Samantha’s Unranked Rankings – 2013 Edition
Well, here we are. From here in Malmö, the first rehearsals are about to start. After months of speculation over how Song X will look on stage when all of the lighting, costuming, camera angles, and final arrangements are presented, we’ll finally get our first impressions. Before those images settle into our collective psyches, however, I’d like to present my own personal list of “unranked rankings”. Regardless of how I think a song will place, or if it will qualify, I simply judge these songs on how they hit my eardrum!
And with that, away we go!
Love it, love it, love it!
- France
- Hungary
- Italy
- Montenegro
- Norway
Really Like It!
- Albania
- Armenia
- Denmark
- Iceland
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Sweden
Not Bad!:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Croatia
- Georgia
- Greece
- Ireland
- Israel
- Moldova
- Slovenia
- Spain
So-So…:
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Estonia
- Finland
- Germany
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Macedonia
- Russia
- Switzerland
Not for me…:
- Azerbaijan
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Ummm…No.
- Belarus
- Romania
Posted on May 6, '13, in 2013, Personal, Special Comment. Bookmark the permalink. 6 Comments.
The ESC Insider 
For the sake of creativity, I’ll switch up the names of the categories a bit.
If it comes on iTunes, I’m hitting the “Repeat” button and singing into something.
– France
– Italy
– Montenegro
– Sweden
– Switzerland
I’ll sing along, but only once or twice.
– Belgium
– Denmark
– Estonia
– Hungary
– Germany
– Greece
– Malta
– Slovenia
Certainly okay, but one play will do.
– Norway
– Ireland
– Serbia
– Russia
– Croatia
– Spain
– Austria
– San Marino
– Iceland
– Finland
– UK
– Cyprus
They’re not in my library, but I’ll listen on YouTube once in a blue moon.
– Georgia
– Azerbaijan
– The Netherlands
– Ukraine
– Moldova
– Macedonia
– Israel
– Albania
– Romania
Not touching these except for the rehearsals.
– Lithuania
– Armenia
Damned to the ESC Hell where “Leto Svet” and “Celebrate” burn.
– Belarus
– Latvia
– Bulgaria (On an additional note, this has got to be the worst song to grace a Eurovision stage since I became a fan in 2010. Absolutely VAPID.)
Hope you’re having fun in Malmö! I caught you on the escXtra livestream before you jetted off somewhere. Have a blast and best wishes from the US! 🙂
Ooh… let me try!
Love (3):
Croatia
Belgium
United Kingdom
Really Like (4):
Cyprus
Iceland
Sweden
Hungary
Not Bad (6):
Finland
Greece
France
The Netherlands
Montenegro
Ukraine
So-so (15):
Azerbaijan
Norway
Denmark
Italy
San Marino
Georgia
Belarus
Spain
Bulgaria
Estonia
Albania
Israel
Austria
Slovenia
Germany
Pas pour moi (7):
Russia
Armenia
Fyrom
Switzerland
Ireland
Moldova
Malta
Ööh… non (4):
Romania
Latvia
Lithuania
Serbia
I can totally see this being your list. lol
Samantha I heard that you have interviewd Anouk!!!
Can you tell what us what she has said to you PLEASE…
We had some technical difficulties with our little chat with Anouk…but we’ll talk with her more after Rehearsal #2! 🙂 She basically told us that the timing was right, between having an album out, not touring during traditional promo times, and simply having the right song! She had been thinking about it for a few years, though. She’s absolutely beautiful in person!
Thank You Samantha xxx Yes she is isn’t she:))