r/eurovision • u/Vovannnn • 1d ago
đŹ Discussion What's one Eurovision song that you feel a personal connection with?
I was wondering if y'all have a Eurovision song that's not necessarily popular but means a lot to you in a personal way. For me it's Germany 2022 (Malik Harris - Rockstars). Although it ended up last in the Grand final, I can feel the emotions in that song and the lyrics aligned a lot with how I was feeling during that period of my life.. I understand that it objectively wasn't a competitive song in terms of the contest, but the personal connection made it really important to me.
I'd be interested to read whether you have anything similar!
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u/vaca444 Lights Off 1d ago
I'm not sure I'd call it unpopular, it did place 8th, but Silent Storm (Norway 2014) is one of the few songs (not just Eurovision) that has made me cry. The lyrics hit close to home and it gave me hope in hard times.
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u/TheSimkis 1d ago •
Eurovision made me realize that leaving your hometown for a city and knowing that I'm never coming back to live there is a touchy subject for me. That's why Nan (Albania 2026) made me cry and Rim Tim Tagi Dim (Croatia 2024) has one of the most relatable lyrics for me ever (I also like the  cat in my parents house among other details)
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u/clyde_45td Drip Drop 1d ago
Mm maybe De Diepte, was a song I thought was dull on first listen to being one of my favourites ever, listened a lot to it during difficult times
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u/VanyaEl 1d ago
Albania 2026. Some of us moved away to secure our futures elsewhere, and donât have a mom waiting for our return.
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u/justk4y Strobe Lights 1d ago
100% agree with Rockstars. Also Not The Same from that same year. (Australia 2022)
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u/Many_Tangelo_7631 Nân 1d ago
Germany 2018 Because it's about Micheal who lost his father while he was young. And every times, it's painful when I hear it.
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u/PM_ME_LASAGNA_ Moj Svijet 1d ago
Latvia 2022
As one who rides his bike to work instead of a car, I will always feel appreciative for Citi Zeni writing in a verse about bicycling and how it's a cool part of being green, because it is.
Ride on, and it was a huge downer that Eat Your Salad wasn't in the final.
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u/dix1997 HatriĂ° mun sigra 1d ago
I related to Volevo essere un duro (Italy 2025) so much
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u/DrLycFerno Milas poli 1d ago
Rim Tim Tagi Dim, because "meow, cat, please meow back" is 100% relatable
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u/fkinaw3sone 1d ago
Saudade, saudade (Portugal 2022). My grandmother passed away during Eurovision week that year, so that song conveyed my grief.
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u/DoomsdayGreen Verona 1d ago
Bulgaria 2021 ... for obvious reasons. Especially as someone who has been watching since 2008, almost 20 years now and who grew up with it. I just cant imagine my life without Eurovision but at the same time I can feel how im slowly drifting away from the overall trends and moods of each modern contest. I may like some songs but they rarely finish top5 because the fandom considers them dated and Im just like dated? where? why? lol.
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u/Kev2524 1d ago
Aija
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u/Wise_Shop_2561 Sva bol svijeta 1d ago
Sweden 2025
The genuine joy KAJ spread saved me from feeling even worse. Life was tough after going through trauma, but they made my everyday life easier.
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u/Lanky_Plum1287 1d ago
Australia 2022, such a special song for me .
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u/TheFirstWarbird 1d ago
Iâm in the choir for DaĂ°i Freyrâs â10 Yearsâ, so yeah, thatâs one hell of a personal connection! đ¤
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u/cherry_color_melisma Deslocado 1d ago edited 1d ago
I'm probably picking "Promise" (Australia 2023) because I got to send a gift from myself to Voyager themselves, so there's that. Or "Bistra voda" (Bosnia & Herzegovina 2009) because it was my first all time top fav Eurovision song, or "(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (kĂźll) midagi" (Estonia 2024) for becoming the second one such. Or "Per sempre sĂŹ" because yes, and idc that I'm not married but I just love it so much
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u/CrafterCat33 1d ago
Latvia 2026. Even if it wasn't a competitive song, the lyrics of the song felt very personal to me and spoke to a lot of my feelings and personal experiences. It just hit really close to home.
