We’re all busy compiling lists of our favourite songs for 2016. No doubt they’ll all differ, as it’s a dull old world when we all agree. Is Sergey from Russia going to be everyone’s No.1 song, or is it over-rated? Will Serhat from San Marino and his re-arranged song make it to the final, or prop up the board? Will we get that surprise winner? These are all questions that, well, I’ve asked.

So when a name famous as the grandest of Grand Dames of Eurovisions picks her top 20, it’s time to sit up and take notice. Lys Assia – born Rosa-Mina Schärer – may have turned 92 last month, but she still has a good ear for music. Or does she?

So, you may ask, what is Lys’s favourite 2016 tune?

1. Malta – Ira Losco – Walk on water

And what else makes up her top 20?

2. Macedonia – Kaliopi – Dona
3. France – Amir Hadad – J’ai cherche
4. Serbia – Sanja Vučić ZAA – Goodbye (shelter)
5. Russia – Sergey Lazarev – You are the only one
6. Austria – Zoë-  Loin d’ici
7. Italy – Francesca Michielin – No degree of separation
8. Bosnia & Herzegovina – Dalal/Deen/Ana Rucner/Jalal – Ljubav je
9. Czech Republic – Gabriela Gunciková – I stand
10. Netherlands – Douwe Bob – Slow down
11. Australia – Dami Im – Sound of silence
12. Ukraine – Jamala – 1944
13. Switzerland – Rykka – Last of our kind
14. Iceland – Greta Salóme – Hear them calling
15. Israel – Hovi Star – Made of stars
16. Bulgaria – Poli Genova – If love was a crime
17. Croatia – Nina Kraljič – Lighthouse
18. Poland – Michał Szpak – Colour of your life
19. Sweden – Frans – If I were sorry
20. Armenia – Iveta Mukuchyan-  Love Wave

Do you agree with Lys and her choices? Do you think Malta will make it through the bloodbath of a semi-final and win? Tell us what you think.

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Author: John Stanton

Source: Eurovision Ireland