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Choose a different winner from each of the last ten years
Irishguy123
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I thought this would be interesting to do as we continue the build-up to Eurovision week 
As the title says, regardless of your favourites, if you had to choose a different winner from each of the last ten years, who would you pick? I'll get the ball rolling:
2005: Romania - Let Me Try
2006: Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lejla
2007: Bulgaria - Water
2008: Ukraine - Shady Lady
2009: Iceland - Is It True?
2010: Azerbaijan - Drip Drop
2011: Denmark - New Tomorrow
2012: Serbia - Nije Ljubav Stvar
2013: Ukraine - Gravity
2014: The Netherlands - Calm After The Storm
A few of my picks I didn't rate that highly on the night, but in hindsight I view very differently.
As the title says, regardless of your favourites, if you had to choose a different winner from each of the last ten years, who would you pick? I'll get the ball rolling:
2005: Romania - Let Me Try
2006: Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lejla
2007: Bulgaria - Water
2008: Ukraine - Shady Lady
2009: Iceland - Is It True?
2010: Azerbaijan - Drip Drop
2011: Denmark - New Tomorrow
2012: Serbia - Nije Ljubav Stvar
2013: Ukraine - Gravity
2014: The Netherlands - Calm After The Storm
A few of my picks I didn't rate that highly on the night, but in hindsight I view very differently.
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2006 - Ukraine - Show Me Your Love
2007 - Bulgaria - Water
2008 - Ukraine - Shady Lady
2009 - Estonia - Rändajad
2010 - Romania - Playing With Fire
2011 - Norway - Haba Haba
2012 - My favourite won, next option would be - Bulgaria - Love Unlimited
2013 - My favourite won, next option would be - Germany - Glorious
2014 - Slovenia - Round and Round
Oh Norway. I still remember my shock when they didn't even qualify!
2006: France - Il Etait Temps
2007: Armenia - Anytime You Need
2008: Ukraine - Shady Lady
2009: Iceland - Is It True?
2010: Turkey - We Could Be The Same
2011: Slovenia - No One
2012: Spain - Quedate Conmigo
2013: Norway - I Feed You My Love
2014: Malta - Coming Home
2006 - Sweden (Invincible)
2007 - Ukraine (Dancing Lasha Tumbai)
2008 - Norway (Hold On Be Strong)
2009 - United Kingdom (It's My Time)
2010 - Shine (Georgia)
2011 - Denmark (New Tomorrow)
2012 - Spain (Quedate conmigo)
2013 - Ukraine (Gravity)
2014 - Netherlands (Calm After the Storm)
2006: Bosnia-Herzegovina - Lejla (though clearly the best won
2007: Slovenia - Cvet z juga
2008: Turkey - Deli or Serbia - Oro
2009: Bosnia-Herzegovina - Bistra Voda or France - Et s'il fallait le faire
2010: Turkey - We Could Be The Same or Armenia - Apricot Stone
2011: Slovenia - No One or Georgia - One More Day
2012: Russia - Party for Everybody or Albania - Suus
2013: Greece - Alcohol is free or Netherlands - Birds
2014: Poland - My Slowianie or Finland - Something Better
Same as Irishguy, those were not all necessarily my biggest favourites at the time, but ones I'd now think most deserving of it.
(And I'm sorry, but in most cases it was impossible to pick just one!)
2005: Malta - Angel
2006: Germany- No no never (Lordi was my fave)
2007: Ukraine - Dancing lasha tumbai (Molitva was my fave)
2008: Iceland - This is my life
2009: France - S'il fallait le faire
2010: Iceland - Je ne sais quoi
2011: Germany - Taken by a stranger
2012: Norway - Stay
2013: Norway - I Feed You My Love
2014: Norway - Silent storm (Conchita was my fave)
Here's a list of the songs (going back to 1956) that were voted best by the members of the Rateyourmusic website. Some interesting 'alternative' winners among them, not least the Spanish flamenco lady who got nul points being voted best entry of 1983!
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/vauxhall1964/eurovision_winners___as_decided_by_members_of_rate_your_music/
2006: only watched the final that year as was travelling, Lordi was my fave by far
2007: This is where I get ousted from the forum because I had a secret love for both Sweden and Germany that year
2008: Ukraine - Shady Lady
2009: Iceland - Is It True?
2010: Armenia - Apricot Stone
2011: Germany - Taken By A Stranger
2012: Denmark - Should Have Known Better (although if we're going by how often an entry still gets sung in my house, it's clearly Latvia - Beautiful Song
2013: Norway - I Feed You My Love
2014: The Netherlands - Calm After The Storm
I can't edit my post anymore, but that would actually be my choice for 2013!
2006: Germany – No No Never
2007: Russia – Song #1
2008: Ukraine - Shady Lady
2009: Armenia – Jan Jan
2010: Poland – Legenda
2011: Ireland – Lipstick
2012: Norway – Stay
2013: Sweden – You
2014: Norway – Silent Storm
2006 = Romania = Tornero
2007 = Bulgaria = Water (my favourite)
2008 = Azerbaijan = Day After Day
2009 = Estonia = Rändajad
2010 = Portugal = Há dias assim
2011 = Bosnia and Herzegovina = Love In Rewind
2012 = Albania = Suus
2013 = Hungary = Kedvesem
2014 = Spain = Dancing In The Rain
Not my favourites, but these deserved the win
2006 - Norway, 'Alvedansen'
2007 - Bulgaria, 'Water'
2008 - Bosnia & Herzegovina, 'Pokusaj'
2009 - Iceland, 'Is It True?'
