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Song & performance of the year
esctoday.com awards 2008: Your nominations (1)
Song of the year
This can easily be called the top category. Like in 2006 and 2007, the songs that finished in the top five of the Eurovision Song Contest final are directly qualified: Believe from Russia, Shady Lady from Ukraine, Secret combination from Greece, Qele qele from Armenia and Hold on be strong from Norway. Another three songs will be added to the nominees. In 2006, the award was won by the Romanian entry Tornerò which "only" finished 4th in the actual contest. Last year, however, the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest was also voted Song of year - Molitva from Serbia.
More songs than ever took part in 2008, no less than 43 which should not make the choice any easier. There was comedy, supposed comedy and involuntary comedy, classic Europop, dramatic Ballads, simple Ballads and rock songs. So use your vote wisely!
- Vote for the nominees for Song of the year here.
Performance of the year
In 2006, Tina Karol from Ukraine, who finished 7th, won the award for her performance of Show me your love. Last year, the award again went to Ukraine, this time for Verka Serduchka and the shrill performance of Dancing lasha tumbai.
The 2008 contest saw not only singers and dancers on stage but also musicians, an ice-skater, knitting brides, pirates, angels and devils, an oversized book with an oversized heart, clotheslines, a couch, a teddy bear and some things probably no one could ever explain. Now it's up to you to decide which of the performances worked the best on stage. Please note that there will be also awards for Best female vocal performance and Best male vocal performance.
- Vote for the nominees for Performance of the year here.
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Song: Turkey
Performance: Portugal
Unqualified song from semi-final: San Marino
Song: Albania
Performance: Ukraine
Hero was the best this year and it should have won the ESC 2008 but it didn't so now it have to win something! It was so great! Next year Sweden will send a song and win!!!!
SWEDEN!!! CHARLOTTE PERRELLI!!!
song: Armenia - Qele Qele (this song even won the fan award so this must be the song of the year)
performance : Armenia
song: Portugal
performance : Russia
so many artists... its hard to choose just one of them!
song: Israel
performance: Ukraine
Song: Norway
Perfomance: Portugal :-)
Muireanne
Well I do like the Belgian song 
Although its far from being one of my faves 
I think Belgium should have sent Sandrine 
"I feel the same way" is one of my favourite songs from this whole NF season 
Song: Belgium
Performance: Russia
lollll Muireanne I can't believe you voted for Ireland!! Admittedly the Irish performance was pretty good though
Somebody has to pay them (Ann Harrington and Kate Burke I mean) some last respects here isn't it (though I see now I'm not the only one anymore... great! 
).
Johnny K, and Belgium just was my favourite song.
Song: France
Performance: Azerbaijan
best song Bih
performance : Ukraine
Song: Switzerland
Performance: Ukraine
Song- Ireland
Performance-Bosnia
or Sweden or Andorra?
It´s sooooo hard :-(
Do we have really only 1 Vote? That´s hard...
...so I will vote Slovenia & Latvia
song: switzerland
performance: denmark
Song: Israel
Performance: Ukraine
Song of the Year - France
Performance of the Year - Ireland
Song: Iceland
Performance: Iceland
I just thought the whole production, vocals, video screen and everything else was perfect.
Song: Serbia
Performance : azerbaijan
... but i wish i could vote vote for 32 songs, this year was awesome (shame that moldova didn't qualified,good jazz)
Song: Sweden
Performance: Russia
Jonny
Yeah, LOL
Stockholm
We voted exactly the same
We obviously have very good taste lollll
Song: Switzerland
Performance: Russia
Sonja
Yeah its pretty awesome isn't it, I noticed it the other day
Although I think its only us Brits who get that advert 
Does anybody else here who isn't from the UK get the Widget advert with the funny looking animal in it?? Its an advert about shipping
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