Finland is my favourite this year. This was such an iconic ESC, with that giant heater stage, the sketchy flower arrangements, the messy presentation by Marlene Charrell and almost all countries going full 80's with their songs.
What a spectacular year! Almost every song is great here, and the actual top 5 consists of some of the best songs in the whole ESC. Love this year, definitely in my top 5 favourites! Here's what I think! 20. Spain 19. Greece 18. France 17. The Netherlands 16. Switzerland 15. Austria 14. Belgium 13. Finland 12. Denmark 11. United Kingdom 10. Turkey 9. Portugal 8. Cyprus 7. Italy 6. Norway 5. Luxembourg 4. Yugoslavia 3. Sweden 2. Israel 1. Germany Huh. Okay.
When you said previously that you thought we might share the same winner this year, my first thought is that you were talking about Israel, and this time, rather uncommonly it's in both of our top 3s! Of course everything else is completely off but that's still something.
Here are my personal votes/rankings, i'am from the Netherlands 12 points: United Kingdom - Sweet Dreams - I'm never giving up 10 points: Germany - Hoffmann & Hoffmann - Rücksicht 8 points: Italy - Riccardo Fogli - Per Lucia 7 points: Yugoslavia - Daniel - Dzuli 6 points: Israël - Ofra Haza - Hi 5 points: Portugal - Armando Gama - Esta balada que te dou 4 points: Luxembourg - Corinne Hermès - Si la vie est cadeau 3 points: Cyprus - Stavros & Constantina - I agapi akoma zi 2 points: Sweden - Carola Häggkvist - Främling 1 point : Austria - Westend - Hurricane
My top 20: 10/10: 1. Chai 🇮🇱 2. ¿Quién maneja mi barca? 🇪🇸 9/10: 3. Mou les 🇬🇷 4. Vivre 🇫🇷 8/10: 5. Fantasiaa 🇫🇮 6. Rendez-vous 🇧🇪 7/10: 7. Esta balada que te duo 🇵🇹 8. I'm Never Giving Up 🇬🇧 9. Rücksicht 🇩🇪 10. Kloden drejer 🇩🇰 11. Hurricane 🇦🇹 6/10: 12. Främling 🇸🇪 13. I agapi akoma zi 🇨🇾 14. Per Lucia 🇮🇹 5/10: 15. Io così non ci sto 🇨🇭 4/10: None 3/10: 16. Do re mi 🇳🇴 17. Džuli (Yu) 18. Si la vie est cadeau 🇱🇺 2/10: 19. Sing Me a Song 🇳🇱 1/10: 20. Opera 🇹🇷
A good year in terms of songs, but ARD’s production was lacking. My points: 1p 🇪🇸 Spain 2p 🇵🇹 Portugal 3p 🇳🇴 Norway 4p 🇧🇪 Belgium 5p 🇮🇹 Italy 6p 🇮🇱 Israel 7p 🇲🇪 Yugoslavia 8p 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 10p 🇳🇱 Netherlands 12p 🇸🇪 Sweden
Sweden isn't all that good, but Norway, Turkey and Spain all are songs to be proud of...sorta. Turkey is so catchy, I could listen to it all day. And Spain speaks for itself. Belgium, Israel, the UK and Switzerland are also masterpieces. And, don't forget Germany and Denmark!
Not a good production (boring stage and postcards) and I thought the host was pretty awful - very wooden and she bit off more than she could chew by doing the 3 languages (some of her flower arrangements were nice with Turkey getting the douze points there). However, there were a lot of good songs. The right song did not win but at least we got the great production and host in 84 in Luxembourg. My points for 83: 1pt Germany 2pt Denmark 3pt Belgium 4pt United Kingdom 5pt Luxembourg (good but not my winner) 6pt Netherlands 7pt Finland (amazing and underated) 8pt Sweden 10pt Yugoslavia and finally.. ISRAEL 12 POINTS!!!! Ofra is amazing and the song edges out tough competition from Sweden and Yugoslavia for me.
