ESC 1975 | My Top 19

The Eurovision Song Contest of 1975 was held in Stockholm, Sweden. 19 countries participated in this year's contest and in this video I share my thoughts on every single one, ranking them from the one I enjoyed the least to the one I enjoyed the most.

List of participants from 1975:
BELGIUM | Ann Christy - Gelukkig zijn
FINLAND | Pihasoittajat - Old Man Fiddle
FRANCE | Nicole - Et bonjour à toi l'artiste
GERMANY | Joy Fleming - Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein
IRELAND | The Swarbriggs - That's What Friends Are For
ISRAEL | Shlomo Artzi - At Va'Ani
ITALY | Wess & Dori Ghezzi - Era
LUXEMBOURG | Géraldine - Toi
MALTA | Renato - Singing This Song
MONACO | Sophie - Une chanson c'est une lettre
NETHERLANDS | Teach-In - Ding-a-dong
NORWAY | Ellen Nikolaysen - Touch My Life with Summer
PORTUGAL | Duarte Mendes - Madrugada
SPAIN | Sergio & Estíbaliz - Tú volverás
SWEDEN | Lars Berghagen - Jennie, Jennie
SWITZERLAND | Simone Drexel - Mikado
TURKEY | Semiha Yankı - Seninle Bir Dakika
UNITED KINGDOM | The Shadows - Let Me Be the One
YUGOSLAVIA | Pepel in kri - Dan ljubezni

[aleksanderpagels]

Honestly, as someone who is still in the process of getting to know this decade better, your analyses of every song in every video gives me a foot to stand on and know which ones I should seek out for, and obviously, I do agree with you on many of the songs I do know already. Great work and I know you'll keep it up!

[Tejiknasten]

Lovely to watch your opinions of this quite strong edition of the ESC. There are several songs from 1975 that's easy to remember and the musical diversity were great. For me, the turkish entry was such a pleasant surprise to listen to during the watchalong and I think I still will rank it as my number one for now. Totally agree with your points for Sweden. To me, this is Lasse's best song, together with "Silvertråd". Thanks for a great Channel 🎉

[escadri]

This is such a strong year to me. Lots of options, yet you did land on my favorite too as your winner. Just something so addicitive about it :)

[rodmorg]

Certainly some wacky views for this year Groot haha. At least I got my prediction of Switzerland being your winner spot on though!

[alipanroosendaal]

I appreciated your breakdowns of Norway and Switzerland. Very interesting. (Grooty's word of the week is clearly "Lush" 😉) - My top 3 are NL, Germany and Italy - Putting NL at 13th is courting controversy, with me at least. Still, you do you! - Why do I rate Ding-a-Dong? - Because it talks of something fundamental. With the inevitable prospect of our own mortality we look to things to give our existance meaning. The most potent distraction is the pursuit of love. When that fails we can look to the wonder of nature, or the consolation of money to comfort us. The lyrics bring all this together and the solace within the musical movements and the warm harmonies create a depth under the surface froth of the lead vocal and the performance. I find this to be one of the most touching and resonant songs about the human condition ever to grace Eurovision. It makes me sad, but it also proffers a sense of resolution.

[avery]

Great ranking! This isn't one of my favorite years, but I really enjoy a few of the entries! My top three this year are:

3. Norway
2. Italy
1. Turkey

[Cilla]

1975 is one of my favorite years of all time!

[EldaMengisto]

1975 is a nice year, for what it's worth. There's a solid mix of songs.
My favorite of these is "Era"--it's so groovy and cool, and stands out amongst the crowd.

[cosmicsummers]

Still amazing to go through a great year this was and we actually agree on our number 1

[snowcold]

Now that's a winner we can agree on

[kennet]

Germany with Joy Fleming should have won this year if it were up to me.

[cabemaru]

Oooh My favourite this year is Luxembourg with Toi :3 Love the weird and brave progressiveness in this song haha

[tigressachinesa]

Well, this has to be the ranking I disagree the most with you, but again, 1975 is quite a strong year and I really love some of the songs. I understood your point of view of your bottom, even if Spanish being that low hurted me a little. My top 5 is:

5. Portugal
4. Spain
3. Germany
2. Israel
1. Italy

[DadgeCity]

I'd struggle to put any of these in my top 100 Eurovision songs.

[aknigge]

Here are my personal votes/rankings, i'am from the Netherlands (Rotterdam city)

12 points: Italy - Wess & Dori Ghezzi - Era
10 points: Luxembourg - Geraldine - Toi
8 points: France - Nicole Rieu - Et bonjour à toi l'artiste
7 points: United Kingdom - The Shadows - Let me be the one
6 points: Israël - Shlomo Artzi - At Va' Ani
5 points: Belgium - Ann Christy - Gelukkig zijn
4 points: Yugoslavia - Pepel in kri - Dan ljubezni
3 points: Finland - Pihasoittajat - Old man fiddle
2 points: Norway - Ellen Nikolyasen - Touch my life (with summer)
1 point : Spain - Sergio & Estibaliz - Tú Volverás

[GrootsGrandma]

Very anonymous year for me. Quite significantly weaker than the year before. But there are some gems here too like Norway, Turkey, Germany, Sweden, and Italy. Iirc I didn't even vote for Switzerland 😅

[naborrodriguezdieguez]

My Top 5: Monaco, Ireland, Ialy, Netherlands, U.k.