Hey everyone! I wanted to find out which song was considered as most underrated ESC entry ever. Since we are all ESC Fans (I hope), I wanted to find out here. I selected 31 songs from ESC (1956-2010) which were in my opinion very underrated. Now my question is: would you like to help me pick the most underrated song ever? Just by giving your top 10 ESC Style (1-8, 10 12 ofc) The competition will be 2 rounds: in the first round, 21 songs with the least points are eliminated. Voting is open for 1 week. In the second round, the final 10 songs will once again compete. SEND YOUR VOTES BY MAIL OR PM ON ESCCHAT.COM I know some of you don't know the older songs, so I put a YT link with every song. The songs: Germany - 1975 - Joy Fleming - Ein Lied Kann Eine Brücke Sein: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inMHtrj_Jw4 Finland - 1976 - Fredi and The Friends - Pump Pump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baZUdfwXyGc Belgium - 1979 - Micha Marah - Hey Nana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00kCrN2vusY Morocco - 1980 - Samira Ben Saïd - Bitaqat Khob: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY1QoA16728 Finland - 1985 - Sonja Lumme - Eläköön Elämä: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxHRbBdN3Mw Switzerland - 1989 - Furbaz - Viver Senza Tei: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl_Yg0TiW8Q Holland - 1989 - Justine Pelmelay - Blijf Zoals Je Bent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpa_ZxlOPcA Greece - 1991 - Sofia Vossou - I Anixi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2hU4oPLFkI Denmark - 1993 - Tommy Seebach Band - Under Stjernerne På Himlen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN0q67AvGcg Luxembourg - 1993 - Modern Times - Donne-moi Une Chance; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOwng05iwEc Russia - 1997 - Alla Pugacheva - Primadonna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVJnjdROPOA Belgium - 1999 - Vanessa Chinitor - Like The Wind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7fBV2b4eJ0 United Kingdom - 2000 - Nicki French - Don't Play That Song Again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jROY7Gcn6zw Portugal - 2003 - Rita Guerra - Deixa-Me Sonhar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPq570o-Nv0 Austria - 2004 - Tie Break - Du Bist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF0XXSMDrjg Holland - 2005 - Glennis Grace - My Impossible Dream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BALtXHH9Umw Hungary - 2005 - NOX - Forogj Világ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkPewaR5Crc Germany - 2005 - Gracia - Run And Hide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUjeFYD_oNc Austria - 2005 - Global Kryner - Y Así: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qGCgHBcQRk Norway - 2006 - Christine Guldbrandsen - Alvedansen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xRlP1ptjZ4 Czech Republic - 2007 - Kabát - Malá Dáma: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_z9XdCj65k Germany - 2007 - Roger Cicero - Frauen Regier'n Die Welt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiFntVaHWZc Lithuania - 2007 - 4Fun - Love Or Leave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ7dWASqRN8 Finland - 2007 - Hanna Pakarinen - Leave Me Alone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUxgL2LjXPE Hungary - 2008 - Csézy - Candlelight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahgt2AhRtVA Portugal - 2008 - Vânia Fernandes - Senhora Do Mar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWrmeqrrUlI Sweden - 2009 - Malena Ernman - La Voix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz0LArT3BOQ Andorra - 2009 - Susanne Georgi - La Teva Decisió: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqeHQIC60yc Holland - 2009 - The Toppers - Shine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHfAtEGfLpI Finland - 2010 - Kuunkuiskaajat - Työlki Ellää: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uclcHNr8cmE Ireland - 2010 - Niamh Kavanagh - It's For You: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Rw1ixsob8 Have fun listening and voting!
I'm half pro this and half anti this. This probably would have worked better if we had all nominated songs that we thought were underrated. This is more of a "lets vote on the best songs that nick likes that didn't do well" contest since you're the only person who picked the songs, I mean open the field up and I'm sure you'll find more than 4 songs from the 80's that people think were underrated. Also, I feel that songs like Forogj Villag and Senhora Do Mar were big fan favourites before Eurovision, so they aren't as much underrated as they are failing to live up to their hype. Anyway, I'll send you my votes shortly.
I think a couple of these songs were still overrated... I think it would be an interesting concept to have everyone send their own top 5 or 10 songs they feel were 'underrated' and see if there are any common themes. I shall vote directly.
Haha nope Sheep, ok, it might not be the best the UK has ever sent, but 16th was WAY too low for this.
Only because what came above it was utter dross. "Don't Play That Song Again" is barely one rung above "That Sounds Good To Me" in the UK entry stakes which is ironic seeing as it is was dubbed a "2nd rate Stock/Aitken/Waterman" track at the time.
I've voted hence earning my right to be the whining pedant I am coming off as in this thread. Once again the Aussies have the right idea in that it would have been better if we'd all submitted our own choices as there's a real mixture of underrated, overrated and frankly plain awful entries in your selection. I shall now leave you in peace, until the next round whereby all of my favourites will have inevitably been eliminated.
People who still want to vote in this competition: Don't forget: Voting closes MONDAY 24TH JANUARY. Til now, everything is very, very close, so if you vote, you could make the difference!
AND WHERE IS JOSH DUBOVIE? (By the way I must apologize for my extended absence, it's exam period etc.)
Well OK I may be 4 months late with this but, hey, I wasn't here then. I absolutely ADORED Frauen regier'n die Welt. Again, I don't think that white suit did him any favours (and I don't think he performed it nearly as well as he did in the German selection programme, which was the best I ever heard him do it). If he'd worn the stuff he was wearing in the video, every gay man in Europe would have voted for him! (I also really liked - from way back when "I Treni di Tozeur".) Underrated UK ones: "Why do I always get it Wrong?" and "Runner in the Night"