Uk won for me, it was a nice small year with okay songs. But the uk and Luxembourg had the strongest songs, with 'hi' coming in my 3rd. I say nice little year, but I hated the stage, and the host wasn't that good. Could have been better, but it was good.
20- It's a good song, just forgettable 19- It's very catchy but repetitive 18- I thought it was cute and it made me happy 17- I didn't find this exciting 16- Our entry, a great song and it's another success for the UK 15- Underrated but not by lots 14- Heavily overrated, although it is sweet 13- My favourite, I go crazy every time I hear this 12- Pretty boring 11- It's a nice song but extremely repetitive 10- An overrated winner 9- A brilliant song, I do love Carola 8- Jahn's best. A fun and jolly song 7- Fully deserved 0 6- So did this 5- This is my biggest grower of the year 4- It's alright but pretty basic 3- Another brilliant Israeli song 2- It's alright, I like it but not as much as others 1- Not a very exciting song. Pretty weak in my opinion and overrated
Finland is my favourite this year. This was such an iconic ESC, with that giant heater stage, the sketchy flower arrangements, the messy presentation by Marlene Charrell and almost all countries going full 80's with their songs.
My personal Top 5:
1. My first place 🥇: Finland 🇫🇮
2. My second place 🥈: Sweden 🇸🇪
3. My third place 🥉: Italy 🇮🇹
4. Luxembourg 🇱🇺
5. Spain 🇪🇸
my favorite is by far spain! what an avant-garde and futuristic song, still sounds amazing and fresh after 40 years, this is pure talent and art!
What a spectacular year! Almost every song is great here, and the actual top 5 consists of some of the best songs in the whole ESC. Love this year, definitely in my top 5 favourites! Here's what I think!
20. Spain
19. Greece
18. France
17. The Netherlands
16. Switzerland
15. Austria
14. Belgium
13. Finland
12. Denmark
11. United Kingdom
10. Turkey
9. Portugal
8. Cyprus
7. Italy
6. Norway
5. Luxembourg
4. Yugoslavia
3. Sweden
2. Israel
1. Germany
Huh. Okay.
When you said previously that you thought we might share the same winner this year, my first thought is that you were talking about Israel, and this time, rather uncommonly it's in both of our top 3s! Of course everything else is completely off but that's still something.
Thank you for this 1st place ! For me, it's Yugoslavia, no question.
My 3rd favourite year of all time! We have the same top 2!
What I love Hurricane and Per Lucia, they are among my faves form 1983 and I can’t believe they came so low on your top.
Here are my personal votes/rankings, i'am from the Netherlands
12 points: United Kingdom - Sweet Dreams - I'm never giving up
10 points: Germany - Hoffmann & Hoffmann - Rücksicht
8 points: Italy - Riccardo Fogli - Per Lucia
7 points: Yugoslavia - Daniel - Dzuli
6 points: Israël - Ofra Haza - Hi
5 points: Portugal - Armando Gama - Esta balada que te dou
4 points: Luxembourg - Corinne Hermès - Si la vie est cadeau
3 points: Cyprus - Stavros & Constantina - I agapi akoma zi
2 points: Sweden - Carola Häggkvist - Främling
1 point : Austria - Westend - Hurricane
No song gave me chills, not in 1983, not today. Germany was my winner in 1983; 20 years later it was Greece and today I prefer France.
