Firstly, a disclaimer that I don’t subscribe to the whole “guilty pleasure” thing in general as if I like a particular song and the majority of people don’t – or even make fun of it – I don’t really care as I like it :). But in order to find one I took my Top 10 for each year since I started watching Eurovision religiously (2011) to select one which I love but did terribly and was just not well received by the public. And landed on…Black Smoke by Ann Sophie (German entry in 2015).
The song already had a bit of a bad rap even entering the contest since they were the German final runner-up, but the winner backed out of going to Eurovision as he was being announced as the winner. Strike 1. And the entry is from Germany in Eurovision…Strike 2. But I love this song – a great pop/jazz fusion song speaking of the death of a relationship that let’s face it most of us have experienced. It is a super stylized song and so was her performance - she was always spot on with her vocals. I cannot listen to this song without strutting and striking a pose or two and feeling the “cool” vibe. It did NOT deserve zero points and last place.