I Control Eurovision
editThis is an alternative list showing every edition of eurovision, except instead of the actual winners, the entire top 5 is picked by me, based on which songs I enjoyed the most in each edition.
Points anatomy
editI still award points for the performances, however, they are used to scale my enjoyment of each song, in the following categories:
- Enjoyment (ENJ)
- Composition (COM)
- Performance (PER)
- Vocals (VOC)
- Returnability (RET)
- Captivation (CAP)
- Memorability (MEM)
Each category can award up to 100 points based on my enjoyment, which means the max score a song can reach here is 700 points. While i don't do the calculation for the runner up, the margin is used to share how narrow the competition was between the two top songs, from around 10 for a very narrow competiton to over 100 for a landslide win.
Main list
editYear | Country | Song | Artist | Points | Margin | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Fifth place | W/P | Host City |
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1956 | Italy | "Aprite le finestre" | Franca Raimondi | 472 | 6 | Germany | Switzerland | Switzerland | Belgium | 3rd | Lugano |
1957 | Belgium | "Straatdeuntje" | Bobbejaan Schoepen | 508 | 72 | Austria | France | Germany | Netherlands | 5th | Milan |
1958 | Sweden | "Lilla stjärna" | Alice Babs | 488 | 38 | Italy | Denmark | Switzerland | Netherlands | 10th | Antwerp |
1959 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Stockholm |
1960 | Sweden | "Alla andra får varann" | Siw Malmkvist | 401 | 16 | Netherlands | Switzerland | Denmark | France | 5th | TBA |
1961 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Gothenburg |
1962 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
1963 | Denmark | "Dansevise" | Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann | 505 | 44 | Germany | Austria | Switzerland | Sweden | 1st | TBA |
1964 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Copenhagen |
1965 | Luxembourg | "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" | France Gall | 562 | 41 | United Kingdom | Netherlands | Switzerland | Germany | 1st | TBA |
1966 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Luxembourg City |
1967 | Netherlands | "Ringe-dinge" | Thérèse Steinmetz | 528 | 5 | Portugal | Finland | Switzerland | Norway | 10th | Amsterdam |
1968 | Germany | "Ein Hoch der Liebe" | Wencke Myhre | 503 | 15 | Norway | Spain | Belgium | Yugoslavia | 3rd | TBA |
1969 | Portugal | "Desfolhada portuguesa" | Simone de Oliveira | 499 | 8 | Spain | Netherlands | Belgium | Switzerland | 2nd | Cologne |
1970 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Lisbon |
1971 | Monaco | "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" | Séverine | 594 | 46 | United Kingdom | Germany | Norway | Portugal | 1st | TBA |
1972 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Manchester |
1973 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
1974 | Sweden | "Waterloo" | ABBA | 627 | 76 | Finland | Norway | Yugoslavia | United Kingdom | 1st | TBA |
1975 | Germany | "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" | Joy Fleming | 551 | 45 | Netherlands | Finland | Monaco | Sweden | 2nd | Gothenburg |
1976 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Münich |
1977 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
1978 | Israel | "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" | Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta | 523 | 52 | Denmark | Netherlands | France | Sweden | 1st | TBA |
1979 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Jerusalem |
1980 | Netherlands | "Amsterdam" | Maggie MacNeal | 548 | 67 | Turkey | Portugal | Austria | Morocco | 16th | TBA |
1981 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Rotterdam |
1982 | Portugal | "Bem Bom" | Doce | 574 | 14 | United Kingdom | Switzerland | Ireland | Germany | 5th | TBA |
1983 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Porto |
