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My favourite ESC winning songs:

Non Ho L'eta - Italy (1964)
Apres Toi - Luxembourg (1972)
Waterloo - Sweden (1974)
Save your kisses for me - UK (1976)
A-Ba-Ni-Bi - Israel (1978)
Hallelujah - Israel (1979)
What's another year - Ireland (1980)
Hold me now - Ireland (1987)
Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi - Switzerland (1988)
Why Me - Ireland (1992)
Rock'N'Roll Kids - Ireland (1994)
Nocturne - Norway (1995)
The Voice - Ireland (1996)
Diva - Israel (1998)
Take Me To Your Heaven - Sweden (1999)
I Wanna - Latvia (2002)
Believe - Russia (2008)


My preferences for ESC 2008 songs:

-RUSSIA Dima Bilan-Believe 12 points
-SERBIA Jelena Tomasevic- Oro 10 points
-NORWAY Maria Haukaas Storeng -Hold on be strong 8 points
-TURKEY Mor ve Otesi Deli -7 points
-SAN MARINO Miodio -Complice 6 points
-ISRAEL Boaz Mauda -The fire in your eyes 5 points
-PORTUGAL Vania Fernandes -Senhora Do Mar 4 points
-ALBANIA Olta Boka- Zemren e lame peng 3 points
-MOLDOVA Geta Burlacu - A century of love 2 points
-ARMENIA Sirusho Harutyunyan - Qele Qele 1 point


My favourite Greek entries (not as many as I would like):

1974 Krasi, thalasa kai t'agori mou- Marinela
1977 Mathima solfez- Pashalis, M.Toli, R. Williams, B. Argiraki
1978 Charlie Chaplin- Tania Tsanaklidou
1989 To diko sou asteri- Marianna
1991 Anoiksi- Sofia Vossou
2001 Die for you- Antique
2006 Everything- Anna Vissi

I should add that I loved Sakis Rouvas performance in Shake it (ESC 2004), although I didn't like the song. Sakis is a real star.

Some of my favourite people on esctoday: Jonny, Florian, Marcus, Sheep, T K, Stockholm calling, Estevao, patte, Keith, Stella..and many others that just don't come to mind right now...thank you all for knowing how to agree and disagree without insults, childish tantrums and endless mine-is-better-than-yours-because-i-know-quality-and-you-dont comments.

Each song this year described with a word or two! (thanks to Jonny who I stole the idea from..hehe)
The names are in alphabetical order but it's easy to tell my favourite...LOL

Albania - melodic
Andorra - fluffy
Armenia - erratic
Azerbaijan - contemporary
Belarus - dramatic
Bosnia & Herzegovina - sentimental
Bulgaria - painful
Croatia - nostalgic
Cyprus - ethereal
Denmark - pleasant
FINLAND - strong, energetic, groovy, entertaining..and my 12 pts this year
France - magical, emotional
Fyrom - indifferent
Georgia - tacky
Germany - flashy
Greece - optimistic, dynamic (Good luck, Sakis )
Hungary - empty
Iceland - warm
Ireland - flowery
Israel - boring
Latvia - noisy but groovy
Lithuania - interesting
Malta - dull
Moldova - colourful
Montenegro - forgettable
Netherlands - happy
Norway - shallow
Poland - soft
Portugal - romantic, nostalgic
Romania - dispensable
Slovenia - enchanting
Spain - powerful
Switzerland - modern
Turkey - spicy
UK - gentle, flat