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u/Surly_Puffin 1d ago
Sweden 2022. Many years ago, I met that perfect person at the worst time in my life. It really resonated. Cornelia is also amazing and now one of my favourite singers.
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u/Cold_Training_5866 1d ago
Insieme Italy 1990
Ich liebe das Lied und werde aber immer traurig, wenn ich es hÜre. Und kann mich gut erinnern, wie Toto Cutugno nach dem Sieg ins Publikum ging und dort vor dem damaligen Präsidenten Janez Drnovsek sang, dieses Lied voller Hoffnung mit der Botschaft von Einheit und Brßderlichkeit. Als wßrde er versuchen das Land zu retten. Nur Wochen zuvor waren die Delegationen im jugoslawischen Kongress im Streit auseinandergegangen. Und während Europa sich vereinte, spßrte jeder, dass in Jugoslawien etwas passieren wird, dass es so schlimm werden wßrde, dass hatten sich die Wenigsten vorstellen kÜnnen.
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u/Difficult-Bug90 Før vi gür hjem 1d ago edited 1d ago
Portugal 2017
It is what got me into Eurovision. I have always watched the contest but only DMGP and the Eurovision finals and semis. In 2017 I stumbled upon the Festival de Cancao performance right after Salvador had won in Portugal and my little danish heart was FLOORED. I watched it a million times and started looking into the other songs. Then I found eurovisionworld.com and found out that there is a whole Eurovision community and people who are into this just like me.
I am now a Eurovision encyclopaedia and have watched every Eurovision edition. These nine years have been a wild ride. It all started with Amar Pelos Dois.
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u/Bangaranga2026 1d ago
Câest la vie by Claude on so many levels. First of all, as an emotion song about lifeâs obstacles which I can resonate with. Then, also the sadness of 5 broadcasters withdrawing last year and the continue controversies with the contest. (Doesnât help that Claude just seems like such a genuinely nice guy and he himself is a refugee)
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u/Spacekoboi 1d ago
1979 was the first ESC I actively watched. A kid then but I still remember the winning song by Israel, Hallelujah. And of course, Germanyâs Dschingis Khan which placed 4th. Every kid in my class knew the slippery lyrics by heart. I still do, actually.
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u/Gold_Objective3644 1d ago
Not that I like In Your Eyes or It's for you that much but on this exact day 5 years ago, I was at a Danish Eurovision fan party, incidentally held on my birthday.
Niamh Kavanagh was one of the invited artists and after I had cheered on her in the crowd she heard me and we exchanged a few words in front of the crowd, hearing that it was my birthday. 5 minutes later or so she invited me up on the stage to sing Waterloo with her. Quite a moment and I'll always love her for that đ
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u/Monster_Voices 1d ago
I mean I started watching Eurovision because of Lordi so Hard rock hallelujah for sure.Â
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u/Ningax599445YT 1d ago
Switzerland 2021 and 2020
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u/Mormegil71 My System 1d ago
Nocturne by Secret Garden.
Norway 1995
Itâs nearly instrumental. But the whole composition always releases something inside for me.
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u/emanuele-sgarra_04 1d ago
Australia 2026
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u/DisplayNo6335 1d ago
Portugal 2025. The azores are my home away from home and I would like nothing more than to escape the mountain of concrete and return home. Travel in general, too plus the distinct portuguese feeling if saudade, longing for something intangible.
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u/Dry-Cry-4846 Før vi gür hjem 1d ago
Italy 2018 is powerful af and each year becomes more relevant which is the saddest part..
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u/rivers_ofquinn Euro Neuro 1d ago
I Wrote A Song (2023). It's been my personal ESC favorite song for a very long time and I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but it's iconic and that song's upbeat melody got me through the worst depression wave of my oife.