1984 | Sweden | "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" | Herreys | 569 | 63 | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Yugoslavia | Ireland | TBA | TBA |
1985 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Stockholm |
1986 | France | "Européennes" | Cocktail Chic | 494 | 52 | Luxembourg | Turkey | Switzerland | Denmark | 15th | TBA |
1987 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Paris |
1988 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
1989 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
1990 | Portugal | "Há sempre alguém" | Nucha | 471 | 20 | Italy | Switzerland | Sweden | Iceland | 2nd | TBA |
1991 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Lisbon |
1992 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
1993 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
1994 | Germany | "Wir geben 'ne Party" | Mekado | 505 | 11 | France | Ireland | Estonia | Poland | 3rd | TBA |
1995 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Frankfurt |
1996 | Slovenia | "Dan najlepših sanj" | Regina | 563 | 58 | Turkey | Switzerland | Ireland | Poland | 4th | TBA |
1997 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Ljubljana |
1998 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
1999 | Iceland | "All Out of Luck" | Selma | 620 | 62 | United Kingdom | Sweden | Croatia | Malta | 3rd | TBA |
2000 | Denmark | "Fly on the Wings of Love" | Olsen Brothers | 559 | 107 | Estonia | Germany | Russia | Finland | 1st | Reykjavik |
2001 | Slovenia | "Energy" | Nuša Derenda | 564 | 39 | Sweden | Greece | Lithuania | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 18th | Kopenhagen |
2002 | Croatia | "Everything I Want" | Vesna Pisarović | 511 | 18 | Greece | Russia | Finland | Latvia | 5th | Ljubljana |
2003 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Zagreb |
2004 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
2005 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
2006 | Finland | "Hard Rock Hallelujah" | Lordi | 625 | 77 | Belarus | Lithuania | Denmark | Norway | 1st | TBA |
2007 | Ukraine | "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" | Verka Serduchka | 668 | 6 | Serbia | Moldova | Ireland | Finland | 2nd | Helsinki |
2008 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Kyiv |
2009 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
2010 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
2011 | Bulgaria | "Na inat" | Poli Genova | 569 | 15 | Slovenia | Georgia | Turkey | North Macedonia | 22nd | TBA |
2012 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Sofia |
2013 | Denmark | "Only Teardrops" | Emmelie de Forest | 625 | 7 | Latvia | Greece | Norway | Netherlands | 1st | TBA |
2014 | Ukraine | "Tick-Tock" | Mariya Yaremchuk | 608 | 2 | Slovenia | Austria | Lithuania | Norway | 3rd | Kopenhagen |
2015 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Lviv |
2016 | Serbia | "Goodbye (Shelter)" | Sanja Vučić Zaa | 612 | 27 | Ukraine | Russia | Malta | Finland | 2nd | TBA |
2017 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Belgrade |
2018 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
2019 | Norway | "Spirit in the Sky" | Keiino | 590 | 31 | Iceland | Romania | France | Italy | 13th | TBA |
2020 | Iceland | "Think About Things" | Daði og Gagnamagnið | 582 | 53 | San Marino | Poland | Israel | Slovenia | N/A | Oslo |
2021 | San Marino | "Adrenalina" | Senhit | 613 | 22 | Italy | Ukraine | Belgium | Finland | 2nd | Reykjavik |
2022 | Serbia | "In corpore sano" | Konstrakta | 635 | 36 | Spain | Ukraine | United Kingdom | Sweden | 3rd | Bologna |
2023 | Finland | "Cha Cha Cha" | Käärijä | 652 | 4 | Sweden | Moldova | Serbia | Malta | 2nd | Belgrade |
2024 | Croatia | "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" | Baby Lasagna | 624 | 45 | Switzerland | Norway | Ireland | Estonia | 2nd | Helsinki |
Results by country
editWins | Country | Years |
---|---|---|
4 | Sweden | 1958, 1960, 1974, 1984 |
3 | Denmark | 1963, 2000, 2013 |
