Countries across Europe brought their A game on Saturday night, as the Eurovision Song Contest final took place in Turin, Italy.
Ukraine won the contest on 631 points with their entry ‘Stefania’ by folk-rap group KALUSH. United Kingdom remarkably came second, with Sam Ryder’s pop-rock entry ‘Space Man’. The song earned the UK 466 points, the highest the country has seen in many years.
Eurovision is famous for producing underrated, catchy songs, and 2022 is no exception. Here is a list of songs that went unnoticed by the jury and the public vote this year.
Portugal
The upbeat ballad titled ‘Saudade Saudade’ sang by MARO, scored 207 points and placed the country 9th. The song translates to ‘Longing Longing’ in English and is a beautiful, catchy song. The lyrics have a lot of meaning to MARO, as the singer dedicated the song to her late grandfather.
Romania
The catchy track titled ‘Llámame’ was performed by WRS. The song is sung in both English and Spanish and translates to ‘Call Me’.
The track is upbeat, and the flamenco inspired costumes made the performance even more cheesy. But it wasn’t enough to satisfy the public, as Romania finished in 18th place with 65 points.
Finland
Being the only rock number in the competition, everybody thought The Rasmus’s ‘Jezebel’ was destined to do well.
Despite coming 21st with 38 points, the song is still an absolute banger. The front man kept things interesting with a pennywise inspired balloon and the yellow and black staging was mesmerising.
The Netherlands
Holland’s entry ‘De Diepte’ translates to The Deep. The song is by 21-year-old rising star S10. The song is entirely in Dutch, but features lyrics such as: ‘Oh my love what am I supposed to do now, I’m in deep and I don’t want to let you go’.
As well as the song being extremely catchy, S10 manages to mesmerise the crowd with just herself and a microphone. The Netherlands finished 11th with 171 points.
Norway
‘Give That Wolf A Banana’ by Subwoolfer is the craziest entry for this year’s contest. It features lyrics such as: ‘If you don’t like the name Keith, I’mma call you Jim, and before that wolf eats my grandma, give that wolf a banana’.
The song is an absolute ear worm, and was a favourite among the television voters. While no one is 100 per cent sure who is behind the yellow masks, we can be certain that they know how to produce a hit. Norway came 10th, with 182 points.