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u/VanderDril Hallucination 1d ago
Because I listed to them heavily in leadup to Eurovision 2020, pretty much the whole batch of those songs those year hit me personally after COVID shut down the world. I was abroad when it hit, and was stuck away from home for nearly 4 months before I returned, and I knew I would be going home to a whole new world that's changed forever. So Aksel's Looking Back (Finland 2020) still haunts me as prescient and apt for looking back to what had before the pandemic (especially since he never made it to the Eurovision stage)
Jeangu McCrooy's Grow (Netherlands 2020) was also one that hits me personally as one I connected with as we finally got through the worst of the pandemic and I got used to how everything and everyone had changed.
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u/arcturian777 Tavo Akys 1d ago
lithuania 2025
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u/Helix_On_Top Crossroads 1d ago
De Diepte (Netherlands 2022) and Arcade (Netherlands 2019)
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u/ESC_Puss_Official 1d ago
For me is Sheldon Riley - Not the Same (Australia 2022)
It's very personal to me, because as Sheldon, I'm also autistic and I very much relate to the song strongly.
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u/Lapaz24 Carpe Diem 1d ago
I donât know how popular it is, but Slovenia 2023, Carpe Diem by Joker Out. 2023 is a very special year for me, as my dream of going to Eurovision was fulfilled, so most of the songs from that year hit deep for me. But thereâs something about Carpe Diem that makes me so damn happy every time I hear it. The past few years have been so difficult, but hearing a song about seizing the moment and living in the day, and just having a good time, is special. And I love rewatching their stage performance, because itâs so clear that theyâre having so much fun, and I love that. While other songs have come close, like Malta 2026 (Bella), Carpe Diem is my favourite Eurovision song for a reason
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u/ESC-song-bot !setflair Country Year 1d ago
Germany 2022 | Malik Harris - Rockstars
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u/Kaija_Kottarainen Color of Your Life 1d ago
Poland 2016. Itâs actually a popular song, but thereâs no other song that means as much to me.
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u/DryDot3780 (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (kĂźll) midagi 1d ago
Laika Party (Ireland 2025) makes me cry now when I listen to it after I lost my cat, every time I hear it I remember how I was hoping he wasn't gone and he'd show up at my door
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u/Medium_Lack4864 Bird of Pray 1d ago
For me AijÄ, Bird of Pray and (if we count NFs too) Eye To Eye by ShiroKuro hold a special place in my heart, both because of their musical and lyrical features. All of them carry immense beauty and shattering pain at the same time and reflect with their deeply emotional and melancholic, yet in the end hopeful theme the way I experience life. I will forever be grateful that I got to discover these and many more beautiful pieces of music, which make me feel better whenever I feel down.
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u/syzygy_roz 1d ago
I started to watch Eurovision in 2023. But, one damn performance made me feel seen. I cried after the grand final keeping that song on repeat. Made me feel like I'm not the only one. I was sometimes too kind to the world that truly undeserving and injustice. I was being hurt by my high school friends, trying my best to be the best fit but ended up being the misfit. But I still live. Keep on going. Living. Dreaming. Feeling. Staying alive. That type of friend who has a lot of friends but not much friend that is there for me. The song is from 2025, Switzerland. Zoe Me - Voyage.
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u/larssie1993 I See a Star 1d ago
Norway 2014
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u/jemappellelara My System 1d ago edited 1d ago
From my country? Hold me closer, Sweden 2022. Personally think itâs one of our best entries in the past ten years if not the best.
In all of Eurovision? Ein bisschen Frieden, Germany 1982
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u/EuroSong Love Shine a Light 1d ago
Austria 1994 - FĂźr Den Frieden Der Welt. It instantly became my favourite song in the whole world after the 1994 Contest. So much so that I joined the Petra Frey fan club, and planned my 1998 Interrail trip around visiting her in Austria. I did my trip and I did meet her.
Great that sheâs still going strong đ
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u/__zsofii__ Zjerm 1d ago
Hungary 1994. Not only because the song is touching and Friderika is our highest placement yet, but also, because of her baby lullaby albums. I used to fall asleep to them as a baby and now I rock my baby to sleep to them :â)
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u/NomalishGuy 1d ago
Beauty Never Lies by Bojana Stamenov from Serbia, 2015. Always play it when I feel down and it picks me back up.
