Just taking a (very short) break from this year's contest to have a look at the past decade. There's always someone we underestimate, so who do you think it's going to be this year?
@louisecanavan3108
3 жыл бұрын
I think It could be Ireland Greece ot Bulgaria!
@vix_666
3 жыл бұрын
Slovenia
@this_username_is_taken7004
3 жыл бұрын
Probably Albania
@kevmp3
3 жыл бұрын
Latvia/Czech Republic
@Bdbdhsdbshdbhce
3 жыл бұрын
PortugAl
@giglefreakz
3 жыл бұрын
They underestimated the power of Epic Sax Guy.
@ainsliekatemate698
3 жыл бұрын
what this tells me: Moldova has that big "what are they smoking" energy and you should never underestimate their staging haha
@daphnewong8319
2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. Take 2018 as an example. Before the contest people were like “meh”, then came the magic door choreography and they ended up in the top 10.
@JaniceHope
2 жыл бұрын
Also their songs are usually fun, and good for parties, brightly colored and between all those tragic ballads it's a good counterbalance.
@GnomesWorstEnemy
2 жыл бұрын
This year's song as well. People kept saying it wouldn't make it through the semifinals, but it did. Do I think it's a good song? No Do I like it? ..yes
@sokumachi729
2 жыл бұрын
@@GnomesWorstEnemy you can say what you want about Natalia, but she definitely brought something to the finals
@BenefitCounterbench
2 жыл бұрын
@@sokumachi729 agreed. Aside that I did like her song, Natalia is such a cinnamon roll and I'm gay for her.😂
@turtellok4964
3 жыл бұрын
Georgia 2015 was way to underrated, even in the final result
@mireldan2525
3 жыл бұрын
deserved to be higher, great song
@davidgalan2140
3 жыл бұрын
I blame Austria for that. The grand final performance was an utter mess, they should have let her perform again
@basiamostowiak8282
3 жыл бұрын
True!!!!
@johnnyxrcfc
3 жыл бұрын
Tbf i think 2015 was a strong year, maybe the strongest ever
@MsMeyara
2 жыл бұрын
Yes imo even a top 3 worthy song.
@andreasa8486
3 жыл бұрын
Fuego was 31st in odds and then it settled on the 22nd place until the semi final 1 rehearsals. Staging and live performance IS EVERYTHING.
@gigicopp5198
Жыл бұрын
then it came first after semifinal 1
@charles-ericduvic8491
3 жыл бұрын
2 lessons from this video : -Georgia, Moldova and Lithuania are almost every year underrated -2011 and 2014 really were the years for the big surprises !
@Timtim-td2jw
3 жыл бұрын
For lithuania you mean Donny Montell is underrated 😂
@user-fj4xw9on4i
3 жыл бұрын
And in 2018 many surprises happened.
@orpheaslivitsanos
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-fj4xw9on4i Με βασικότερο το ότι δεν πέρασε η Ελλάδα...
@user-fj4xw9on4i
3 жыл бұрын
@@orpheaslivitsanos και πάρα πολλές άλλες. Η εντυπωσιακά υψηλή θέση της Κύπρου,της Αυστρίας και της Γερμανίας, η πρόκριση της Αλβανίας, της Λιθουανίας και της Ιρλανδίας και ο αποκλεισμός του Βελγίου, της Ελλάδας, και της Ελβετίας. Επίσης το πρωτοφανές εκείνη τη χρονιά ήταν ότι αποκλείστηκαν όλες οι χώρες(πλην της Ουκρανίας) που είχαν το απόλυτο σερί στις προκρίσεις.
@orpheaslivitsanos
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-fj4xw9on4i Ισχύει! Όπως και για τη Σουηδία ότι βγήκε εκτός 5άδας (και ήταν ευτυχώς υπερβολικά χαμηλά στο κοινό)!
@miguelc6740
3 жыл бұрын
I mean you could name this video "The Dark Horses of Eurovision" or something like that. Hope to see a "fan favourites flops" version. Interesting Idea!
