In order to help you deal with the proverbial PED, we thought it wise to relive the magical moments before this year’s performances, namely the Eurovision postcards. The 40-second clips produced by Camp David were built around the concept of a day in the personal and professional life of the artists. They showcased the beauty of their homeland. The result was 42 amazing, cinematic and intimate portraits — and now you get the chance to decide which was the best of the bunch.
What moment made you smile? Sergey walking his dog? Dami listening to her iPod on the beach? Or Juri’s pixelated bare butt? You can rewatch the short videos below, sorted in alphabetical order of the country, and then vote for your favourite postcard (or postcards!) in our poll.
ALBANIA
ARMENIA
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
AZERBAIJAN
BELARUS
BELGIUM
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
BULGARIA
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
ESTONIA
FINLAND
FRANCE
FYR MACEDONIA
GEORGIA
GERMANY
GREECE
HUNGARY
ICELAND
IRELAND
ISRAEL
ITALY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MALTA
MOLDOVA
MONTENEGRO
THE NETHERLANDS
NORWAY
POLAND
RUSSIA
SAN MARINO
SERBIA
SLOVENIA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
UKRAINE
UNITED KINGDOM
You may vote for as many postcards as you want, but you can only vote once, so make it count! We will announce the results in 10 days time. After you cast your vote, you can defend your choice in the comment box below. Also, please tell us what your thoughts are about this year’s postcards compared to previous years!
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I LOVE YOU MY DEAR MICHAL SZPAK :)YOU ARE MY ANGEL 😉
I LOVE YOU MY DEAR MICHA? SZPAK ???? , YOU ARE MY ANGEL ?
Poland, Michal Szpak – the best!
I like Poland postcard. It is something very interesting in Michal. I love his song for the first time when I listened to it <3 Michal Europe loves you!
The best postcard ? Of course Michal Szpak! It’s most interesting and funny! And Michal is my favourite artist ! I love his wonderful voice and the most beautiful eyes and smile and all appearance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Micha? Szpak the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course Michal Szpak has the best postcard!!! Best performer this year and Winner of the hearts! ?????
Wielki Michal Szpak..zaje.isty glos super chlopak i super muza
there is something magic in the guy from Poland
Mike from Poland has the best postcard. This guy shows true person for who he really is . You are the best !!!
@Ian: Same in Canada. Wonder why.. hmmmm
Money money money????
Tell me black or white
Who’s postcard is a beautiful Sight? Michal Szpak’s!! 🙂
POLAND!! ?
<3 MICHA? SZPAK <3
ARMENIA!!!
Vote for Iveta ! <3
Russia)) Sergey so cute <3
Only Michal Szpak !!!!
Michal Szpak – the BEST!!!
Poland the best! ^0^
Our winner!
Michal Szpak
Tell me black or white
What color is your life
Poland Szpak – the most charismatic and memorable, the brightest participant of the competition. He has a great future.
For Poland and great Michal
and of course for the squirrel in the video))
From Russia with love
I would have voted for Lithuania, but they forgot to have Donny Montell get punched in the face.
Voted for the UK. Come on, bros. THEYRE F***ING PLAYING RUGBY.
Wow, can’t even watch the postcards in the US.
This has become rather annoying.
@Anthony We shouldn’t have to resort to the use of VPNs. It’s the principal of why it’s being blocked.
given that all of the videos are blocked in the US I’m running off of memory
but I remember that Finland’s was g o r g e o u s
also really loved italy’s and austria’s
Sandhja (Finland) shows also her own house. I like that.
The Malta postcard pleased me the most. I got my vote.
The small pub in Douwe Bob’s postcard with the ‘The FOOL Bar’ sign is actually his own house in Amsterdam. He invites their musicians and fans to try out new songs, and ofcourse have some fun.
Estonia and Netherlands. Gorgeous guys and fun postcards.
THE NETHERLANDS for sure. You know why.
BULGARIA!!!
They were all pretty meh. The production this year was superb and the postcards were the only part I didn’t care for. I much prefer last year’s postcards with the Portkey-to-Austria concept.
i’d say Armenia, but let’s keep it in trend – my vote is for Russia
I am impressed none of you mentioned Estonia. this, Russia and Bulgaria are the only ones I remember
I like Poland. Michal Szpak the best!!!
Loved the postcards in general, VERY well done!
I also liked the fact that the country’s name appeared in the end, hope they keep this from now on.
Armeniaaaa!!!!~~~
Maybe next year they could find a way to create their song title out of local things in their environment where they live eg. kinda like how lithuania 2014 created their umbrella flag, in that case they would use the umbrellas to make the song name.
FYI – @duff – If you are having geoblock issues use the ‘hola’ brower add on. Its a geoblock changer and you can select to view from any other international country.
Also I like Nina’s curtsey on her postcard. She is so graceful.
Out of the ones I remember, I really liked Armenia, Norway, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Australia.
I actually liked these postcards. I like how each scene setting ended with the contestants standing with the camera zooming in/out. I also liked some of the transitions for the country names, like that plus sign thrown for Iceland.
On the other hand, some postcards used weird backgrounds for the final shot with the country name. Spain for example looked like a creepy, dark, street area.
@Duff @YoungsterJoey In fact, none of Eurovision fansites didn’t write anything about this geo-blocking that EBU made. The United States were not just the only ones have been harmed by YouTube videos blocking. Brazil, Canada, South Korea and Taiwan too (I know it because I’m Brazilian – and my country was blocked). Very strange for an institution that wishes to increase the audience in the Americas.
I like those postcards with pets : Slovenia, Russia, Israel ………
but I voted for Lithuania because Donny has his wife and daughter in it,
even if artists are advised by their managers that they could lose votes from female fans. It is cool that he did not hide his family to get more votes.
Mark, YOU are obnoxious! bitch
Belarussian Ivan walking his wolf! It`s cool! lol
Actually i really like all postcards!
@YoungsterJoey
It’s not only the YouTube clips; we can’t even watch the final on the official Eurovision page anymore! (In that case, thanks SVT app and NDR for keeping the stream up for now)
Russia’s postcard is just obnoxious
I liked this years postcard
And Österikke
Azerbaijan 2012 was only Azerbaijan/Baku Ads
Do you know the melody of the song used on the postcards?
The Eurovision blocked semifinal and final performances in Brazil, too. And the postcards as well.