#well. fussed if my absolute least favourites of this year's crop somehow make it through. but i will get over it.

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ranking esc2023 songs... part one

it’s officially eurovision week, and the first semi final is less than 24 hours away!! so, i’m ranking the songs of that first semi into my personal qualifiers and non-qualifiers.

1. sweden || tbh i was never all that keen on euphoria but i can’t help but root for loreen with tattoo, it’s a quality tune and it just screams eurovision champion to me.

2. finland || love that he’s one of the favourites to win this year because he deserves it, the song is experimental and fun, and it works!

3. czech republic || there’s only one crown i’m swearing allegiance to this month, and it’s my sister’s crown! love the mix of languages on this one, and the sisterhood theme, i’m all for it.

4. norway || okay i lied i’m actually here for two queens this month. where are the north and south seas?? who are the kings that she’s queen of?? i have no idea, but i’m singing along anyway.

5. netherlands || what can i say, i’m a sucker for something slow and sad. i know they keep sending stuff like this year after year and it’s not always to my taste, but this year it’s working.

6. serbia || lowkey worried he’s going to get the juri pootsman treatment from voters because it’s kind of a creepy song, but maybe he can make it work better than poor juri did. i’d definitely like to see it in the final.

7. azerbaijan || this keeps getting stuck in my head, and tbh, it’s welcome to stick around. it’s unusual for eurovision, but it’s good.

8. switzerland || is it out of touch and privileged, bearing in mind the very real war that ukraine is currently fighting? probably. i don’t feel qualified to talk on that subject. but he’s got a solid voice and the song builds nicely, and it’s got a theme that a lot of people will go for regardless of how it sits right now.

9. portugal || enjoying her voice, and the beat is fun without forcing the quirkiness. i like the style of the music.

10. moldova || maybe it’s the lingering bitterness in me that france got so few votes last year despite delivering a cultural banger, but i need moldova to qualify!! this song is great!

11.  malta || their vocals aren’t my favourite but the music itself is funky and it’s not completely forgettable.

12. israel || she can sing, but. i’m not feeling the unicorn imagery. definitely not ~phenomenal~ for me.

13. croatia || i get it, catchy beat, unusual, making fun of putin, but it’s just not working for me. i can’t explain it.

14. ireland || it’s not the fact that it’s painfully generic pop, it’s the fact that i swear to god it’s ripping the fuck off of one specific song that i can’t name off the top of my head but i know i’ve heard before. i’d like it if i hadn’t heard it already by somebody else several years ago!

15. latvia || his voice isn’t bad but i’m physically incapable of putting this song on without zoning out from sheer boredom before i’m even halfway through.