Festivali i Kenges (Albania): Besa Kokedhima - Ajer
* Eurofest (Belarus): I didn't like any of them. In fact, I think Eyes that never lie was the less terrible of them...
* Your Country Needs You (UK): Jade or The Twins with My time. After hearing The Twins's recorded version, I think I actually prefer Jade :-)
* Euroviisut (Finland): Riikka - Meren or Jari Sillanpaa - Kirpas kirpina
* Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (Denmark): Niels Brinck - Believe again :-)
* Selectia Nationala (Romania): Besa Kokedhima - Nothin' gonna change (Why, Besa should definitely be in Moscow in May! Better with Ajer though... shame)
* EMA (Slovenia): Quartissimo - Love symphony all the way :-D
* The Netherlands: I didn't watch the NF
* Passaport a Moscou (Andorra): Susanna Georgi - La teva decisio :-)
* Cyprus: I didn't watch the NF
* EuroShowbox (Malta): Chiara - What if we (:-D)
* Songvakeppni Sjonvarpsins 2009: Hreindis Ylva Gardarsdottir Holm - Vornott
* Dainu Daina: 69 Danguje - Meiles simfonija
* Piosenka dlya Europy: Tigrita Project - Mon chocolat
* Moldova: Nelly Ciobanu - Hora din Moldova :-)
* Greece: Sakis Rouvas - This is my night :-)
* Georgia: Didn't watch all of the songs, but Boris Bedia's song was OK.
* Ireland: Lamph - Roisin Dubh
* Melodi Grand Prix: Alexander Rybak - Fairytale :-D
* Be a Star (Bulgaria): I really don't like any of the songs, but just for originality's sake I'd take Krassimir Avramov - Illusion :-)
* SkopjeFest: Kaliopi & Naum - Rum dum dum
* Festival da Cancao 2009: Romana - Acordem olhos doirados
* Dora 2009: Sandra Bagaric - Kao jedno
* Eurovision 2009 - El retorno: Yulia Valentayn - Uh la la
* Latvia: I didn't watch the final, but I heard to Camillas' song and I liked it, I suppose anything would have been better than the selected weirdo
* Kdam 2009: Noa & Mira Awad - Will you dance with me? or There must be another way :-) (Both of them marvellous songs)
* Eesti Laul 2009: Urban Symphony - Randajad :-D
* Russia: Valeriya - Back to love
* Slovakia: Janais - Taram ta rej
* Ukraine: Terrible NF... the less bad of them are Superhero (bad copy of Womanizer), Flash by Lenara and perhaps Every Kiss by Hot Chocolate...
* Beovizija: Another bad NF. The one I dislike less is Ana Nikolic - Bili smo naljepsi
* Melodifestivalen 2009: Malena Ernman - La voix :-)
* Czech Republic: Gipsy.cz - Aven romale :-)

My ranks:

ESC Belgrade 2008
01 ICELAND (Simply incredible)
02 BELGIUM
03 NORWAY
04 FRANCE
05 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
06 SERBIA
07 PORTUGAL
08 CZECH REPUBLIC
09 LITHUANIA
10 MONTENEGRO
11 Switzerland
12 Russia
13 Hungary
14 Armenia
15 Sweden
16 Slovenia
17 Greece
18 Ukraine
19 Albania
20 The Netherlands
21 Moldova
22 Turkey
23 Ireland
24 United Kingdom
25 FYR Macedonia
26 San Marino
27 Malta
28 Romania
29 Israel
30 Andorra
31 Croatia
32 Finland
33 Denmark
34 Bulgaria
35 Poland
36 Germany
37 Georgia
38 Cyprus
39 Azerbaijan
40 Belarus
41 Latvia
42 Estonia
43 Spain

ESC Helsinki 2007
01 SLOVENIA
02 IRELAND
03 HUNGARY
04 RUSSIA
05 BULGARIA
06 UKRAINE
07 ICELAND
08 SERBIA
09 GEORGIA
10 ANDORRA
11 Finland
12 FYR Macedonia
13 Belarus
14 Malta
15 France
16 Croatia
17 Denmark
18 The Netherlands
19 Montenegro
20 Cyprus
21 Moldova
22 Albania
23 Israel
24 Bosnia & Herzegovina
25 Switzerland
26 United Kingdom
27 Lithuania
28 Sweden
29 Austria
30 Spain
31 Belgium
32 Czech Republic
33 Germany
34 Poland
35 Estonia
36 Armenia
37 Romania
38 Norway
39 Latvia
40 Portugal
41 Greece
42 Turkey