My top 20:
10/10:
1. Chai 🇮🇱
2. ¿Quién maneja mi barca? 🇪🇸
9/10:
3. Mou les 🇬🇷
4. Vivre 🇫🇷
8/10:
5. Fantasiaa 🇫🇮
6. Rendez-vous 🇧🇪
7/10:
7. Esta balada que te duo 🇵🇹
8. I'm Never Giving Up 🇬🇧
9. Rücksicht 🇩🇪
10. Kloden drejer 🇩🇰
11. Hurricane 🇦🇹
6/10:
12. Främling 🇸🇪
13. I agapi akoma zi 🇨🇾
14. Per Lucia 🇮🇹
5/10:
15. Io così non ci sto 🇨🇭
4/10:
None
3/10:
16. Do re mi 🇳🇴
17. Džuli (Yu)
18. Si la vie est cadeau 🇱🇺
2/10:
19. Sing Me a Song 🇳🇱
1/10:
20. Opera 🇹🇷
A good year in terms of songs, but ARD’s production was lacking. My points:
1p 🇪🇸 Spain
2p 🇵🇹 Portugal
3p 🇳🇴 Norway
4p 🇧🇪 Belgium
5p 🇮🇹 Italy
6p 🇮🇱 Israel
7p 🇲🇪 Yugoslavia
8p 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
10p 🇳🇱 Netherlands
12p 🇸🇪 Sweden
Thank ps for putting montenegro flag
Norway 1 pt
Finland 2 pts
Italy 3 pt
Germany 4 pts
France 5 pts
Portugal 6 pts
Greece 7 pts
Spain 8 pts
Israel 10 pts
Luxembourg 12 pts
Sweden isn't all that good, but Norway, Turkey and Spain all are songs to be proud of...sorta.
Turkey is so catchy, I could listen to it all day. And Spain speaks for itself. Belgium, Israel, the UK and Switzerland are also masterpieces. And, don't forget Germany and Denmark!
Spain is very good, but Europe missing that point.
Spain 12
Belgium 10
Finland 8
Luxembourg 7
Switzerland 6
Greece 5
Cyprus 4
Germany 3
Portugal 2
Austria 1
1- Germany
2- Sweden
3- Portugal
4-Finland
5- Israel.
Thank you¡¡¡¡
Not a good production (boring stage and postcards) and I thought the host was pretty awful - very wooden and she bit off more than she could chew by doing the 3 languages (some of her flower arrangements were nice with Turkey getting the douze points there). However, there were a lot of good songs. The right song did not win but at least we got the great production and host in 84 in Luxembourg.
My points for 83:
1pt Germany
2pt Denmark
3pt Belgium
4pt United Kingdom
5pt Luxembourg (good but not my winner)
6pt Netherlands
7pt Finland (amazing and underated)
8pt Sweden
10pt Yugoslavia
and finally..
ISRAEL 12 POINTS!!!!
Ofra is amazing and the song edges out tough competition from Sweden and Yugoslavia for me.
Uk won for me, it was a nice small year with okay songs. But the uk and Luxembourg had the strongest songs, with 'hi' coming in my 3rd.
I say nice little year, but I hated the stage, and the host wasn't that good. Could have been better, but it was good.
Sweden is my fav!
My top 10 from 🇮🇱:
1.israel🤷♀️
2.luxembourg
3.sweden
4.yugoslavia
5.spain
6.denmark
7.belgium
8.finland
9.uk
10.norway
My top 10 (From Ukraine🇺🇦)
1. Austria🇦🇹
2. Israel🇮🇱
3. UK🇬🇧
4. Sweden🇸🇪
5. Luxembourg🇱🇺
6. Yugoslavia
7. Germany🇩🇪
8. Italy🇮🇹
9. Cyprus🇨🇾
10. Spain🇪🇸
Weird choices .. Finland deserved to win that year
Best - UK, Worst - Israel
Strange top
Your ears need syringing!
Netherlands at # 18 so I stopped watching
ok
That song is hardly anything special so I don't think that's a crime
20- It's a good song, just forgettable
19- It's very catchy but repetitive
18- I thought it was cute and it made me happy
17- I didn't find this exciting
16- Our entry, a great song and it's another success for the UK
15- Underrated but not by lots
14- Heavily overrated, although it is sweet
13- My favourite, I go crazy every time I hear this
12- Pretty boring
11- It's a nice song but extremely repetitive
10- An overrated winner
9- A brilliant song, I do love Carola
8- Jahn's best. A fun and jolly song
7- Fully deserved 0
6- So did this
5- This is my biggest grower of the year
4- It's alright but pretty basic
3- Another brilliant Israeli song
2- It's alright, I like it but not as much as others
1- Not a very exciting song. Pretty weak in my opinion and overrated
Some serious taste issues here, but ok...