# 16 No estas solo

Roll up, roll up for my most favouritist song in the Eurovision Song Contest ever.

No estas solo, sung by Patricia Kraus', represented Spain in 1987 at a contest which oozed visual style both in it's presenter Viktor Laslo and the set. It makes me tingle watching it. And yes, I do watch it in its entirety from time to time even now.

Kraus' performance is powerful, even if her make-up is a little alarming close up, and this is no way understated by her choice of body morphing outfit which grips her waist like a vice.

I remember pouring over the video back in 1987 and somehow marvellous at the way she strode on to the stage with a green chiffon scarf across her shoulders. "She's not going to be able to sing with that on her," I remember thinking when I watched the contest and, sure enough, off she tosses it almost as soon as she's perched on her stool.

There was one other reason this particular act caught my eye and it's still the case now. I seem to recall thinking the miming guitarists were quite cute at the time. It's one of the few Eurovision opinions I had then I still have now.

But if there's one thing about this particular song which drives me wild every time I hear its that falling chord in the chorus before Kraus sings "radio" and does the twirly-mad action with her finger. That one chord turns me to jelly every single time.

Kraus came a miserable 19th place with a miserable 10 points in 1987. Frankly, I don't care about the score or the placing. Not really, anyway.

# 8 Bandido

No need to spend a huge amount of time introducing this. Terry Wogan does the job adequately in this clip from the 1990 Eurovision from Zagreb in the former Yugoslavia.

Wogan wasn't in any way expecting what he and the rest of us had to see. This was one of those genuine Eurovision moments.

Yes, it's true. We might have been hearing the music but the dancers and the "backing group" couldn't hear a thing. Hence the confusion as they stood centre stage wondering what the hell was going on.

And of course, in case you're wondering, Bandido were singing for Spain at the beginning of the contest. This was one hell of a live TV mess.

It wasn't all bad. The two Spanish ladies (and don't be any doubt, they OWN the stage) came back fighting delivering a damn good performance and a well deserved 5th place.

The song has lived on in numerous remixes since then and secured Spain a well deserved place in Eurovision history.

Why Spain from 1990 today? Well, it would have been Spain from 1988 or 1992. But the final decision was made by EuroDave2000 who seems to be quite knowledgeable about these things. Many thanks to him.

If, like me you're not too taken with the quality of the clip above, you can always visit this version which, disappointingly, doesn't allow me to embed in this blog, the rotters.