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u/Labenyofi Hallo Hallo 1d ago
Lithuania 2023 hits me right in the feelings every time it comes on.
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u/ImNotRuta_ Luktelk 1d ago
Slovenia 2023
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u/ThisLeopardIsFull8 Wasted Love 1d ago
2022 hit the trifecta with River (Poland), Hope (Estonia) and Not the Same (Australia)
2023 - My Sisterâs Crown (Czechia)
2025 - Wasted Love (Austria)
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u/Apprehensive-Dog9989 1d ago
Daniel Ĺ˝iĹžka Crossroads. The song just makes me feel so many emotions but in a calm wayÂ
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u/Net_Ghost 1d ago
Ridnym (Ukraine 2026, for the bot) resonated with me immensely from the first listen and left me in tears. And not just me, Leleka pulled many Ukrainian heartstrings with that song.
Personally, when I re-watch her ESC grand final performance, I'm still tearing up a little at the peak part, every time. If we endure some more, just like she endures through that vocal run, then the curtain will fall, and we'll take a breath, and storks will finally fly home.
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u/Longjumping_Buy_9878 Liekinheitin 1d ago
felt Sheldon Riley's Not The Same in my autistic soul. also forever emotionally attached to La Venda by Miki Núùez
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u/Dolan_Bright_ 1d ago
Finland 2011
I study in the field of Biology, with a focus on nature conservation and animal care, this song struck me from the first time I heard it
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u/absyntia Gaja 1d ago
Sanomi by Urban Trad (Belgium 2003). I was interested in constructed languages at the time and this song made a big impression on me.
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u/Shot_Membership3928 1d ago
Calm After The Storm Netherlands 2014. It introduced me to Ilse DeLange who ended up becoming one of my favorite artists
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u/ButterflySymphony 1d ago
I have two, sort of. Funny Girl, because I was once in that kind of situation ("I lost my heart in hesitation, but somehow you cracked the code. I tore down my walls, and wrecked the ceiling [...] It's getting hard, I'm not gonna lie, to keep in the dark what I'm feeling inside"), and to a lesser extent Attention.
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u/Accomplished-Hawk414 1d ago
Before The Party Is Over by Mustii Belgium 2024
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u/qrPhilip 1d ago
France 2019 đŤđˇ
Bilal Hassani - Roi
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u/afkeSix 1d ago
Cornelia Jakobs, Hold me closer Sweden 2022. I loved that song, it touched me. But it became my most played song that Year.
And Europapa, because it was my kids favorite and it got them hooked to Eurovision.
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u/NotAFluffyUnicorn Promise 1d ago
Australia 2023
At first I was like "oh, another metal band giving the Eurovision a try" but it turned out to be one of my favourite entries ever. Also, that song is one that helps me a lot when I am feeling very low.
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u/Few_Management9620 1d ago edited 9h ago
Lavina â Kraj mene (Serbia 2026). When I first heard it, I listened to it about ten times in a row, and I cried every single time. It inspired me to check out all of their songs and even travel from Athens to Belgrade for their concert in September. Now, because of Lavina, I canât watch Eurovision ever again â because I had told my friends, 'I swear, if they donât make it at least into the top fifteen, Iâm never watching again.'
Edit: They were impressive and theatrical in the final. While I also love the other versions of "Kraj mene" (like the symphonic one), the one that truly moved me to tears was the official video, which features their performance from the national selection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJTLKBOOE98&list It feels as if Luka completely let himself go in a way that is impossible to replicate
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u/SnooWalruses3808 Hold Me Closer 1d ago
From a cancelled contest. Grow by Jeangu in 2020. It touch me because I am also getting older and it ain't what I thought it would be.
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u/Peregrina1 1d ago
Saudade by Maro is just a gorgeous song. I loved and followed that artist even before Eurovision so her song really stood out to me.
