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Blaise Jones

My votes for Eurovision 2009

12 points/SWITZERLAND [The Highest Heights]
10 points/ ESTONIA[Randajad]
8 points/ ICELAND [Is it True?]
7 points/ FRANCE[Et S'il Faillait le Faire]
6 points/ BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA [Bistra Voda]
5 points/ AZERBAIJAN [Always]
4 points/ NORWAY [Fairytale]
3 points/ PORTUGAL[Todas as Ruas do Amor]
2 points/ UNITED KINGDOM [My Time]
1 point/ GREECE [This is Our Night]

And the songs-I-never-want-to-hear-again bucket:

Montenegro, Belgium, Belarus, Czech Republic, Armenia, Bulgaria, FYR Macedonia, Croatia, Latvia, Serbia, Cyprus, Slovenia, Hungary, Albania, The Netherlands, Germany, Russia.

Sorry guys, try again in 2010!
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I like the Eurovision Song Contest as a concept, although the execution of the voting hasn't been perfect these past years. Ahhh I still love it. Particularly looking forward to Moscow.

Most of the music I listen to isn't from the ESC... I like ska/dub, rock and a bit of hardcore, think Mad Caddies, Antimaniax, Sonic Boom Six, Against Me! etc. I grew up in a very dull part of mid-Wales where we somehow managed to get some great independant national bands playing little gigs around us, I seriously loved that. Unsurprising these genres aren't heard in Eurovision much (Or rather, at all!). I just really like music, and I'm pretty open-minded.

Favourite ESC songs ever (In reverse chronalogical order);

Randajad [Estonia / 2009]
The Highest Heights [Switzerland / 2009]
Shady Lady [Ukraine / 2008]
Senhora Do Mar [Portual / 2008]
Shake It Up Sekerim [Turkey / 2007]
Salvem el mon [Andorra / 2007]
Never Let You Go [Russia / 2006]
Hard Rock Hallelujah [Finland / 2006]
Cool Vibes [Switzerland / 2005]
Angel [Malta / 2005]
Every Way that I Can [Turkey / 2003]
Come Back [United Kingdom / 2002]
Il faut du temps [France / 2002]
Fly on the Wings of Love [Denmark / 2000]
Where Are You? [United Kingdom / 1998]
Nocturne [Norway / 1995]
Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi [Switzerland / 1988]
Waterloo [Sweden / 1974]

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My votes for Eurovision 2008;

12 points/ PORTUGAL [Senhora Do Mar]
10 points/ UKRAINE [Shady Lady]
8 points/ TURKEY [Deli]
7 points/ NORWAY [Hold On, Be Strong]
6 points/ RUSSIA [Believe]
5 points/ ISRAEL [The Fire in You Eyes]
4 points/ GERMANY [Disappear]
3 points/ SWITZERLAND [ Era Stupendo]
2 points/ FRANCE [Devine]
1 point/ SERBIA [Oro]

My votes for Eurovision 2007;

12 points/ ANDORRA [Salvem El Mon]
10 points/ TURKEY [Shake It Up Sekerim]
8 points/ SERBIA [Molitva]
7 points/ GEORGIA [Visionary Dream]
6 points/ HUNGARY [Unsubstainable Blues]
5 points/ GERMANY [Frauen Regier'n Die Welt]
4 points/ MOLDOVA [Fight]
3 points/ FINLAND [Leave Me Alone]
2 points/ SWEDEN [The Worrying Kind]
1 point/ FRANCE [L'Amour A La Francais]


My votes for Eurovision 2006:

12 points/ FINLAND [Hard Rock Hallelujah]
10 points/ RUSSIA [Never Let You Go]
8 points/ SWEDEN [Invincible]
7 points/ GREECE [Everything]
6 points/ BELGIUM [Je T'Adore]
5 points/ GERMANY [No No Never]
4 points/ UNITED KINGDOM [Teenage Life]
3 points/ TURKEY [Super Star]
2 points/ ARMENIA [Without You Love]
1 point/ UKRAINE [Show Me Your Love]