When I think of a Eurovision guilty pleasure, Kaliopi’s performance of “Crno I Belo” immediately comes to mind. This rock bop is what I consider North Macedonia’s best entry ever. Even with Kaliopi’s extreme vocal range, this song just works. The violins back it up beautifully and work great with Kaliopi’s voice. The real robbery here is that this song barely left-sided when it competed in 2012, and it is currently ranked 3rd in North Macedonia’s best results, placing behind Elena Risteska’s “Ninananajna” and Tamara Todevska’s “Proud”.
Thankfully, though, this gem was given the treasured ‘douze pointe’ from fellow Balkan nations Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. That is why this is my guilty pleasure and one of the most underrated Eurovision entries (to me) of the last 70 years.