I Control Eurovision

This 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.

Main list

Winners of the Eurovision Song Contest if I decided the winners
Year	Country	Song	Artist	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place	Fifth place	W/P	Host City
1956	Italy	"Aprite le finestre"	Franca Raimondi	Germany	Switzerland	Switzerland	Belgium	3rd	Lugano
1957	Belgium	"Straatdeuntje"	Bobbejaan Schoepen	Austria	France	Germany	Netherlands	5th	Milan
1958	Sweden	"Lilla stjärna"	Alice Babs	Italy	Denmark	Switzerland	Netherlands	10th	Antwerp
1959	Austria	"Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien"	Ferry Graf	United Kingdom	Denmark	Monaco	Germany	6th	Stockholm
1960	Sweden	"Alla andra får varann"	Siw Malmkvist	Netherlands	Switzerland	Denmark	France	5th	Vienna
1961	Spain	"Estando contigo"	Conchita Bautista	United Kingdom	Monaco	Netherlands	Sweden	11th	Gothenburg
1962	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Barcelona
1963	Denmark	"Dansevise"	Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann	Germany	Austria	Switzerland	Sweden	1st	TBA
1964	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Copenhagen
1965	Luxembourg	"Poupée de cire, poupée de son"	France Gall	United Kingdom	Netherlands	Switzerland	Germany	1st	TBA
1966	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Luxembourg City
1967	Portugal	"O vento mudou"	Eduardo Nascimento	Netherlands	Finland	Switzerland	Norway	10th	TBA
1968	Germany	"Ein Hoch der Liebe"	Wencke Myhre	Norway	Spain	Belgium	Yugoslavia	3rd	Lisbon
1969	Portugal	"Desfolhada portuguesa"	Simone de Oliveira	Spain	Netherlands	Belgium	Switzerland	2nd	Cologne
1970	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Porto
1971	Monaco	"Un banc, un arbre, une rue"	Séverine	United Kingdom	Germany	Norway	Portugal	1st	TBA
1972	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Manchester
1973	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
1974	Sweden	"Waterloo"	ABBA	Finland	Norway	Yugoslavia	United Kingdom	1st	TBA
1975	Germany	"Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein"	Joy Fleming	Netherlands	Finland	Monaco	Sweden	2nd	Gothenburg
1976	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Münich
1977	Luxembourg	"Frère Jacques"	Anne-Marie B	Germany	Portugal	France	Greece	4th	TBA
1978	Israel	"A-Ba-Ni-Bi"	Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta	Denmark	Netherlands	France	Sweden	1st	Luxembourg City
1979	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Jerusalem
1980	Netherlands	"Amsterdam"	Maggie MacNeal	Turkey	Portugal	Austria	Morocco	16th	TBA
1981	Belgium	"Samson"	Emly Starr	Portugal	Denmark	Turkey	Sweden	20th	Rotterdam
1982	Portugal	"Bem Bom"	Doce	United Kingdom	Switzerland	Ireland	Germany	5th	Brussels
1983	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Coimbra
1984	Sweden	"Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"	Herreys	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Yugoslavia	Ireland	TBA	TBA
1985	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Stockholm
