Since the Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956 and until semi-finals were introduced in 2004, a total of 917 entries were submitted, comprising songs and artists which represented thirty-eight countries. [1] The contest, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), is held annually between members of the union, with participating broadcasters from different countries submitting songs to the event and casting votes to determine the most popular in the competition. [2] From an original seven participating countries in the first edition, over twenty entries were submitted into the competition in the early 2000s, before the contest started expanding more rapidly in 2004. [3]
Principally open to active member broadcasters of the EBU, eligibility to participate in the contest is not determined by geographic inclusion within the traditional boundaries of Europe. Several countries from outside of Europe have previously submitted entries into the contest, including countries in Western Asia and North Africa, as well as transcontinental countries with only part of their territory in Europe. [4]
Between 1956 and 2003, Germany made the most contest appearances, participating in all but one event since its founding. [5] Morocco conversely had participated the fewest times, competing only once in 1980. [6] Ireland held the record for the most victories, having won the contest seven times, including four wins in the 1990s. [7] France, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom were the second-most successful nations in the contest, having won on five occasions. In addition to its five contest wins, the United Kingdom also placed second fifteen times –more than any other country –and also holds the record for the most consecutive contest appearances, competing in every edition since 1959. [8] Although it had also achieved two contest wins, Norway held the record for the most last-place finishes in contest history, having featured at the bottom of the scoreboard nine times. [9]
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The following tables list the entries which have been performed at the contest between 1956 and 2003. Entries are listed by order of their first performance in the contest; entry numbers provide a cumulative total of all songs performed at the contest throughout its history, and a second cumulative total outlines the total entries for each country. Songs which were performed multiple times are counted only once in the tables, with entry numbers for the performances of semi-final qualifiers marked in italics in the respective finals. [10] For the purposes of the first contest, where each country was represented by two songs, each song is counted as a distinct entry but both songs are counted as a single entry for that country.[ citation needed ]
Only songs which have competed in the contest final. Songs which failed to qualify from the 1993 qualifying round for new Eastern European countries or the 1996 audio-only qualifying round are subsequently not counted as official entries and are not included in the participation history for each country on the official Eurovision website. [3]
In line with the official Eurovision Song Contest website, entries which represented the former West Germany prior to German reunification (until 1990) and those from the subsequently unified state Germany (since 1991) are considered to have represented the same country. [5] Also in keeping with the official Eurovision records, the 1992 entry which represented the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, subsequently renamed Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, is listed as having represented Yugoslavia rather than Serbia and Montenegro; Serbia and Montenegro is therefore considered to have made its first appearance in 2004. [11] [12]
Table key
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 | 1 | Belgium | 2 | Bobbejaan Schoepen | " Straatdeuntje " | Dutch |
| 8 |
16 | 2 | Luxembourg | 2 | Danièle Dupré | " Tant de peine " | French |
| 4 |
17 | 3 | United Kingdom | 1 | Patricia Bredin | "All" | English |
| 7 |
18 | 4 | Italy | 2 | Nunzio Gallo | " Corde della mia chitarra " | Italian |
| 6 |
19 | 5 | Austria | 1 | Bob Martin | " Wohin, kleines Pony? " | German |
| 10 ◁ |
20 | 6 | Netherlands | 2 | Corry Brokken | " Net als toen " | Dutch |
| 1 |
21 | 7 | Germany | 2 | Margot Hielscher | " Telefon, Telefon " | German |
| 4 |
22 | 8 | France | 2 | Paule Desjardins | " La Belle Amour " | French | 2 | |
23 | 9 | Denmark | 1 | Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler | " Skibet skal sejle i nat " | Danish |
| 3 |
24 | 10 | Switzerland | 2 | Lys Assia | " L'Enfant que j'étais " | French | 8 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 | 1 | Italy | 3 | Domenico Modugno | " Nel blu, dipinto di blu " | Italian | 3 | |
26 | 2 | Netherlands | 3 | Corry Brokken | " Heel de wereld " | Dutch | Benny Vreden | 9 ◁ |
27 | 3 | France | 3 | André Claveau | " Dors mon amour " | French | 1 | |
28 | 4 | Luxembourg | 3 | Solange Berry | " Un grand amour " | French |
| 9 ◁ |
29 | 5 | Sweden | 1 | Alice Babs | " Lilla stjärna " | Swedish |
| 4 |
30 | 6 | Denmark | 2 | Raquel Rastenni | " Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog " | Danish | Harry Jensen | 8 |
31 | 7 | Belgium | 3 | Fud Leclerc | " Ma petite chatte " | French | André Dohet | 5 |
32 | 8 | Germany | 3 | Margot Hielscher | " Für zwei Groschen Musik " | German |
| 7 |
33 | 9 | Austria | 2 | Liane Augustin | " Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe " | German |
| 5 |
34 | 10 | Switzerland | 3 | Lys Assia | "Giorgio" | German, Italian |
| 2 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
35 | 1 | France | 4 | Jean Philippe | " Oui oui oui oui " | French | 3 | |
36 | 2 | Denmark | 3 | Birthe Wilke | " Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig " | Danish |
| 5 |
37 | 3 | Italy | 4 | Domenico Modugno | " Piove " | Italian | 6 | |
38 | 4 | Monaco | 1 | Jacques Pills | " Mon ami Pierrot " | French |
| 11 ◁ |
39 | 5 | Netherlands | 4 | Teddy Scholten | " Een beetje " | Dutch |
| 1 |
40 | 6 | Germany | 4 | Alice and Ellen Kessler | " Heut' woll'n wir tanzen geh'n " | German |
