Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Let's continue the series and kill some time having a look at the last decade and see who were the Top-10 best scoring countries in the Eurovision song contest in the past ten years. The ways to calculate are many and here I have used the simple average placement method (and it's not all so serious). Next up is Denmark at n.o 8. They have been doing constantly pretty well except two non qualification in between compensated by a win and additional three top-10 finishes in this decade. Anti Social Media is the one I hardly remember at all to be honest.... but I do remember Tim Schou's shirt all too well! And no one seems to like Soldiers of love , I do. Whereas Where I am .... not so much! 2011 A Friend in London - New tomorrow - 5th *** 2012 Soluna Samay - Shoud've known better - 23rd *** 2013 Emmelie De Forest - Only teardrops - WINNER ***** 2014 Basim - Cliché love song - 9th *** 2015 Anti Social Media - The way you are - NQ (13th in semi-final) ...

These are the most used words words during the broadcast in Italy with #escita  Montenegro, Slavko, trash, Moldova.....  Slavko and Robin woke up like this. One loser, one winner.  San Marino had some fun in Ukrainian morning tv  Krista having fun with Anja  ... while Brendon did some more sightseeing....  Oops, it's Krista nitch again kicking poor Isaiah  Mademoiselle De Forest in da house with Lucie  Isaiah survived Krista and got a vinyl from Koit & Laura   Levina enjoyed the view between interviews  Claudia visited the consulate with diplomacy  Manel here, Manel there    Selfie time for Brendan and Tijana What's his shoe size again?"

Anja has changed back to her national final look and dress after the harsh critizism she got for that 70's inspired colorful thing. The backdrop is kinda boring blue (again) with some water bubbles kind of things (again) turning into a bit more colorful spotlight thing in the chorus. Windmachine. She falls on her knees (like so many others thins year). Rain of fire. Smoke. Not very innotative or original, is it? She sings well but I find this song rather standard and a bit boring really. Also on screen a bit too desperate and aggressive maybe? Borderline qualifier for me but I woudn't mind it staying in semis to give place for some more interesting entries in the final. :-)

Anja is wearing this season's WTF?! outfit so far. Why am thinking some 70's Charlie's Angels? Anyways, like the Netherlands this is one of the songs that I just can't connect with. The staging and performance doesn't help. The backdrop doesn't seem to add much. It's messy. I found it shouty and her on her knees making it look and sound even more shouty and needy. For me this is a no but I kinda like that outfit in some weird way..... 

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Pictured is Denmark's national flower marguerite daisy Anja Nissen won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2017 with Where I am , that she co-wrote with Angel Tupai and Michael D'Arcy. DR received this year a record breaking 1.115 submission and ten songs were selected to the final. Three songs were televoted to the superfinal where she got 64% of the votes being a clear winner.  Anja Nissen (21) was born and raised in Australia where in 2014 she won the Voice of Australia in will.i.am's team. She released an album and a string of singles but the career didn't really take off. In 2016 she was in Denmark, where her parents are from, and came second in the national final. And then we didn't hear of her until this year's selection that she won. Maybe it's her lucky break? This song for me is there with Germany, Poland and Serbia: midtempo female pop song that is harmless, forgettable and unoriginal in every way. more of an album track than one with real hi...

Second time lucky, ex The Voice of Australia Anja Nissen has won the Danish national final DMGP with Where I am . She scored 64% of the votes in the superfinal beating Ida Una (26%) and Johanna Beijbom (10%)

Denmark has now missed the final twice in a row and are desperately looking for the song that would take them back to final and on the left side of the scoreboard. A record breaking 1.115 entries were submitted and a special jury chose these ten to the final. Now these will be judged by televoters and a five member jury of Danish Eurovision fans (sigh) in a two round voting with a superfinal. I must admit I didn't get excited by any of these with the first hearing..... Watch here from 20.00 CET Ida Una - One Thomas Ring - Vesterbro Rikke Skytte - Color my world Anja Nissen - Where I am Calling Mercury - Big little lies Anthony - Smoke in my eyes René Machon - Warriors Sada Vidoo - Northern lights Jeanette Bonde - Hurricane Johanna Beijbom - A.S.A.P.

Denmark has revealed today its artists and song titles. After two years in a row of non qualification for the final they are eager to score well again. And they have asked for the fans to help and they did. In the phase of selectiong the ten finalists out of record breaking 1115 submitted entries but that's not all. The jury that hands out half the votes (half of them being of course from televoters) will include five carefully selected superfans as well.  Among the artists a X Factor winner Thomas Ring, last year's runner up, Australian The Voice winner Anja Nissen, another X factor winner Anthony Lopez. Rene "Mi amore" (with Tina) is back as solo, Sada Vidoo, The Doll, from the X Factor UK last year and four time DMGP chorist Johanna.  Ida Una - One (Peter Bjørnskov/Lene Dissing) Thomas Ring - Vesterbro (Thomas Ring) Rikke Skytte - Color my world (Mads Løkkegaard, Joël Pagiël MacDonald, Mohamed Alitou,Laura Kloos) Anja Nissen - Where I am (Anja...

Well, no one saw this coming, right? Anja Nissen finished 2nd and Simone 3rd.

Denmark is having its final tonight. Ten songs, picked out of 982 submission, will fight for the right to travel to Stockholm under the Danish flag. In two previous occasions when the Eurovision song contest has been held in Sweden Denmark has won.... the pressure is on! This bloggers think there's no fear they will win again, the songs aren't strong enough. This is a bit like #UMK16: good solid entries that are all "nice" but missing that something to make them winners.  Two rounds voting; first the superfinalists (3) will be chosen by 50-50 televotin/app-jury, then in the superfinal only televoting/app.  David Jay - Rays of sunlight   LIVE Simone - Heart shaped heart   LIVE   3rd Bracelet - Breakaway   LIVE Sophia Nohr - Blue horizon   LIVE Veronicas Illusion - The wrong kind   LIVE Lighthouse X - Soldiers of love   LIVE   1st Kristel Lisberg - Who needs a heart   LIVE Jessica - Break it good   LIVE M...

Oh Spotify! Once again it has leaked the Eurovision songs. Denmark suffers the first leak of the season - I'm surprised Finland hasn't leaked yet, after all they will be revealed already next Tuesday, lol - over 2 weeks before due time. Oh boy. (Listen here , apparently now available only in Nordic countries) but they all seem to be on Youtube already as well, until they will be taken down so go hunting!   UPDATE: LISTEN TO THE SONGS HERE Among the lucky ten we have only one returnee (Simone. She did DMGP 2010 and 2013) but then there's some foreign flavor. The Voice of Australia Anja Nissen is there but her parents are Danish so it's ok.  David Jay has Caribbean roots, Kristen comes from Faereo Islands but has done the Danish X Factor. Mario i an Italian, surname Sciacca and his Muri (Murah Mahmoud) has Arabic roots.  Rays of Sunlight – David Jay Heart Shaped Hole – Simone (Egeriis) To Stjerner – Muri & Mario Blue Horizon – Sophia Nohr The Wrong Ki...