ESC Athens 2006
01 NORWAY
02 BELGIUM
03 RUSSIA
04 UNITED KINGDOM
05 FINLAND
06 CROATIA
07 GERMANY
08 IRELAND
09 SWEDEN
10 ICELAND
11 Greece
12 France
13 Denmark
14 Bosnia & Herzegovina
15 Ukraine
16 Malta
17 Estonia
18 Albania
19 Romania
20 Cyprus
21 Poland
22 The Netherlands
23 Switzerland
24 Israel
25 Slovenia
26 Armenia
27 Lithuania
28 Latvia
29 Andorra
30 Portugal
31 Monaco
32 Turkey
33 Bulgaria
34 Belarus
35 Moldova
36 FYR Macedonia
37 Spain

ESC Kyiv 2005
01 ISRAEL
02 THE NETHERLANDS
03 MONACO*
04 IRELAND
05 FRANCE
06 MALTA
07 SLOVENIA
08 HUNGARY
09 CROATIA
10 SWITZERLAND
11 Norway
12 Iceland
13 United Kingdom
14 Serbia & Montenegro
15 Latvia
16 Turkey
17 Portugal
18 Romania
19 Andorra
20 Albania
21 Germany
22 Greece
23 Poland
24 Austria
25 Moldova
26 Belgium
27 Russia
28 Denmark
29 Sweden
30 Bosnia & Herzegovina
31 Estonia
32 Lithuania
33 Bulgaria
34 Belarus
35 Cyprus
36 Finland
37 Ukraine
38 FYR Macedonia
39 Spain
* If Lebanon had not withdrawn, it would rank 3rd with Quand tout s'enfuit

ESC Istanbul 2004
01 ALBANIA
02 BELARUS
03 IRELAND
04 UNITED KINGDOM
05 ANDORRA
06 SERBIA & MONTENEGRO
07 UKRAINE
08 BELGIUM
09 ICELAND
10 AUSTRIA
11 Estonia
12 Cyprus
13 Turkey
14 Latvia
15 The Netherlands
16 Norway
17 FYR Macedonia
18 Monaco
19 France
20 Bosnia & Herzegovina
21 Sweden
22 Russia
23 Croatia
24 Malta
25 Poland
26 Germany
27 Greece
28 Portugal
29 Switzerland
30 Finland
31 Romania
32 Slovenia
33 Israel
34 Spain
35 Denmark
36 Lithuania

ESC Riga 2003
01 ICELAND
02 NORWAY
03 RUSSIA
04 BELGIUM
05 FRANCE
06 TURKEY
07 ESTONIA
08 IRELAND
09 SWEDEN
10 GERMANY
11 Croatia
12 The Netherlands
13 Malta
14 Spain
15 Israel
16 Portugal
17 United Kingdom
18 Romania
19 Poland
20 Latvia
21 Ukraine
22 Greece
23 Bosnia & Herzegovina
24 Slovenia
25 Austria
26 Cyprus

ESC Tallinn 2002
01 FRANCE (A living classic!!!)
02 UNITED KINGDOM
03 RUSSIA
04 ESTONIA
05 MALTA
06 ISRAEL
07 GERMANY
08 LITHUANIA
09 SWITZERLAND
10 TURKEY
11 Sweden
12 Latvia
13 Spain
14 Croatia
15 Finland
16 Denmark
17 Slovenia
18 Romania
19 Austria
20 FYR Macedonia
21 Bosnia & Herzegovina
22 Belgium
23 Greece
24 Cyprus

ESC Copenhagen 2001
01 GERMANY =
02 FRANCE =
03 UNITED KINGDOM =
04 THE NETHERLANDS
05 RUSSIA
06 CROATIA
07 NORWAY
08 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
09 SLOVENIA
10 ICELAND
11 Denmark
12 Poland
13 Malta
14 Sweden
15 Estonia
16 Israel
17 Turkey
18 Greece
19 Lithuania
20 Ireland
21 Latvia
22 Portugal
23 Spain

ESC Stockholm 2000
01 RUSSIA
02 ESTONIA
03 LATVIA
04 UNITED KINGDOM
05 DENMARK
06 FYR MACEDONIA
07 ROMANIA
08 FINLAND
09 ISRAEL
10 FRANCE
11 Ireland
12 Malta
13 Cyprus
14 Norway
15 Iceland
16 The Netherlands
17 Turkey
18 Sweden
19 Belgium
20 Spain
21 Croatia
22 Switzerland
23 Austria
24 Germany