| 8 |
41 | 7 | Sweden | 2 | Brita Borg | "Augustin" | Swedish |
| 9 |
42 | 8 | Switzerland | 4 | Christa Williams | " Irgendwoher " | German | Lothar Löffler | 4 |
43 | 9 | Austria | 3 | Ferry Graf | " Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien " | German |
| 9 |
44 | 10 | United Kingdom | 2 | Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson | "Sing Little Birdie" | English |
| 2 |
45 | 11 | Belgium | 4 | Bob Benny | " Hou toch van mij " | Dutch |
| 6 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
346 | 1 | Ireland | 14 | Colm C. T. Wilkinson | "Born to Sing" | English | Colm C. T. Wilkinson | 5 |
347 | 2 | Norway | 18 | Jahn Teigen | " Mil etter mil " | Norwegian | Kai Eide | 20 ◁ |
348 | 3 | Italy | 23 | Ricchi e Poveri | " Questo amore " | Italian |
| 12 |
349 | 4 | Finland | 17 | Seija Simola | " Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus " | Finnish |
| 18 |
350 | 5 | Portugal | 14 | Gemini | " Dai li dou " | Portuguese |
| 17 |
351 | 6 | France | 22 | Joël Prévost | " Il y aura toujours des violons " | French |
| 3 |
352 | 7 | Spain | 18 | José Vélez | " Bailemos un vals " | Spanish |
| 9 |
353 | 8 | United Kingdom | 21 | Co-Co | "The Bad Old Days" | English |
| 11 |
354 | 9 | Switzerland | 23 | Carole Vinci | " Vivre " | French |
| 9 |
355 | 10 | Belgium | 23 | Jean Vallée | " L'amour ça fait chanter la vie " | French | Jean Vallée | 2 |
356 | 11 | Netherlands | 23 | Harmony | " 't Is OK " | Dutch |
| 13 |
357 | 12 | Turkey | 2 | Nilüfer and Nazar | " Sevince " | Turkish |
| 18 |
358 | 13 | Germany | 23 | Ireen Sheer | " Feuer " | German |
| 6 |
359 | 14 | Monaco | 20 | Caline and Olivier Toussaint | " Les Jardins de Monaco " | French |
| 4 |
360 | 15 | Greece | 4 | Tania Tsanaklidou | "Charlie Chaplin" (Τσάρλυ Τσάπλιν) | Greek |
| 8 |
361 | 16 | Denmark | 11 | Mabel | "Boom Boom" | Danish |
| 16 |
362 | 17 | Luxembourg | 22 | Baccara | " Parlez-vous français ? " | French |
| 7 |
363 | 18 | Israel | 6 | Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta | " A-Ba-Ni-Bi " (א-ב-ני-בי) | Hebrew | 1 | |
364 | 19 | Austria | 17 | Springtime | "Mrs. Caroline Robinson" | German |
| 15 |
365 | 20 | Sweden | 18 | Björn Skifs | " Det blir alltid värre framåt natten " | Swedish | Peter Himmelstrand | 14 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
404 | 1 | Austria | 20 | Marty Brem | " Wenn du da bist " | German | Werner Böhmler | 17 |
405 | 2 | Turkey | 4 | Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül | " Dönme Dolap " | Turkish | Ali Kocatepe | 18 |
406 | 3 | Germany | 26 | Lena Valaitis | "Johnny Blue" | German | 2 | |
407 | 4 | Luxembourg | 25 | Jean-Claude Pascal | " C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique " | French |
| 11 |
408 | 5 | Israel | 8 | Habibi | " Halayla " (הלילה) | Hebrew |
| 7 |
409 | 6 | Denmark | 14 | Tommy Seebach and Debbie Cameron | " Krøller eller ej " | Danish | 11 | |
410 | 7 | Yugoslavia | 17 | Seid Memić Vajta | "Lejla" (Лејла) | Serbo-Croatian | Ranko Boban | 15 |
411 | 8 | Finland | 20 | Riki Sorsa | "Reggae O.K." | Finnish |
| 16 |
412 | 9 | France | 25 | Jean Gabilou | "Humanahum" | French |
| 3 |
413 | 10 | Spain | 21 | Bacchelli | " Y sólo tú " | Spanish | Amado Jaén | 14 |
414 | 11 | Netherlands | 26 | Linda Williams | " Het is een wonder " | Dutch |
| 9 |
415 | 12 | Ireland | 17 | Sheeba | "Horoscopes" | English |
| 5 |
416 | 13 | Norway | 21 | Finn Kalvik | " Aldri i livet " | Norwegian | Finn Kalvik | 20 ◁ |
417 | 14 | United Kingdom | 24 | Bucks Fizz | "Making Your Mind Up" | English |
| 1 |
418 | 15 | Portugal | 17 | Carlos Paião | "Playback" | Portuguese | Carlos Paião | 18 |
419 | 16 | Belgium | 26 | Emly Starr | "Samson" | Dutch |
| 13 |
420 | 17 | Greece | 7 | Yiannis Dimitras | " Feggari kalokerino " (Φεγγάρι καλοκαιρινό) | Greek |
| 8 |
421 | 18 | Cyprus | 1 | Island | "Monika" (Μόνικα) | Greek |
| 6 |
422 | 19 | Switzerland | 26 | Peter, Sue and Marc | " Io senza te " | Italian |
| 4 |
423 | 20 | Sweden | 21 | Björn Skifs | " Fångad i en dröm " | Swedish |
| 10 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
424 | 1 | Portugal | 18 | Doce | " Bem bom " | Portuguese |
| 13 |
425 | 2 | Luxembourg | 26 | Svetlana | " Cours après le temps " | French |
| 6 |
426 | 3 | Norway | 22 | Jahn Teigen and Anita Skorgan | "Adieu" | Norwegian | 12 | |
427 | 4 | United Kingdom | 25 | Bardo | "One Step Further" | English | Simon Jefferis | 7 |
428 | 5 | Turkey | 5 | Neco | " Hani? " | Turkish |
| 15 |
429 | 6 | Finland | 21 | Kojo | " Nuku pommiin " | Finnish | 18 ◁ | |
430 | 7 | Switzerland | 27 | Arlette Zola | " Amour on t'aime " | French |
| 3 |
431 | 8 | Cyprus | 2 | Anna Vissi | " Mono i agapi " (Μόνο η αγάπη) | Greek | Anna Vissi | 5 |
432 | 9 | Sweden | 22 | Chips | " Dag efter dag " | Swedish | 8 | |
433 | 10 | Austria | 21 | Mess | " Sonntag " | German |
| 9 |
434 | 11 | Belgium | 27 | Stella | " Si tu aimes ma musique " | French |
| 4 |
435 | 12 | Spain | 22 | Lucía | " Él " | Spanish |
| 10 |
436 | 13 | Denmark | 15 | Brixx | " Video-Video " | Danish | Jens Brixtofte | 17 |
437 | 14 | Yugoslavia | 18 | Aska | " Halo, halo " (Хало, хало) | Serbo-Croatian |
| 14 |
438 | 15 | Israel | 9 | Avi Toledano | " Hora " (הורה) | Hebrew | 2 | |
439 | 16 | Netherlands | 27 | Bill van Dijk | " Jij en ik " | Dutch |
| 16 |
440 | 17 | Ireland | 18 | The Duskeys | "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" | English | Sally Keating | 11 |
441 | 18 | Germany | 27 | Nicole | " Ein bißchen Frieden " | German | 1 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
442 | 1 | France | 26 | Guy Bonnet | " Vivre " | French |
| 8 |
443 | 2 | Norway | 23 | Jahn Teigen | "Do Re Mi" | Norwegian | 9 | |
444 | 3 | United Kingdom | 26 | Sweet Dreams | "I'm Never Giving Up" | English |
| 6 |
445 | 4 | Sweden | 23 | Carola Häggkvist | " Främling " | Swedish | 3 | |
446 | 5 | Italy | 26 | Riccardo Fogli | " Per Lucia " | Italian | 11 | |
447 | 6 | Turkey | 6 | Çetin Alp and the Short Wave | "Opera" | Turkish |
| 19 ◁ |
448 | 7 | Spain | 23 | Remedios Amaya | " Quién maneja mi barca " | Spanish |
| 19 ◁ |
449 | 8 | Switzerland | 28 | Mariella Farré | " Io così non ci sto " | Italian |
| 15 |
