22- It is very catchy but if only the Barbara Dex award was released earlier 21- It's sweet but pretty basic 20- He gets on my nerves 19- I love this, it whisks me away to the Caribbean 18- It's alright but not amazing 17- Our entry, I heard this the other day and I found my love for it again 16- It is a lovely song, but not the best Irish song 15- Zzzzzz 14- I like it, it's cool and the style is good 13- The song's alright but she's Sexy 12- A sweet song, not much else 11- I love everything about this 10- I love everything here as well 9- And here, I like this year too much 8- This was great as well 7- How did this get 0? It's such a banger 6- It's a lovely song. Two good voices 5- This was fantastic as well 4- A great bubbly tune. Deserved 2nd place 3- It's alright, I haven't found my love for it though 2- Nah, pretty weak and the voices make it sound like Mr Bean is singing 1- Everyone loves this, I don't think it's bad but it isn't amazing
My personal Top 5: 1. My first place 🥇: Iceland 🇮🇸 but I find that Finland 🇫🇮 had a great entry too ! So it depends !!! But I love 💕 Icelandic Sooooo much 2. My second place 🥈: Finland 🇫🇮 3. My third place 🥉: Turkey 🇹🇷 4. Sweden 🇸🇪 5. Germany 🇩🇪 And Thank you 😊 for Finland 🇫🇮!!!!! Nice to see someone who like me LOVES 💕 FINLAND 🇫🇮 sooooo much !!
Here are my personal votes/rankings, i'am from the Netherlands 12 points: Ireland - Johnny Logan - Hold me now 10 points: Italy - Umberto Tozzi & Raf - Gente di mare 8 points: Turkey - Seyyal Taner & Lokomotif - Sarkim sevgi Üstüne 7 points: Belgium - Liliane Saint Pierre - Soldiers of love 6 points: Israël - Datner & Kushnir - Shir habatlanim 5 points: Norway - Kate Gulbrandsen - Mitt liv 4 points: Austria - Gary Lux - Nur noch gefühl 3 points: France - Christine Minier - Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche 2 points: Luxembourg - Plastic Bertrand - Amour amour 1 point : United Kingdom - Rikki - Only the light
I've just watched Eurovision 1987 for the first time without knowing any results (except for the Irish win) - and I liked it more than 1985 and 1986. The contest seemed to be too long (even though I'm a modern person and I'm used to 26 songs in the grand final - I'm just not used to see this many songs in 1980s), but overall it was fun. This is how my top-10 looked like right after I finished watching the Swiss entry (without knowing any results or any other people's opinions): 10. Iceland (it was somewhat boring, but I like the melody and it seemed obviously more interesting to me than three previous songs) 9. Yugoslavia (I didn't hope to see it this one on the third place overall, and it was pretty high in the mid-tear for me; Connor said Yugoslavia would keep sending that kind of songs - I hope I'll keep liking it) 8. Denmark 7. Italy 6. Sweden 5. Belgium (Belgium was the first one to make me wake up this time, so I couldn't help but remember it) 4. Portugal (I don't understand why I thought it was that good for me, but I definitely loved The Vibe of this song and performance; Portugal is really fighting with Israel for being my favourite ESC country of 1980s) 3. France 2. Ireland (this is one of my favourite Eurovision winning songs; I don't like 'What's Another Year', but I think this one is a deserved victory; the live performance seemed underwhelming for me - especially pressed in-between Finland, Denmark and Yugoslavia - but the winning reprise was really good) 1. Finland (I always forget about Connor's 'odd-numbered Finland' thing, but still it works on me like a charm; this time Finland even one - and it was a very obvious win for me, I was SO disappointed to see this song on the right side of the scoreboard) Also, as a person who put Gary Lux at my first place the first time I watched ESC 1985, I was pretty underwhelmed by his performance this year (though 16th place I put it on does not seem that low). At the same time, I liked Israeli entry - it was really fun and I even put it on my 12th place. So, I guess I was too cruel by saying I didn't like the beginning of the show. It is also fun that right after the show my top-10 basically consisted of two clusters of songs - the ones who were from 4 to 8 in the running order (Spain, running 9th, finished on my 11th place) and the ones who were from 18 to 21 (and also, France which was 15 in the running order). This time the songs coming in a row really boosted each other for me (and Israel - being surrounded by underwhelming Norway and Austria - for the first time this decade finished outside of my top-10).
