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Quirks

The nerd corner

Oddities, records and small joys, all counted from the results. Written with love, including for the songs that scored nothing.

Borders changed, music stayed

Seventy years of Europe, one contest at a time. Countries split, merged and appeared; the songs kept coming. Drag the slider or press play.

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Every change, year by year
YearCountriesFirst timeBackNot this year
1956 7 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands
1957 10 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark, ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
1958 10 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
1959 11 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg
1960 13 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg
1961 16 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland, โ—Œ Yugoslavia
1962 16
1963 16
1964 16 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden
1965 18 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden
1966 18
1967 17 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark
1968 17
1969 16 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria
1970 12 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden
1971 18 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden
1972 18
1973 17 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta
1974 17 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
1975 19 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece
1976 18 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria, ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden, ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey
1977 18 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden โ—Œ Yugoslavia
1978 20 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark, ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey
1979 19 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey
1980 19 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco
1981 20 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel, โ—Œ Yugoslavia ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1982 18 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France, ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece
1983 20 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France, ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland
1984 19 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel
1985 19 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands, โ—Œ Yugoslavia
1986 20 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands, โ—Œ Yugoslavia ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
1987 22 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
1988 21 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus
1989 22 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus
1990 22
1991 22 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands
1992 23 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands
1993 25 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia โ—Œ Yugoslavia
1994 25 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia, ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey
1995 23 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia, ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland, ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia
1996 23 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland, ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
1997 25 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia
1998 25 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
1999 23 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland, ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia
2000 24 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia
2001 23 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina, ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania
2002 24 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal
2003 26 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia
2004 36 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra, ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus, โ—Œ Serbia and Montenegro ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia
2005 39 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary
2006 37 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria, โ—Œ Serbia and Montenegro, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary
2007 42 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia, ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco
2008 43 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria
2009 42 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino
2010 39 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro
2011 43 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino
2012 42 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland
2013 39 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia, ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey
2014 37 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia
2015 40 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine
2016 42 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia, ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania
2017 42 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
2018 43 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
2019 41 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria, ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine
2020 (cancelled) 41 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria, ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro
2021 39 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus
2022 40 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
2023 37 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia
2024 37 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania
2025 37 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova
2026 35 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia
2027 (so far) 31 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands

Nul Points Hall of Fame

37 songs finished a final on zero. We still hum some of them.

  1. โ€œNur in der Wiener Luftโ€ 1962 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria ยท Eleonore Schwarz
  2. โ€œTon nomโ€ 1962 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium ยท Fud Leclerc
  3. โ€œLlรกmameโ€ 1962 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain ยท Vรญctor Balaguer
  4. โ€œKatinkaโ€ 1962 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands ยท De Spelbrekers
  5. โ€œMuistojeni lauluโ€ 1963 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland ยท Laila Halme
  6. โ€œEen speeldoosโ€ 1963 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands ยท Annie Palmen
  7. โ€œSolhvervโ€ 1963 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway ยท Anita Thallaug
  8. โ€œEn gรฅng i Stockholmโ€ 1963 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden ยท Monica Zetterlund
  9. โ€œI miei pensieriโ€ 1964 ยท ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland ยท Anita Traversi
  10. โ€œMan gewรถhnt sich so schnell an das Schรถneโ€ 1964 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany ยท Nora Nova
  11. โ€œOraรงรฃoโ€ 1964 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal ยท Antรณnio Calvรกrio
  12. โ€œลฝivot je sklopio krugโ€ 1964 ยท โ—Œ Yugoslavia ยท Sabahudin Kurt
  13. โ€œAls het weer lente isโ€ 1965 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium ยท Lize Marke
  14. โ€œParadies, wo bist du?โ€ 1965 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany ยท Ulla Wiesner
  15. โ€œQuรฉ bueno, quรฉ buenoโ€ 1965 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain ยท Conchita Bautista
  16. โ€œAurinko laskee lรคnteenโ€ 1965 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland ยท Viktor Klimenko
  17. โ€œDio, come ti amoโ€ 1966 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy ยท Domenico Modugno
  18. โ€œBien plus fortโ€ 1966 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco ยท Tรฉrรฉza
  19. โ€œQuel cล“ur vas-tu briser ?โ€ 1967 ยท ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland ยท Gรฉraldine
  20. โ€œJe suis tombรฉ du cielโ€ 1970 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg ยท David Alexandre Winter
  21. โ€œMil etter milโ€ 1978 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway ยท Jahn Teigen
  22. โ€œAldri i livetโ€ 1981 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway ยท Finn Kalvik
  23. โ€œNuku pommiinโ€ 1982 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland ยท Kojo
  24. โ€œQuiรฉn maneja mi barcaโ€ 1983 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain ยท Remedios Amaya
  25. โ€œOperaโ€ 1983 ยท ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey ยท ร‡etin Alp and the Short Wave
  26. โ€œลžarkฤฑm Sevgi รœstรผneโ€ 1987 ยท ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey ยท Seyyal Taner and Grup Lokomotif
  27. โ€œLisa Mona Lisaโ€ 1988 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria ยท Wilfried
  28. โ€œรžaรฐ sem enginn sรฉrโ€ 1989 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland ยท Danรญel
  29. โ€œVenedig im Regenโ€ 1991 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria ยท Thomas Forstner
  30. โ€œLopลกinฤ— mylimaiโ€ 1994 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania ยท Ovidijus Vyลกniauskas
  31. โ€œSan Franciscoโ€ 1997 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway ยท Tor Endresen
  32. โ€œAntes do adeusโ€ 1997 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal ยท Cรฉlia Lawson
  33. โ€œLass ihnโ€ 1998 ยท ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland ยท Gunvor
  34. โ€œCry Babyโ€ 2003 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom ยท Jemini
  35. โ€œI Am Yoursโ€ 2015 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria ยท The Makemakes
  36. โ€œBlack Smokeโ€ 2015 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany ยท Ann Sophie
  37. โ€œEmbersโ€ 2021 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom ยท James Newman