450 | 9 | Finland | 22 | Ami Aspelund | " Fantasiaa " | Finnish |
| 11 |
451 | 10 | Greece | 8 | Christie | " Mou les " (Μου λες) | Greek |
| 14 |
452 | 11 | Netherlands | 28 | Bernadette | "Sing Me a Song" | Dutch |
| 7 |
453 | 12 | Yugoslavia | 19 | Daniel | " Džuli " (Џули) | Serbo-Croatian |
| 4 |
454 | 13 | Cyprus | 3 | Stavros and Constantina | " I agapi akoma zi " (Η αγάπη ακόμα ζει) | Greek | Stavros Sideras | 16 |
455 | 14 | Germany | 28 | Hoffmann and Hoffmann | " Rücksicht " | German |
| 5 |
456 | 15 | Denmark | 16 | Gry Johansen | " Kloden drejer " | Danish |
| 17 |
457 | 16 | Israel | 10 | Ofra Haza | " Hi " (חי) | Hebrew | 2 | |
458 | 17 | Portugal | 19 | Armando Gama | " Esta balada que te dou " | Portuguese | Armando Gama | 13 |
459 | 18 | Austria | 22 | Westend | "Hurricane" | German |
| 9 |
460 | 19 | Belgium | 28 | Pas de Deux | " Rendez-vous " | Dutch |
| 18 |
461 | 20 | Luxembourg | 27 | Corinne Hermès | " Si la vie est cadeau " | French |
| 1 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
500 | 1 | Luxembourg | 30 | Sherisse Laurence | " L'Amour de ma vie " | French |
| 3 |
501 | 2 | Yugoslavia | 21 | Doris | " Željo moja " (Жељо моја) | Serbo-Croatian | Zrinko Tutić | 11 |
502 | 3 | France | 29 | Cocktail Chic | " Européennes " | French |
| 17 |
503 | 4 | Norway | 26 | Ketil Stokkan | "Romeo" | Norwegian | Ketil Stokkan | 12 |
504 | 5 | United Kingdom | 29 | Ryder | "Runner in the Night" | English |
| 7 |
505 | 6 | Iceland | 1 | ICY | " Gleðibankinn " | Icelandic | Magnús Eiríksson | 16 |
506 | 7 | Netherlands | 30 | Frizzle Sizzle | " Alles heeft ritme " | Dutch |
| 13 |
507 | 8 | Turkey | 9 | Klips ve Onlar | "Halley" | Turkish | 9 | |
508 | 9 | Spain | 26 | Cadillac | " Valentino " | Spanish | José María Guzmán | 10 |
509 | 10 | Switzerland | 31 | Daniela Simons | " Pas pour moi " | French | 2 | |
510 | 11 | Israel | 12 | Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel | " Yavo Yom " (יבוא יום) | Hebrew |
| 19 |
511 | 12 | Ireland | 21 | Luv Bug | "You Can Count On Me" | English | Kevin Sheerin | 4 |
512 | 13 | Belgium | 31 | Sandra Kim | " J'aime la vie " | French |
| 1 |
513 | 14 | Germany | 31 | Ingrid Peters | " Über die Brücke geh'n " | German | Hans Blum | 8 |
514 | 15 | Cyprus | 6 | Elpida | " Tora zo " (Τώρα ζω) | Greek |
| 20 ◁ |
515 | 16 | Austria | 25 | Timna Brauer | " Die Zeit ist einsam " | German |
| 18 |
516 | 17 | Sweden | 26 | Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell | " E' de' det här du kallar kärlek " | Swedish | Lasse Holm | 5 |
517 | 18 | Denmark | 19 | Lise Haavik | " Du er fuld af løgn " | Danish | John Hatting | 6 |
518 | 19 | Finland | 25 | Kari | "Never the End" | Finnish | Kari Kuivalainen | 15 |
519 | 20 | Portugal | 22 | Dora | " Não sejas mau p'ra mim " | Portuguese |
| 14 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
520 | 1 | Norway | 27 | Kate Gulbrandsen | " Mitt liv " | Norwegian | 9 | |
521 | 2 | Israel | 13 | Datner and Kushnir | " Shir Habatlanim " (שיר הבטלנים) | Hebrew | Zohar Laskov | 8 |
522 | 3 | Austria | 26 | Gary Lux | " Nur noch Gefühl " | German |
| 20 |
523 | 4 | Iceland | 2 | Halla Margrét | " Hægt og hljótt " | Icelandic | Valgeir Guðjónsson | 16 |
524 | 5 | Belgium | 32 | Liliane Saint-Pierre | "Soldiers of Love" | Dutch |
| 11 |
525 | 6 | Sweden | 27 | Lotta Engberg | "Boogaloo" | Swedish |
| 12 |
526 | 7 | Italy | 29 | Umberto Tozzi and Raf | " Gente di mare " | Italian | 3 | |
527 | 8 | Portugal | 23 | Nevada | " Neste barco à vela " | Portuguese |
| 18 |
528 | 9 | Spain | 27 | Patricia Kraus | " No estás solo " | Spanish |
| 19 |
529 | 10 | Turkey | 10 | Seyyal Taner and Grup Lokomotif | " Şarkım Sevgi Üstüne " | Turkish | Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz | 22 ◁ |
530 | 11 | Greece | 10 | Bang | "Stop" (Στοπ) | Greek |
| 10 |
531 | 12 | Netherlands | 31 | Marcha | " Rechtop in de wind " | Dutch | Peter Koelewijn | 5 |
532 | 13 | Luxembourg | 31 | Plastic Bertrand | " Amour amour " | French |
| 21 |
533 | 14 | United Kingdom | 30 | Rikki | "Only the Light" | English | Richard Peebles | 13 |
534 | 15 | France | 30 | Christine Minier | " Les mots d'amour n'ont pas de dimanche " | French |
| 14 |
535 | 16 | Germany | 32 | Wind | " Laß die Sonne in dein Herz " | German | 2 | |
536 | 17 | Cyprus | 7 | Alexia | " Aspro mavro " (Άσπρο μαύρο) | Greek |
| 7 |
537 | 18 | Finland | 26 | Vicky Rosti | " Sata salamaa " | Finnish |
| 15 |
538 | 19 | Denmark | 20 | Bandjo with Anne-Cathrine Herdorf | " En lille melodi " | Danish |
| 5 |
539 | 20 | Ireland | 22 | Johnny Logan | "Hold Me Now" | English | Seán Sherrard | 1 |
540 | 21 | Yugoslavia | 22 | Novi fosili | " Ja sam za ples " (Ја сам за плес) | Serbo-Croatian |
| 4 |
541 | 22 | Switzerland | 32 | Carol Rich | " Moitié moitié " | French | Jean-Jacques Egli | 17 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
563 | 1 | Italy | 31 | Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali | " Avrei voluto " | Italian |
| 9 |
564 | 2 | Israel | 15 | Gili and Galit | " Derekh Hamelekh " (דרך המלך) | Hebrew | Shaike Paikov | 12 |
565 | 3 | Ireland | 24 | Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers | "The Real Me" | English | Kiev Connolly | 18 |
566 | 4 | Netherlands | 33 | Justine Pelmelay | " Blijf zoals je bent " | Dutch | 15 | |
567 | 5 | Turkey | 12 | Pan | " Bana Bana " | Turkish | Timur Selçuk | 21 |
568 | 6 | Belgium | 34 | Ingeborg | " Door de wind " | Dutch | Stef Bos | 19 |
569 | 7 | United Kingdom | 32 | Live Report | "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong" | English |
| 2 |
570 | 8 | Norway | 29 | Britt Synnøve Johansen | " Venners nærhet " | Norwegian |
| 17 |
571 | 9 | Portugal | 25 | Da Vinci | " Conquistador " | Portuguese |
| 16 |
572 | 10 | Sweden | 29 | Tommy Nilsson | " En dag " | Swedish | 4 | |
573 | 11 | Luxembourg | 33 | Park Café | " Monsieur " | French |
| 20 |
574 | 12 | Denmark | 22 | Birthe Kjær | " Vi maler byen rød " | Danish | 3 | |
575 | 13 | Austria | 28 | Thomas Forstner | " Nur ein Lied " | German | 5 | |
576 | 14 | Finland | 28 | Anneli Saaristo | " La dolce vita " | Finnish |
| 7 |
577 | 15 | France | 32 | Nathalie Pâque | " J'ai volé la vie " | French |
| 8 |