1986	France	"Européennes"	Cocktail Chic	Luxembourg	Turkey	Switzerland	Denmark	15th	TBA
1987	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Paris
1988	Turkey	"Sufi (Hey Ya Hey)"	MFÖ	Netherlands	Norway	Switzerland	Finland	4th	TBA
1989	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Istanbul
1990	Portugal	"Há sempre alguém"	Nucha	Italy	Switzerland	Sweden	Iceland	2nd	TBA
1991	Greece	"Anixi"	Sophia Vossou	Ireland	Turkey	United Kingdom	Norway	10th	Lisbon
1992	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Athens
1993	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
1994	Germany	"Wir geben 'ne Party"	Mekado	France	Ireland	Estonia	Poland	3rd	TBA
1995	Spain	"Vuelve conmigo"	Anabel Conde	Norway	United Kingdom	France	Belgium	2nd	Frankfurt
1996	Slovenia	"Dan najlepših sanj"	Regina	Turkey	Belgium	Ireland	Norway	4th	Madrid
1997	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Ljubljana
1998	Netherlands	"Hemel en aarde"	Edsilia	Switzerland	Poland	Cyprus	France	13th	TBA
1999	Iceland	"All Out of Luck"	Selma	United Kingdom	Sweden	Croatia	Malta	3rd	The Hague
2000	Denmark	"Fly on the Wings of Love"	Olsen Brothers	Estonia	Germany	Russia	Finland	1st	Reykjavik
2001	Slovenia	"Energy"	Nuša Derenda	Sweden	Greece	Lithuania	Bosnia-Herzegovina	18th	Kopenhagen
2002	Croatia	"Everything I Want"	Vesna Pisarović	Greece	Russia	Finland	Latvia	5th	Ljubljana
2003	Turkey	"Everyway That I Can"	Sertab Erener	Iceland	Croatia	Greece	Portugal	1st	Zagreb
2004	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Istanbul
2005	United Kingdom	"Touch My Fire"	Javine	Moldova	Hungary	Albania	Iceland	16th	TBA
2006	Finland	"Hard Rock Hallelujah"	Lordi	Belarus	Lithuania	Denmark	Norway	1st	Manchester
2007	Serbia	"Molitva"	Marija Šerifović	Ukraine	Moldova	Ireland	Finland	2nd	Helsinki
2008	Turkey	"Deli"	Mor ve Ötesi	Ukraine	San Marino	Serbia	Georgia	13th	Belgrade
2009	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Ankara
2010	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
2011	Bulgaria	"Na inat"	Poli Genova	Slovenia	Georgia	Turkey	North Macedonia	22nd	TBA
2012	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Sofia
2013	Denmark	"Only Teardrops"	Emmelie de Forest	Latvia	Greece	Norway	Netherlands	1st	TBA
2014	Ukraine	"Tick-Tock"	Mariya Yaremchuk	Slovenia	Austria	Lithuania	Norway	3rd	Kopenhagen
2015	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Lviv
2016	Serbia	"Goodbye (Shelter)"	Sanja Vučić Zaa	Ukraine	Russia	Malta	Finland	2nd	TBA
2017	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Belgrade
2018	Switzerland	"Stones"	Zibbz	Netherlands	Israel	Albania	Ukraine	3rd	TBA
2019	Norway	"Spirit in the Sky"	Keiino	Iceland	Romania	France	Italy	13th	Zürich
2020	Iceland	"Think About Things"	Daði og Gagnamagnið	San Marino	Poland	Israel	Slovenia	N/A	Oslo
2021	San Marino	"Adrenalina"	Senhit	Italy	Ukraine	Belgium	Finland	2nd	Reykjavik
2022	Serbia	"In corpore sano"	Konstrakta	Spain	Ukraine	United Kingdom	Sweden	3rd	Bologna
2023	Finland	"Cha Cha Cha"	Käärijä	Sweden	Moldova	Serbia	Malta	2nd	Belgrade
2024	Switzerland	"The Code"	Nemo	Croatia	Norway	Ireland	Estonia	1st	Helsinki

Results by country

Wins	Country	Years
4	Sweden	1958, 1960, 1974, 1984
4	Portugal	1967, 1969, 1982, 1990
3	Denmark	1963, 2000, 2013
	Germany	1968, 1975, 1994
	Serbia	2007, 2016, 2022
	Turkey	1988, 2003, 2008
2	Belgium	1957, 1981
	Finland	2006, 2023
	Iceland	1999, 2020
	Luxembourg	1965, 1977
	Netherlands	1980, 1998
	Slovenia	1996, 2001
	Spain	1961, 1995
	Switzerland	2018, 2024
1	Austria	1959
	Bulgaria	2011
	Croatia	2002
	France	1986
	Greece	1991
	Israel	1978
	Italy	1956
	Monaco	1971
	Norway	2019
	San Marino	2021
	United Kingdom	2005
	Ukraine	2014
Kept titles: 12/48

Top 5 ranking

Country	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)	6 (1961, 1963, 1975, 1978, 1981, 2022)	13
Portugal	4 (1967, 1969, 1982, 1990)	2 (1981)	2 (1977, 1980)	0	2 (1971, 2003)	10
Germany	3 (1968, 1975, 1994)	3 (1956, 1963, 1977)	2 (1971, 2000)	1 (1957)	3 (1959, 1965, 1982)	12
Turkey	3 (1988, 2003, 2008)	2 (1980, 1996)	2 (1986, 1991)	2 (1981, 2011)	0	9
Denmark	3 (1963, 2000, 2013)	1 (1978)	3 (1958, 1959, 1981)	2 (1960, 2006)	1 (1986)	10
Serbia	3 (2007, 2016, 2022)	0	0	2 (2008, 2023)	0	5
Netherlands	2 (1980, 1998)	5 (1960, 1967, 1975, 1988, 2018)	4 (1965, 1969, 1978, 1984)	1 (1961)	3 (1957, 1958, 2013)	16
Iceland	2 (1999, 2020)	2 (2003, 2019)	0	0	2 (1990, 2005)	6
Slovenia	2 (1996, 2001)	2 (2011, 2014)	0	0	1 (2020)	5
Spain	2 (1961, 1995)	2 (1969, 2022)	1 (1968)	0	0	5
Luxembourg	2 (1965, 1977)	2 (1984, 1986)	0	0	0	4
Switzerland	2 (2018, 2024)	1 (1998)	4 (1956, 1960, 1982, 1990)	7 (1956, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1986, 1988)	1 (1969)	15
Finland	2 (2006, 2023)	1 (1974)	2 (1967, 1975)	1 (2002)	5 (1988, 2000, 2007, 2016, 2021)	11
Belgium	2 (1957, 1981)	0	1 (1996)	3 (1968, 1969, 2021)	2 (1956, 1995)	8
United Kingdom	1 (2005)	6 (1959, 1961, 1965, 1971, 1982, 1999)	1 (1995)	2 (1991, 2022)	1 (1974)	11
Ukraine	1 (2014)	2 (2007, 2008, 2016)	2 (2021, 2022)	0	1 (2018)	7
Italy	1 (1956)	3 (1958, 1990, 2021)	0	0	1 (2019)	5
Norway	1 (2019)	2 (1968, 1995)	3 (1974, 1988, 2024)	2 (1971, 2013)	5 (1967, 1991, 1996, 2006, 2014)	13
Greece	1 (1991)	1 (2002)	2 (2001, 2013)	1 (2003)	1 (1977)	6
Austria	1 (1959)	1 (1957)	2 (1963, 2014)	1 (1980)	0	5
France	1 (1986)	1 (1994)	1 (1957)	4 (1977, 1978, 1995, 2019)	2 (1960, 1998)	9
Croatia	1 (2002)	1 (2024)	1 (2003)	1 (1999)	0	4
San Marino	1 (2021)	1 (2020)	1 (2008)	0	0	3
Israel	1 (1978)	0	1 (2018)	1 (2020)	0	3
Monaco	1 (1971)	0	1 (1961)	2 (1959, 1975)	0	4
Bulgaria	1 (2011)	0	0	0	0	1
Moldova	0	1 (2005)	2 (2007, 2023)	0	0	3
Ireland	0	1 (1991)	1 (1994)	4 (1982, 1996, 2007, 2024)	1 (1984)	7
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
Poland	0	0	2 (1998, 2020)	0	1 (1994)	3
Lithuania	0	0	1 (2006)	2 (2001, 2014)	0	3
Georgia	0	0	1 (2011)	0	1 (2008)	2
Hungary	0	0	1 (2005)	0	0	1
Romania	0	0	1 (2019)	0	0	1
Yugoslavia	0	0	0	2 (1974, 1984)	1 (1968)	3
Albania	0	0	0	2 (2005, 2018)	0	2
Malta	0	0	0	1 (2016)	2 (1999, 2023)	3
Cyprus	0	0	0	1 (1998)	0	1
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
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
Czechia	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

Winning odds for non-watched editions


Year	Odds winner	Reason	Other favorites
1962	Finland	Familiar with the song, sounds cute.	N/A
1964	Spain	Familiar with the artist, love another song by them.	Italy
1966	Spain	Familiar with the artist, love another song by them.	Italy
1970	United Kingdom	Familiar with the song, sounds cute.	Germany
1972	N/A	Not familiar with any of the non-winning songs, not a big fan of the winner.	Luxembourg
1973	Luxembourg	Familiar with the song.	Israel
1976	N/A	Not familiar with any of the non-winning songs, not a big fan of the winner.	N/A
1979	Germany	Familiar with the song, good.	France
1983	Luxembourg	Familiar with the song.	Israel
1985	Turkey	Former personal winner.	Israel and Norway
1987	N/A	Not familiar with any of the non-winning songs, not a big fan of the winner.	N/A
1989	Yugoslavia	Familiar with the song, sounds cute.	N/A
1992	France	Familiar with the artist.	Netherlands
1993	Ireland	Familiar with the song, good.	Netherlands
1997	United Kingdom	Familiar with the song, good.	Turkey
2004	Ukraine	Familiar with the song, love it.	Serbia and Montenegro
2009	Norway	Familiar with the song, love it.	Iceland
2010	Turkey	Familiar with the song, love it.	Moldova
2012	Russia	Familiar with the song, love it.	North Macedonia
2015	Sweden	Familiar with the song, love it.	Austria, Germany and Italy
2017	Moldova	Familiar with the artist, love another song by them.	Bulgaria, Finland and Portugal