Btw, for me the 'messiest' song was the Dutch one. I was bored in the beginning, but this absurd transition woke me up and I was staring in shock for a while thinking about how bad it was.
Also some notes: German entry felt to me like an embodiment of something that could be randomly accused of cultural appropriation (I'm pretty bad at Wind trivia - I don't know anything about them, though I can see that they have non-white members; at the same time, I remember their entries in 1985 and 1992 - and for me they seem like someone who do the whitest music ever; so, it was shocking to me when they've started singing reggae, though I generally liked it). Greek entry seem similar to Wham! for Terry Wogan and some people in the comments, but the first group I thought about while watching it was Hall & Oates. The bit at the beginning is literally their 'Maneater' (though I guess it was generally 1980s fashion).
My ranking from Israel🇮🇱 Finland 🥇 Germany 🥈 Ireland 🥉 Belgium Portugal Israel Italy Greece Sweden Yoguslavia Cyprus Turkey Switzerland France Denmark Spain Norway The Netherlands Iceland UK Austria Luxembourg
1987 is a very up and down year. Production-wise, it's definitely strong, and I did like the stage, postcards, and host! The songs, on the other hand, are either really good or really bad. There's also a few of them that started off well enough (NED, FIN, LUX), but either key-changes or lyrics damaged them to the point I couldn't put them in my top. That being said, my top ten (I actually re-watched this recently!): 1 pt: YUG 2 pt: AUT 3 pt: NOR (I actually liked the soundtrack-feel of Mitt Liv, and it reminds me of a musical number. It did fall a few places since my previous ranking, though.) 4 pt: GER (I prefer this to Fur Alle--while the latter has grown on me since I first watched 1985, there were parts I felt like they were derivative. Lass die Sonner in dein Hertz, on the other hand, is bubbly and joyful and grabs you on the first listen. I also love the reggae influences!) 5 pt: BEL (top ten anime openings) 6 pt: GRE (A bit influenced by Wham, but still a really nice bop!) 7 pt: ISR 8 pt: ISL -- Compared to their debut, iceland's entry this year is a bit more serene. It conveys a melancholic mood well, effectively combining the quiet instrumental and Halla Margaret's pure vocals. The lyrics were also great too! 10 pt: IRE -- Easily the best 1980s winner, in my opinion. From the opening notes, I kind of hinted that Hold Me Now would be a great song, which it is. I love the sadness Johnny Logan emotes, and it just flows well. My only nitpick was the final key change, which wasn't necessary. 12 pt: ITA -- My favorite 1980s entry! I love the gospel influences and the longing lyrics, and Raf and Umberto show off their versatility (if I'm right, they're pretty well known for Italo disco during that time) with this song.
My top 22: 10/10: 1. Hægt og hljótt 🇮🇸 2. Gente di mare 🇮🇹 9/10: 3. Sata salamaa 🇫🇮 4. Neste barco à vela 🇵🇹 5. Only The Light 🇬🇧 8/10: 6. Shir habatlanim 🇮🇱 7. Rechtop in de wind 🇳🇱 7/10: 8. No estás solo 🇪🇸 6/10: 9. Soldiers of Love 🇧🇪 10. Aspro-mavro 🇨🇾 11. Laß die sonne in dein herz 🇩🇪 12. Moitié-moitié 🇨🇭 5/10: 13. Ja sam za ples (Yu) 14. Amour amour 🇱🇺 15. Hold Me Now 🇮🇪 16. Nur noch gefühl 🇦🇹 17. En lille melodi 🇩🇰 4/10: 18. Stop 🇬🇷 19. Şarkim sevgi üstüne 🇹🇷 3/10: None 2/10: 20. Boogaloo 🇸🇪 21. Mitt liv 🇳🇴 22. Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche 🇫🇷 1/10: None
Good year, but still isn't as great as some of the early 80s years. Here's what I think! 22. Spain 21. Sweden 20. Luxembourg 19. Norway 18. Finland 17. Portugal 16. Iceland 15. Denmark 14. United Kingdom 13. France 12. Ireland 11. Cyprus 10. Germany 9. Switzerland 8. Greece 7. Israel 6. Austria 5. The Netherlands 4. Italy 3. Belgium 2. Yugoslavia 1. Turkey
10th: Finland 9th: Denmark 8th: Italy 7th: The Netherlands 6th: United Kingdom 5th: Greece 4th: Sweden 3rd: Ireland 2nd: Iceland 1st: Yugoslavia I love Yugoslavia and Iceland, I really like Ireland but after that, the songs don't get me interested in them enough.
