| Eurovision Song Contest News - 2009 Moscow, Russia 

Jesper Bexkens

Hi everybody,

I'm a fan since 1996 and going back in time if I have the oppurtinity to see old contests. I live in Venray, Netherlands, and I was a student in Mediterranean Studies. I just finished my master thesis about the EU accession of Slovenia and Estonia.
What are favorite countries? It's so difficult to say. I like some countries for the country and others just for the music so in Eurovision it's the music that counts. So my favorites here are musical favorites.
Here are my results of seen contests:

1983:
1) Sweden
2) Israel
3) Yugoslavia

1984:
1) Finland
2) Ireland
3) United Kingdom

1985:
1) Sweden
2) Norway
3) Denmark

1986:
1) Switzerland
2) Austria
3) Belgium

1987:
1) Netherlands
2) Ireland
3) Italy

1988:
1) Luxembourg
2) Switzerland
3) Norway

1989:
1) Germany
2) Denmark
3) Spain

1990:
1) Yugoslavia
2) Spain
3) Denmark

1991:
1) France
2) Sweden
3) Portugal (Greece suffered from bad orchestra, otherwise would have definitely been in my top3)

1992:
1) Ireland
2) UK
3) Yugoslavia

1993:
1) France
2) Greece
3) Netherlands

1994:
1) Poland
2) Norway
3) Ireland

1995:
1) Sweden
2) Greece
3) Denmark

1996:
1) Norway
2) Portugal
3) Ireland

1997:
1) Turkey
2) UK
3) Italy

1998:
1) Estonia
2) Netherlands
3) Cyprus

1999:
1) Iceland
2) Sweden
3) Netherlands

2000:
1) Norway
2) Iceland
3) France

2001:
1) France
2) Slovenia
3) Greece

2002:
1) Estonia
2) France
3) Bosnia & Herzegovina

2003:
1) Turkey
2) Netherlands
3) Iceland

2004:
1) Sweden
2) Malta
3) Ukraine

2005:
1) Israel
2) Greece
3) Switzerland
should have qualified: Iceland and Netherlands.

2006:
1) Greece
2) Bosnia-Herzegovina
3) Russia
Should have qualified: Belgium

2007:
1) Serbia
2) Slovenia
3) Bosnia-Herzegovina

2008:
1) Portugal
2) Finland
3) Sweden

If you like to know more: feel free to contact me at jesperbexkens@hotmail.com