Statistics
at the EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
(including 2005)
League Table of all Nations (12p for a win, 10p for 2nd place etc to 1p for a 10th place) incl 2005
(This table does NOT include the Junior Eurovision!)
Place
 Country
Participations
Win
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Points
1.
 United Kingdom
48
5
15
2
7
-
312
2.
 France
49
5
4
7
6
2
249
3.
 Ireland
39
7
4
1
3
3
204
4.
 Germany
49
1
4
5
3
2
183
5.
 Sweden
45
4
1
4
3
4
178
6.
 Switzerland
46
2
3
3
5
2
159
7.
 Italy
36
2
1
4
2
4
154
8.
 Luxembourg
37
5
-
2
4
2
141
9.
 Spain
45
2
4
1
2
1
132
10.
 Netherlands
46
4
-
1
1
1
125
11.
 Israel
28
3
2
1
2
2
118
12.
 Denmark
34
2
1
3
2
2
116
13.
 Belgium
47
1
2
-
2
2
109
14.
 Monaco
23
1
1
3
2
2
97
15.
 Norway
44
2
1
1
2
2
94
16.
 Austria
41
1
-
-
1
4
73
17.
 Yugoslavia
27
1
-
-
3
-
58
18.
 Malta
18
-
2
2
-
1
57
19.
 Greece
26
1
-
2
-
2
54
20.
 Estonia
11
1
-
1
1
1
41
21.
 Cyprus
23
-
-
-
-
3
38
22.
 Finland
39
-
-
-
-
-
31
23.
 Turkey
27
1
-
1
1
-
30
24.
 Portugal
39
-
-
-
-
-
28
25.
 Latvia
6
1
-
1
-
1
26
26.
 Croatia
13
-
-
-
2
1
25
27.
 Iceland
18
-
1
-
1
-
23
28.
 Russia
9
-
1
1
-
-
21
29.
 Poland
10
-
1
-
-
-
14
29.
 Serbia-Montenegro
2
-
1
-
-
-
14
31.
 Ukraine
3
1
-
-
-
-
12
32.
 Romania
7
-
-
1
-
-
11
33.
 Slovenia
11
-
-
-
-
-
8
34.
 Hungary
5
-
-
-
1
-
7
35.
 Bosnia-Herz.
11
-
-
-
-
-
6
36.
 Moldova
1
-
-
-
-
-
5
37.
 Albania
2
-
-
-
-
-
4
38.
 Lithuania
6
-
-
-
-
-
0
38.
 Slovakia
3
-
-
-
-
-
0
38.
 FYR Macedonia
5
-
-
-
-
-
0
38.
 Belarus
2
-
-
-
-
-
0
38.
 Andorra
2
-
-
-
-
-
0
38.
 Bulgaria
1
-
-
-
-
-
0
38.
 Morocco
1
-
-
-
-
-
0

Winner by the largest margin (in percent):   Winner by the largest margin (in points):
Country / Year
Singer / Title
Margin
Country / Year
Singer / Title
Margin
Germany 1982 Nicole
Ein bisschen Frieden		 29.90 % ahead of Israel U.K. 1997 Katrina & The Waves
Love Shine A Light		 70 points
U.K. 1997 Katrina & The Waves
Love Shine A Light		 24.31% ahead of Ireland Germany 1982 Nicole
Ein Bisschen Frieden		 61 points
Ireland 1994 Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan
Rock 'n' Roll Kids		 20.83% ahead of Poland Ireland 1994 Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan
Rock 'n' Roll Kids		 60 points

Winners with most Top-3-Scores:
Winners with most Top-3-Scores (in percent):
Country / Year
Singer / Title
12p
10p
8p
Year
Singer / Title
Juries
Top 3
%
U.K. 1997
Katrina & The Waves
Love Shine A Light
10
5
3
Ireland 1994
Paul Harrington & Charly McGettigan
Rock 'n' Roll Kids
24
20
83.33
Estonia 2001
Tanel Padar & Dave Benton
Everybody
9
4
4
U. K. 1976
Brotherhood Of Man
Save Your Kisses For Me
17
14
82.35
Germany 1982
Nicole
Ein Bisschen Frieden
9
3
2
Germany 1982
Nicole
Ein Bisschen Frieden
17
14
82.35

Winners by the narrowest margin:
Winners with fewest Top-3-Scores:
Year
Singer / Title
 Margin  
Year
Singer / Title
12p
10p
8p
Sweden 1991
Sweden only won over France on countback, both had 146 points
  
U. K. 1981
Bucks Fizz
Making Your Mind Up
2
3
5
Switzerland 1988
Celine Dion
Ne partez Pas Sans Moi
1 point ahead of the U.K.
  
