Eurovision: Successful Countries by Decade (1950s-2010s)

Today we are going all the way back to the beginning to look at the countries that perfomed the best in each decade! I included all the countries that sent entries to at least half the contests in each decade/period, with the logic that if they were not there for at least half the decade then they didn't really help define it. I thus excluded countries like Ireland from the 50s & 60s (5 entries over 14 contests), Serbia & Montenegro, Azerbaijan and Armenia from the 00s (2, 2 and 4 entries respectively). I combined the 50s with the 60s as there were only 3 years in the 50s with full results (1957-1959) and I only included Switzerland's 1st place from 1956. I then calculated the average placement of each country per decade and ranked them. To convert semi-final placement to total placement, I ranked the non-qualifying entries by average points received by every other country. In case of ties, I did not break the tie, but assigned the same placement to the tying entries. In the video you will see the top 5 countries for each decade and their 3 most successful entries by placement. In case of a tie in placement, the entry competing against the most other entries won the tie. If still tied, then the entry with the higher percentage out of the maximum possible points won the tie. If still tied (OMG Sweden '95 and '96 that exist to make my life difficult), then the entry that received votes from most other countries won the tie. Enjoy! Let me know what you think in the comments! _________________________________________ CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:10 1950s & 1960s 1:43 1970s 3:15 1980s 4:48 1990s 6:21 2000s 7:54 2010s _________________________________________ FEATURING _________________________________________ Australia Dami Im - Sound of Silence Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again Isaiah - Don't Come Easy Bosnia & Herzegovina Deen - In the Disco Hari Mata Hari - Lejla Regina - Bistra voda France Catherine Ferry - Un, deux, trois Frida Boccara - Un jour, un enfant Isabelle Aubret - Un premier amour Jacqueline Boyer - Tom Pillibi Joël Prévost - Il y aura toujours des violons Marie Myriam - L'Oiseau et l'Enfant Germany Lena Valaitis - Johnny Blue Nicole - Ein bißchen Frieden Wind - Laß die Sonne in dein Herz Greece Helena Paparizou - My Number One Kalomira - Secret Combination Sakis Rouvas - Shake It Ireland Colm C.T. Wilkinson - Born to Sing Dana - All Kinds of Everything Eimear Quinn - The Voice Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now Johnny Logan - What's Another Year Linda Martin - Terminal 3 Niamh Kavanagh - In Your Eyes Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan - Rock 'n' Roll Kids The Swarbriggs Plus Two - It's Nice to Be in Love Again Israel Ilanit - Ey Sham Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta - A-Ba-Ni-Bi Milk and Honey - Hallelujah Italy Alan Sorrenti - Non so che darei Alice and Battiato - I treni di Tozeur Il Volo - Grande amore Jalisse - Fiumi di parole Mahmood - Soldi Mia Martini - Rapsodia Raphael Gualazzi - Madness of Love Toto Cutugno - Insieme: 1992 Umberto Tozzi and Raf - Gente di mare Luxembourg Camillo Felgen - Petit bonhomme France Gall - Poupée de cire, poupée de son Jean-Claude Pascal - Nous les amoureux Malta Chiara - The One That I Love Mary Spiteri - Little Child Moira Stafrace and Christopher Scicluna - More than Love Monaco François Deguelt - Ce soir-là François Deguelt - Dis rien Romuald - Où sont-elles passées Russia Alsou - Solo Buranovskiye Babushki - Party for Everybody Dima Bilan - Believe Dima Bilan - Never Let You Go Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices Sergey Lazarev - You Are the Only One Spain Betty Missiego - Su canción Julio Iglesias - Gwendolyne Mocedades - Eres tú Sweden Carola - Fångad av en stormvind Carola - Främling Charlotte Nilsson - Take Me to Your Heaven Eric Saade - Popular Herreys - Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley Jan Johansen - Se på mej Kikki Danielsson - Bra vibrationer Loreen - Euphoria Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes Switzerland Esther Ofarim - T'en va pas Lys Assia - Giorgio Lys Assia - Refrain Turkey Hadise - Düm Tek Tek Kenan Doğulu - Shake It Up Şekerim Sertab Erener - Everyway That I Can Ukraine Ani Lorak - Shady Lady Jamala - 1944 Mika Newton - Angel Ruslana - Wild Dances Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai Zlata Ognevich - Gravity United Kingdom Brotherhood of Man - Save Your Kisses for Me Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up Imaani - Where Are You? Kathy Kirby - I Belong Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light Live Report - Why Do I Always Get It Wrong Lulu - Boom Bang-a-Bang Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran - Rock Bottom Sandie Shaw - Puppet on a String Scott Fitzgerald - Go Sonia - Better the Devil You Know The Shadows - Let Me Be the One _________________________________________ Intro song: Cyprus 2021 - Elena Tsagrinou | El Diablo Outro song: Iceland 2003 - Birgitta Haukdal | Open Your Heart ________________________________________ #BecauseEurovision #Eurovision #Subscribe #eurovisiontops #eurovisionrankings