@TinaTissue28
3 жыл бұрын
There is always one every year and its always interesting to see which one it will be. My thoughts for this year could be San Marino as everyone thinks its going to qualify no matter what
@miguelc6740
3 жыл бұрын
Ireland 2014, Iceland 2016, North Macedonia 2017, Belgium and Greece 2018, Armenia 2019 are just some examples
@EurovisionMateja
3 жыл бұрын
@@TinaTissue28 San Marino is qualifying hun
@TinaTissue28
3 жыл бұрын
@@EurovisionMateja Thats what everyone said about Iceland 2016 and guess how that turned out. I hope San Marino ends up in the top 5 overall cause lord knows they deserve it, but someone who is hyped up always fails
@lomar2812
3 жыл бұрын
@@TinaTissue28 And I'm hoping that's Switzerland
@bucketslash11
2 жыл бұрын
Eleni brought the fire, everyone believed it would be generic pop song until her rehearsals
@whatever1661
2 жыл бұрын
i still think it is, though i respect her live qualities. But that's just me.
@-a7181
2 жыл бұрын
It was generic and her live voice is not that great.
@BradyHuangful
Жыл бұрын
It is still a generic pop song that ages poorly after the contest. It's the phenomenal live performance that brought the song to life.
@17andtravelling
2 жыл бұрын
The Balkans seem to get underrated a lot! Hey Mamma was one of my favorite Eurovision songs ever, glad we proved whoever predicted badly for that wrong.
@alexiss6990
2 жыл бұрын
Yeeeah.. My all time favourite was Kaliopi 😍 04:35
@zepozg1533
2 жыл бұрын
The thing is mostly Balkans show the culture in their music maybe ıts because ours richer then the whole other europe
@athanasvelichkovich
3 жыл бұрын
The moment when Albania 2018 qualified from one of the strongest semifinals in Eurovision history (and even almost entered Top 10 in the finals!!!) was honestly one of the most beautiful things that ever happened in this contest.
@cabemaru1
3 жыл бұрын
This is why the jury deserves to be in the contest.
@raoubveugelles
3 жыл бұрын
YESSSSS!
@freyaschenberg1225
3 жыл бұрын
one of my favourite eurovision moments honestly.
@priya9194
3 жыл бұрын
my favorite from 2018 nd heavily underrated☺
@hopmanlisa
3 жыл бұрын
Mall is soooo good. Never understood the bookies even before the shows...
@lostfigure3703
2 жыл бұрын
Still can't get over how people were convinced Kate would be Australia's first non-qualifier and she ended up winning the first semi final. Queen shit ♡
@Kazimikoj
8 ай бұрын
How tf could anyone think that?
@angelaburrow8114
3 жыл бұрын
2015 was a wicked year. Serbia, Russia, Georgia, Romania, Italy, Estonia, Belgium, Sweden. A vintage year.
@EmoBearRights
2 жыл бұрын
Which one was Romania?
@dumitrufrunza8a694
3 жыл бұрын
Could you make a video about the most overestimated places as well?
@BecauseEurovision
3 жыл бұрын
It's in the works!
@dumitrufrunza8a694
3 жыл бұрын
@Mikolas Josef yep, I'm from Moldova and we seem to be the most underestimated country on the list!
@petarmajerofficial
3 жыл бұрын
@@dumitrufrunza8a694 but you will S L A Y this year
@dumitrufrunza8a694
3 жыл бұрын
@Mikolas Josef yep :( Stay deserved better! Also I love Amen by Ana Soklič
@munchermuncher7663
2 жыл бұрын
@@dumitrufrunza8a694 natalia and her backup dancers will SLAY
@TheFrecklish
3 жыл бұрын
Albania 2018 is one of my all time favorites ❤️
@escjejatb
3 жыл бұрын
Same ❤️❤️❤️
@raoubveugelles
3 жыл бұрын
Same here
@sandroribeiro7644
3 жыл бұрын
I remember Voting for Albania and Lithuania 4 times each in the semi because I was worried they wouldn't make It.