578 | 16 | Spain | 29 | Nina | " Nacida para amar " | Spanish | Juan Carlos Calderón | 6 |
579 | 17 | Cyprus | 8 | Fanny Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis | " Apopse as vrethoume " (Απόψε ας βρεθούμε) | Greek |
| 11 |
580 | 18 | Switzerland | 34 | Furbaz | " Viver senza tei " | Romansh | Marie Louise Werth | 13 |
581 | 19 | Greece | 12 | Marianna | " To diko sou asteri " (Το δικό σου αστέρι) | Greek |
| 9 |
582 | 20 | Iceland | 4 | Daníel | " Það sem enginn sér " | Icelandic | Valgeir Guðjónsson | 22 ◁ |
583 | 21 | Germany | 34 | Nino de Angelo | " Flieger " | German |
| 14 |
584 | 22 | Yugoslavia | 24 | Riva | "Rock Me" | Serbo-Croatian |
| 1 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
585 | 1 | Spain | 30 | Azúcar Moreno | " Bandido " | Spanish |
| 5 |
586 | 2 | Greece | 13 | Christos Callow | " Horis skopo " (Χωρίς σκοπό) | Greek |
| 19 |
587 | 3 | Belgium | 35 | Philippe Lafontaine | " Macédomienne " | French | Philippe Lafontaine | 12 |
588 | 4 | Turkey | 13 | Kayahan | " Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim " | Turkish | Kayahan Açar | 17 |
589 | 5 | Netherlands | 34 | Maywood | " Ik wil alles met je delen " | Dutch | Alice May | 15 |
590 | 6 | Luxembourg | 34 | Céline Carzo | " Quand je te rêve " | French |
| 13 |
591 | 7 | United Kingdom | 33 | Emma | "Give a Little Love Back to the World" | English | Paul Curtis | 6 |
592 | 8 | Iceland | 5 | Stjórnin | " Eitt lag enn " | Icelandic |
| 4 |
593 | 9 | Norway | 30 | Ketil Stokkan | " Brandenburger Tor " | Norwegian | Ketil Stokkan | 21 ◁ |
594 | 10 | Israel | 16 | Rita | " Shara Barkhovot " (שרה ברחובות) | Hebrew | 18 | |
595 | 11 | Denmark | 23 | Lonnie Devantier | "Hallo Hallo" | Danish |
| 8 |
596 | 12 | Switzerland | 35 | Egon Egemann | " Musik klingt in die Welt hinaus " | German | Cornelia Lackner | 11 |
597 | 13 | Germany | 35 | Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac | " Frei zu leben " | German | 9 | |
598 | 14 | France | 33 | Joëlle Ursull | "White and Black Blues" | French |
| 2 |
599 | 15 | Yugoslavia | 25 | Tajči | " Hajde da ludujemo " (Хајде да лудујемо) | Serbo-Croatian |
| 7 |
600 | 16 | Portugal | 26 | Nucha | " Há sempre alguém " | Portuguese |
| 20 |
601 | 17 | Ireland | 25 | Liam Reilly | "Somewhere in Europe" | English | Liam Reilly | 2 |
602 | 18 | Sweden | 30 | Edin-Ådahl | " Som en vind " | Swedish | Mikael Wendt | 16 |
603 | 19 | Italy | 32 | Toto Cutugno | "Insieme: 1992" | Italian | Toto Cutugno | 1 |
604 | 20 | Austria | 29 | Simone | " Keine Mauern mehr " | German |
| 10 |
605 | 21 | Cyprus | 9 | Anastasiou | " Milas poli " (Μιλάς πολύ) | Greek |
| 14 |
606 | 22 | Finland | 29 | Beat | " Fri? " | Swedish |
| 21 ◁ |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
607 | 1 | Yugoslavia | 26 | Baby Doll | "Brazil" (Бразил) | Serbo-Croatian |
| 21 |
608 | 2 | Iceland | 6 | Stefán and Eyfi | "Nína" | Icelandic | Eyjólfur Kristjánsson | 15 |
609 | 3 | Malta | 4 | Paul Giordimaina and Georgina | "Could It Be" | English |
| 6 |
610 | 4 | Greece | 14 | Sophia Vossou | " Anixi " (Άνοιξη) | Greek | Andreas Mikroutsikos | 13 |
611 | 5 | Switzerland | 36 | Sandra Simó | " Canzone per te " | Italian | Renato Mascetti | 5 |
612 | 6 | Austria | 30 | Thomas Forstner | " Venedig im Regen " | German |
| 22 ◁ |
613 | 7 | Luxembourg | 35 | Sarah Bray | " Un baiser volé " | French |
| 14 |
614 | 8 | Sweden | 31 | Carola | " Fångad av en stormvind " | Swedish | Stephan Berg | 1 |
615 | 9 | France | 34 | Amina | " C'est le dernier qui a parlé qui a raison " | French | 2 | |
616 | 10 | Turkey | 14 | Can Uğurluer, İzel Çeliköz, Reyhan Karaca | " İki Dakika " | Turkish |
| 12 |
617 | 11 | Ireland | 26 | Kim Jackson | "Could It Be That I'm in Love" | English | Liam Reilly | 10 |
618 | 12 | Portugal | 27 | Dulce | " Lusitana paixão " | Portuguese |
| 8 |
619 | 13 | Denmark | 24 | Anders Frandsen | " Lige der hvor hjertet slår " | Danish | Michael Elo | 19 |
620 | 14 | Norway | 31 | Just 4 Fun | "Mrs. Thompson" | Norwegian |
| 17 |
621 | 15 | Israel | 17 | Duo Datz | " Kan " (כאן) | Hebrew | Uzi Hitman | 3 |
622 | 16 | Finland | 30 | Kaija | " Hullu yö " | Finnish |
| 20 |
623 | 17 | Germany | 36 | Atlantis 2000 | " Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben " | German |
| 18 |
624 | 18 | Belgium | 36 | Clouseau | " Geef het op " | Dutch |
| 16 |
625 | 19 | Spain | 31 | Sergio Dalma | " Bailar pegados " | Spanish |
| 4 |
626 | 20 | United Kingdom | 34 | Samantha Janus | "A Message to Your Heart" | English | Paul Curtis | 10 |
627 | 21 | Cyprus | 10 | Elena Patroklou | "S.O.S." | Greek |
| 9 |
628 | 22 | Italy | 33 | Peppino di Capri | " Comme è ddoce 'o mare " | Neapolitan |
| 7 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
629 | 1 | Spain | 32 | Serafín | " Todo esto es la música " | Spanish |
| 14 |
630 | 2 | Belgium | 37 | Morgane | " Nous on veut des violons " | French |
| 20 |
631 | 3 | Israel | 18 | Dafna | " Ze Rak Sport " (זה רק ספורט) | Hebrew | 6 | |
632 | 4 | Turkey | 15 | Aylin Vatankoş | " Yaz Bitti " | Turkish |
| 19 |
633 | 5 | Greece | 15 | Cleopatra | " Olou tou kosmou i elpida " (Όλου του κόσμου η ελπίδα) | Greek | Christos Lagos | 5 |
634 | 6 | France | 35 | Kali | " Monté la riviè " | French, Antillean Creole |
| 8 |
635 | 7 | Sweden | 32 | Christer Björkman | " I morgon är en annan dag " | Swedish | Niklas Strömstedt | 22 |
636 | 8 | Portugal | 28 | Dina | " Amor d'água fresca " | Portuguese | 17 | |
637 | 9 | Cyprus | 11 | Evridiki | " Teriazoume " (Ταιριάζουμε) | Greek | George Theofanous | 11 |
638 | 10 | Malta | 5 | Mary Spiteri | "Little Child" | English |
| 3 |
639 | 11 | Iceland | 7 | Heart 2 Heart | " Nei eða já " | Icelandic |
| 7 |
640 | 12 | Finland | 31 | Pave | "Yamma Yamma" | Finnish | 23 ◁ | |
641 | 13 | Switzerland | 37 | Daisy Auvray | "Mister Music Man" | French | Gordon Dent | 15 |
642 | 14 | Luxembourg | 36 | Marion Welter and Kontinent | " Sou fräi " | Luxembourgish |
| 21 |
643 | 15 | Austria | 31 | Tony Wegas | " Zusammen geh'n " | German | 10 | |
644 | 16 | United Kingdom | 35 | Michael Ball | "One Step Out of Time" | English |
| 2 |
645 | 17 | Ireland | 27 | Linda Martin | "Why Me" | English | 1 | |
646 | 18 | Denmark | 25 | Lotte Nilsson and Kenny Lübcke | " Alt det som ingen ser " | Danish | Carsten Warming | 12 |
