#Eurovision 2013

[white-eyed-girl]

Looking cool together since 2013 💕

[eurotowne]

odd post but guys if you like the original version of l’essenziale, be wary of this version because you will never want to listen to original ever again. imo it’s THAT good

[betweenthetimeandsound]

A cocoon in the dark night, you listen to me. When I whisper,

you push me hard I'm blinded, but You wake me up from the snow where I was born

The whole world is mine I can feed you my love

You put a knife against my back And you dare me. You say, "For cowards, Feel the heat!"

My hand, Bring the fire! I don't care if it hurts. Future on my tongue, Give me a kiss!

I can see, touch and feel! My love...

Put a knife, And dare me-- I have the future on my tongue!

Author's Note: This is my first attempt at erasure poetry, inspired by the lyrics of Margaret Berger's "I Feed You My Love". The journey I've had with this song was quite intriguing, as I've grown to love this song after a while. And Margaret is back in MGP this year, with the song "Oblivion"!

[aijamisespava]

Wrapped 2023 (Aijamisespava Edition!)

Oookay, taking a break from my messenger role in Eurovision Land to bring you something different (buckle up, this is going to get long). Yesterday was Spotify Wrapped, and while I'm off celebrating my favorite songs that made it to that top 100 list, I also become a wild statistician and bring you my stats.

General Stats: Well...I listened for 139,902 minutes (more than my friends and family), my top artist was Taylor Swift with Evanescence, Panic! At The Disco, My Chemical Romance, and Loïc Nottet rounding out my top 5. I'd go into my top 5 songs but.....Loïc Nottet took 3rd and 4th with "Mélodrame" and "Mud Blood" respectively. What about the rest? That's what I'm here for.

Welcome to my Eurovision 2023. Any Eurovision song that makes my Spotify Wrapped is in my Grand Final. So countries can participate as many times as they appear. So here is my list. I'll have their actual placement on my Wrapped in parenthesis.

Latvia 2023: "Aijā" by Sudden Lights (1)

Serbia 2023: "Samo Mi Se Spava" by Luke Black (2)

Türkiye 2010: "We Could Be The Same" by maNga (5)

Switzerland 2021: "Tout l'univers" by Gjon's Tears (7)

Norway 2023: "Queen Of Kings" by Alessandra (9)

Australia 2023: "Promise" by Voyager (12)

Slovenia 2023: "Carpe Diem" by Joker Out (13)

Czechia 2023: "My Sister's Crown" by Vesna (14)

Georgia 2023: "Echo" by Iru (15)

Italy 2023: "Due Vite" by Marco Mengoni (17)

Armenia 2023: "Future Lover" by Brunette (19)

Austria 2023: "Who The Hell Is Edgar?" by Teya + Salena (20)

Lithuania 2023: "Stay" by Monika Linkyte (23)

Finland 2023: "Cha Cha Cha" by Käärijä (26)

France 2023: "Évidemment" by La Zarra (27)

Romania 2023: "D.G.T. (Off And On)" by Theodor Andrei (29)

United Kingdom 2023: "I Wrote A Song" by Mae Muller (31)

Australia 2016: "Sound Of Silence" by Dami Im (48)

Czechia 2022: "Lights Off" by We Are Domi (49)

Switzerland 2020: "Répondez-moi" by Gjon's Tears (52)

Bulgaria 2017: "Beautiful Mess" by Kristian Kostov (53)

Greece 2022: "Die Together" by Amanda Tenfjord (56)

Sweden 2015: "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw (59)

Finland 2014: "Something Better" by Softengine (60)

Belgium 2015: "Rhythm Inside" by Loïc Nottet (61)

Italy 2014: "La Mia Città" by Emma (64)

Austria 2022: "Halo" by LUM!X and PIA MARIA (68)

Russia 2016: "You Are The Only One" by Sergey Lazarev (69)

Belarus: "Forever" by ALEKSEEV (72)

Denmark 2013: "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest (73)

Ireland 2020: "Story Of My Life" by Lesley Roy (79)

Ireland 2022: "That's Rich" by Brooke (87)

Ukraine 2017: "Time" by O. Torvald (93)

Finland 2022: "Jezebel" by The Rasmus (96)

Cyprus 2021: "El Diablo" by Elena Tsagrinou (97)

Moldova 2010: "Run Away" by Sunstroke Project (100)

Honorable mentions go to "Gladiator" by Jann and "Novi Plan Drugi San" by Filip Baloš for making my Wrapped at 21 and 32, respectively. They may not have made it to the Eurovision stage, but they have a soft spot in my heart. Unfortunately, I did not have any Junior Eurovision songs make it. But if they did, they would be listed.

[lunlumo]

round 1, group 4, battle 15/2

[cuboneprinny]

So starting off we have Eurovision 2013. That's pretty much the year I actively remember watching/paying attention to Eurovision even though I could only remember the song from Hungary.

