ESC PREVIEW Today: #17- ICELAND.  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

17.

ICELAND

OUR CHOICE

Ari Olaffson

Granted, "Our Choice" sounds formulaic, but male soloist Ari Olaffson's execution is sharp and showcases his vocal power. Older audiences will love it, but it is likely to struggle to qualify in Semi Final 1. It is unlikely to give Iceland its first win at Eurovision. The country has been waiting since 1986. It has twice finished in 2nd place.

18 NORWAY

19 UKRAINE

20 MONTENEGRO

21 F.Y,R. MACEDONIA

22 CROATIA

23 PORTUGAL

24 CZECH REPUBLIC

25 ROMANIA

26 BELARUS

27 LATVIA

28 POLAND

29 AUSTRIA

30 GREECE

31 IRELAND

32 BULGARIA

33 GERMANY

34 GEORGIA

35 LITHUANIA

36 MALTA

37 RUSSIA

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