647 | 19 | Italy | 34 | Mia Martini | " Rapsodia " | Italian |
| 4 |
648 | 20 | Yugoslavia | 27 | Extra Nena | " Ljubim te pesmama " (Љубим те песмама) | Serbian |
| 13 |
649 | 21 | Norway | 32 | Merethe Trøan | " Visjoner " | Norwegian |
| 18 |
650 | 22 | Germany | 37 | Wind | " Träume sind für alle da " | German | 16 | |
651 | 23 | Netherlands | 35 | Humphrey Campbell | " Wijs me de weg " | Dutch | Edwin Schimscheimer | 9 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
652 | 1 | Italy | 35 | Enrico Ruggeri | " Sole d'Europa " | Italian | Enrico Ruggeri | 12 |
653 | 2 | Turkey | 16 | Burak Aydos , Öztürk Baybora and Serter | " Esmer Yarim " | Turkish | Burak Aydos | 21 |
654 | 3 | Germany | 38 | Münchener Freiheit | " Viel zu weit " | German | Stefan Zauner | 18 |
655 | 4 | Switzerland | 38 | Annie Cotton | " Moi, tout simplement " | French |
| 3 |
656 | 5 | Denmark | 26 | Seebach Band | " Under stjernerne på himlen " | Danish | 22 | |
657 | 6 | Greece | 16 | Katerina Garbi | " Ellada, hora tou fotos " (Ελλάδα, χώρα του φωτός) | Greek | Dimosthenis Stringlis | 9 |
658 | 7 | Belgium | 38 | Barbara | " Iemand als jij " | Dutch |
| 25 ◁ |
659 | 8 | Malta | 6 | William Mangion | "This Time" | English | William Mangion | 8 |
660 | 9 | Iceland | 8 | Inga | " Þá veistu svarið " | Icelandic |
| 13 |
661 | 10 | Austria | 32 | Tony Wegas | "Maria Magdalena" | German |
| 14 |
662 | 11 | Portugal | 29 | Anabela | " A cidade até ser dia " | Portuguese |
| 10 |
663 | 12 | France | 36 | Patrick Fiori | "Mama Corsica" | French, Corsican | François Valéry | 4 |
664 | 13 | Sweden | 33 | Arvingarna | "Eloise" | Swedish |
| 7 |
665 | 14 | Ireland | 28 | Niamh Kavanagh | "In Your Eyes" | English | Jimmy Walsh | 1 |
666 | 15 | Luxembourg | 37 | Modern Times | " Donne-moi une chance " | French, Luxembourgish |
| 20 |
667 | 16 | Slovenia | 1 | 1X Band | " Tih deževen dan " | Slovene |
| 22 |
668 | 17 | Finland | 32 | Katri Helena | " Tule luo " | Finnish |
| 17 |
669 | 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | Fazla | " Sva bol svijeta " | Bosnian | 16 | |
670 | 19 | United Kingdom | 36 | Sonia | "Better the Devil You Know" | English |
| 2 |
671 | 20 | Netherlands | 36 | Ruth Jacott | " Vrede " | Dutch | 6 | |
672 | 21 | Croatia | 1 | Put | "Don't Ever Cry" | Croatian, English |
| 15 |
673 | 22 | Spain | 33 | Eva Santamaría | " Hombres " | Spanish | Carlos Toro | 11 |
674 | 23 | Cyprus | 12 | Zymboulakis and Van Beke | " Mi stamatas " (Μη σταματάς) | Greek |
| 19 |
675 | 24 | Israel | 19 | Lehakat Shiru | " Shiru " (שירו) | Hebrew, English |
| 24 |
676 | 25 | Norway | 33 | Silje Vige | " Alle mine tankar " | Norwegian | Bjørn Erik Vige | 5 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
702 | 1 | Poland | 2 | Justyna | " Sama " | Polish |
| 18 |
703 | 2 | Ireland | 30 | Eddie Friel | "Dreamin' " | English |
| 14 |
704 | 3 | Germany | 40 | Stone and Stone | " Verliebt in Dich " | German | Cheyenne Stone | 23 ◁ |
705 | 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | Davor Popović | " Dvadeset prvi vijek " | Bosnian |
| 19 |
706 | 5 | Norway | 35 | Secret Garden | " Nocturne " | Norwegian |
| 1 |
707 | 6 | Russia | 2 | Philipp Kirkorov | " Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana " (Колыбельная для вулкана) | Russian |
| 17 |
708 | 7 | Iceland | 10 | Bo Halldórsson | " Núna " | Icelandic |
| 15 |
709 | 8 | Austria | 34 | Stella Jones | " Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt " | German | Mischa Krausz | 13 |
710 | 9 | Spain | 35 | Anabel Conde | " Vuelve conmigo " | Spanish | José María Purón | 2 |
711 | 10 | Turkey | 17 | Arzu Ece | " Sev! " | Turkish |
| 16 |
712 | 11 | Croatia | 3 | Magazin and Lidija | " Nostalgija " | Croatian | 6 | |
713 | 12 | France | 38 | Nathalie Santamaria | " Il me donne rendez-vous " | French |
| 4 |
714 | 13 | Hungary | 2 | Csaba Szigeti | " Új név egy régi ház falán " | Hungarian |
| 22 |
715 | 14 | Belgium | 39 | Frédéric Etherlinck | " La voix est libre " | French | Pierre Theunis | 20 |
716 | 15 | United Kingdom | 38 | Love City Groove | "Love City Groove" | English |
| 10 |
717 | 16 | Portugal | 31 | Tó Cruz | " Baunilha e chocolate " | Portuguese | 21 | |
718 | 17 | Cyprus | 14 | Alexandros Panayi | " Sti fotia " (Στη φωτιά) | Greek | Alexandros Panayi | 9 |
719 | 18 | Sweden | 35 | Jan Johansen | " Se på mej " | Swedish |
| 3 |
720 | 19 | Denmark | 27 | Aud Wilken | " Fra Mols til Skagen " | Danish |
| 5 |
721 | 20 | Slovenia | 2 | Darja Švajger | " Prisluhni mi " | Slovene |
| 7 |
722 | 21 | Israel | 20 | Liora | "Amen" (אמן) | Hebrew |
| 8 |
723 | 22 | Malta | 8 | Mike Spiteri | "Keep Me in Mind" | English |
| 10 |
724 | 23 | Greece | 18 | Elina Konstantopoulou | " Pia prosefhi " (Ποια προσευχή) | Greek |
| 12 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
748 | 1 | Cyprus | 16 | Hara and Andreas Konstantinou | " Mana mou " (Μάνα μου) | Greek | Constantina Konstantinou | 5 |
749 | 2 | Turkey | 19 | Şebnem Paker and Grup Etnic | " Dinle " | Turkish |
| 3 |
750 | 3 | Norway | 37 | Tor Endresen | "San Francisco" | Norwegian |
| 24 ◁ |
751 | 4 | Austria | 36 | Bettina Soriat | "One Step" | German |
| 21 |
752 | 5 | Ireland | 32 | Marc Roberts | "Mysterious Woman" | English | John Farry | 2 |
753 | 6 | Slovenia | 4 | Tanja Ribič | " Zbudi se " | Slovene | 10 | |
754 | 7 | Switzerland | 41 | Barbara Berta | " Dentro di me " | Italian | Barbara Berta | 22 |
755 | 8 | Netherlands | 39 | Mrs. Einstein | " Niemand heeft nog tijd " | Dutch | Ed Hooijmans | 22 |
756 | 9 | Italy | 36 | Jalisse | " Fiumi di parole " | Italian |
| 4 |
757 | 10 | Spain | 37 | Marcos Llunas | " Sin rencor " | Spanish | Marcos Llunas | 6 |
758 | 11 | Germany | 41 | Bianca Shomburg | " Zeit " | German | 18 | |
759 | 12 | Poland | 4 | Anna Maria Jopek | " Ale jestem " | Polish |
| 11 |
760 | 13 | Estonia | 3 | Maarja | " Keelatud maa " | Estonian |
| 8 |
761 | 14 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | Alma Čardžić | "Goodbye" | Bosnian |
| 18 |
762 | 15 | Portugal | 33 | Célia Lawson | " Antes do adeus " | Portuguese |
| 24 ◁ |
763 | 16 | Sweden | 37 | Blond | " Bara hon älskar mig " | Swedish | Stephan Berg | 14 |