![Eurovision 2000 - My Top 24 [with comments]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ss1axdwJzbI/mqdefault.jpg)
Austria is the one song from ‘87 that I still listen to regularly.
22- It is very catchy but if only the Barbara Dex award was released earlier
21- It's sweet but pretty basic
20- He gets on my nerves
19- I love this, it whisks me away to the Caribbean
18- It's alright but not amazing
17- Our entry, I heard this the other day and I found my love for it again
16- It is a lovely song, but not the best Irish song
15- Zzzzzz
14- I like it, it's cool and the style is good
13- The song's alright but she's Sexy
12- A sweet song, not much else
11- I love everything about this
10- I love everything here as well
9- And here, I like this year too much
8- This was great as well
7- How did this get 0? It's such a banger
6- It's a lovely song. Two good voices
5- This was fantastic as well
4- A great bubbly tune. Deserved 2nd place
3- It's alright, I haven't found my love for it though
2- Nah, pretty weak and the voices make it sound like Mr Bean is singing
1- Everyone loves this, I don't think it's bad but it isn't amazing
Portugal got my 12 points, but Finland, Belgium and Denmark also delivered great entries. Thank's for a great channel!
My personal Top 5:
1. My first place 🥇: Iceland 🇮🇸 but I find that Finland 🇫🇮 had a great entry too ! So it depends !!! But I love 💕 Icelandic Sooooo much
2. My second place 🥈: Finland 🇫🇮
3. My third place 🥉: Turkey 🇹🇷
4. Sweden 🇸🇪
5. Germany 🇩🇪
And Thank you 😊 for Finland 🇫🇮!!!!! Nice to see someone who like me LOVES 💕 FINLAND 🇫🇮 sooooo much !!
Here are my personal votes/rankings, i'am from the Netherlands
12 points: Ireland - Johnny Logan - Hold me now
10 points: Italy - Umberto Tozzi & Raf - Gente di mare
8 points: Turkey - Seyyal Taner & Lokomotif - Sarkim sevgi Üstüne
7 points: Belgium - Liliane Saint Pierre - Soldiers of love
6 points: Israël - Datner & Kushnir - Shir habatlanim
5 points: Norway - Kate Gulbrandsen - Mitt liv
4 points: Austria - Gary Lux - Nur noch gefühl
3 points: France - Christine Minier - Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche
2 points: Luxembourg - Plastic Bertrand - Amour amour
1 point : United Kingdom - Rikki - Only the light
I've just watched Eurovision 1987 for the first time without knowing any results (except for the Irish win) - and I liked it more than 1985 and 1986. The contest seemed to be too long (even though I'm a modern person and I'm used to 26 songs in the grand final - I'm just not used to see this many songs in 1980s), but overall it was fun.
