ESC PREVIEW Today: #37- RUSSIA.  A preview of the 43 songs in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, which begins this May in Lisbon, Portugal. The preview begins with the weakest songs and works its way to the best in this year's line-up.The songs are ranked in order of quality as heard in the studio versions.

EUROVISION 2018 PREVIEW

37.

RUSSIA

I WON’T BREAK

Julia Samoylova

Russia returns to Eurovision this year after it withdrew in 2017. Julia Samoylova had also been selected to represent the mighty nation last year. Unfortunately, her 2018 entry "I Won't Break" is not as good as "Flame Is Burning". 

Despite its weaker song, Russia is a safe bet to progress from Semi-Final 2 and into the Grand Final. This is a far cry from the breathtaking (and best of 2016) presentation of "You Are The Only One". Russia first participated at Eurovision in 1994 and won in 2008.

38 SLOVENIA

39 NETHERLANDS

40 ALBANIA

41 SERBIA

42 HUNGARY

43 SAN MARINO

Hear a special playlist with all the songs from this year’s contest as they are released on spotify.

spotify:user:alanrosscaffelatte:playlist:3aFWyVHxGLWZ3Xwb6K3tf2

https://open.spotify.com/user/alanrosscaffelatte/playlist/3aFWyVHxGLWZ3Xwb6K3tf2?si=XiLET1zpTlabrf3yAVNfiw

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