Ghost countries

Countries that no longer compete as themselves. Their results live on here.

โ—Œ Yugoslavia 1961โ€“1992 ยท 27 entries ยท 1 win
Became: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 1980 ยท 1 entry

โ—Œ Serbia and Montenegro 2004โ€“2005 ยท 2 entries
Became: Montenegro, Serbia

Ties at the top

1969: ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France, ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands on 18 points. Shared win

1991: ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France on 146 points. Decided on countback.

Mutual admiration society

Pairs who give each other a large share of the top marks, in both directions. Ranked by the less generous of the two. See them all in the voting heatmap.

  1. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus โ‡„ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 93% ยท 89%
  2. ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova โ‡„ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 90% ยท 88%
  3. ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia โ‡„ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia 82% ยท 82%
  4. ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia โ‡„ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 81% ยท 80%
  5. ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro โ‡„ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 94% ยท 77%
  6. ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia โ‡„ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 75% ยท 76%
  7. ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan โ‡„ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia 76% ยท 74%
  8. ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania โ‡„ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 73% ยท 84%
  9. ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus โ‡„ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 72% ยท 72%
  10. ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina โ‡„ ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 66% ยท 69%
  11. ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania โ‡„ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 66% ยท 65%
  12. ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania โ‡„ ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 77% ยท 63%

Longest comebacks

  1. ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 1993 โ†’ 2024 29 missed
  2. ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 1979 โ†’ 2004 24 missed
  3. ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 1975 โ†’ 1991 15 missed
  4. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 1997 โ†’ 2011 13 missed
  5. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 1966 โ†’ 1978 11 missed
  6. ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 1998 โ†’ 2009 10 missed
  7. ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 1998 โ†’ 2005 6 missed
  8. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 2009 โ†’ 2015 5 missed
  9. ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 1994 โ†’ 1999 4 missed
  10. Yugoslavia 1976 โ†’ 1981 4 missed

Polyglots

Entries sung in three languages or more.

  1. โ€œLiubi, Liubi, I Love Youโ€๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania ยท 2007 ยท English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French, Romanian
  2. โ€œMy Sister's Crownโ€๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia ยท 2023 ยท English, Czech, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
  3. โ€œFollow My Heartโ€๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland ยท 2006 ยท English, Polish, German, Russian
  4. โ€œMichelleโ€๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel ยท 2026 ยท French, Hebrew, English
  5. โ€œNew Day Will Riseโ€๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel ยท 2025 ยท English, French, Hebrew
  6. โ€œLove Is Foreverโ€๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark ยท 2019 ยท English, French, Danish
  7. โ€œC'est ma vieโ€๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania ยท 2011 ยท English, French, Lithuanian Sign Language
  8. โ€œThere Must Be Another Wayโ€๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel ยท 2009 ยท English, Hebrew, Arabic

Crossing borders

Singers and songwriters who worked for other countries, and the people who ran the show. Countries in the same line of succession (Yugoslavia โ†’ Croatia, Serbia & Montenegro โ†’ Serbia) count as one.

