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My final #Eurovision rankings, in order:

My top 3

  1. Croatia – the best in all respects: catchy, funny, folksy, danceable, with a great performer
  2. Czechia – i love this song, bring me all the 80s gothy darkwave pop
  3. Ireland & San Marino – good songs and great performances

The best of the rest

  1. Armenia – fun, this is what Eurovision is all about
  2. Australia – just a damn good song & performance
  3. Finland – weird ftw
  4. Netherlands – weird & catchy ftw
  5. Norway – mix of metal theater myth & vocals
  6. Estonia – weird & folky ftw
  7. Poland – just a good song
  8. Greece – they mixed styles and made it work
  9. Italy – she totally made this song
  10. Luxembourg – took some creative risks that worked

OK songs elevated by the performers

  1. Switzerland – love the musical theatre vibes
  2. Germany – Isaak killed it live, I don’t dig ballads but I am buying what he’s selling
  3. Iceland – I wish she had some Loleatta Holloway in her, that would’ve pushed it a lot higher
  4. Denmark – without her it wouldn’t work

Mediocre songs elevated by the performers

  1. Ukraine – Mother Theresa is a horrible person but these women made the performance worth watching
  2. Spain – I get the message and love seeing older performers, I just wish the song were better
  3. France – ballads tend to suck, but they were smart focusing on the guy, dude can sing

Songs save by at least one kickass synth sound (ie they suck otherwise)

  1. Portugal (her voice too)
  2. Moldova – waiting for a wobbly bass was the only reason to keep listening

Forgettable songs that sound like ripoffs of other songs (like Loreen’s ‘winner’) & performances that fell flat

  1. Malta
  2. Cyprus
  3. Lithuania
  4. Israel
  5. Serbia (great fx tho)
  6. Slovenia

Songs that were just plain BAD

  1. Sweden – whiny voices & a generic club track
  2. Albania – I swear someone else did a better version of this song this year
  3. Belgium – still sucked despite the detuned analog synths
  4. Georgia – similes, metaphors, & tropes oh my, talk about complete unoriginality
  5. UK – weak song, weak voice, weak performance (despite all the thrusting)
  6. Latvia – this song made me happy that I only had to endure it for 3 minutes

And finally: the two worst entries of Eurovision 2024

  1. Azerbaijan – someone else did this song better, plus they looked like space garbagemen on stage
  2. Austria – crass attempt at leveraging #Eurodance nostalgia with a singalong chorus, no one is raving to this crap
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