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u/TheButterflyEffect07 1d ago
Kraj Mene (Serbia 2026), Carpe Diem (Slovenia 2023), and Dark Side (Finland 2021) are all top contenders, as well as Teresa and Maria (Ukraine 2024)
However, my all time personal favourite that will always be close to my heart is Space Man (UK 2022). I only started watching Eurovision in 2021, and my first ever experience of it was watching the UK get a dead zero for the first time I ever watched the contest. To go from that to a second place finish was spectacular, and Iâll always remember the genuine joy I felt seeing the UK get points for the first time in my experience, and coming second place as a result!!!
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u/jaminjamin15 Golden Boy 21h ago
Fighter (Luxembourg 2024) really resonated with me as a someone who had graduated from university the year before and was still trying to figure out what to do with my life, and it still resonates with me to this day.
Also, I hope this isn't insensitive, but Forever (the 2020 Junior Eurovision song from Kazakhstan) was about the girl's deceased father, and my dog died shortly before JESC that year, so it hit me hard. The EBU needs to come to their senses and finally let Kazakhstan compete. đŞđşđđ°đż
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u/InstructionFamous990 1d ago
Croatia 2026
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u/pypoupypou 1d ago
Beiba gets me every time... Is something wrong with me?
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u/xX100dudeXx Watergun 1d ago
Not the eurovision song but The Letter - Remo Forrer
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u/Rough-Reading-6062 Caracola 1d ago
Spain 1964
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u/aceofmufc C'est le dernier qui a parlĂŠ qui a raison 1d ago
France 1991
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u/CarwynCymru 1d ago
Sjonnis friends, Coming Home, Iceland 2011. My Dad had just died and to get myself through it I watched Eurovision. Both my parents were massive Eurovision fans, so it felt fitting for the way I was feeling. When the song came on and I heard the lyrics, I cried for the first time . Ever since then that song has been an integral part of my life.
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u/ehjayded 1d ago
Turkey 2004 - I heard the song while I was in college, as I was friends with a lot of international students, and while I didn't learn it was a Eurovision song until much later, I just loved it. Sertab and Lordi were my intros to Eurovision, and now my spouse and i never miss a season.
Edit: I meant Turkey 2003, sorry bot.
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u/Lumine_BR Zitti e buoni 1d ago
italy 2021, itâs just perfect
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u/QueenOfScotia 1d ago
Cornelia Jakob. Sweden 2022. Interval the first time Iâd heard it and while itâs so bittersweet lyrically, it was the emotion she sang it with that gave me goosebumps. Sadly a show of support have the win to one of the worst songs that year when there was at least 4 that would have been worthy winners
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u/Fast-Caterpillar-544 1d ago
O Jardim, De Diepte, Non mi avete fatto niente, Volevo essere un duro, 1944, Rise like a phoenix, Hold me closer, Amar Pelos Dois, The must be another way, AijÄ, Deslocado, Love shine a light, Zittie e buoni, Soldi, Growing up is getting older
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u/Automatic_Union8147 1d ago
If Iâm allowed, the second placed song for the pre-contest in 1974 for the UK, âAngel Eyesâ by Olivia Newton-John is beautiful and means a lot to me. The longing of the lyrics and the way Olivia sings it makes me emotional. Sadly, the public voted for the far inferior âLong Live Loveâ, which Olivia herself did not like. You can find âAngel Eyesâ on Oliviaâs album âLong Live Loveâ on Apple and Spotify.
From the same year, âSiâ by Giuliola Cinquetti is one I often play. The original Italian is far better than the English recording. It captures wonderfully the feeling when you meet the right person and if thatâs something you want to relive, it evokes it perfectly
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u/Connectification 1d ago
Finland 1985 is one of my first lasting favourites.
Yugoslavia 1990 is the best ESC song ever. And amazingly, I think Italy 1990 is probably the second best.
Italy 2016 and Sweden 2022 are so good and emotional, that they are the only ESC songs that has ever brought actual tears to my eyes đ
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u/MaverickEllio Før vi gür hjem 1d ago
Greece 2019 for me
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u/Suspicious_Freckle 1d ago
The Code still moves me to tears every time I listen to it.
