Just because you finish first does not mean you were the actual winner… even at The Eurovision Song Contest:<\/p>\n
To decide who was this year\u2019s biggest winner, you have to actually define what it means to \u2018win Eurovision\u2019. It\u2019s not as simple as finishing in first place on the Saturday night. While \u2018Only Teardrops<\/em>\u2018 is going to stay in the Song Contest record books, after the National Final guest appearances with a playback tape, it\u2019s unlikely we\u2019ll hear again from Emmelie de Forest. While you can still hear \u2018Euphoria<\/em>\u2018 on the beaches of S\u00e3o Paulo, Denmark\u2019s 2013 winner will be cut to shreds for the jingles during the 2014 Contest and then quietly filed alongside \u2018Everybody<\/em>\u2018.<\/p>\n
Looking down the results table from Malm\u00f6, you can find many personal success stories: Margaret Berger returned to the public eye with her own choice of musical styles, Bonnie Tyler managed to chart an album for the first in a billion years, Anouk was anointed superhero status just by qualifying for the Saturday night, and\u00a0Malta saw their best result in recent years (although Gianluca returned to his life as Dr. Bezzina). They are all wonderful stories, but none of them scream \u2018winner\u2019 to me.<\/p>\n
We need to leave them behind and look deeper.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n