List of entries in the Eurovision Song Contest
Over 1,500 entries have been submitted into the Eurovision Song Contest since it began in 1956, comprising songs and artists which have represented fifty-two countries. The contest, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (also known as 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. From an original seven participating countries in the first edition, over 40 entries are now regularly submitted into the competition every year.
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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. Australia, a EBU associate member broadcaster in Oceania, made its first contest appearance in 2015 following an invitation to submit an entry to mark the contest's 50th anniversary.
Each year a date is typically set by which time broadcasters may announce to the EBU their intent to participate in the contest, which can be revoked condition-free up to this deadline date. However on several occasions over its history, entries which had been submitted into the contest by the participating broadcasters following the cut-off date, or which were planned to be submitted, have subsequently not gone ahead. This can occur for varying reasons, including disqualification for breaking the rules of the contest or through withdrawal by the broadcasters themselves. On a number of occasions participation has also been suggested or attempted in countries which are precluded from entering the contest, due to a lack of EBU member broadcaster or for other reasons.
Entries
The following tables list the entries which have been performed at the contest over its history. 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. 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.
Only songs which have competed in the contest final or in the semi-finals since 2004 are considered contest entries. Songs which failed to qualify from the 1993 qualifying round for new Eastern European countries or the 1996 audio-only pre-qualifying round are now subsequently not counted as official entries. Submitted entries for the ultimately cancelled 2020 contest are also excluded from this list for the purposes of calculating cumulative totals for entry numbers and country totals.
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.[2] 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 subsequently considered to have made its first appearance in 2004.[3][4]
- Table key
- 1 Winner – Winning entries in each edition of the contest.
- 2 Second place – Entries which came second in each edition of the contest.
- 3 Third place – Entries which came third in each edition of the contest.
- ◁ Last place – Entries which came last in each edition of the contest.
- † Semi-final qualifier – Entries which qualified for the final by placing within the top 10 in each edition's semi-final(s) (2004–present)
- ‡ Back-up jury selection – Entries which qualified for the final as the back-up juries' highest-placed country which had failed to place in the top 9 countries (2008–2009)
1950s
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1960s
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1990s
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Entries which failed to qualify
Pre-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; 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. 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 pre-qualifying rounds but failed to progress to the main contest have not been credited with having participated in that year's contest.
| Eurovision entries that failed to qualify | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Artist | Song | Language |
| Kvalifikacija za Millstreet[69] | |||
 Estonia |
Janika Sillamaa | "Muretut meelt ja südametuld" | Estonian |
 Hungary |
Andrea Szulák | "Árva reggel" | Hungarian |
 Romania |
Dida Drăgan | "Nu pleca" | Romanian |
 Slovakia |
Elán | "Amnestia na neveru" | Slovak |
| Eurovision Song Contest 1996 Pre-Qualifying Round[69] | |||
 Denmark |
Dorthe Andersen & Martin Loft | "Kun med dig" | Danish |
 Germany |
Leon | "Planet of Blue" | German[lower-alpha 3] |
| Hungary |
Gjon Delhusa | "Fortuna" | Hungarian |
 Israel |
Galit Bell | "Shalom Olam" (שלום עולם) | Hebrew |
 Macedonia |
Kaliopi | "Samo ti" (Само ти) | Macedonian |
| Romania |
Monica Anghel & Sincron | "Rugă pentru pacea lumii" | Romanian |
 Russia |
Andrey Kosinskiy | "Ya eto ya" (Я это я) | Russian |
Withdrawn and disqualified entries
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.[70][71][72][73] 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.[74][75][76] 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.[77][78]
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See also
Notes and references
Notes
- The full results of the first contest are unknown as only the winner was announced. The official Eurovision website lists all remaining entries as having placed second.[5]
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- Contains words or phrases in Abkhaz.
- Contains words or phrases in Danish.
- Contains the Japanese mantra "Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō".
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Further reading
- O'Connor, John Kennedy (2010). The Eurovision Song Contest: The Official History (2nd ed.). London: Carlton Books. ISBN 978-1-84732-521-1.
- Roxburgh, Gordon (2012). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume One: The 1950s and 1960s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84583-065-6.
- Roxburgh, Gordon (2014). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Two: The 1970s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84583-093-9.
- Roxburgh, Gordon (2016). Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest. Volume Three: The 1980s. Prestatyn: Telos Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84583-118-9.