ESC Jerusalem 1999
01 BELGIUM =
02 ESTONIA =
03 ICELAND
04 FRANCE
05 LITHUANIA
06 CROATIA
07 GERMANY
08 CYPRUS
09 MALTA
10 NORWAY
11 United Kingdom
12 Sweden
13 Bosnia & Herzegovina
14 The Netherlands
15 Slovenia
16 Ireland
17 Turkey
18 Austria
19 Denmark
20 Israel
21 Portugal
22 Spain
23 Poland

ESC Birmingham 1998
01 SWEDEN =
02 SLOVAKIA =
03 IRELAND
04 ISRAEL
05 CROATIA
06 BELGIUM
07 SWITZERLAND
08 PORTUGAL
09 ESTONIA
10 GREECE
11 Cyprus
12 United Kingdom
13 Malta
14 Finland
15 Norway
16 The Netherlands
17 France
18 Romania
19 Poland
20 Slovenia
21 FYR Macedonia
22 Turkey
23 Spain
24 Hungary
25 Germany

ESC Dublin 1997 (Another good year!!!)
01 UNITED KINGDOM
02 GERMANY
03 RUSSIA
04 MALTA
05 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
06 TURKEY
07 ITALY
08 CYPRUS
09 SLOVENIA
10 POLAND
11 Hungary
12 Estonia
13 Ireland
14 France
15 Iceland
16 Greece
17 Sweden
18 Austria
19 Croatia
20 Switzerland
21 The Netherlands
22 Portugal
23 Norway
24 Spain
25 Denmark

ESC Oslo 1996 (AMAZING!)
01 IRELAND =
02 SWEDEN =
03 NORWAY = (Hard to choose a winner from between the Top 3 this year...^-^)
04 BELGIUM
05 CROATIA
06 GREECE
07 TURKEY
08 UNITED KINGDOM
09 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
10 SWITZERLAND
11 Iceland
12 France
13 Slovenia
14 Finland
15 Poland
16 The Netherlands
17 Slovakia
18 Portugal
19 Estonia
20 Malta
21 Austria
22 Cyprus
23 Spain

ESC Dublin 1995
01 NORWAY
02 POLAND
03 DENMARK
04 BELGIUM
05 SWEDEN
06 TURKEY
07 GERMANY
08 CYPRUS
09 CROATIA
10 GREECE
11 Israel
12 Hungary
13 Iceland
14 Russia
15 France
16 Spain
17 Slovenia
18 Austria
19 United Kingdom
20 Ireland
21 Portugal
22 Bosnia & Herzegovina
23 Malta

ESC Dublin 1994
01 RUSSIA =
02 HUNGARY =
03 SLOVAKIA
04 FRANCE
05 UNITED KINGDOM
06 POLAND
07 IRELAND
08 AUSTRIA
09 NORWAY
10 SWEDEN
11 Finland
12 Estonia
13 Bosnia & Herzegovina
14 Iceland
15 Cyprus
16 Portugal
17 The Netherlands
18 Germany
19 Malta
20 Switzerland
21 Greece
22 Romania
23 Croatia
24 Lithuania
25 Spain

ESC Millstreet 1993
01 THE NETHERLANDS =
02 CROATIA =
03 BELGIUM
04 SWITZERLAND
05 IRELAND
06 NORWAY
07 PORTUGAL
08 GERMANY
09 UNITED KINGDOM
10 FINLAND
11 Italy
12 Bosnia & Herzegovina
13 Luxembourg
14 Denmark
15 Israel
16 Greece
17 Iceland
18 France
19 Sweden
20 Cyprus
21 Slovenia
22 Austria
23 Turkey
24 Malta
25 Spain

ESC Malmo 1992
01 IRELAND
02 MALTA
03 ISRAEL
04 SWEDEN
05 BELGIUM
06 GERMANY
07 UNITED KINGDOM
08 ITALY
09 FRANCE
10 NORWAY
11 Cyprus
12 Denmark
13 The Netherlands
14 Greece
15 Turkey
16 Portugal
17 Iceland
18 Yugoslavia
19 Luxembourg
20 Switzerland
21 Austria
22 Finland
23 Spain