The contest in Belgrade saw a complete rehaul of the rules.

There's actually some American interest with the winner in Belgrade. Co-written with Dima Bilan, this song was also written by a guy named Jim Beanz, from my home state of Pennsylvania!

Written by famous winner of the 1998 contest, this song, originally titled "Ke'ilu Kan (or "As if here"), was an impressive entry.

Something out of a Disney ride, this song was the epitome of gimmick.

This is another one of those so weird it's good entries. Bosnia and Herzegovina sent acclaimed Bosnian alt-rock singer Laka.

With a gentle guitar playing over sincerely emotionally vocals, this song was an instant retribution to the hilarity of their 2004 entry.

Oh boy, it seemed like Ireland had given up. They were sending a Turkey puppet.

This synthpop song received enough criticism to be brought up in the French Parliament with calls for it's withdrawal from the contest. Why?

With Lordi's hard rock win the year before, the 2007 contest was the year of rock, pyrotechnics and humor!

It's amazing when a great song wins and this is a GREAT song.

If you would've told me in 2007 that Serebro would become one of my favorite bands today, I would've laughed at you.

Wow, Switzerland, wow. You really outdid yourselves with this novelty act.

Where do I start with this? The controversy around Verka was huge. A drag act representing the largely homophobic Slavic culture caused an uproar from it’s native country.

This is a strange story. See, Dmitry's mother was a huge fan of Princess Diana and was the president of the Belarusian Princess Di fan club, cause, apparently, there was such a thing!

I was living as a student in Poland at the time, so when this was announced as the entry for my host country I was quite disappointed.