This is how my top-10 looked like right after I finished watching the Swiss entry (without knowing any results or any other people's opinions):
10. Iceland (it was somewhat boring, but I like the melody and it seemed obviously more interesting to me than three previous songs)
9. Yugoslavia (I didn't hope to see it this one on the third place overall, and it was pretty high in the mid-tear for me; Connor said Yugoslavia would keep sending that kind of songs - I hope I'll keep liking it)
8. Denmark
7. Italy
6. Sweden
5. Belgium (Belgium was the first one to make me wake up this time, so I couldn't help but remember it)
4. Portugal (I don't understand why I thought it was that good for me, but I definitely loved The Vibe of this song and performance; Portugal is really fighting with Israel for being my favourite ESC country of 1980s)
3. France
2. Ireland (this is one of my favourite Eurovision winning songs; I don't like 'What's Another Year', but I think this one is a deserved victory; the live performance seemed underwhelming for me - especially pressed in-between Finland, Denmark and Yugoslavia - but the winning reprise was really good)
1. Finland (I always forget about Connor's 'odd-numbered Finland' thing, but still it works on me like a charm; this time Finland even one - and it was a very obvious win for me, I was SO disappointed to see this song on the right side of the scoreboard)
Also, as a person who put Gary Lux at my first place the first time I watched ESC 1985, I was pretty underwhelmed by his performance this year (though 16th place I put it on does not seem that low). At the same time, I liked Israeli entry - it was really fun and I even put it on my 12th place. So, I guess I was too cruel by saying I didn't like the beginning of the show.
It is also fun that right after the show my top-10 basically consisted of two clusters of songs - the ones who were from 4 to 8 in the running order (Spain, running 9th, finished on my 11th place) and the ones who were from 18 to 21 (and also, France which was 15 in the running order). This time the songs coming in a row really boosted each other for me (and Israel - being surrounded by underwhelming Norway and Austria - for the first time this decade finished outside of my top-10).
Btw, for me the 'messiest' song was the Dutch one. I was bored in the beginning, but this absurd transition woke me up and I was staring in shock for a while thinking about how bad it was.
Also some notes: German entry felt to me like an embodiment of something that could be randomly accused of cultural appropriation (I'm pretty bad at Wind trivia - I don't know anything about them, though I can see that they have non-white members; at the same time, I remember their entries in 1985 and 1992 - and for me they seem like someone who do the whitest music ever; so, it was shocking to me when they've started singing reggae, though I generally liked it).
Greek entry seem similar to Wham! for Terry Wogan and some people in the comments, but the first group I thought about while watching it was Hall & Oates. The bit at the beginning is literally their 'Maneater' (though I guess it was generally 1980s fashion).
My winner is Italy.
Also does anyone know that feeling when your last place finishes one place above your winner?
My ranking from Israel🇮🇱
Finland 🥇
Germany 🥈
Ireland 🥉
Belgium
Portugal
Israel
Italy
Greece
Sweden
Yoguslavia
Cyprus
Turkey
Switzerland
France
Denmark
Spain
Norway
The Netherlands
Iceland
UK
Austria
Luxembourg
1987 is a very up and down year. Production-wise, it's definitely strong, and I did like the stage, postcards, and host! The songs, on the other hand, are either really good or really bad. There's also a few of them that started off well enough (NED, FIN, LUX), but either key-changes or lyrics damaged them to the point I couldn't put them in my top.
That being said, my top ten (I actually re-watched this recently!):
1 pt: YUG
2 pt: AUT
3 pt: NOR (I actually liked the soundtrack-feel of Mitt Liv, and it reminds me of a musical number. It did fall a few places since my previous ranking, though.)
4 pt: GER (I prefer this to Fur Alle--while the latter has grown on me since I first watched 1985, there were parts I felt like they were derivative. Lass die Sonner in dein Hertz, on the other hand, is bubbly and joyful and grabs you on the first listen. I also love the reggae influences!)
5 pt: BEL (top ten anime openings)
6 pt: GRE (A bit influenced by Wham, but still a really nice bop!)
7 pt: ISR
8 pt: ISL -- Compared to their debut, iceland's entry this year is a bit more serene. It conveys a melancholic mood well, effectively combining the quiet instrumental and Halla Margaret's pure vocals. The lyrics were also great too!
10 pt: IRE -- Easily the best 1980s winner, in my opinion. From the opening notes, I kind of hinted that Hold Me Now would be a great song, which it is. I love the sadness Johnny Logan emotes, and it just flows well. My only nitpick was the final key change, which wasn't necessary.
