10 Memorable Eurovision Songs
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The Eurovision Song Contest
Originally designed to bring together Europeans in a celebration of music, the competition has now become one full of novelty acts, scantily-clad goddesses and crooning adonises which culminates in the traditional arguement over tactical voting and bigotry.
What a laugh!
For those interested in the history of the Eurovision song contest, a look at the wikipedia entry is very enlightening: Eurovision Song Contest. Those more interested in some of the daftest and most entertaining acts should proceed to my list.
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2. Lordi, Finland (2006)
The Eurovision song contest is usually so full of manufactured pop music and awful ballards that I never thought I would see a heavy rock group win. Amazingly, Lordi won with "Hard Rock Hallelujah" which is a surprisingly catchy rock song, but I think possibly the costumes and performance had a lot of influence in their win.
Lordi won with an overwhelming proportion of the vote.
Find out more about Finland in the Eurovsion Song Contest here: Finland.
Lordi
3. Ruslana, Ukraine (2004)
A performance featuring a very attractive female singer in a skimpy outfit will always attract attention I guess but this song is very catchy and the performance is very well choreographed. On top of that Ruslana is an award winning musician who writes all her own songs and music including this one: "Wild Dancers".
Ruslana
4. ABBA, Sweden - 1974
ABBA? Who? Never heard of them!
If this is true then you must live in a cave. ABBA are probably the Eurovision song contest's most famous and successful winners. After winning with "Waterloo" ABBA went on to become one of the most successful groups ever and remain popular worldwide.
More about Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest here: Sweden.
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5. Lt United, Lithuania - (2006)
If you tell people something often enough they will believe it, and this song almost proved that. The lyrics of this song consist almost entirely of the words, "we are the winners of Eurovision". It nearly worked, they came sixth and if the winning entry by Lordi hadn't been so outstanding, the prophecy in this song may have come true.
The best thing about this performance, though, is the crazy dance by the bald guy.
More about Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest here: Lithuania.
6. Les Fatals Picards, France (2007)
Surprisingly, France made the linguistic concession to sing part of their song in English; still it didn't help as it crashed and burned in the European public's vote.
This song is surprisingly catchy and amusing, add to that the strange guy running around with a cat stuck on his shoulder and this is a memorable Eurovision song - at least for me it is.
Find out more about France in the Eurovision Song Contest here: France.
Les Fatals Picards
Molvania
8. Daz Sampson, United Kingdom (2006)
How could any nation that gave the world The Beatles enter this trash?
However, in a competition famous for trashy music, this really should have been outstandingly trashy and in with a chance of winning. It seems though, that Great Britain only discovered Eurotrash as the rest of the continent decided to move on.
This song is so bad that it borders on brilliance!
Learn more about UK in the Eurovision Song Contest here: United Kingdom.
Daz Sampson
9. Alexander Rybak, Norway (2009)
Surprise surprise, the Eurovision song contest actually produces some decent music these days. This song is quite catchy and invloves some enthralling fiddle playing with a bizarre but entertaining performance by some strange dancers - the choreography was done by Hallgrim Hansegard of the Frikar dance group.
Alexander scored 387 points which at the time of writing is a record total.
More about Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest: Norway.
Download Some Of These Songs Now
Here are some of the better offerings from this list, available for download from iTunes.
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Have your say on Eurovision
If you love the Eurovision Song Contest, have anything to say about this lens or any of the performances, please leave a comment here.
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Lucy2004
Dec 17, 2011 @ 7:17 pm | delete
- Great lens, Eurovision is always a bit of fun each year
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Lindrus
Sep 8, 2011 @ 1:01 pm | delete
- Can't help to watch Eurovision every year - I have funny love-hate feelings about it, but can't help to watch...
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gregoryolney
Sep 3, 2011 @ 5:13 pm | delete
- I've watched this programme since it was first broadcast, and I must say it just gets sillier and sillier. The music gets worse, the hype is dreadful, and as for the voting....well I keep saying I'm never going to watch it again, but I always do.
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Petalm
May 11, 2011 @ 12:45 am | delete
- Many make fun of the Eurovision but secretly watch it!!
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olgasart
May 6, 2011 @ 6:04 pm | delete
- Ruslana rocks!
thanks for the article.
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