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1993.written.by.goran
Italy
A relatively underrated Italian ballad. Going for
it is a beautiful melody (like the score of an
art film) and a good performance (as well as the
fact that it's sung in Italian). However, it is
annoying when it is reminiscent of Italy '92. Not
the best of all Italian entries, but not the
worst either. 6/10
Turkey
An unintentionally laughable performance didn't
help an already tragically bad song. It was
almost painful to watch it from this perspective
(it took Turkey's average score on my lists right
down), being reminded of how much I hated Turkey
at the time (from an ESC-point of view). Probably
the worst song of the year. 0.5/10
Germany
Germany is one of my least favourite
ESC-countries. Here's one reason: this dull
ballad. The vocalist really couldn't sing and he
made the already rough-sounding German lyrics
sound even worse. A low ranking for powerful
country. I live for these things. Especially in
cases of a bad song, like this one. 1.5/10
Switzerland
Overrated. What was she thinking anyway?
"Look at me! I'm better than Celine
Dion!!!" The song is very good (I mean - it
IS sung in French), but it could have been only
too much better ... it takes a lot of wrong
turns. Yet, it did grow on me and it is easily
remembered. 6.5/10
Denmark
A nice melody at the start and a nice chorus ...
all a little too nice and familiar, but
definitely worthy of more than just nine points
(even Turkey received ten points). The song is a
little too brief and the performance wasn't
exactly flawless, but nothing unforgivable.
4.5/10
Greece
I don't recall the performance, but I watched the
video clip and it excels at what it's trying to
be. A little bit more than a live-action
postcard. Keti Garbi looks like an over-made-up
woman from the 80s to me and the song sounds way
to familiar. I'm sorry to say that I find this to
be overrated. It scored extremely well for a
Greek entry. 4/10
Belgium
An interesting ballad though the chorus doesn't
impress as much as it should. Why it came last, I
will never know (or even begin to know). In this
year of Esmel yarim and Maria
Magdalena among others, it surely should
have done better. 6/10
Malta
Not exactly terrible, especially when compared to
the following two Maltese entries. However, this
time my expectations were minimal and it may have
helped it. However, this isn't Eurosong material
- this is just a song that Tom Jones would make
as part of an album to cash in on another, better
single. 3/10
Iceland
Even though I can hardly hear what she's saying
(by the way, I don't like her voice), the music
is great and the song is pretty good too. The
chorus is especially appealing and I can almost
see why this song (even though it did only
relatively well on the night) is very popular
among fans. However, I am getting tired of it.
8.5/10
Austria
Extremely dated, to say the least. This is one of
the reasons why Eurosong is considered kitschy
among outsiders. It hurts my ears. To compare it
with the later, Croatia Marija Magdalena
would be an insult, not only to Doris, but to
humanity as well. 1/10
Portugal
Now, this is Eurosong for me. I really love this
song. So typical of the event. It also boasts a
very good performance and probably should have
ended up higher in a year as weak as this one.
The chorus is particularly impressive. One of my
favourite Portuguese entries. 9/10
France
When it comes to music, to me, French means good.
This is no exception, but it really isn't the
most distinguished of examples. Yet, Corsica
should be proud of its son ... He did well,
especially when it comes to rankings. But I can't
help feeling that this would have scored much
lower if there was televoting. 5.5/10
Sweden
Not quite exceptional, but not bad at all. It's a
song that is likely to cheer me up whenever I
hear it and, for that reason alone, I should
probably listen to it more often than I do, but
... (and there's always a but!) ... it IS a
(grown) boy-band. Still, (like almost every other
year) a good effort from the Swedes that did well
with the juries (as well as the fans). 5/10
Ireland
This is probably the most widely accepted of the
Irish winners of the Nineties. I actually prefer The
Voice from '96, but this is my second
favourite. It's not exactly original, but it's
very good and the performance was nice too.
However, it probably would have rated much lower
on my list in any other (better) year. 7.5/10
Luxembourg
A good-but-not-great duet from a
once-hugely-impressive country, aided by the fact
that it is sung in French. It's probably the last
we'll ever officially hear from Luxembourg in the
ESC. Otherwise, it's pretty dull and unnotable.
3/10
Slovenia
Without any prejudice, I actually like this song.
It should have done a little better than it did.
There were many better entries to follow, and
they erased my memory of this, their first one.
But I listened to it again and I'm glad I did. It
is very underrated. 7/10
Finland
I don't usually like the Finnish entries, but
here's an exception. It doesn't really sound
Finnish - more like a combination of French,
Russian and Greek music (of all things). It
should have done much better than it did. After
all, the year was weak and the Finns' hope of
winning is really going down fast. I doubt that a
Finnish entry has or ever will rate this high on
my list. 9/10
Bosnia-Herzegovina
The war in Bosnia is long over now, but this song
is still powerful. It contains some of the
greatest lyrics ever written and it's
perfect in every other way too. It probably did
get some sympathy votes, but not enough of them.
It also should have received points for quality.
10/10
United Kingdom
I still remember when Niamh finally won and my
mother was glad that at least 'that hag' lost.
'That hag' was Sonia and, truth be told, she
really was a little over-confident and unnerving
at moments. However, this IS the ESC, and
over-doing is generally what we are here to see.
The song itself is pretty good anyway, but
definitely not "top 5" material. 6.5/10
Croatia
Almost but not quite gospel. This was a good
debut and a good performance (despite an accent
that wasn't exactly flawless). I actually like
this song a lot. Maybe the fact that it's
Croatian has something to do with it. It grew on
me after a while. Very underrated. 9/10
The Netherlands
Extremely appealing. A near-classic song and a
flawless performance are responsible for the high
placing of this particular Dutch entry, both on
the official ranking and my list. In fact, it
scored higher on my list. 9.5/10
Spain
For some reason, that rhythm is very familiar to
me. This is quite a modern and catchy Spanish
entry. Not at all traditional, as it is not a
ballad performed by a male vocalist. That really
is a good thing, but it really could be an even
better thing. 5/10
Cyprus
Not too ethnic ... that's partly the problem. The
chorus sounds like something that could be played
over the final credits of a teenage movie from
the 80s. Yet, it isn't that bad. And I really
like the beginning of the song. The performance
wasn't too bad either. 5/10
Israel
I wish it was a little more ethnic, but ...
Anyhow, this is dangerously close to terrible.
Towards the end, I was fighting to stay awake (a
terrible performance). I usually adore the
Israeli entries. As much as I want to adore this
... I really truly can't. 3/10
Norway
Here's something rare. A song which was overrated
by the juries and underrated by the fans. It had
a nice beat to it and, although I don't usually
go for this type of song, (even if it is nicely
performed by a cute girl), I like it. It really
grew on me after a while. 9/10
TOP 25:
1. Bosnia - Herzegovina
2. Netherlands
3. Finland
4. Portugal
5. Norway
6. Croatia
7. Iceland
8. Ireland
9. Slovenia
10. Switzerland
11. United Kingdom
12. Italy
13. Belgium
14. France
15. Sweden
16. Spain
17. Cyprus
18. Denmark
19. Greece
20. Luxembourg
21. Malta
22. Israel
23. Germany
24. Austria
25. Turkey
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