NB. This version was published in December 2016 and has been replaced by an updated Top 5 from Azerbaijan. After trips to southern and central Europe, my next top 5 goes as…
Category: Countries
My top 5 songs from…Italy
With a big political event taking place in Italy this weekend (a referendum on changes to the Italian constitution that could lead to the resignation of the Italian Prime Minister…
[OLd] My top 5 songs from…Hungary
NB. This version was published in November 2015 and has been replaced by an updated Top 5 songs from Hungary. Well as promised, I’m beginning the first of this series with…
Top 5 results by countries’ first time appearance at Eurovision
With this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest having just taken place (Georgia winning for a record 3rd time), and Belgium and Macedonia announcing their 2017 artists in the last few…
Top 10 countries by Grand Final finishing position
200 days to the Grand Final of Eurovision 2017! Some bits of Eurovision news today: Slovakia confirms they won’t be participating next year (they haven’t taken part since 2012) and…
Eurovision 2016 previews countdown: #1 FRANCE – Amir – “J’ai cherché”
We finally reach the top of the chart! It may not come as a huge surprise who has come top as they have been topping most of the fan polls…
Eurovision 2016 previews countdown: #2 RUSSIA – Sergey Lazarev – “You Are the Only One”
If Sweden has been the superpower of Eurovision of the past 15 years or so, then their rival superpower is the country that takes the runner up spot in this…
Eurovision 2016 previews countdown: #3 SPAIN – Barei – “Say Yay!”
Into the top 3 and we have the penultimate member of the big 5, matching last year’s position in the preview countdown, and ever present at Eurovision since they first…
Eurovision 2016 previews countdown: #4 BULGARIA – Poli Genova – “If Love Was a Crime”
Closing in on the top spot now, and it’s lovely to see this country finishing so high in the countdown as their Eurovision pedigree is not strong. They’ve not entered…
Eurovision 2016 previews countdown: #5 HUNGARY – Freddie – “Pioneer”
It’s only a week to the second semi-final, and by that time we’ll know if this country will have matched this YouTube ranking top 5 performance and have made it…