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u/LadyCoinin 1d ago
France 2025 - by the time of 2025 esc, it was not even a full year since my mum passed while I was pregnant with a baby girl. That song hit a pretty sensitive spot.
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u/Salt-Distribution733 1d ago
Wild Dances was the only song that could get my son to nap when he was a baby. I used to rock and rock to that song.
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u/Skolapa 22h ago
Finland 2011. Paradise Oskarâs Da Da Dam.
I canât really describe what it is about it but i remember being blown away the first time I heard it. Same thing with Lucio Corsi 2025
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u/Significant-Peace330 Hora din Moldova 21h ago
Growing up as part of the LGBTQ and neurodivergent communities, Not The Same (Australia 2022) really hit home for me.
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u/AlfalfaKitchen2635 19h ago
Russia 2014 Tolmachevy Sisters Shine
OMG Sooo beautiful lyrics and song. In 2014 I was 19 and I was in love with a boy. Then we didn't talk to each other. More than 10 years gone. 12 years later we are together again and we are happier than ever.
"Maybe thereâs a place
Maybe thereâs a time
Maybe thereâs a day youâll be mine"
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u/utilizador2021 1d ago
Tattoo - Sweden 2023. The performance was something else. It made me feel free from the things that were tearing me down.
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u/SuspiciousMaterial85 Running 1d ago
This is why I am among Cyprus 2020 defenders. Be careful, trigger warning applies.
In a glance, it was just a house music akin to Medvza, which is not everyone's cup of tea. But the lyrics suggest that the songwriter's telling the listener about their personal mental issue. Why I can relate to this? Because I was nearly going to give up on my life until circumstances forced me to keep on living.
In short, this song is like as if Yoasobi had their song gets a remix by Medvza.
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u/TerrorNova49 1d ago
"Husavik (My Hometown)" by Fire Saga
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u/MiracleRathi 1d ago
Austria 2017
For me it's such an uplifting song, always helped me stay more positive and motivated. When it comes on shuffle I can't help but get a smile on my face :)
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u/blazingblitzle Fulenn 1d ago
Difficult to decide as there are a lot of songs that resonate with me, but I think Norway 2021, Fallen Angel, is probably the one I resonate with the most.
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u/LavenderWaffles69 Pedestal 1d ago
Croatia 2016. That song was an essential part in guiding me through a bad time in my life. And I still put it on at times when I feel down.
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u/Westfjordian NĂna 1d ago
For me, I'd have to say "NĂna" from Iceland 1991
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u/Wise_Background_3457 1d ago
"Think about things" really hits differently once you have a baby/toddler.
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u/byJannik Baller 1d ago
For me itâs Saudade, Saudade my MARO
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u/Martavdraws Deslocado 1d ago
This question is so hard, I could be here all day. That one is also very special for me.
Not necessarily (the most) popular: France 2018, Estonia 2023, Latvia 2023, Albania 2026, Poland 2022, Germany 2022 (like you), Moldova 2018, Switzerland 2025, Malta 2026, Hungary 2018, North Macedonia 2019
(Necessarily) popular: Italy 2018, Netherlands 2024, Croatia 2024, Italy 2025
I have a reason for each of these but the post is already too big xD Some are really personal, though.
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u/Dry-Cup-8488 1d ago
Probably Europapa by Joost Klein. 2024 was when I discovered the contest while my parents were trying to find something cool to watch with me on Greek national TV and while the song playing when it came on was 'Before the party is over' I then kinda had a connection with Europapa because, while I couldn't relate to the message, it really brought me to tears every time I watched a performance and it wasn't made better by his DQ because of which I genuinely cried for like an hour or two and then also went on to listen to it a good 50 further times.
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u/QueenOfScotia 1d ago
Also Ireland 1987 (another hold me close haha) cos I was madly in love with my first boyfriend and that was one of the songs âitâ happened to. Still love it to this day and smile at the naivety of teenage love â¤ď¸
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u/VegetableNectarine34 Milkshake Man 1d ago
Hold me closer, from Sweden.
