Since Semi Final 1 of Eurovision is in two days, I decided to list my 3 favorite songs from national selections that didn't get selected this year!
As per usual, I only really followed Melfest intently this year. Besides that, I did try and listen to all the fan favorite songs that I saw circulating online and did end up conjuring up a decent list of my favorites this year. Just know that I haven't listened to every single song, so my list will likely have all obvious favorite entries for a reason :) I'll write a little something on my three favorites then have a full top 11 at the bottom!!
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Ram pam pam by BESS (Finland)
It's a crime that Finland had the bop of the century and decided not to send it. I really don't understand how the Finns can make this song one of their top streamed songs and then only give it THIRD in their national selection?? Bess should've won in a landslide. This is just so iconic, so legendary, and the stage show was so wild but it all worked. Love everything about this banger and at least Bess continuously racks up those streams unlike the actual Finnish act.
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Girls Can Do Anything by July Jones (Slovenia)
JULY JONES YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS!!!! The fact that Slovenia has one of the most diverse and exciting NFs yet then shy away from the acts that make their NF so exciting is always so unfortunate. This is just so so iconic. It gives me lowkey Kerli 2017 vibes which I also was obsessed with. This song is just so so good, so so fresh and July is the true definition of a performer. She sells this so well and makes an already great song even greater. This loss really hurt me, but again, July will ALWAYS be famous and deserves the world and more. She is the moment.
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Ay mamá by Rigoberta Bandini (Spain)
NOW THAT'S A LEGEND!!!! The grip this song had on me for an entire month will always remain unmatched in my Eurovision 2022 life. The amounts of time I would blast this just to get whiplash from the last minute brings me the fondest memories. This entire song is just great from start to finish. From the legendary opening, to the ICONIC m-m-m-mama's to the great buildup which explodes into one of the best endings of a song to ever grace my ears. This is just phenomenal. To everyone saying this would've flopped if it won, I DON'T CARE!!! Rigoberta is a legend and deserved to bring her boob globe to Turin. But it's fine, because she'll always remain a star and forever remain my most listened to song from Eurovision 2022. MAMÁ, MAMÁ, MAMAAAAAAAAAA
-Top 11-
11. I Suck At Being Lonely by Charley (Australia)
10. Ciao Ciao by La rappresentante di lista (Italy)
9. Run to the Hills by Klara Hammarström (Sweden)
8. Suele by SOA (France)
7. All In by LUMA (Slovenia)
6. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Alina Pash (Ukraine)
5. GIRLZZZZ by ROXOLANA (Ukraine)
4. Turn This Around by Reykjavíkurdætur (Iceland)
3. Ram pam pam by BESS (Finland)
2. Girls Can Do Anything by July Jones (Slovenia)
1. Ay mamá by Rigoberta Bandini (Spain)
Will be posting my predictions for Semi 1 tomorrow :D
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ay mama yesssssss