Italy 1990
Toto Cotugno
Insieme 1992
3
4
5
Turkey 2003
Sertab Erener
Every Way That I Can
 2 points ahead of Belgium  
Switzerland 1988
Celine Dion
Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi
3
4
5

Who is any good at predicting a WINNER?
Points given to the winning country 1975-2005 (not included are semi-final results!)
Place
 Country
per Participation
Points Total / Years*
1. (-)
 Bulgaria
12.00
12/1
2. (1)
 Serbia-Montenegro
11.00
22/2
3. (8)
 Netherlands
9.04
235/26
4. (8)
 Switzerland
8.92
232/26
5. (5)
 Russia
8.89
80/9
6. (8)
 Ireland
8.70
200/23
7. (14)
 Sweden
8.67
234/27
8. (13)
 Israel
8.57
197/23
9. (6)
 Poland
8.50
85/10
10. (37)
 Albania
8.50
17/2
11. (16)
 United Kingdom
8.46
237/28
12. (4)
 Lithuania
8.33
50/6
13. (7)
 Estonia
8.30
83/10
14. (15)
 Finland
8.23
214/26
15. (19)
 Germany
8.21
238/29
16. (12)
 Slovenia
8.18
90/11
17. (17)
 Portugal
8.03
233/29
18. (18)
 Norway
8.00
224/28
19. (30)
 Hungary
8.00
40/5
20. (22)
 Belgium
7.96
215/27
21. (20)
 Bosnia-Hercegowina
7.82
86/11
22. (25)
 Turkey
7.81
203/26
23. (21)
 Denmark
7.70
177/23
24. (22)
 Austria
7.68
215/28
25. (24)
 Yugoslavia
7.67
92/12
26. (29)
 Cyprus
7.43
171/23
27. (27)
 Luxembourg
7.39
133/18
28. (28)
 Spain
7.35
228/31
29. (28)
 Greece
7.33
176/24
30. (8)
 Latvia
7.20
36/5
31. (26)
 Iceland
7.17
129/18
32. (1)
 Andorra
7.00
14/2
33. (3)
 Malta
6.81
109/16
34. (33)
 France
6.24
181/29
35. (34)
 FYR Macedonia
6.00
30/5
36. (36)
 Romania
6.00
42/7
37. (32)
 Monaco
5.86
41/7
38. (35)
 Italy
5.56
89/16
39. (1)
 Belarus
5.00
10/2
40. (38)
 Croatia
4.38
57/13
41. (38)
 Slovakia
4.33
13/3
42. (-)
 Moldova
4.00
4/1
43. (40)
 Ukraine
1.00
2/2
44. (41)
 Morocco
0.00
0/1
* = Years, in which a country WON are not counted, because it could not vote for itself.

In Last Place (incl 2005):
  
Who ignored the Winners (incl 2005):
Place
 Country
Last
2nd from Last
3rd from Last
Total
 Country
In What year
#
1.
 Belgium
8
2
4
14
 United Kingdom 1961, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1974, 1983, 1990, 1996
8
2.
 Norway
8
5
2
15
3.
 Austria
7
3
4
14
 Italy 1960, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1979, 1989, 1991
7
4.
 Finland
6
3
1
10
5.
 Netherlands
4
2
3
9
 Spain 1963, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1989, 1996
7
6.
 Switzerland
4
1
3
8
7.
 Germany
5
-
2
7
 Greece 1974, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994
5
8.
 Spain
4
-
1
5
 France 1963, 1964, 1965, 1991, 1992
5
9.
 Turkey
3
3
-
6
 Denmark 1959, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1988
5
10.
 Luxembourg
3
1
1
5
 Norway 1961, 1964, 1966, 1983, 1990
5
11.
 Yugoslavia
2
4
1
6
 Yugoslavia 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970
5
12.
 Portugal
2
3
4
9
 Sweden 1959, 1966, 1968, 1978, 1995
5
13.
 Sweden
2
2
2
6
 Croatia 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000
5
14.
 Monaco
2
1
2
5
 Netherlands 1958, 1962, 1966, 1968
4
15.
 Malta
2
1
-
3
 Belgium 1961, 1965, 1968, 1974
4
16.
 Denmark
1
1
2
4
 Monaco 1965, 1970, 1974, 2005
4
17.
 Cyprus
1
1
1
3
 Portugal 1965, 1985, 2001
3
18.
 Iceland
1
1
-
2
 Switzerland 1959, 1968, 2004
3
18.
 Lithuania
1
1
-
2
 Finland 1962, 1966
2
20.
 Italy
1
-
2
3
 Turkey 1980, 1985
2
21.
 U.K.
1
-
1
2
 Austria 1988, 1995
2
22.
 France
-
4
1
5
 Iceland 1987, 1996
2
23.
 Israel
-
2
1
3
 Germany 1966, 1979
2
24.
 Hungary
-
1
1
2
 Latvia 2003, 2005
2
25.
 Morocco, Romania, Estonia, Bosnia-H.
-
1
-
1
 Estonia 2003, 2005
2
Romania
2002
1
29.
 Slovenia
-
-
2
2
 Ireland 2003
1
30.
 Ireland
-
1
1
2
 Russia 2003
1
30.
 Latvia
-
-
1
1
 Belarus 2005
1
Greece, Slovakia, FYR Macedonia, Croatia, Russia and Poland never ended in one of the last three positions. Ukraine 2005
1
Bosnia-Herceg., Slovenia, Poland and Lithuania have given the eventual winners always at least one point.
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