12 pt: ITA -- My favorite 1980s entry! I love the gospel influences and the longing lyrics, and Raf and Umberto show off their versatility (if I'm right, they're pretty well known for Italo disco during that time) with this song.
My top 5 from 🇮🇱:
1.turkey
2.germany
3.yugoslavia
4.israel
5.netherlands
My top 22:
10/10:
1. Hægt og hljótt 🇮🇸
2. Gente di mare 🇮🇹
9/10:
3. Sata salamaa 🇫🇮
4. Neste barco à vela 🇵🇹
5. Only The Light 🇬🇧
8/10:
6. Shir habatlanim 🇮🇱
7. Rechtop in de wind 🇳🇱
7/10:
8. No estás solo 🇪🇸
6/10:
9. Soldiers of Love 🇧🇪
10. Aspro-mavro 🇨🇾
11. Laß die sonne in dein herz 🇩🇪
12. Moitié-moitié 🇨🇭
5/10:
13. Ja sam za ples (Yu)
14. Amour amour 🇱🇺
15. Hold Me Now 🇮🇪
16. Nur noch gefühl 🇦🇹
17. En lille melodi 🇩🇰
4/10:
18. Stop 🇬🇷
19. Şarkim sevgi üstüne 🇹🇷
3/10:
None
2/10:
20. Boogaloo 🇸🇪
21. Mitt liv 🇳🇴
22. Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche 🇫🇷
1/10:
None
Good year, but still isn't as great as some of the early 80s years. Here's what I think!
22. Spain
21. Sweden
20. Luxembourg
19. Norway
18. Finland
17. Portugal
16. Iceland
15. Denmark
14. United Kingdom
13. France
12. Ireland
11. Cyprus
10. Germany
9. Switzerland
8. Greece
7. Israel
6. Austria
5. The Netherlands
4. Italy
3. Belgium
2. Yugoslavia
1. Turkey
YESSSSS 🦃
What if Novi Fosili performed her song in Albanian or Italian? What would be the lyrics?
1:28 you just made an enemy
1. Austria (also my winner in 1987) - 2. Italy - 3. Israel - 4. Ireland - 5. Belgium & Germany
Iceland deserved far better than 16th place in my opinion. My 3rd that year behind Israel and Ireland.
My 12 points (Luxembourg) so low smh
My top 22
1. Italy 🇮🇹
2. Iceland 🇮🇸
3. Israel 🇮🇱
4. Ireland 🇮🇪
5. Belgium 🇧🇪
6. Germany 🇩🇪
7. Turkey 🇹🇷
8. Norway 🇳🇴
9. Yugoslavia 🏴
10. Portugal 🇵🇹
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11. Cyprus 🇨🇾
12. The Netherlands 🇳🇱
13. Finland 🇫🇮
14. Denmark 🇩🇰
15. Greece 🇬🇷
16. Sweden 🇸🇪
17. Spain 🇪🇸
18. Austria 🇦🇹
19. France 🇫🇷
20. United Kingdom 🇬🇧
21. Switzerland 🇨🇭
22. Luxembourg 🇱🇺
10th: Finland
9th: Denmark
8th: Italy
7th: The Netherlands
6th: United Kingdom
5th: Greece
4th: Sweden
3rd: Ireland
2nd: Iceland
1st: Yugoslavia
I love Yugoslavia and Iceland, I really like Ireland but after that, the songs don't get me interested in them enough.
This list is for laughing
My Top 5:
5: Ireland
4: Germany
3: Yugoslavia
2: Italy
1: Israel
Netherlands 12
Finland 10
Ireland 8
Cyprus 7
Belgium 6
Sweden 5
Portugal 4
Israel 3
Yugoslavia 2
Germany 1
My top 10 (From Ukraine🇺🇦)
1. Ireland🇮🇪
2. Italy🇮🇹
3. Netherlands🇳🇱
4. Germany🇩🇪
5. Belgium🇧🇪
6. Yugoslavia
7. Finland🇫🇮
8. Denmark🇩🇰
9. Portugal🇵🇹
10. Cyprus🇨🇾
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rikki is the queen❤
Finland was definitely the best. No 1.