After watching the most dismal Eurovision line-up in years (won by one of the few half decent songs on offer this year, in my humble opinion), I was compelled to trawl through Youtube to find my favourite winner. Unfortunately that is rather addictive and I ended up spending way too much time finding other songs I remembered too.
My all time favourite winner has to be Lordi, quite a breath of fire fresh air! Not a great fan of the outfits, but at least they rock!
Now this is different, it made an impact on me years ago and scored nil points for Spain. Terry Wogan described it as ethnic, and judging by the voting, too ethnic for Eurovision!! I do quite like it, it translates as "who is rowing my boat", apparently.
Remedios Amaya - Quien Maneja mi Barca
Finally, in case you are not aware of this years winner, I also quite like this well constructed Bond-esque song, by Conchita Wurst (clever!) the Austrian drag act with a beard, who triumphed over the Netherlands Every Breath You Take soundalike, thank goodness!
Conchita Wurst - Rise Like a Phoenix
Very Eurovision!!
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