764 | 17 | Greece | 20 | Marianna Zorba | " Horepse " (Χόρεψε) | Greek | Manolis Manouselis | 12 |
765 | 18 | Malta | 10 | Debbie Scerri | "Let Me Fly" | English | Ray Agius | 9 |
766 | 19 | Hungary | 3 | V.I.P. | " Miért kell, hogy elmenj? " | Hungarian |
| 12 |
767 | 20 | Russia | 3 | Alla Pugacheva | " Primadonna " (Примадонна) | Russian | Alla Pugacheva | 15 |
768 | 21 | Denmark | 28 | Kølig Kaj | " Stemmen i mit liv " | Danish |
| 16 |
769 | 22 | France | 40 | Fanny | " Sentiments songes " | French | Jean-Paul Dréau | 7 |
770 | 23 | Croatia | 5 | E.N.I. | " Probudi me " | Croatian |
| 17 |
771 | 24 | United Kingdom | 40 | Katrina and the Waves | "Love Shine a Light" | English | Kimberley Rew | 1 |
772 | 25 | Iceland | 12 | Paul Oscar | " Minn hinsti dans " | Icelandic |
| 20 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
773 | 1 | Croatia | 6 | Danijela | " Neka mi ne svane " | Croatian | Petar Grašo | 5 |
774 | 2 | Greece | 21 | Thalassa | " Mia krifi evaisthisia " (Μια κρυφή ευαισθησία) | Greek |
| 20 |
775 | 3 | France | 41 | Marie Line | " Où aller " | French |
| 24 |
776 | 4 | Spain | 38 | Mikel Herzog | " ¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti? " | Spanish |
| 16 |
777 | 5 | Switzerland | 42 | Gunvor | " Lass ihn " | German | 25 ◁ | |
778 | 6 | Slovakia | 3 | Katarína Hasprová | " Modlitba " | Slovak |
| 21 |
779 | 7 | Poland | 5 | Sixteen | " To takie proste " | Polish |
| 17 |
780 | 8 | Israel | 21 | Dana International | "Diva" (דיווה) | Hebrew |
| 1 |
781 | 9 | Germany | 42 | Guildo Horn | " Guildo hat euch lieb " | German | Stefan Raab | 7 |
782 | 10 | Malta | 11 | Chiara | "The One That I Love" | English |
| 3 |
783 | 11 | Hungary | 4 | Charlie | " A holnap már nem lesz szomorú " | Hungarian |
| 23 |
784 | 12 | Slovenia | 5 | Vili Resnik | " Naj bogovi slišijo " | Slovene |
| 18 |
785 | 13 | Ireland | 33 | Dawn Martin | "Is Always Over Now" | English | Gerry Morgan | 9 |
786 | 14 | Portugal | 34 | Alma Lusa | " Se eu te pudesse abraçar " | Portuguese | José Cid | 12 |
787 | 15 | Romania | 2 | Mălina Olinescu | " Eu cred " | Romanian |
| 22 |
788 | 16 | United Kingdom | 41 | Imaani | "Where Are You?" | English |
| 2 |
789 | 17 | Cyprus | 17 | Michael Hajiyanni | " Genesis " (Γένεσις) | Greek |
| 11 |
790 | 18 | Netherlands | 40 | Edsilia | " Hemel en aarde " | Dutch | 4 | |
791 | 19 | Sweden | 38 | Jill Johnson | " Kärleken är " | Swedish |
| 10 |
792 | 20 | Belgium | 41 | Mélanie Cohl | " Dis oui " | French | Philippe Swan | 6 |
793 | 21 | Finland | 35 | Edea | " Aava " | Finnish | 15 | |
794 | 22 | Norway | 38 | Lars A. Fredriksen | " Alltid sommer " | Norwegian |
| 8 |
795 | 23 | Estonia | 4 | Koit Toome | " Mere lapsed " | Estonian |
| 12 |
796 | 24 | Turkey | 20 | Tüzmen | " Unutamazsın " | Turkish |
| 14 |
797 | 25 | Macedonia | 1 | Vlado Janevski | " Ne zori, zoro " (Не зори, зоро) | Macedonian | 19 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
798 | 1 | Lithuania | 2 | Aistė | " Strazdas " | Samogitian |
| 20 |
799 | 2 | Belgium | 42 | Vanessa Chinitor | "Like the Wind" | English |
| 12 |
800 | 3 | Spain | 39 | Lydia | " No quiero escuchar " | Spanish |
| 23 ◁ |
801 | 4 | Croatia | 7 | Doris Dragović | " Marija Magdalena " | Croatian | 4 | |
802 | 5 | United Kingdom | 42 | Precious | "Say It Again" | English | Paul Varney | 12 |
803 | 6 | Slovenia | 6 | Darja Švajger | "For a Thousand Years" | English | Primož Peterca | 11 |
804 | 7 | Turkey | 21 | Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik | " Dön Artık " | Turkish |
| 16 |
805 | 8 | Norway | 39 | Van Eijk | "Living My Life Without You" | English | Stig André van Eijk | 14 |
806 | 9 | Denmark | 29 | Trine Jepsen and Michael Teschl | "This Time I Mean It" | English | Ebbe Ravn | 8 |
807 | 10 | France | 42 | Nayah | " Je veux donner ma voix " | French |
| 19 |
808 | 11 | Netherlands | 41 | Marlayne | "One Good Reason" | English |
| 8 |
809 | 12 | Poland | 6 | Mietek Szcześniak | " Przytul mnie mocno " | Polish |
| 18 |
810 | 13 | Iceland | 13 | Selma | "All Out of Luck" | English |
| 2 |
811 | 14 | Cyprus | 18 | Marlain | " Tha'ne erotas " (Θα'ναι έρωτας) | Greek |
| 22 |
812 | 15 | Sweden | 39 | Charlotte Nilsson | "Take Me to Your Heaven" | English |
| 1 |
813 | 16 | Portugal | 35 | Rui Bandeira | " Como tudo começou " | Portuguese |
| 21 |
814 | 17 | Ireland | 34 | The Mullans | "When You Need Me" | English | Bronagh Mullan | 17 |
815 | 18 | Austria | 37 | Bobbie Singer | "Reflection" | English | Dave Moskin | 10 |
816 | 19 | Israel | 22 | Eden | "Happy Birthday" | Hebrew, English |
| 5 |
817 | 20 | Malta | 12 | Times Three | "Believe 'n Peace" | English |
| 15 |
818 | 21 | Germany | 43 | Sürpriz | "Journey to Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat" | German, Turkish, English | 3 | |
819 | 22 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | Dino and Béatrice | " Putnici " | Bosnian, French | Dino Dervišhalidović | 7 |
820 | 23 | Estonia | 5 | Evelin Samuel and Camille | "Diamond of Night" | English |
| 6 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
821 | 1 | Israel | 23 | PingPong | " Sameach " (שמייח) | Hebrew |
| 22 |
822 | 2 | Netherlands | 42 | Linda | "No Goodbyes" | English |
| 13 |
823 | 3 | United Kingdom | 43 | Nicki French | "Don't Play That Song Again" | English |
| 16 |
824 | 4 | Estonia | 6 | Ines | "Once in a Lifetime" | English |
| 4 |
825 | 5 | France | 43 | Sofia Mestari | " On aura le ciel " | French |
| 23 |
826 | 6 | Romania | 3 | Taxi | "The Moon" | English | Dan Teodorescu | 17 |
827 | 7 | Malta | 13 | Claudette Pace | "Desire" | English | 8 | |
828 | 8 | Norway | 40 | Charmed | "My Heart Goes Boom" | English |
| 11 |
829 | 9 | Russia | 4 | Alsou | "Solo" | English |
| 2 |
830 | 10 | Belgium | 43 | Nathalie Sorce | " Envie de vivre " | French | Silvio Pezzuto | 24 ◁ |
831 | 11 | Cyprus | 19 | Voice | " Nomiza " (Νόμιζα) | Greek, Italian |
| 21 |
832 | 12 | Iceland | 14 | August and Telma | "Tell Me!" | English |
| 12 |
833 | 13 | Spain | 40 | Serafín Zubiri | " Colgado de un sueño " | Spanish | José María Purón | 18 |
834 | 14 | Denmark | 30 | Olsen Brothers | "Fly on the Wings of Love" | English | Jørgen Olsen | 1 |
835 | 15 | Germany | 44 | Stefan Raab | " Wadde hadde dudde da? " | German, English | Stefan Raab | 5 |