2010 - Belgium, 'Me and My Guitar'
2011 - Bosnia & Herzegovina, 'Love in Rewind'
2012 - Albania, 'Suus'
2013 - Ukraine, 'Gravity'
2014 - Montenegro, 'Moj Svijet'
2015 - Norway, 'A Monster Like Me'
Oh, were we not supposed to do 2015 yet?
2005 - Hungary - Forogj Vilaj
2006 - Russia - Never Let You Go
2007 - Bulgaria - Voda
2008 - Ukraine - Shady Lady
2009 - Iceland - Is It True?
2010 - Azerbaijan - Drip Drop
2011 - Sweden - Popular (very poor year though)
2012 - Spain - Quedate Conmigo
2013 - Germany - Glorious
2014 - Sweden - Undo
2006 - Russia - Never let You Go
2007 - Belarus - Work Your Magic (Moltiva was favourite)
2008 - Bosnia-Herzegovina - Pokušaj (Believe was my favourite. Soz not soz)
2009 - Malta - What if We
2010 - Israel/Lithuania/Serbia - Milim/Eastern European Funk/Ovo je Balkan. I can't decide!
2011 - United Kingdom - I Can (we so shoulda won...). If not including UK, B&H - Love in Rewind
2012 - Estonia - Kuula
2013 - Azerbaijan - Hold Me/Israel - Rak Bishvilo
2014 - Israel - Same Heart (RLAP was my favourite)
2005 - Malta - Angel
2006 - Norway - Alvedansen
2007 - Hungary - Unsubstantial Blues
2008 - Portugal - Senhora do Mar ☆
2009 - Portugal - Todas as Ruas Amor ☆
2010 - Turkey - We Could Be The Same
2011 - Italy - Madness of Love ☆
2012 - Italy - L'Amore E' Femmina
2013 - The Netherlands - Birds ☆
2014 - The Netherlands - Calm After the Storm☆
Why thank you! I'm happy to see people are responding to it, I'm always nervous about starting threads on here
Interesting to see a couple of votes for Forogj Világ, it was actually my favourite during the 2005 contest, and I even remember expecting it to challenge Greece to the win! How wrong I was. I do think it deserved better than 12th though.
2006: Greece - Everything (Finland was my fave)
2007: Russia - Song #1 (Serbia was my fave)
2008: Ukraine - Shady Lady
2009: Armenia - Jan Jan
2010: Cyprus - Life Looks Better in Spring (my favourite year, barely a bad song in the final)
2011: Italy - Madness of Love
2012: Estonia - Kuula (Sweden was my fave)
2013: Norway - I Feed You My Love
2014: The Netherlands - Calm After the Storm
Sweden was one of my favourites that year, after the majesty of Slovenia!
Why would that get one ousted...?
2006: Bosnia and Herzegovina, 'Lejla'
2007: Sweden, 'The Worrying Kind' (or Spain's 'I love you mi vida'... Molitva was by far and away my fav though)
2008: Bosnia and Herzegovina, 'Pokusaj'
2009: Bosnia and Herzegovina, 'Bistra Voda'
2010: Turkey, 'We Could be the Same'
2011: Slovenia, 'No One'
2012: Serbia, 'Nije Ljubav Stvar'
2013: Ukraine, 'Gravity'
2014: Switzerland, 'Hunter of the Stars'
B&H have been robbed far too many times!
2006 - Romania - Tornero
2007 - Germany - Frauen regier'n die Welt
2008 - Norway - Hold on Be Strong
2009 - Jade Ewen - It's My Time
2010 - Tom Dice - Me and My Guitar (Although Satellite is still my #1 choice)
2011 - Iceland - Coming Home
2012 - Spain - Quedate Conmigo (Although Euphoria is still my #1 choice)
2013 - Hungary - Kedvesem
2014 - Netherlands - Calm After the Storm
2006: Sweden - Invincible
2007: Hungary - Unsubstantial Blues
2008: Sweden - Hero
2009: Iceland - Is It True?
2010: Denmark - In A Moment Like This
2011: Sweden - Popular
2012: Spain - Quadate Conmigo
2013: Ukraine - Gravity
2014: Sweden - Undo
2006: Sweden - Carola - Invincible
2007: Andorra - Anonymous - Salvem El Món
2008: Switzerland - Paolo Meneguzzi - Era Stupendo
2009: Estonia - Urban Symphony - Randajad
2010: Belgium - Tom Dice - Me and My Guitar
2011: Slovenia - Maja Keuc - No One
2012: Spain - Pastora Soler - Quédate Conmigo
2013: Italy - Marco Mengoni - L'essenziale
2014: Hungary - András Kállay-Saunders - Running
My favourite has never won, so I'm not holding much hope for Norway, Russia or Azerbaijan this year.
Not as poor as that...:o
Tbf Never let you Go was so much better than believe...
2006: Invincible (Sweden)
2007: They Can't Stop The Spring (Ireland)
2008: Oro (Serbia)
2009: Todas As Ruas Do Amor (Portugal)
2010: Me And My Guitar (Belgium)
2011: Na Inat (Bulgaria)
2012: L'amore e femmina (Italy)
2013: I Feed You My Love (Norway)
2014: Calm After The Storm (The Common Linnets)
Didn't think I'd see this pop up in a thread like this!
2005 - Israel - Hasheket Shenishar
2006 - Romania - Tornero
2007 - Germany - Frauen regier'n die Welt
2008 - Switzerland - Era Stupendo
2009 - Switzerland - The Highest Heights
2010 - Romania - Playing with Fire
2011 - Netherlands - Never Alone ( in studio, live was a bit creepy...)
2012 - Spain - Quédate Conmigo
2013 - Hungary - Kedvesem
2024 - Armenia - Not Alone
So much Switzerland! So little Denmark