@philipdawson7800
3 жыл бұрын
I'm SO HERE for Albania & Lithuania beating the odds in 2018!!
@magoco7377
3 жыл бұрын
I was so happy for my winner ending up so high
@yannos2007
3 жыл бұрын
Cyprus 2018 was a underrated from bookies before the rehearsals. After first rehearsal went to top 5
@danamaybee
3 жыл бұрын
proof that bookies aren't always correct and you should never change your vote because of it xx
@danamaybee
2 жыл бұрын
I got this video recommended, watched this all the way through, for only to now realise I literally watched this a month ago. anyways....
@escjejatb
3 жыл бұрын
Eugent was freaking amazing, still my favourite entry of all time ❤️❤️
@donmichaelvillarma7099
3 жыл бұрын
The Netherlands 2014 blew them out of the water with that almost win. I feel something's gonna happen this year.
@hulliexgamez5281
3 жыл бұрын
The fact that Eugent is in 2nd makes my heart really happy. He was so underrated prior to the contest but did amazing
@Hodoss
2 жыл бұрын
Lol the bookies didn’t know Sunstroke Project are living memes.
@danieleclementi3310
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly seeing all these 2018 entries in this list makes me realise why 2018 is my favourite year. All of these songs were my favourites that year and they all defeated the odds in the same year
@brent8407
2 жыл бұрын
Moldova 2018 is just the perfect example of how staging can really change everything. Wasn't a big fan of the song untill I saw the live performance and suddenly it sounded just way better.
@Hamburg-vz3cc
2 жыл бұрын
Oooh so true I love the Moldova song of 2018, it is such a positive and catchy song and they did an amazing stage performance!
@kaW3_4
3 жыл бұрын
Bones is so underrated
@RoxanneLavender
2 жыл бұрын
I agree. There could be many parts to this though, they could make it into a series. I'd watch. I love all these songs.
@Maria67Ko
2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah
@Rubiagirl86
2 жыл бұрын
Poland 2016 was very underrated. Nobody expexted that Michał Szpak will be third in televotes.
@MsMeyara
3 жыл бұрын
7:12 my favourite underrated moment. I actually voted for her, because she was THAT GOOD. I mean, why did she end up so low? She didn't deserve that. I have noticed that Georgia has always had some bad luck in Eurovision while there entries are good.
@chizzieshark
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, it was such a powerful and memorable song!
@MsMeyara
2 жыл бұрын
@@chizzieshark yeaah and her vocals! Omg they were so much stronger than some of the other ones that ended up higher.
@rtpoe
2 жыл бұрын
You've got a thing for women with long black hair in tight outfits too? (smile)
@lei.aleroni4131
3 жыл бұрын
Moldova and Lithuania are definitely always underrated for what it looks like in the video... Also Serbia. There is hope for Natalia, the Roop and Hurricane in this 2021
@TheWeirdestOfBugs
2 жыл бұрын
RIP Agathonas Iakovidis :(
@dimidrugg9592
3 жыл бұрын
Lithuania and Moldova own this list lol. Anyway, I believe Czech Republic 2021 will join it.
@dimidrugg9592
3 жыл бұрын
@Radiation___2 You don't know that.
@melisaln.1119
3 жыл бұрын
@Radiation___2 Lol)))) From Lithuania not have the largest diaspora. Especially when compared with Russia.
@melisaln.1119
3 жыл бұрын
@Radiation___2 About 30% of Russians live in my country (and not only in mine) and always 12 points by televote to Russia (even for Samoilova). So many Lithuanians are nowhere to be found, in Lithuania itself there are about 2 million (a small nation). If Lithuania can gain so much in Norway, I can imagine how "active" the Norwegians are. This means that others are not to blame.
@melisaln.1119
3 жыл бұрын
@Radiation___2 I'm not sure Lithuania will be the winner of the televoting. But if this band (for example) represent Russia, then 99%. I don't think that the song of Russia is competitive this year, but it will be higher than many strong entries by televote.
