Best of National Finals 2007
2007′s edition was the second I did during; it was held the spring of 2007, between April and May, as explained in the rules here. 42 countries took part in the 2007 Eurovisiong Song Contest. 32 of them used some sort of national finals in which 517 songs were performed. I wrote down a list of 75 songs I liked and then came up with these top 30:
Albania | “Eklips” Alban Skenderaj
Albania | “Jemi kaq të largët” Voltan Prodani & Alfred Habibi
Albania | “Pa ty, pa mua” Rosela Gjylbegu
Andorra | “Salvem el mon” Anonymous
Bosnia & Herzegovina | “Rijeka bez imena” Marija Sestić
Bulgaria | “Only way back home” Dimitar Atanasov
Croatia | “Što je to ljudima” Brentini
Croatia | “Vjerujem u ljubav” Dragonfly feat. Dado Topic
Czech Republic | “Žena ze stínadel” Lili Marlene
Denmark | “Husker du” Aud Wilken
Estonia | “Sunflowers” Laura Pudvere
Finland | “Anyone, anymore” Lovex
Finland | “Wild and violent” Lovex
France | “Besoin d’ailleurs” Valérie Louri
Germany | “Frauen regieren die welt” Roger Cicero
Greece | “With love” Tamta
Iceland | “Orðin komu aldrei” Snorri Snorrason
Iceland | “Segðu mér” Jón Jósep Snæbjörnsson
Iceland | “Vetur” Helgi Rafn Ingvarsson
Ireland | “The Thought of you” Dervish
Latvia | “Boys never say they’re sorry” H20
Latvia | “What a love can do to me” Gunars Kalninš & Jolanda Suvorova
FYR Macedonia | “Belo e se” Lambe Alabakovski
FYR Macedonia | “Potseti me” Super Nova
Malta | “She gives me wings” Klinsmann Coleiro
Malta | “Starlight” Trilogy
Serbia | “Nebo” Slobodan Trkulja & Balkanopolis
Sweden | “The Worrying kind” The Ark
Sweden | “Tror på dig” Caroline af Ugglas
Sweden | “Trying to recall” Marie Lindberg
Semifinal
My friends recieved the mp3 of these 30 songs and they have graded each of them with a 1 (awful) through 5 (great) system. For the first BoNF years, I did not save the full results (just like old Eurovision lol) but only the ranking. And so we have from 30th to 16th:
30 
Iceland | “Orðin komu aldrei” Snorri Snorrason
29 
Andorra | “Salvem el mon” Anonymous
28 
Albania | “Jemi kaq të largët” Voltan Prodani & Alfred Habibi
27 
Latvia | “Boys never say they’re sorry” H20
26 
Finland | “Wild and violent” Lovex
25 
FYR Macedonia | “Potseti me” Super Nova
24 
Croatia | “Vjerujem u ljubav” Dragonfly feat. Dado Topic
23 
Greece | “With love” Tamta
22 FYR Macedonia | “Belo e se” Lambe Alabakovski
21 Albania | “Pa ty, pa mua” Rosela Gjylbegu
20 
Estonia | “Sunflowers” Laura Pudvere
19 
Sweden | “Tror på dig” Caroline af Ugglas
18 
Denmark | “Husker du” Aud Wilken
17 
Germany | “Frauen regieren die welt” Roger Cicero
16 
Bulgaria | “Only way back home” Dimitar Atanasov
Final
So now that I had all 15 finalists, I used a computer “random playlist” to get the running order for the final:
01
Latvia
“What a love can do to me”
Gunars Kalninš & Jolanda Suvorova
02
Iceland
“Vetur”
Helgi Rafn Ingvarsson
03
France
“Besoin d’ailleurs”
Valérie Louri
04
Iceland
“Segðu mér”
Jón Jósep Snæbjörnsson
05
Malta
“She gives me wings”
Klinsmann Coleiro
06
Albania
“Eklips”
Alban Skenderaj
07
Croatia
“Što je to ljudima”
Brentini
08
Sweden
“The Worrying kind”
The Ark
09
Ireland
“The Thought of you”
Dervish
10
Serbia
“Nebo”
Slobodan Trkulja & Balkanopolis
11
Bosnia & Herzegovina
“Rijeka bez imena”
Marija Sestić
12
Malta
“Starlight”
Trilogy
13
Finland
“Anyone, anymore”
Lovex
14
Czech Republic
“Žena ze stínadel”
Lili Marlene
15
Sweden
“Trying to recall”
Marie Lindberg
Results
If you don’t remember those songs, you can check BoNF’s youtube page or this recap video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYBuwD_xhW4
