Eurovision Favorites of the 2020s, So Far…

This is a very special entry for me, since I didn’t speak of my favorite entries of Eurovision 2024, I will speak of my favorite Eurovision entries of the 2020s decade so far. Yes, folks, we’ve had a new batch of Eurovision songs every year from 2020 to 2024. Plus, we’ve had an actual proper contest, following a short pause in 2020 due to COVID-19, from 2021 to today.

Here are the 10 songs that I’ve loved the most from 2020 to 2024. Yes, stay mad if you don’t feel that the suspended contest songs should be included in these lists. This is my blog, and I’ll do things my way. Besides, those songs are also worthy of love as well, they’re special, and they are part of the history of the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Now, let’s go on this journey! Here are my 10 picks:

10. Serbia 2021: “Loco Loco” – Hurricane

Sanja, Ksenia, and Ivana gave us looks, voices, sass, and a party with their party banger “Loco Loco” in the 2021 contest. The original Hurricane line-up (Eurovision 2021 was part of their send-off) provided Balkan turbo-folk that many of us had been craving for years for Serbia to take to ESC and they didn’t disappoint this time around.

9. Lithuania 2023: “Stay (Čiūto Tūto)” – Monika Linkytė

The hook: Čiūto Tūto, as per my conversation with Monika at the Eurovision-Spain Madrid pre-party in 2023, is a Lithuanian folk phrase that she was able to connect it to the message of the song. It’s a break-up song, but the way Monika sings and sells it, maes you love it a lot. I still “čiūto tūto” to this day!

8. Spain 2024: “Zorra” – Nebulossa

Reinvindicative, powerful, funny, and sassy, are good adjectives to describe “Zorra”. Nebulossa came into our lives and gave us an anthem and party banger for the girls, the gays, the lesbians, and theys. We’re all a bunch of zorras de postal, and that’s on that.

7. Bulgaria 2021: “Growing Up is Getting Old” – Victoria

“Growing Up is Getting Old” by Victoria was the last high-quality entry that Bulgaria delivered to ESC and, due to personal reasons, this song strikes a chord and hits home – A LOT. It is a beautiful ballad that she dedicated to her ailing father with ALS and who sadly passed away months later.

6. Finland 2023: “Cha Cha Cha” – Käärijä

A party banger for the ages, and fully in Finnish, Käärijä was the party king we never knew we needed. “Cha Cha Cha” had a very colorful performance on top of the Liverpool 2023 stage and people were so into it that it smashed that year’s televote. Forever a fan of this!

5. Sweden 2020: “Move” – The Mamas

If joy and good vibes were a song, this would be it. One of the most authentic Swedish ESC entires since 2010, “Move” gave us everything we needed and more. Sadly, the ladies couldn’t compete at Eurovision proper, as the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the onset of COVID that year.

4. Ukraine 2024: “Teresa & Maria” – Jerry Heil & alyona alyona

Jerry Heil and alyona alyona, two of Ukraine’s biggest stars joined forces to deliver an anthem to feminity, resilience, and the power that women have. “Teresa & Maria” was masterfully staged for Eurovision in Malmö, Sweden this past May, and honestly it deserved all the love it got from juries and viewers voting around the world.

3. Netherlands 2024: “Europapa” – Joost Klein

Scandal aside, the Dutch really came through with an iconic package deal that I really feel devastated that things ended up being the way they did (Although, by the time I post this, he’s been cleared of further legal prosecution). “Europapa” was a satirical eurodance song, that also was a tribute that Joost did to his parents, as he became an orphan as a teenager. My man was robbed of his big primetime moment during the 2024 final, but damn, this is a BANGER!!!

2. Sweden 2022: “Hold Me Closer” – Cornelia Jakobs

The ultimate break-up song. Sweden chose a very authentic pop ballad for the 2022 contest and sincerely… it still tears me up! Cornelia gave her everything at both the Melodifestivalen and Eurovision stages with “Hold Me Closer”.

1. Spain 2022: “SloMo” – Chanel

La reina, la diva, la potra, Chanel came in and took Eurovision 2022 by storm. This song and that live performance, not only make me happy but also give me chills of how much perfection was achieved with it. “SloMo” might be basic as hell, lyrically, but damn… this should have won Eurovision. That’s it. This was so damn good that people believe she was robbed of a victory.