@karinavilkaityte3948
3 жыл бұрын
@Radiation___2 Are u kidding me? 2018 and 2016 was an amazing entries from Lithuania, they were truly underestimated. And we will see it this year again even tho I think the song from the Roop could even win, but in the end it won't...
@esccora9929
2 жыл бұрын
dont EVER underestimate the power of epic sax guy
@evagalvin6275
3 жыл бұрын
Austria, Germany, Cyprus 2018. Switzerland 2014. All my favourites
@SuperJNG18
3 жыл бұрын
It is entirely the bookies' fault that they couldn't recognize the power of Epic Sax Guy.
@superkaukasus7990
3 жыл бұрын
Alyosha from Ukraine was totally underrated :(
@JamieJooEurovision
3 жыл бұрын
Lithuania features a lot in this list
@jimmybiemans8264
2 жыл бұрын
There is a pattern with some countries here. Also, some of these I still hear on the radio, in commercials, or as intro/soundtrack in television shows like Got Talent, either in the original version or as a translated cover
@Luke-tt3dt
2 жыл бұрын
Lesson of this video: Never underestimate the power of Epic Sax
@woody_williams
3 жыл бұрын
Albania 2012 and 2018 are both so brilliant!!
@mattspintosmith5285
3 жыл бұрын
Two Albanian songs in your top three - I liked them both, although I think Rona had tuning issues in the final (I'm guessing a problem with the feed). She was better in the semi. Laura Tesoro - what's the pressure was certainly underrated. It was very slick.
@geminix365
2 жыл бұрын
Donny Montell and Moldova are literally legends, and i knew Laura Tesoro, Roberto Bellarosa and Bushpepa were very underrated, they were in my top 3
@sicklepurple5835
3 жыл бұрын
Croatia is this year’s dark horse! ❤️🇭🇷
@sarasmedberg8203
3 жыл бұрын
so lucky is still one of my most played songs. its just so happy-go-lucky, always gets me in a good mood :)
@BleckvardLOL
3 жыл бұрын
Okay, so I have this weird thing where I release that I have been listening to a Eurovision song for a few months, during the contest without even knowing. But I release now, 4 years later that Hey Mamma has been one of my favorite songs for some years now!?!?!? Like what?!
@clementrapiteau604
3 жыл бұрын
Albania and Donny Montell underrated 😁
@angelalamda
2 жыл бұрын
How could they underestimate these? Most of them, are amazing!♡
@acecosmonaut5559
2 жыл бұрын
Sebalter's 'Hunter of Stars' still lives rent free in my mind. * whistles *
@janineofsoski8771
2 жыл бұрын
Love this - thanks whoever put it together! Xx from Australia
@may-nk6hg
3 жыл бұрын
georgia 2015 was so good
@mshaftenberg
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your efforts! I'll never forget Rona Nishliu from Albania 2012, this was an astounding performance regardless of the fact if it's an ESC song or not. I can't remember almost all of the rest though 😂
@jesyke
2 жыл бұрын
I'll put it this way, when I tried to talk my friends into having Cezar play their wedding in Romania at first and leaving for Greece in a fit of rage listening to the Koza Mostra song on loop on the plane ride, this list just about gets it right.
@listenandplay259
3 жыл бұрын
Shake It Up Şekerim as an intro😍 anyways such a good video
@niadavies5223
3 жыл бұрын
thank you for making this!
@damirdominkovic
2 жыл бұрын
This is the proof how OGAE members "taste" is different than regular person voting. I'm a hard-core fan since 1991, and I'm buffled by all the negative comments to some of this year's songs. Whrn it comes to music, if I have nothing nice to say, I won't say anything at all because I don't feel happy to belittle someone's work and livelihood.
@SuperJNG18
3 жыл бұрын
Georgia should've done even better than they did in 2016. That song is a masterpiece.