Germany | 1968, 1975, 1994 | |
Portugal | 1969, 1982, 1990 | |
2 | Croatia | 2002, 2024 |
Finland | 2006, 2023 | |
Iceland | 1999, 2020 | |
Netherlands | 1967, 1980 | |
Serbia | 2016, 2022 | |
Slovenia | 1996, 2001 | |
Ukraine | 2007, 2014 | |
1 | Belgium | 1957 |
Bulgaria | 2011 | |
France | 1986 | |
Israel | 1978 | |
Italy | 1956 | |
Luxembourg | 1965 | |
Monaco | 1971 | |
Norway | 2019 | |
San Marino | 2021 | |
Kept titles: 9/36 |
Top 5 ranking
editCountry | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | 4th place | 5th place | Top 5 finishes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sweden | 4 (1958, 1960, 1974, 1984) | 2 (2001, 2023) | 1 (1999) | 1 (1990) | 4 (1963, 1975, 1978, 2022) | 12 |
Germany | 3 (1968, 1975, 1994) | 2 (1956, 1963) | 2 (1971, 2000) | 1 (1957) | 2 (1965, 1982) | 9 |
Denmark | 3 (1963, 2000, 2013) | 1 (1978) | 1 (1958) | 2 (1960, 2006) | 1 (1986) | 8 |
Portugal | 3 (1969, 1982, 1990) | 1 (1967) | 1 (1980) | 0 | 1 (1971) | 6 |
Netherlands | 2 (1967, 1980) | 2 (1960, 1975) | 4 (1965, 1969, 1978, 1984) | 0 | 3 (1957, 1958, 2013) | 11 |
Slovenia | 2 (1996, 2001) | 1 (2011, 2014) | 0 | 0 | 1 (2020) | 5 |
Ukraine | 2 (2007, 2014) | 1 (2016) | 2 (2021, 2022) | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Finland | 2 (2006, 2023) | 1 (1974) | 2 (1967, 1975) | 1 (2002) | 4 (2000, 2007, 2016, 2021) | 10 |
Serbia | 2 (2016, 2022) | 1 (2007) | 0 | 1 (2023) | 0 | 4 |
Iceland | 2 (1999, 2020) | 1 (2019) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1990) | 4 |
Croatia | 2 (2002, 2024) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1999) | 0 | 3 |
Italy | 1 (1956) | 3 (1958, 1990, 2021) | 0 | 0 | 1 (2019) | 5 |
Luxembourg | 1 (1965) | 2 (1984, 1986) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Norway | 1 (2019) | 1 (1968) | 2 (1974, 2024) | 2 (1971, 2013) | 3 (1967, 2006, 2014) | 9 |
France | 1 (1986) | 1 (1994) | 1 (1957) | 2 (1978, 2019) | 1 (1960) | 6 |
San Marino | 1 (2021) | 1 (2020) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Belgium | 1 (1957) | 0 | 0 | 3 (1968, 1969, 2021) | 1 (1956) | 4 |
Israel | 1 (1978) | 0 | 0 | 1 (2020) | 0 | 2 |
Monaco | 1 (1971) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1975) | 0 | 2 |
Bulgaria | 1 (2011) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
United Kingdom | 0 | 4 (1965, 1971, 1982, 1999) | 0 | 1 (2022) | 1 (1974) | 6 |
Turkey | 0 | 2 (1980, 1996) | 1 (1986) | 1 (2011) | 0 | 4 |
Spain | 0 | 2 (1969, 2022) | 1 (1968) | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Switzerland | 0 | 1 (2024) | 5 (1956, 1960, 1982, 1990, 1996) | 6 (1956, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1986) | 1 (1969) | 13 |
Austria | 0 | 1 (1957) | 2 (1963, 2014) | 1 (1980) | 0 | 4 |
Greece | 0 | 1 (2002) | 2 (2001, 2013) | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Estonia | 0 | 1 (2000) | 0 | 1 (1994) | 1 (2024) | 3 |
Latvia | 0 | 1 (2013) | 0 | 0 | 1 (2002) | 2 |
Belarus | 0 | 1 (2006) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 (2002, 2016) | 1 (2000) | 0 | 3 |
Moldova | 0 | 0 | 2 (2007, 2023) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 (1994) | 4 (1982, 1996, 2007, 2024) | 1 (1984) | 6 |
Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 (2006) | 2 (2001, 2014) | 0 | 3 |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 (2020) | 0 | 2 (1996, 1994) | 3 |
Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 (2011) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 (2019) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1974, 1984) | 1 (1968) | 3 |
Malta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2016) | 2 (1999, 2023) | 3 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2001) | 1 |
Morocco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1980) | 1 |
North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2011) | 1 |
Albania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Armenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Czechia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |