Over 1,700 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 (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, around forty entries are now regularly submitted into the competition every year.
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 country in Oceania, made its first contest appearance in when SBS, an EBU associate member broadcaster from the country, received an invitation to submit an entry to mark the contest's 60th 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.
has made the most contest appearances, participating in all but one event since its founding. conversely has participated the fewest times, competing only once in . and both hold the record for the most victories, having won the contest seven times, including four Irish wins in the 1990s. In addition to its five contest wins, the has also placed second sixteen timesmore than any other countryand also holds the record for the most consecutive contest appearances, competing in every edition since 1959. Although it has also achieved three contest wins, holds the record for the most last-place finishes in the contest's history, having featured at the bottom of the scoreboard of the final twelve times.
Entries The following tables list the entries which have been performed at the contest since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004. 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. For each individual year placings for each entry in that year's final are shown, with placings in the contest's semi-final(s) shown in brackets. Songs which were performed multiple times are shown only once in each table, with separate columns showing the running order for each entry in that year's semi-final(s) and final.
Only songs which have competed in the contest final or in the semi-finals are considered contest entries. Submitted entries for the ultimately cancelled 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 records, the 1992 entry which represented the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, subsequently renamed Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, is considered to have represented Yugoslavia rather than Serbia and Montenegro; Serbia and Montenegro is therefore considered to have made its first appearance in 2004.
Table key WinnerWinning entries in each edition of the contest Second placeEntries which came second in each edition of the contest Third placeEntries which came third in each edition of the contest Last placeEntries which came last in each edition of the contest Semi-final qualifierEntries which qualified for the final by placing within the top 10 in each edition's semi-final(s) Back-up jury selectionEntries 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) Did not qualifyEntries which did not qualify for the final Did not competeEntries which did not compete in the respective show, due to automatic qualifier status or a non-qualifying semi-finalist DisqualifiedEntries which had already competed in a show, but which were subsequently disqualified before the completion of the competition Semi-final 1Entries which competed in the first semi-final of that year's contest (2008–present) Semi-final 2Entries which competed in the second semi-final of that year's contest (2008–present) Did not performEntries which had competed in a semi-final and qualified for the final, and which had been assigned a running order position, but did not perform due to disqualification
1956–2003
2000s
+ Eurovision Song Contest 2004 Country Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Placing 918 1 38 Jari Sillanpää "Takes 2 to Tango" English 919 2 1 Aleksandra and Konstantin "My Galileo" English 920 3 45 Piero and the MusicStars "Celebrate" English Greg Manning 921 4 5 Fomins and Kleins "" Latvian 922 5 27 David D'Or "" () Hebrew, English 923 6 1 Marta Roure "" Catalan Jofre Bardagí 924 7 38 Sofia Vitória "" Portuguese Paulo Neves 925 8 6 17 Julie and Ludwig "On Again... Off Again" English 12 926 9 22 Maryon "" French 927 10 16 25 Sakis Rouvas "Shake It" English 3 928 11 10 2 Ruslana "Wild Dances" English, Ukrainian 1 929 12 5 Linas and Simona "What's Happened to Your Love" English 930 13 9 1 Anjeza Shahini "The Image of You" English 7 931 14 21 22 Lisa Andreas "Stronger Every Minute" English Mike Connaris 5 932 15 15 4 Toše Proeski "Life" English 14 933 16 10 Platin "Stay Forever" English 934 17 10 Neiokõsõ "" Võro 935 18 11 12 Ivan Mikulić "You Are the Only One" English 12 936 19 33 Tomas Thordarson "Shame on You" English 937 20 5 1 Željko Joksimović and Ad-Hoc Orchestra "" () Serbian 2 938 21 12 10 Deen "In the Disco" English Vesna Pisarović 9 939 22 7 45 Re-union "Without You" English 20 940 1 44 Ramón "" Spanish Kike Santander 10 941 2 41 Tie Break "" German Peter Zimmermann 21 942 3 43 Knut Anders Sørum "High" English 24 ◁ 943 4 47 Jonatan Cerrada "" French, Spanish 15 944 8 48 Max "Can't Wait Until Tonight" English, Turkish Stefan Raab 8 945 13 46 Xandee "1 Life" English 22 946 14 8 Julia Savicheva "Believe Me" English 11 947 17 17 Jónsi "Heaven" English 19 948 18 38 Chris Doran "If My World Stopped Turning" English 22 949 19 9 Blue Café "Love Song" English, Spanish 17 950 20 47 James Fox "Hold On to Our Love" English 16 951 22 26 Athena "For Real" English 4 952 23 6 Sanda "I Admit" English 18 953 24 44 Lena Philipsson "It Hurts" English Thomas "Orup" Eriksson 5
+ Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Country Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Placing 954 1 42 Global.Kryner "" English, Spanish 955 2 6 Laura and the Lovers "Little by Little" English 956 3 39 2B "" Portuguese, English 957 4 7 1 Zdob și Zdub "" English, Romanian 6 958 5 23 6 Walters and Kazha "The War Is Not Over" English Mārtiņš Freimanis 5 959 6 23 Lise Darly "" French 960 7 11 28 Shiri Maimon "" () Hebrew, English 4 961 8 2 Angelica Agurbash "Love Me Tonight" English 962 9 46 Glennis Grace "My Impossible Dream" English 963 10 18 Selma "If I Had Your Love" English 964 11 47 Nuno Resende "" French 965 12 11 Suntribe "Let's Get Loud" English Sven Lõhmus 966 13 5 44 Wig Wam "In My Dreams" English Trond "Teeny" Holter 9 967 14 4 7 Luminița Anghel and Sistem "Let Me Try" English Cristian Faur 3 968 15 1 5 Nox "" Hungarian 12 969 16 39 Geir Rönning "Why" English 970 17 15 5 Martin Vučić "Make My Day" English 17 971 18 2 Marian van de Wal "" Catalan 972 19 22 46 Vanilla Ninja "Cool Vibes" English 8 973 20 18 13 Boris Novković Lado Members "" Croatian 11 974 21 1 Kaffe "Lorraine" English 975 22 39 Donna and Joe "Love?" English Karl Broderick 976 23 11 Omar Naber "Stop" Slovene 977 24 13 34 Jakob Sveistrup "Talking to You" English 9 978 25 10 "" Polish, Russian 979 2 48 Javine "Touch My Fire" English 22 980 3 18 Chiara "Angel" English Chiara Siracusa 2 981 6 27 Gülseren "Rimi Rimi Ley" Turkish 13 982 8 2 Ledina Çelo "Tomorrow I Go" English 16 983 9 23 Constantinos Christoforou "Ela Ela" English Constantinos Christoforou 18 984 10 45 Son de Sol "" Spanish Alfredo Panebianco 21 985 12 2 No Name "" () Montenegrin 7 986 14 45 Martin Stenmarck "Las Vegas" English 19 987 16 3 GreenJolly "" () Ukrainian, English GreenJolly 19 988 17 49 Gracia "Run & Hide" English 24 ◁ 989 19 26 Helena Paparizou "My Number One" English 1 990 20 9 Natalia Podolskaya "Nobody Hurt No One" English 15 991 21 11 Feminnem "Call Me" English Andrej Babić 14 992 24 48 Ortal "" French 23
+ Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Country Artist Song Language Songwriter(s) Placing 993 1 24 1 André "Without Your Love" English 8 994 2 2 Mariana Popova "Let Me Cry" English 995 3 12 Anžej Dežan "Mr Nobody" English 996 4 3 Jenny "" Catalan 997 5 3 Polina Smolova "Mum" English 998 6 3 Luiz Ejlli "" Albanian 999 7 48 Kate Ryan "" English 1000 8 21 40 Brian Kennedy "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" English Brian Kennedy 10 1001 9 24 Annet Artani "Why Angels Cry" English Peter Yiannakis 1002 10 24 Séverine Ferrer "" French, Tahitian 1003 11 11 6 Elena Risteska "Ninanajna" () English, Macedonian 12 1004 12 11 Ich Troje "Follow My Heart" English, Polish, German, Russian 1005 13 10 10 Dima Bilan "Never Let You Go" English 2 1006 14 23 28 Sibel Tüzün "" Turkish Sibel Tüzün 11 1007 15 18 4 Tina Karol "Show Me Your Love" English 7 1008 16 17 40 Lordi "Hard Rock Hallelujah" English Mr Lordi 1 1009 17 47 Treble "Amambanda" English, Imaginary Treble 1010 18 14 7 LT United "We Are the Winners" English 6 1011 19 40 Nonstop "" Portuguese, English 1012 20 22 46 Carola "Invincible" English 5 1013 21 12 Sandra "Through My Window" English 1014 22 13 12 Hari Mata Hari "Lejla" Bosnian 3 1015 23 19 Silvía Night "Congratulations" English 1016 1 47 six4one "If We All Give a Little" English 16 1017 2 2 Arsenium Natalia Gordienko and Connect-R "" English Arsenium 20 1018 3 29 Eddie Butler "Together We Are One" Hebrew, English 23 1019 4 7 Vocal Group Cosmos "I Hear Your Heart" English 16 1020 5 45 Christine Guldbrandsen "" Norwegian 14 1021 6 46 Las Ketchup "Bloody Mary" Spanish Manuel Ruiz Gómez "Queco" 21 1022 7 19 Fabrizio Faniello "I Do" English 24 ◁ 1023 8 50 Texas Lightning "No No Never" English Jane Comerford 14 1024 9 35 Sidsel Ben Semmane "Twist of Love" English Niels Drevsholt 18 1025 12 8 Mihai Trăistariu "" English, Italian 4 1026 15 49 Daz Sampson "Teenage Life" English 19 1027 16 27 Anna Vissi "Everything" English 9 1028 19 49 Virginie Pouchain "" French Corneille 22 1029 20 14 Severina "" Croatian 12