Eurovision 2018 Song Ranking Part 4

25. Malta
Christabelle Borg - "Taboo" 
Yet another Swedish-penned pop song, but this one's got a good message, authentically written by the performer. The revamp lost a little energy, but it did bring us the Maltese Mad Max music video that hopefully will be interpreted in the staged performance.

24. Slovenia
Lea Sirk "Hvala Ne"
With this title, if this doesn't qualify the jokes write themselves. This song has a sassy edge and a beat that is fresher than anything they've sent since 2013. The chorus is a bit of a non-chorus, but that's what's popular now.

23. Estonia
Elina Nechayeva - "La forza"
This is a big fan favorite and while it's not bad, I don't get it as much as others. Elina has an impressive, beautiful voice, augmented by the Italian language. It would have benefitted from a longer running time, since it ends very abruptly.

22. United Kingdom
SuRie - "Storm" 
They tried, right? SuRie has a great voice and look. The song is fluffy - let's all come together and join hands, a typical tired concept for Eurovision. It only makes sense if you think really hard and twist the context so that it's a song about British people's pain, of banding together through an uncertain political/economic future. And in that way it's quite nice, like SuRie is scooping up the audience and giving them a genuine hug and tell them they're making it through. And it definitely feels more genuine than songs like "If We All Give A Little" or "Chain of Lights," owing to the performer's charisma. The revamp turned it into an anthem that makes the earworm chorus shine.

21. Moldova
DoReDos - "My Lucky Day"
Great band name - makes you think of eating chips. Appropriately they have a fast-food junk-food song. It would be at place in any of the past 15 Eurovisions and it would also be a crowd pleaser at any of them, a bouncy romp with ethnic instrumentation. Maybe now broadcasters can send better (and even Moldova can too) but it's just three minutes of fun and dancing to brighten the mood. The music video adds another layer, because it looks like the plot ends with them as a happy throuple laughing through Greece. Hopefully that's what the song is actually about.