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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.

Just fuck you. Fuck you all.

I can't remember the last time I was this angry.

Blocking every anti-Eurovision cunt this week. I don’t need your negativity in my gay life

Your annual reminder that just because a song is slow, it's not necessarily a ballad, while not every ballad is definitively a slow song.

This was a public service announcement.

#eurovision

I'm suddenly cautiously optimistic about Eurosong because this is actually good.

Well it certainly feels like the 69th edition

How was Terraria 1.4 released 4 years ago already?

YouTube video by ESC Stuff 1981 Denmark: Tommy Seebach & Debbie Cameron - Krøller eller ej (11th place at ESC)

#AdventEurovision day 25: Tommy Seebach & Debbie Cameron - Krøller eller ej

This Christmas, let's all love each other, blond curls or not, brown eyes or not (to extend the message of the song a little bit).

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I think it just failed to transcend cultural barriers because it's just too slavic. Which is why it makes sense that it won KzM and flopped at ESC. Sadly.

YouTube video by Library of Eurovision Slovenia 🇸🇮 - Eurovision 1993 - 1X Band - Tih deževen dan

#AdventEurovision day 24: qX Band - Tih deževen dan

One of the best debuts. This perfectly encapsulates the sort of melancholic, yet hopeful attitude that was common in Slavic countries after communism finally died the death it deserved.

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Love it. When I was writing the 2002 review in my blog, I expected to be a little defensive of this song, but then I ended up writing a huge wall of text in its defence and realised that I can't choose anything else as a winner.

YouTube video by EuroTiggESC Pascalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy - Mathima solfege - Greece - Eurovision Song Contest 1977

#AdventEurovision day 23: Pascalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy - Mathima Solfege

"Let's sing about music, not even as a metaphor," said Greece and totally made it work. This is absolutely irresistibly fun and I can't imagine anyone possibly disliking it.

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Strongly agree, it's a total all-timer. I like how it combines verses that have a typical Slavic city pop sound that might be a bit too inaccessible to Western ears with more typically power ballady verses to make the whole song more accessible.

YouTube video by Library of Eurovision Norway 🇧🇻 - Eurovision 1988 - Karoliné Krueger - For Vaar Jord

#AdventEurovision day 22: Karoliné Krueger - For Vår Jord

Norway isn't exactly my favourite Eurovision country, ditto for 1988, and yet Norway's 1988 entry is really good. I like that it remains fairly minimalistic and I really like her voice. The piano is lovely too.

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YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest Peter Nalitch & Friends - Lost And Forgotten (Russia) Live 2010 Eurovision Song Contest

#AdventEurovision day 21: Peter Nalitch & Friends - Lost And Forgotten

A lot of Russian entries were made by Swedes, Brits and Americans purely to score well, without any authenticity to them. Luckily, this one is basically as Russian as you can get while singing in English.

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My favourite Danish entry of all time as well (and obviously my winner of 1989), it's impossible to dislike this.

YouTube video by awuga Hugues Aufray 🌺 “Dès que le printemps revient” (ESC 1964 Luxembourg)

#AdventEurovision day 20: Hugues Aufray - Dès que le printemps revient

I love his slightly raspy voice and the song itself is quite hypnotic. I got drunk once and listened to it for about 4 hours on loop and never got tired of it.

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YouTube video by Library of Eurovision Belgium 🇧🇪 - Eurovision 1999 - Vanessa Chinitor - Like The Wind

#AdventEurovision day 19: Vanessa Chinitor - Like The Wind

Finally, Flanders managed to get a good enough score not to get Wallonia relegated next year. This is another song with truly impeccable vibes that I could happily listen to at any time.

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YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest Amandine Bourgeois - L'enfer Et Moi (France) - LIVE - 2013 Grand Final

#AdventEurovision day 18: A. Bourgeois - L'enfer Et Moi

I love everything about it. The mysterious and sultry tone, the dark instrumental, the dynamic camerawork, the slightly choppy lyrics. It all comes together perfectly. Its result is seriously disappointing.

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YouTube video by Library of Eurovision United Kingdom 🇬🇧 - Eurovision 1985 - Vikki - Love is

#AdventEurovision day 17: Vikki - Love is...

On the surface, this is a very typical UK entry, but there's something irresistible about its simplicity. I like that it's very vague about who's the weak one and who's the strong one. Also, first entry with the fire-desire rhyme.

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YouTube video by Xyre 06. Slovakia 🇸🇰 | Katarína Hasprová - Modlitba | Eurovision Song Contest 1998

#AdventEurovision day 16: Katarína Hasprová - Modlitba

Thi got a very undeserved result. It has a brilliant instrumentation with some rocky elements and a great guitar, a strong vocal performance and really good lyrics. I understand why Slovakia ragequit after this came 21st.

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The better entry titled Mata Hari.

YouTube video by ESC Stuff 1972 Austria: Milestones - Falter im Wind (5th place at Eurovision Song Contest in Edinburgh)

#AdventEurovision day 15: Milestones - Falter im Wind

ESC was lagging a bit with accepting rock into the contest, so it's great that 1972 had two rock songs. I prefer this one with its lovely calm folky vibes. Fifth was a very good result for something as unassuming as this.

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YouTube video by MusicOfTheWorld2008 Eurovision 2008 Semi Final 1 15 Netherlands *Hind* *Your Heart Belong's To Me* 16:9 HQ

#AdventEurovision day 14: Hind - Your Heart Belong's To Me

2008 wasn't really that great of a year, so it's even more impressive that we got one of the best entries of the year from a country in the middle of the worst NQ streaks ever. This should've definitely qualified.

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Fun fact: this won the backup jury and was the main reason why they were brought back in 2009. We don't know the exact jury split, but we know the combined results (they were revealed at a press conference) and Germany would've finished 6th under the combined vote instead of 19th.

YouTube video by escLIVEmusic1 Could it be - Paul Giordimaina & Georgina Abela -Malta 1991 -HQ Eurovision songs with live orchestra

#AdventEurovision day 13: Paul Giordimaina & Georgina Abela - Could It Be

People say that Malta was overrated because they sung in English. I say they were rated mostly properly because they sent good songs. This is one of their songs that should've scored better, if anything.

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My winner of 1962 actually, it's just so fun and upbeat. Definitely needs more recognition!

YouTube video by Georgios Symeonidis eurovision 1958 Germany 🇩🇪 Margot Hielscher - Fur zwei groschen musik ᴴᴰ

#AdventEurovision day 12: Margot Hielscher - Für zwei Groschen Musik

1958 is known as a Volare year, which is a shame because it had a pretty good lineup. Like Germany, which had a song about how great music is (we, eurofans, can relate). This should be remembered more.

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YouTube video by Library of Eurovision Sweden 🇸🇪 - Eurovision 1969 - Tommy Körberg - Judy, min vän

#AdventEurovision day 11: Tommy Körberg - Judy, min vän

Interestingly, this isn't the only song about a superficial woman named Judy (also see Belgium 1976). It's really not the kind of lyrics I'd expect to hear in 1969, so good on Sweden for breaking the mould.

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It was also one of the entries the British audiences found remarkable (along with Switzerland), so it makes sense that you like it.

YouTube video by Georgios Symeonidis eurovision 1975 Switzerland 🇨🇭 Simone Drexel - Mikado ᴴᴰ

#AdventEurovision day 10: Simone Drexel - Mikado

This is a really cool song, though the chorus is considerably more interesting than the verses. She wrote and composed this song herself, then abandoned music and went into medicine. Talk about being multi-talented.

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