My ranking of the 2013 finals would be;

1. You - Robin Stjerberg, Sweden

2. I Feed You My Love - Margaret Berger, Norway

3. Something - Andrius Pojavis, Lithuania

4. Tomorrow - Gianluca Bezzina, Malta

5. Kedvesem - ByeAlex, Hungary

6. Marry Me - Krista Siegfrids, Finland

7. It's My Life - Cezar, Romania

8. L'Essenziale - Marco Mengoni, Italy

9. Glorious - Cascada, Germany

10. Only Love Survives - Ryan Dolan, Ireland

11. Gravity - Zlata Ognevich, Ukraine

12. Only Teardrops - Emmelie de Forest, Denmark

13. Love Kills - Roberto Bellarosa, Belgium

14. O Mie - Aliona Moon, Moldova

15. Solayoh - Alyona Lanskaya, Belarus

16. Alcohol is Free - Koza Mostra & Agathon Iakovidis, Greece

17. Hold Me - Farid Mammadov, Azerbaijan

18. Et Uus Saaks Alguse - Birgit Õigemeel, Estonia

19. What if - Dina Garipova, Russia

20. Birds - Anouk, Netherlands

21. L'enfer Et Moi - Amadine Bourgeois, France

22. Lonely Planet - Dorians, Armenia

23. Believe In Me, Bonnie Tyler, UK

24. Contigo Hasta El Final - ESDM, Spain

25. Waterfall - Nodi Tatishvili & Sophie Gelovani, Georgia

26. Ég Á Lif - Eythor Ingi - Iceland

And that's my personal ranking of the 2013 finals. Next time the complete list of all 2013 songs.

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #811:

In the 2013 interval act "Swedish Smörgåsbord," host Petra Mede briefly showcases the Muppet Swedish Chef as one of the many things Sweden is known for.

[Source]

ESC 2013 FINAL - Petra Mede - Swedish Smörgåsbord, YouTube.com.

[because-its-eurovision]

ꜰɪɴʟᴀɴᴅ & ᴇᴜʀᴏᴠɪꜱɪᴏɴ ꜰʟᴀɢ ᴘᴀʀᴀᴅᴇ

[eldaryadiary]

All I see is a waisted opportunity to set a piano on fire.

[nosferalto]

unfortunately I'm incredibly biased towards Norway's entry this year. MY queen

[spaceytrash]

I kinda miss the random gay guy backing singer for Instead I Wrote A Song now tbh

[cherryjuicegf]

just listened to greece's eurovision 2023 entry 37 killed 184 injured

[aijamisespava]

Junior Eurovision 2013

We have reached our first ranking of 2025! This time, we have Junior Eurovision 2013!

This year of Junior Eurovision had only 12 entries, which is the lowest number of entries in Junior Eurovision (matched in 2009, and the 2020 contests).

Michele Perniola represented San Marino in their debut in Junior Eurovision, and would represent the country in Eurovision in 2015 with Anita Simoncini, who represented San Marino in Junior Eurovision the next year with The Peppermints (I forgot to mention that, and I apologize).

The winner of the contest (and my personal winner as well) was Malta's "The Start" by Gaia Cauchi.

[lunlumo]

round 1, 2nd group, battle 8/3

[moonmoonthecrabking]

i hope that with loreen's second victory that eurovision doesn't become, for lack of a better word, swedified for the next 3 years. eurovision needs to stay fun and camp, and i don't know if it really did that for a while after 2012.

[vogelmeister]

omg your tags on the reblog of my post - that's word for word how i feel and i HATE it, things have felt artificial to me since 1989, reputation was better but ever since lover it's felt like that 1000x more idk.. it just sucks but yeah you're not the only one feeling that way :')

THANK YOU! It's really nice to see that someone else has been feeling this way and I really begun to think deeply into why I feel like this. And you're right, it has really been since rep that it has felt... idk, less authentic.

I remember during the red and 1989 era, taylor was doing a lot of shit that actually showed how much she loved us. And by all means, she didn't have to, but it was little things such as the hidden notes in her album lyric books that made me feel a bit more connected to her. Not to mention stuff like swiftmas, the secret sessions and of course t-party all made us feel like one big family and that she was actually thankful for us. She didn't gain anything out of this, it was all "for the fans" and it made being a swiftie loads of fun, especially those hidden messages, which lbr costed nothing to keep doing. (1989 was her last i think)

Nowadays, when she does it, it feels more calculated and less authentic and I get maybe it's a safety thing that she can't do secret sessions and swiftmas etc anymore, but now even when she does things for the fans, it's stuff like releasing loads of versions of the one album so we all buy it (see, the midnight clock), and because we have this relationship we built up with her, we feel we owe our loyalty. It feels like she does these things to show she cares, but she wants our money in return. And believe me, there's other ways you can show it. The wiping of her social media defs slightly killed her authenticity, I think. Even though I understand why she did it, it certainly didnt help her relationship with the fans or it's authenticity. I do believe she still is thankful for us, but I can't help but notice the business aspect creeping in, and I just wish a lot of swifties knew you don't have to buy in to it. She's human, she has flaws, you don't have to always defend her, or buy her merch. It's almost business at this point, and I hate it.

I hate it. And I hate it more because I almost understand why its like this.