Google has league tables for major football leagues and it'd be really cool if they did something like this for Eurovision. They could update it throughout the night.

I'll start: Isaiah Firebrace (Australia 2017) - It's Gotta Be You (still playing on Manila FM station for almost 10 years)

Every day I feel like I discover a new song from the contest I've not heard before that is either a bop or absolutely beautiful and under appropriated. So I was wondering is there any Eurovision entries you remember and still cling onto (or recently discovered) that the world moved on from too quickly.

I myself am an Absolute sucker for the Swedish Language to to kick start this discussion I'll say my own with "Nar Jag blundar" from Finland 2012, I've not heard much of 2012 so far (plan to watch it this week) but I spoilt it with Finland and was shocked to hear from a friend that they didn't qualify. The song is absolutely beautiful with the crisp and cold pia I notes complimented by the low warm cello (or double bass not sure) that plays a beautiful rhythm. Also her voice to me is so nice and unique. The song song feels fresh to me and quite festive, I've listened to it most nights recently and it inspired me to make this post ss I've never seen any mention it at all. So it may have been a long time since someone said this but Finland in 2012, you were robbed.

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Those Armenian commentating team are wearing these BOO themed shirt, and it cannot find somewhere!

Something I do every year for my own amusement. The contest itself decides the best song, so I like to look at the other elements of each performance and award my own prizes. What counts as "the best" is obviously going to be subjective and there were lots of close calls, especially for vocal performance (sorry Leleka), but here are where my decisions fell. Six categories, six winners in each. Roast me idc 😁

Listen ik i used the ai summary in the screenshot but I did count it by myself to confirm. On my (prob wrong) count, ferto was sung 74 times and bae was sung 84 times, but still, that means we have a NEW CHAMPION for the eurovision song to have the song title sung the most, and on the first edition of eurovisi9n asia at that

My prediction of the results

>!🏆 🇫🇷 France (France TV) | Comment Tu Vas ? - Alec 🇫🇷

🥈🇪🇸 Spain (RTVE) | Cuore Bello (Te Quiero, Te Quiero) - Lucas Paulano 🇪🇸

🥉🇦🇲 Armenia (AMPTV) | BOO! - Naré 🇦🇲

4️⃣ 🇺🇦 Ukraine (Suspilne) | NOT A LULLABY - Erika Kolesnichenko 🇺🇦

5️⃣ 🇵🇱 Poland (TVP) | Gravity - Wiktor Sas 🇵🇱

6️⃣ 🇲🇰 North Macedonia (MRT) | Idnata Jas - Ana Stojanoska 🇲🇰

7️⃣ 🇬🇪 Georgia (GPB) | Sun on the Rooftops - Davit Lomidze 🇬🇪

8️⃣ 🇨🇾 Cyprus (RIK) | Who I Can Be - Harry Georgiou 🇨🇾

9️⃣ 🇸🇲 San Marino (SMRTV) | Ruota Panoramica - Violamarie 🇸🇲

🔟 🇳🇱 Netherlands (AVROTROS // NPO) | Stronger Together - Maria 🇳🇱

1. 🇲🇹 Malta (PBS) | Blue Bird - Beppe 🇲🇹

2. 🇦🇱 Albania (RTSH) | Kërce Me Mua - Eslin Kurti 🇦🇱

3. 🇵🇹 Portugal (RTP) | Alma - Salvador Rio 🇵🇹

4. 🇲🇪 Montenegro (RTCG) | Muzika Nas Spaja - Mija Vujović 🇲🇪

5. 🇮🇹 Italy (Rai) | Che Cos'è l'Amore - Matteo Trullu 🇮🇹

6. 🇮🇪 Ireland (TG4) | Níos Láidre - Caleb Kirwan & Naomi Gribben 🇮🇪!<

My Jury/Televote repartition (Who will vote for each country ?)

>!🇳🇱 Jury

🇨🇾 ?

🇵🇹 Jury

🇲🇪 Televote

🇸🇲 Jury

🇫🇷 Jury

🇵🇱 Televote

🇦🇲 Televote

🇲🇹 ?

🇮🇹 ?

🇺🇦 Televote

🇲🇰 ?

🇮🇪 ?

🇦🇱 Televote

🇬🇪 Jury

🇪🇸 Jury!<

We all remember the January 2025, TRM looked at the Etapa Națională 2025 live auditions—packed with AI-generated songs, Sasha Bognibov’s yearly unhinged entries, and Swedish generic demos—and pulled the emergency brake on the whole operation.

But let’s imagine a world where Moldova didn’t withdrawing from Eurovision 2025 and just made an internal selection to select the artist from 12 finalists of Etapa Națională 2025. What kind of multiverse scenario are we looking at for Basel?

1. The "Fan Favorite Rescue" – Bacho & Carnival Brain (Semafoare)

Scenario: TRM panics, sees fan polls overwhelmingly supporting Semafoare, and sends them directly to Basel.

The Result: The electronic collaboration vibe gives Moldova an authentic, non-generic entry. With polished staging, they become a cult favorite in the semi-final. Might qualify on pure televote energy, or end up as a heartbreaking 11th-place NQ.

2. The "Safe Pick" – Katy Rain (Timpul) / Cătălina Solomac (Demons)

Scenario: Broadcaster goes for polished ethnic/pop modern radio vibes.

The Result: Professional, but completely overwhelmed by the bigger pop bangers in the semi. Sinks into the infamous 2024 Natalia Barbu zone ("In the Middle"), getting 10–15 points from the Romanian and Italian diaspora before missing the final.

If Moldova had stuck around, which track from those auditions do you think could have survived a 100% televote Semi-Final?

This just shows how comically bad the 2022 German NF was, bold choice of the broadcaster "Germany 12 Points" when none of the songs would have even gotten 12 points overall.

Ooooh!!!!!!

Why there's 2 jescs in 2 days?

I don’t know if this was ever mentioned in this subreddit, but since Angel of my dreams by Jade Thirlwell from the UK girl group Little Mix is currently going viral, I thought it would be cool to mention how it samples Puppet on a string by Sandie Shaw, the winner of Eurovision 1967 and the UK’s first win. The song starts with some of the original track of Puppet on a string too if you haven’t listened to it before.

Credit: ESC Gabe on YouTube (but you probably already knew that)