@kiertavasirkus
3 жыл бұрын
yes, it was my winner that year
@EmoBearRights
2 жыл бұрын
I'm really glad that someone else appreciates it. I think it's great but no one else seems to like it. Some people (I so want to call them wankers but that's a bit unfair) even tried to Wiwi bloggs to list anomingat the 'crimes' that year that it qualified, luckily William and Deban shut that down.
@juzthick5032
Жыл бұрын
Waitting for you to add 2022 😍
@aliecatze4922
2 жыл бұрын
Some of my very favorite Eurovision songs are in this collection. The whole thing just makes me smile. :)
@AR-dg2bn
2 жыл бұрын
Is this my spotify playlist? Ahahah incredible! Nova deca was the most underrated song!!
@rad92
2 жыл бұрын
Moldova 2017 is why staging is EVERYTHING. Plus. Epic Sax guy.
@Hamburg-vz3cc
2 жыл бұрын
Moldova always did amazing stage performances 🥺
@meg5323
2 жыл бұрын
This year it's definitely Love Is On My Side - The Black Mamba (Portugal). They went from being a definite non-qualifier to coming 12th in the final.
@vasilissapach5354
3 жыл бұрын
Wow cool video.!! Before your Chanel I didn't use to listen to the songs before the semis/final so I didn't know these were underestimated. I am surprised that I remember most of them and actually I still listen to some of them to this day so for me it wasn't a surprise they did well at the time I was watching live.
@eurovisionerd8634
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!
@nordic2617
3 жыл бұрын
You should make the same thing for most overrated performances. I'm immediately thinking of Finland and Belarus 2018, though I think both are great.
@ESCxCan
3 жыл бұрын
Belarus wasn't overrated, it got robbed at ESC.
@Bdbdhsdbshdbhce
3 жыл бұрын
BELARUS? Overrated? It wasn’t even in the finals lmao
@ESCxCan
3 жыл бұрын
@@Bdbdhsdbshdbhce Yea 😂
@nordic2617
3 жыл бұрын
@@Bdbdhsdbshdbhce It's rating before the competition was rated much higher than it ended up so yes it was "overrated". This list was not about song quality. It was about placement.
@frenchhufflepuffie83
3 жыл бұрын
It's mostly entries from Serbia, Georgia, Moldova and Malta
@frenchhufflepuffie83
3 жыл бұрын
And Belgium
@MissLoveTheSound
2 жыл бұрын
Si manny Lithuania entries here! Please vote for the Roop this year they deserve good place!
@TheKoesti123
2 жыл бұрын
Donny Montell just got two times into the list 😂 And for me is "Love Injected" by Aminata one of the best entries in the last 15 years
@corpore6799
3 жыл бұрын
wow thanks for using our 2007 esc :)
@freyaschenberg1225
3 жыл бұрын
even with its placement, albania 2018 was criminally underrated.
@SoyChicoToxico
3 жыл бұрын
Great video!!! LOVE IT!!!!😍
@TheMosquitto
2 жыл бұрын
Mall was my favorite from 2018
@mjm3091
3 жыл бұрын
Kinda wished to see Michał Szpak here, but then I remembered that our original high placement for bets was due to Margaret being assumed to be sent instead. Which still stayed, afterwards. Cause normally betting is really similar to Jury votes.
@sigma.mi.
3 жыл бұрын
Wow! So many fantastic and favorite songs, in there! I have only one, thing to say:bookers don't know what they're saying! And even fans. They say other before the contest, and they vote others in the end! It's the lives that play a very important role!
@SANDUSK471
3 жыл бұрын
Well, sometimes bookies rank doesn't necessarily place them in that rank to say that the song would end in that rank (or in that range), it's just a way to say how big their odds to become the winner.
@emilijuslatakas
3 жыл бұрын
Hmm, Lithuania appeared here many times. I hope this year Lithuania's entry is underestimated right now. (Maybe 1st place in the final?)