More than one flag

12 performers represented more than one country.

  1. Jean Philippe ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท 1959 โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ 1962 2
  2. Siw Malmkvist ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช 1960 โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช 1969 2
  3. Romuald ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ 1964 โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ 1969 โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ 1974 2
  4. Michรจle Torr ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ 1966 โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ 1977 2
  5. Tereza ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ 1966 โ†’ โ—Œ 1972 2
  6. Ivan โ—Œ 1969 โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ 2016 2
  7. Anne-Marie David ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ 1973 โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท 1979 2
  8. Ireen Sheer ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ 1974 โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช 1978 โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ 1985 2
  9. Elpida ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท 1979 โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ 1986 2
  10. Anna Vissi ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท 1980 โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ 1982 โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท 2006 2
  11. Feminnem ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ 2005 โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท 2010 2
  12. Vanilla Ninja ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ 2005 โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช 2026 2

Singing for someone else

117 entries were sung by someone who isn't a citizen of that country. The biggest importers: ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 26 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 19 ยท ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 11 ยท ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 9 ยท ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 8

  1. Senhit ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino ยท 2026
  2. Antigoni ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus ยท 2026
  3. Gabry Ponte ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino ยท 2025
  4. Emmy ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland ยท 2025
  5. Adonxs ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia ยท 2025
  6. Silia Kapsis ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus ยท 2024
  7. La Zarra ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France ยท 2023
  8. Andrew Lambrou ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia โ†’ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus ยท 2023

Songwriting exports

243 entries were written at least partly by a songwriter from another country.

  1. ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden75
  2. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom42
  3. ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France31
  4. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany25
  5. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece13
  6. ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia13
  7. ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia10
  8. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway9

Busiest songwriters abroad

  1. Thomas G:son๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ13
  2. Ralph Siegel๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ10
  3. Dimitris Kontopoulos๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ10
  4. Joacim Persson๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น10
  5. Ashley Hicklin๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ7

From the stage to the host's desk

Presenters who competed themselves.

  1. Corry Brokken sang 1956, 1957, 1958 ยท presented 1976
  2. Yardena Arazi sang 1988 ยท presented 1979
  3. Lill Lindfors sang 1966 ยท presented 1985
  4. ร…se Kleveland sang 1966 ยท presented 1986
  5. Gigliola Cinquetti sang 1964, 1974 ยท presented 1991
  6. Toto Cutugno sang 1990 ยท presented 1991
  7. Dafna sang 1992 ยท presented 1999
  8. Marie N sang 2002 ยท presented 2003
  9. Sakis Rouvas sang 2004, 2009 ยท presented 2006
  10. ลฝeljko Joksimoviฤ‡ sang 2004, 2012 ยท presented 2008
  11. Alsou sang 2000 ยท presented 2009
  12. Stefan Raab sang 2000 ยท presented 2011
  13. Ell sang 2011 ยท presented 2012
  14. Conchita Wurst sang 2014 ยท presented 2015
  15. Mรฅns Zelmerlรถw sang 2015 ยท presented 2016
  16. Edsilia Rombley sang 1998, 2007 ยท presented 2020, 2021
  17. Sandra Simรณ sang 1991 ยท presented 2025

The EBU in the room

Scrutineers, then executive supervisors, then the Eurovision director: the people who made sure the rules held.

  1. Miroslav Vilฤek Scrutineer 1963โ€“1965
  2. Clifford Brown Scrutineer 1966โ€“1977
  3. Frank Naef Scrutineer 1978โ€“1992
  4. Christian Clausen Scrutineer 1993โ€“1995
  5. Christine Marchal-Ortiz Scrutineer 1996
  6. Marie-Claire Vionnet Scrutineer 1997
  7. Christine Marchal-Ortiz Scrutineer 1998โ€“2002
  8. Sarah Yuen Scrutineer 2003
  9. Svante Stockselius Executive supervisor 2004โ€“2010
  10. Jon Ola Sand Executive supervisor 2011โ€“2020
  11. Martin ร–sterdahl Executive supervisor 2021โ€“2025
  12. Martin Green Eurovision director 2025โ€“2027

Waiting for tags

These need someone to listen and tag each song. We won't guess.

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