836 | 16 | Switzerland | 43 | Jane Bogaert | " La vita cos'è? " | Italian |
| 20 |
837 | 17 | Croatia | 8 | Goran Karan | " Kad zaspu anđeli " | Croatian |
| 9 |
838 | 18 | Sweden | 40 | Roger Pontare | "When Spirits Are Calling My Name" | English |
| 7 |
839 | 19 | Macedonia | 2 | XXL | " 100% te ljubam " (100% те љубам) | Macedonian, English |
| 15 |
840 | 20 | Finland | 36 | Nina Åström | "A Little Bit" | English |
| 18 |
841 | 21 | Latvia | 1 | Brainstorm | "My Star" | English | Renārs Kaupers | 3 |
842 | 22 | Turkey | 22 | Pınar and the S.O.S. | " Yorgunum Anla " | Turkish, English |
| 10 |
843 | 23 | Ireland | 35 | Eamonn Toal | "Millennium of Love" | English |
| 6 |
844 | 24 | Austria | 38 | The Rounder Girls | "All to You" | English | Dave Moskin | 14 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
845 | 1 | Netherlands | 43 | Michelle | "Out on My Own" | English |
| 18 |
846 | 2 | Iceland | 15 | Two Tricky | "Angel" | English |
| 22 ◁ |
847 | 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 | Nino | " Hano " | Bosnian, English | Nino Pršeš | 14 |
848 | 4 | Norway | 41 | Haldor Lægreid | "On My Own" | English |
| 22 ◁ |
849 | 5 | Israel | 24 | Tal Sondak | " Ein Davar " (אין דבר) | Hebrew |
| 16 |
850 | 6 | Russia | 5 | Mumiy Troll | "Lady Alpine Blue" | English | Ilya Lagutenko | 12 |
851 | 7 | Sweden | 41 | Friends | "Listen to Your Heartbeat" | English |
| 5 |
852 | 8 | Lithuania | 3 | Skamp | "You Got Style" | English, Lithuanian |
| 13 |
853 | 9 | Latvia | 2 | Arnis Mednis | "Too Much" | English |
| 18 |
854 | 10 | Croatia | 9 | Vanna | "Strings of My Heart" | English | 10 | |
855 | 11 | Portugal | 36 | MTM | " Só sei ser feliz assim " | Portuguese | Marco Quelhas | 17 |
856 | 12 | Ireland | 36 | Gary O'Shaughnessy | "Without Your Love" | English | Pat Sheridan | 21 |
857 | 13 | Spain | 41 | David Civera | " Dile que la quiero " | Spanish | Alejandro Abad | 6 |
858 | 14 | France | 44 | Natasha St-Pier | " Je n'ai que mon âme " | French, English | Jill Kapler | 4 |
859 | 15 | Turkey | 23 | Sedat Yüce | " Sevgiliye Son " | Turkish, English |
| 11 |
860 | 16 | United Kingdom | 44 | Lindsay Dracass | "No Dream Impossible" | English |
| 15 |
861 | 17 | Slovenia | 7 | Nuša Derenda | "Energy" | English |
| 7 |
862 | 18 | Poland | 7 | Piasek | "2 Long" | English |
| 20 |
863 | 19 | Germany | 45 | Michelle | " Wer Liebe lebt " | German, English |
| 8 |
864 | 20 | Estonia | 7 | Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL | "Everybody" | English | 1 | |
865 | 21 | Malta | 14 | Fabrizio Faniello | "Another Summer Night" | English |
| 9 |
866 | 22 | Greece | 22 | Antique | "Die for You" | Greek, English |
| 3 |
867 | 23 | Denmark | 31 | Rollo and King | "Never Ever Let You Go" | English |
| 2 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
868 | 1 | Cyprus | 20 | One | "Gimme" | English | George Theofanous | 6 |
869 | 2 | United Kingdom | 45 | Jessica Garlick | "Come Back" | English | Martyn Baylay | 3 |
870 | 3 | Austria | 39 | Manuel Ortega | "Say a Word" | English |
| 18 |
871 | 4 | Greece | 23 | Michalis Rakintzis | "S.A.G.A.P.O." | English | Michalis Rakintzis | 17 |
872 | 5 | Spain | 42 | Rosa | "Europe's Living a Celebration" | Spanish |
| 7 |
873 | 6 | Croatia | 10 | Vesna Pisarović | "Everything I Want" | English | Milana Vlaović | 11 |
874 | 7 | Russia | 6 | Prime Minister | "Northern Girl" | English |
| 10 |
875 | 8 | Estonia | 8 | Sahlene | "Runaway" | English |
| 3 |
876 | 9 | Macedonia | 3 | Karolina | " Od nas zavisi " (Од нас зависи) | Macedonian |
| 19 |
877 | 10 | Israel | 25 | Sarit Hadad | "Light a Candle" | Hebrew, English |
| 12 |
878 | 11 | Switzerland | 44 | Francine Jordi | " Dans le jardin de mon âme " | French | Francine Lehmann | 22 |
879 | 12 | Sweden | 42 | Afro-dite | "Never Let It Go" | English | Marcos Ubeda | 8 |
880 | 13 | Finland | 37 | Laura | "Addicted to You" | English |
| 20 |
881 | 14 | Denmark | 32 | Malene | "Tell Me Who You Are" | English | Michael Ronson | 24 ◁ |
882 | 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8 | Maja | " Na jastuku za dvoje " (На јастуку за двоје) | Serbian, English |
| 13 |
883 | 16 | Belgium | 44 | Sergio and the Ladies | "Sister" | English |
| 13 |
884 | 17 | France | 45 | Sandrine François | " Il faut du temps " | French |
| 5 |
885 | 18 | Germany | 46 | Corinna May | "I Can't Live Without Music" | English | 21 | |
886 | 19 | Turkey | 24 | Buket Bengisu and Group Safir | " Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde " | Turkish, English |
| 16 |
887 | 20 | Malta | 15 | Ira Losco | "7th Wonder" | English | 2 | |
888 | 21 | Romania | 4 | Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel | "Tell Me Why" | English |
| 9 |
889 | 22 | Slovenia | 8 | Sestre | " Samo ljubezen " | Slovene |
| 13 |
890 | 23 | Latvia | 3 | Marie N | "I Wanna" | English |
| 1 |
891 | 24 | Lithuania | 4 | Aivaras | "Happy You" | English | Aivaras Stepukonis | 23 |
# | R/O | Country | # | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) | Placing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
892 | 1 | Iceland | 16 | Birgitta | "Open Your Heart" | English |
| 8 |
893 | 2 | Austria | 40 | Alf Poier | " Weil der Mensch zählt " | German [d] | Alf Poier | 6 |
894 | 3 | Ireland | 37 | Mickey Harte | "We've Got the World" | English |
| 11 |
895 | 4 | Turkey | 25 | Sertab Erener | "Everyway That I Can" | English | 1 | |
896 | 5 | Malta | 16 | Lynn Chircop | "To Dream Again" | English |
| 25 |
897 | 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9 | Mija Martina | " Ne brini " | Croatian, English |
| 16 |
898 | 7 | Portugal | 37 | Rita Guerra | " Deixa-me sonhar " | Portuguese, English | Paulo Martins | 22 |
899 | 8 | Croatia | 11 | Claudia Beni | " Više nisam tvoja " | Croatian, English | Andrej Babić | 15 |
900 | 9 | Cyprus | 21 | Stelios Constantas | "Feeling Alive" | English | Stelios Constantas | 20 |
901 | 10 | Germany | 47 | Lou | "Let's Get Happy" | English | 11 | |
902 | 11 | Russia | 7 | t.A.T.u. | " Ne ver', ne boysia " (Не верь, не бойся) | Russian | 3 | |
903 | 12 | Spain | 43 | Beth | " Dime " | Spanish |
| 8 |
904 | 13 | Israel | 26 | Lior Narkis | "Words for Love" | Hebrew |