@mariosa82
3 жыл бұрын
T A I P
@bobbymkd457
2 жыл бұрын
Tamara gave a singing lesson to everyone! ❤️🇲🇰❤️🇲🇰❤️🇲🇰
@koguma8823
Жыл бұрын
YOU SHOWED 'EM EUGENT!!!! YOU DID IT
@luka4279
3 жыл бұрын
Nina Kraljić - Lighthouse (Croatia) 2016
@lloydearwaker5784
3 жыл бұрын
Loved this. Will there be an over estimated video too?
@BecauseEurovision
3 жыл бұрын
There will be one soon! (but not too soon :P)
@JL-zw7hi
3 жыл бұрын
Great video
@jacobomarinlago7192
3 жыл бұрын
Nice video!!! U should also do one but the reverse: Eurovision flops. Entries which ranked very high with bookies but failed to deliver.
@jacqueline.9799
2 жыл бұрын
I still listen to Kurt Calleja This is the night
@rhosenl4208
2 жыл бұрын
But Cezar - it's my life and Teo - Cheesecake are still songs I listen to. They are just EPIC
@bbubbinklm4320
2 жыл бұрын
How do you calculate the bookies rankings? Because I recall before the semi finals Cyprus 2018 (fuego) shot up to 2nd place in the bookies odds
@diekommentarekommentiererin
2 жыл бұрын
8:20 I was one of very few people who believed in it, so I'm very glad about this one
@annamarie3400
2 жыл бұрын
Australia 2019 is one of my all time favourites! Also I had forgotten how good Austria's Cesar was! Next I will go to listen Kaliopi, it sounds interesting.
@_annaxb
3 жыл бұрын
Yessss Moldova shoulda won in 2017, I’ll never get tired of that performance
@kevinranawake6558
2 жыл бұрын
Cooming home - Sjonnis friends, Crno I below, Caroban, Ha Dias Assim, Hunter of stars, Ces't ma vie are my favorites. ALL TIME !!!!!! Don't judge me
@sentrashistroyza4531
2 жыл бұрын
как же приятно увидеть любимые песни, которые не очень популярны, спасибо*-*
@pantstheterrible
3 жыл бұрын
Nobody was more surprised that georgia qualified in 2016 than the band itself. I will never forget their faces! I knew they could do it though with good staging #nailedit
@lorilei8535
2 жыл бұрын
Petr Nalich's perfomance is my favorite russian perfomance on esc
@benthewheel30
Жыл бұрын
Is the backing for your channel Switzerland 2007?
@escfan633
2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised Ireland 2018 didn't make this list but yeah, some of these were criminally underrated.
@stephanievantielen5615
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry to say, but the majority of these entries got way more than they actually deserved!!! Besides Germany 2011,France 2015 and 2018, Azerbaijan 2017, Bulgaria 2018, The Netherlands 2013 and Belgium 2015 were way underrated!!!
@clintrichardsonclintfromny203
2 жыл бұрын
Ok but how much chance does a long shot now have on the night of? What could honestly change that propels a currently overlooked song to the top five on the night of the contest? Several of the longest odds songs this year are catchy as heck.
@ruimoreira2615
3 жыл бұрын
Some of these songs have aged like milk....and they were so cool back then
@maa1649
3 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Eurovision song’s , Agree most of them don’t age well 😅😄
@deulingue
2 жыл бұрын
Love Is blind and I've been waiting for this Night are in this top 😏
@dasmysteryman12
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly I did not expect Netherlands 2014 coming at the time, I had the UK as my favorite that year. Now, it's my favorite entry of the 2010s. UK 2014 isn't even in my top 100 of the decade.
@cliffarroyo9554
2 жыл бұрын
Latvia's 2015 entry Aminta is still one of my top 5 favorites of the last decade... I didn't see the video but her semi performance was amazing. Final performance was a tiny bit less so but great result for a great interpretataion.
@Phoenixfire979
2 жыл бұрын
I'm a sucker for Moldova 2018, loved it
@liza331
3 жыл бұрын
Warrior will forever be my 1 one song of eurovision
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