ESC 2014

Today I'm really excited, because there's only a month left for one of the greatest musical events in Europe: the 59th Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Danish city of Copenhagen. This is the first year I've been following the progress of the contest since last year's ended.

The candidates' selection was really a thrilling period, from the first candidate to be announced (Valentina Monetta from San Marino, in June 2013) until the last (the Tolmachevy sisters from Russia, almost a month ago, on the 19th of March). And it ended being a nice year in regard to the songs' level. It's the same that happened in Düsseldorf 2011, there's not a clear candidate for the victory. However, there are still some favourites for it.

37 are the countries which are taking place There are 37 countries taking part in this year's contest (2 less than in 2013), with the withdrawal of Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria and Cyprus, and the comeback of Poland and Portugal. So, in the end, the two semi-finals will have 16 and 15 participants, respectively. There, 31 countries will fight in the two semi-finals, which will take place on the 6th and the 8th of May, in order to join the Big Five (France, Spain, Germany, Italy and the UK) and the host (Denmark) in the Grand Final on Saturday the 10th.

Finally, I want to share my personal Top with you:

TOP 10:
01. United Kingdom: Molly Smitten-Downes - Children Of The Universe
02. Spain: Ruth Lorenzo - Dancing In The Rain
03. Hungary: András Kállay-Sáunders - Running
04. Portugal: Suzy - Quero ser tua
05. The Netherlands: The Common Linnets - Calm After The Storm
06. Romania: Paula Seling & Ovi - Miracle
07. Finland: Softengine - Something Better
08. Armenia: Aram MP3 - Not Alone
09. Greece: Freaky Fortune ft. Riskykidd - Rise Up
10. Switzerland: Sebalter - Hunter Of Stars
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11. Ireland
12. Denmark
13. Italy
14. France
15. Austria
16. FYR Macedonia
17. Azerbaijan
18. San Marino
19. Israel
20. Germany
21. Montenegro
22. Malta
23. Slovenia
24. Lithuania
25. Estonia
26. Sweden
27. Ukraine
28. Albania
29. Belarus
30. Russia
31. Norway
32. Latvia
33. Moldova
34. Georgia
35. Poland
36. Iceland
37. Belgium

Who will get the honour to host the 60th ESC? I hope Spain or the UK wins, so maybe I can go to see it live. It would be awesome.

Very well written! I'm also a massive fan of the contest :)