EUROVISION 2022 - MY TOP 40 (BY A CLASSICAL MUSICIAN)

Hi guys, and welcome back to my channel! If you’re new here, my name’s Rachel and I’m a huge Eurovision fan as well as a musician. In today’s video, I reveal my current top 40 of the contest after reviewing the songs in detail and scoring them based on several categories to come up with a final mark out of ten.

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1. Intro 00:00
2. 40th - 31st 01:40
3. 30th - 21st 10:28
4. 20th - 11th 18:50
5. Top Ten 26:17
6. Outro and Thanks 36:15

[ThePeaceAround]

Forgot to mention, but I calculated my final scores based on a combination of the score I gave in my first review, with a score for Chords, Melody, Artistry, Vocals and Musical Ideas individually to create an average. Let me know what your favorites this year are!?

[roza]

You are just so on point....Slovenia is just musically perfect. Montenegro is amazing...Serbia is genious and yes Italy is my winner as well and greece is my 2. Place....

[andrewjohnson]

Wow Southern Europe really delivered this year with Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Albania, Serbia and Montenegro (and slovenia like half counts too)

[lisganbog.]

Finally someone who appreciates Georgia and Montenegro.
Portugal and Greece deserve TOP3. I agree

[ef]

My top favourite: Greece ❤
Other songs I like: Poland, Italy, Portugal, France, Norway, Finland, Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Romania, Cyprus and UK.

[edwardmendieta]

This is the best Top 40 well analyzed of the ESC 2022 songs. Great job. Slovenia deserves to be in the Top 5, these kids are so talented and Italy no doubt is the #1.

[slavicaperic]

Thanks from Serbia 🇷🇸 for beautiful words and coment, for realizing meaning and message of this amazing song 🌺 also, i am so happy for Poland, is my high, high, high top 5, maybe even potential winner 🌺

[TheManInBlueFlames]

Many of these songs might be better than others on the live stage. For example, Michael Ben David, despite having a song that's hated, can pull the vocals off a lot better than many of the singers, as seen in Israel Calling. However, by the time of Eurovision, some of the singers that were having problems singing live will be better due to constant practice. I'm finding some of the higher tempo catchier songs are having singers that right now are struggling live. Vocals CAN save a song live.
_My top 3:_

3) *United Kingdom* - Don't get why people rank this so low in the UK. Very good vocals, the best we've had in a while and the song isn't necessarily 'safe' as it launches Sam's vocals into new places. There's honestly SO much potential this year and it may be our best entry in a while. Finally an entry I am proud of. Deserves at least the top 10.
2) *Norway* - The catchy song alongside clever writing and interesting and varied visuals keeps you engaged throughout the whole song. as opposed to many other songs that get boring halfway through. Subwoolfer are also ICONIC in the way they respond to the fandom and certain questions when interviewed. Safe to say, they deserve those trillions of views they have in the rest of the universe.
1) *Portugal* - A BEAUTIFUL, touching tribute to Maro's grandfather. She didn't need to do this, but went out of her way to tell the world how much it means to her now he's gone. The message is universal and can be used on a variety of different contexts since she only sings 'now you're gone'. The harmonies are AMAZING. The only song this year that made me cry...TWICE!!

[pascal]

Great comments... so close to my top 5: 1. Greece, then Slovenia, Portugal, Spain and UK. Bravo !

[catttnguyen]

Yas, Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia appreciation tier list !!! I've been telling people that there are artistic values in these entries and that they're the precious gems of this year but people seem to underrate them and think that they will not qualify for various reasons. But yeah I might disagree with a few rankings but I love that you provide a clear rationale for each entry and not insult the artists or just slap them with "generic" or "ballad" label like tons of other tier list is doing...

[CocacolaBoy]

1 Italy, 2 Greece, 3Georgia, 4 Slovenia, 5 Portugal…i like Georgia is crazy ahah, Poland is nice but the song could have been performed better in my opinion. 
I had underestimated Italy initially, perhaps because it wasn't the kind of song that usually strikes me, but listening to it several times I changed my mind ..

[metulj]

As always you are very insightful. And yes I agree Slovenia is musically amazing and a really well written song...Serbia is just genious and a true art perdormance....Montenegro is so underrated....And yes, Italy is my winner as well again this year as it was last year. It's gonna be really interesring thia year....

[davidvivas]

My top five
5- Portugal
4- Spain
3- Grecia
2- Italia
1- Polonia

[Ita.Paperwhite]

I'm an indie rock/melancholic kind of soul and my taste is usually in 'moll'. 1) Portugal; Gets better with every listen, - hypnotic bohemia 2) Italy; Moving and different 3) Poland; Vocals & melody = Class act 4) Greece; Her singing style and the verses 5) Sweden; Her stage presence a la 'shabby chic' adds to it for me. I also like Georgia, the disco guys (You are so right! My daughter, who is a musician, said the same), Netherlands, Serbia, Finland (live vocals need to improve but I like Rasmus), Cyprus, Estonia. Oddly, Iceland has a relaxing, hypnotic vibe to it which I enjoy (Maybe because a few elements remind me of a much better song; "Waiting around to die" by Be Good Tanyas) Same with Portugal, but their song is a seemingly simple, bohemian masterpiece. List can change when I see each act live in May.

[triadafillos]

Thank you very much for sharing your top 40 accompanied by your musical thoughts and comments! I would like to share with you my top 10:
1) Serbia
2)Spain
3)France
4)Czech Republic
5)Poland
6)Estonia
7) Slovenia
8)the Netherlands
9)Romania
10)Belgium/Switzerland (I actually can not decide between these two)😬

[klaudijabogdanovski]

My top 5
1. Australia
2. Poland
3. Netherlands
4. Serbia
5. Azerbaijan

[luvdf]

Saudade saudade 🇵🇹. This is a confirmation (for a few) and the greatest discovery of recent times (for an overwhelming majority of people) of a beautiful, magical musical universe full of surprising connections, a universe that is called MARO.

[lowkeyvels]

1. Greece
2. Sweden
3. Italy
4. Portugal
5. Norway
6. Azerbaijan
7. Czech Republic
8. Estonia
9. Cyprus
10. Finland

[gb]

I really want Greece or Italy to win ! These songs really bring you winner vibes and they made me cry. Also Greece is preparing sth very good

[MiguelSF]

Happy to see Maro 🇵🇹 in your top three, although I was pretty much expecting it after your reaction. Really like Greece, too. Apart from the music itself, I believe Ukraine is the favourite for this year 🇺🇦.