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10th place:
Lisa Angell "N'oubliez pas" France
France is always a great country when it comes to Eurovision, and I'm a sucker for chanson. Naturally Angell's song was going to be high on my list.
9th Place:
Electro Velvet "Still In Love with You" United Kingdom
I love the out of left field choice of the UK. It's weird and most of all fun. Fun is something missing in this year's contest and I hope Electro Velvet are going to bring a little bit of joy.
8th Place:
Guy Sebastian "Tonight Again" Australia
Australia is sending a commercially successful song that is a catchy as hell.
7th Place:
Nina Sublatti "Warrior" Georgia
There are a lot of moody young women singing dark dramatic songs at Eurovision this year. This is the only one that hasn't been overworked to death.
6th Place:
Elina Born & Stig Rästa "Goodbye to Yesterday" Estonia
I cannot deny that this is one of the best songs in the contest. I can understand why it's one of the favorites.
5th Place:
Aminata "Love Injected" Latvia
Latvia has finally come to win, not place last in the semifinal. It's delightful to see.
4th Place:
Daniel Kajmakoski "Autumn Leaves" Macedonia
I must confess that Kajmakoski's work on reaching out to the Eurovision fan base has worked on me. If you haven't checked out his cover of Yugoslavia's 1983 entry, Džuli, you really should. It's made me go back and take a listen to his entry that I wrote off back at the beginning of my tour through the 2015 songs. It's popped up to the top of my replay list.
3rd Place:
Monika Kuszyńska "In The Name of Love" Poland
I'm surprised by the fact I keep playing the Polish entry over and over again. Simple songs sung well always hook me. I don't know if it will qualify, but for me it works.
2nd Place:
Ann Sophie "Black Smoke" Germany
If Eurovision songs won on sheer memorability, "Black Smoke" would be my winner hands down. This song has been stuck in my head since I first heard the darn thing, and it's a great one to have on the car stereo with the volume cranked up. It also doesn't hurt that it's in my vocal range. Hello new karaoke song.
1st Place:
Maraaya "Here For You" Slovenia
Hands down my favorite song in the contest, and they're going to be the group I'll definaletly follow in the future, joining a small list like Anouk and Patricia Kaas. Have you heard their other versions--the remix with the students of their music school? Or the remix with the a capella choir? This song has legs and Maraaya has the musical chops.
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