| 19 |
905 | 14 | Netherlands | 44 | Esther Hart | "One More Night" | English |
| 13 |
906 | 15 | United Kingdom | 46 | Jemini | "Cry Baby" | English | Martin Isherwood | 26 ◁ |
907 | 16 | Ukraine | 1 | Olexandr | " Hasta la vista " | English |
| 14 |
908 | 17 | Greece | 24 | Mando | "Never Let You Go" | English |
| 17 |
909 | 18 | Norway | 42 | Jostein Hasselgård | "I'm Not Afraid to Move On" | English |
| 4 |
910 | 19 | France | 46 | Louisa Baïleche | " Monts et merveilles " | French | Hocine Hallaf | 18 |
911 | 20 | Poland | 8 | Ich Troje | "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic" | German, Polish, Russian |
| 7 |
912 | 21 | Latvia | 4 | F.L.Y. | "Hello from Mars" | English | 24 | |
913 | 22 | Belgium | 45 | Urban Trad | "Sanomi" | Imaginary | Yves Barbieux | 2 |
914 | 23 | Estonia | 9 | Ruffus | "Eighties Coming Back" | English | Vaiko Eplik | 21 |
915 | 24 | Romania | 5 | Nicola | "Don't Break My Heart" | English |
| 10 |
916 | 25 | Sweden | 43 | Fame | "Give Me Your Love" | English |
| 5 |
917 | 26 | Slovenia | 9 | Karmen | "Nanana" | English |
| 23 |
Qualifying competitions were held in advance of the 1993 and 1996 editions of the contest, as a measure to reduce the number of competing entries. In 1993 Kvalifikacija za Millstreet was held between seven new Eastern European countries competing for three places in the contest proper; [89] [107] in 1996 an audio-only competition was held for all interested participants, with Norway automatically qualified as host country and 29 additional countries competing for 22 places in the contest. [95] [108] Unlike the semi-final system in place since 2004, in which countries that do not advance from the semi-finals are still credited as having participated in the contest, countries which competed in these qualifying rounds but failed to progress to the main contest have not been credited with having participated in that year's contest.
Country | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) |
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Estonia | Janika Sillamaa | " Muretut meelt ja südametuld " | Estonian |
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Hungary | Andrea Szulák | " Árva reggel " | Hungarian |
|
Romania | Dida Drăgan | " Nu pleca " | Romanian |
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Slovakia | Elán | " Amnestia na neveru " | Slovak |
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Country | Artist | Song | Language | Songwriter(s) |
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Denmark | Dorthe Andersen and Martin Loft | " Kun med dig " | Danish | |
Germany | Leon | "Planet of Blue" | German |
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Hungary | Gjon Delhusa | " Fortuna " | Hungarian | Gjon Delhusa |
Israel | Galit Bell | " Shalom Olam " (שלום עולם) | Hebrew |
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Macedonia | Kaliopi | " Samo ti " (Само ти) | Macedonian | Kaliopi Grill |
Romania | Monica Anghel and Sincron | " Rugă pentru pacea lumii " | Romanian |
|
Russia | Andrey Kosinskiy | " Ya eto ya " (Я это я) | Russian |
|
On a number of occasions entries into the contest have been prevented from competing at a late stage, either through withdrawal by the participating broadcaster or through disqualification by the European Broadcasting Union. The list below highlights cases where an entry for a given country had been planned in a particular year but which ultimately did not occur, either by withdrawal, disqualification or the cancellation of the contest.
On a number of occasions participation in the contest has been either suggested or attempted by countries which are ineligible due to a lack of a participating EBU member broadcaster, such as past media reports of interest by broadcasters in China, Kosovo, Liechtenstein and Qatar. [110] [111] [112] [113] Participation has also been suggested for a number of nations and territories whose participation is currently covered by another country. Potential entries from Wales and Scotland (currently countries of the United Kingdom) and the Faroe Islands (currently a territory of Denmark) have been reported, but are generally prevented due to the exclusive participation rights of the sovereign nation to which they belong. [114] [115] [116] Wales and Scotland have participated in other Eurovision events where the United Kingdom as a whole do not participate, including the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and Eurovision Choir. [117] [118]
Year | Country | Artist | Song | Language | Reason | Ref(s) |
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1967 | Italy | Claudio Villa | "Non pensare a me" | Italian | Disqualified | [119] |
1968 | Norway | Odd Børre | "Jeg har aldri vært så glad i noen som deg" | Norwegian | Withdrawn | [120] [121] |
Kirsti Sparboe | ||||||
1971 | Switzerland | Peter, Sue and Marc | "Légende de mon pays" | French | Withdrawn | [122] [123] |
1973 | Malta | No artist or song selected | Withdrawn | [124] | ||
1974 | France | Dani | "La Vie à vingt-cinq ans" | French | Withdrawn | [50] [120] [125] |
1976 | Germany | Tony Marshall | "Der Star" | German | Disqualified | [120] [126] |
1977 | Tunisia | No artist or song selected | Withdrawn | [56] [120] [127] | ||
1979 | Turkey | Maria Rita Epik and 21. Peron | "Seviyorum" | Turkish | Withdrawn | [60] [120] [128] |
1982 | Greece | Themis Adamantidis | "Sarantapente kopelies" (Σαρανταπέντε κοπελιές) | Greek | Disqualified | [66] [120] [129] |
1986 | Greece | Polina | "Wagon-lit" (Βαγκόν λι) | Greek | Withdrawn | [120] [130] |
1988 | Cyprus | Yiannis Dimitrou | "Thimame" (Θυμάμαι) | Greek | Disqualified | [120] [131] |
1990 | Austria | Duett | "Das Beste" | German | Disqualified | [120] [132] |
1992 | Switzerland | Géraldine Olivier | " Soleil, soleil " | German | Disqualified | [133] [134] |
1999 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Hari Mata Hari | "Starac i more" | Bosnian | Disqualified | [120] [135] |
Germany | Corinna May | " Hör den Kindern einfach zu " | German | Disqualified | [120] [135] [136] | |
2002 | Lithuania | B'Avarija | "We All" | English | Disqualified | [120] [137] |
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