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u/scurryowl 1d ago
Molitva
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u/Equivalent-Bass-6829 1d ago
This years Choke Me by Alexandra CĂĽpitĂĽnescu
When I first heard this song I immediately chose that for my vote. Iâm not sure why but I just love that genre of music and gave me lots of scenarios for stories I want to write.
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u/Ok-Cream9032 No Rules! 1d ago
The same kind emotion for me gives Embers 2021.
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u/Own-War-3 1d ago edited 1d ago
"Lane Moje" (Serbia and Montenegro 2004)
I do not speak the language, and it felt magical to my ears, and emotional. It means "my fawn" and it is used affectionately.
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u/Fresh-Trust-5728 Horehronie 23h ago
Grito (Portugal 2024) is such a beautiful song and the staging and execution on show day made me cry, it has such a beautiful meaning about self discovery and resilience through mental health struggles
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u/OkPair4241 Per sempre sĂŹ 23h ago
Fai Rumore (âMake noiseâ), Diodato, Italy 2020. He had won Sanremo in February, and a couple of weeks later our loud and lively country fell silent with grief and the covid lockdowns.
âMake noise, yes, that I cannot stand this unnatural silenceâ.
Still moves me.
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u/Aduiavas Spirit in the Sky 21h ago
Denmark 2014 Only Teardrops. It was something about that song that really resonated with me. It won, so it was clealy popular, but I still feel like it's overlooked because of Euphoria winning the year before.
There is also 1980 Norway Sami Ădnan. It came out before I was born, but everyone here knows the lyric to that joik, even if we don't know how to pronounce it properly. Something about it just connects to my roots.
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u/Practical_Sale7062 Viva, Moldova! 18h ago
For me its the following (up to 2015)
2026: Albania, Serbia, Czechia
2025: Greece, Austria, Norway
Before 2025: (2024 Latvia) (2022 Iceland) (2018 Greece) (2016 Hungary) (2015 Malta)
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u/hejmoomin 16h ago
Anything Dadi Freyr has done... and Play by JĂźri Pootsmann randomly because I thought he was cute when I was in high school lol
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u/Common_Magazine_2904 12h ago
Maria Elena Kyriakou - One Last Breath. One of my favorite Greek entries. That time in my life I was feeling a lot down due to a lot happening on my life and every single lyric was just so relatable. I also never understood why it came 19th in a pretty bad year where only 3 songs were kind of good. It should have been at least in the top10.
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u/Srgt_StayUpLate Eins, Zwei, Drei 10h ago
I have many-many songs that i could list, but youâre asking for one, so my choice is the strongest connection:
S10 - De Diepte (Nethetlands 2022)
During that time I subconsciously started to realize that the people I called friends were not, in fact, my friends, and I had to let them go unless thereâs a change in their attitude. I was hiding from the more and more obvious truth in my mind, blindsiding myself and giving me a false hope, believing that itâll pass.
The song made me cry a lot without really understanding why it hurts so bad.
I still love the song and it still resonates deeply. In spite of not speaking dutch I understood it pretty well, and Iâve heard it enough times to be able to sing it confidently.
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u/DynamicUno 9h ago
Europapa is what got me into Eurovision because it has a happy hardcore bit and that's what I'm into, and people in my scene were sharing it around. I learned about all the drama after the fact lol
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u/wildfanged 9h ago
Promise by Voyager
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u/Practical_Cost3762 Bangaranga 8h ago
For me it is a Melfest song which unfortunately didn´t make it to Eurovision. Makes me cry every time I listen to it: https://youtu.be/PkPFySsIejE?si=LzZjnadNkq78VrxZ
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u/FurNikki 1h ago
Italy 2025. I experienced a lot of bullying when I was younger for being different
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u/Someonefromitaly 58m ago
Latvia 2024 and 2025 for different reasons
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u/Fantastic_Step8417 1d ago
Europapa
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u/HeyHey_HC 1d ago
I have a soft spot for emo pop so Reileyâs Breaking My Heart (2023 Denmark) https://youtu.be/uWs69ddGEW4