
Jelmer Soes Editor / Author
Favourite Eurovision songs:
Netherlands
in
Copenhagen 2014
The Common Linnets – Calm after the storm
(Ilse DeLange/J.B. Meijers/Rob Crosby/Matthew Crosby/Jake Etheridge)
Ukraine
in
Rotterdam 2021
Go_A – SHUM
(Taras Shevchenko/Kateryna Pavlenko/Ihor Didenchuk)
Latvia
in
Liverpool 2023
Sudden Lights – Aijā
(Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis/Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis/Kārlis Vārtiņš/Mārtiņš Matīss Zemītis)
Germany
in
Millstreet 1993
Münchener Freiheit – Viel zu weit
(Stefan Zauner)
Italy
in
Rotterdam 2020 (Cancelled)
Diodato – Fai rumore
(Antonio Diodato/Edwin Roberts)
Written by Jelmer

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