Statistics & Facts

List of placement history per country

Country	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Last	=
Sweden	8	11	6	5	7	11	8	6	3	3		441
United Kingdom	5	7	6	7	8	7	4	2	5	3		345
Netherlands	6	3	9	6	5	5	7	7	6	4		333
Norway	7	8	5	6	1	3	3	4	7	5	1	308
Portugal	5	2	4	5	5	2	5	1	2	5	1	214
Finland	3	3	5	2	2	7	3	4	2	3	6	198
Denmark	4	2	4	4	2	3	4	4	5	2		195
Germany	4	5	1	2	3	1	6	4	3		3	185
France	2	5	4	2	1	4	5	3	2	5	4	184
Poland	3	1	5	5	3	4	3	4		1	1	184
Italy	2	2	2	7	3	4	2	5	4	1	1	179
Ireland	2	4	2	2	6	3	1	1	2	6	3	162
Israel	6	1	2	3	3	2	1	2	1	2	2	161
Romania	2	3	2	2	5	3	3	3	7	3	5	159
Spain	3	4	2	2	3	1	3	5	3	3	1	155
Belgium	2	2	3	3	2	3	1	2	5	4	3	140
Greece	3	2	2	2	3	5			1	4	4	123
Croatia	2		3	4	2	1	2	4	1	5	4	120
Estonia	1	2	2	1	4	3	1	3	2	5		116
Bulgaria	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	104
North Macedonia	2	1	2	2	3		1	1	5	1	1	100
Russia	1	4	2			1	2	2	1	3	15	92
Iceland	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	4	1	1	88
Switzerland	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	1	1	1	82
Hungary	1	1	1	2			3		3	2	6	64
Austria	1	2	1	1	1		2		1			63
Ukraine	1			1	2	2	1	2	1	3	3	56
Albania		2	1	2		1		1	1	1	1	53
Serbia	1		2		1	1	1				2	43
Lithuania		1	2	1	1				1	3		43
Türkiye	1				2		2	2			5	38
Slovenia	1	1			1			3			1	37
Armenia			1	1	2		1			1		32
Czechia		1		1			1			1		22
Morocco	1		1								1	20
Kazakhstan					1	1	1		1		4	17
Luxembourg			1		1			1				17
Bosnia & Herzegovina		1				1					4	15
Latvia			1					1				11
Azerbaijan					1		1					10
Malta				1		1	1					9
Slovakia								1	1			5
Georgia						1						5
Moldova								1			1	3
Kosovo									1	1	1	3
Lebanon								1				3
Cyprus										1		1
Belarus												0

List of participating countries in the European Music Contest

Country	Debut edition	Latest edition	Entries	Best placing	Wins	Broadcaster(s)	EMC code
Albania	2	74	22	2nd	0	RTSH	ALB
Armenia	22	71	13	3rd	0	AMPTV	ARM
Austria	7	78	18	1st	1	ORF	AUT
Azerbaijan	35	37	3	5th	0	İctimai	AZE
Belarus	86	86	1	23	0	BTRC	BLR
Belgium	1	86	86	1st	2	VRT + RTBF	BEL
Bosnia & Herzegovina	34	50	15	2nd	0	BHRT	BIH
Bulgaria	18	86	69	1st	2	BNT	BUL
Croatia	4	85	81	1st	2	HRT	CRO
Cyprus	31	33	3	10th	0	CyBC	CYP
Czechia	1	55	15	2nd	0	ČT	CZE
Denmark	1	78	78	1st	4	DR	DEN
Estonia	9	86	76	1st	1	ERR	EST
Finland	1	86	86	1st	3	YLE	FIN
France	1	86	76	1st	2	France Télévisions	FRA
Georgia	51	54	4	6th	0	GPB	GEO
Germany	1	86	79	1st	4	NDR + ARD	GER
Greece	1	86	64	1st	3	ERT	GRE
Hungary	1	84	78	1st	1	MTVA	HUN
Iceland	19	64	41	1st	2	RÚV	ISL
Ireland	1	81	64	1st	2	RTÉ + TG4	IRL
Israel	1	80	48	1st	6	KAN	ISR
Italy	1	86	82	1st	2	Rai	ITA
Kazakhstan	11	48	22	5th	0	Khabar Agency	KAZ
Kosovo	4	63	15	9th	0	RTK	KOS
Latvia	32	86	13	3rd	0	LTV	LAT
Lebanon	82	84	3	8th	0	Télé Liban	LBN
Lithuania	5	86	21	2nd	0	LRT	LTU
Luxembourg	77	81	5	3rd	0	RTL	LUX
Malta	27	86	6	6th	0	PBS	MLT
Moldova	12	17	6	8th	0	TRM	MDA
Morocco	43	59	9	1st	1	2M TV	MRK
Netherlands	1	86	86	1st	6	AVROTROS	NED
North Macedonia	1	86	86	1st	2	MKRTV	MKD
Norway	1	86	86	1st	7	NRK	NOR
Poland	2	86	68	1st	3	TVP	POL
Portugal	1	86	85	1st	5	RTP	POR
Romania	1	86	86	1st	1	TVR	ROU
Russia	1	86	86	1st	1	RTR + C1R	RUS
Serbia	1	86	41	1st	1	RTS	SRB
Slovakia	34	37	4	8th	0	RTVS	SVK
Slovenia	2	60	14	1st	1	RTV SLO	SLO
Spain	3	86	72	1st	3	RTVE	ESP
Sweden	1	86	86	1st	8	SVT	SWE
Switzerland	7	86	33	1st	2	SRG SSR	SUI
Türkiye	3	83	31	1st	1	TRT	TUR
Ukraine	2	86	51	1st	1	UA:PBC	UKR
United Kingdom	1	86	86	1st	5	BBC	GBR

List of European Music Contest wins by country

Wins	Country	Editions
8	Sweden	#05, #10, #14, #24, #27, #42, #74, #78
7	Norway	#12, #26, #32, #35, #54, #64, #73
6	Netherlands	#04, #21, #36, #37, #65, #81
6	Israel	#39, #47, #55, #63, #70, #71
5	United Kingdom	#08, #44, #60, #69, #83
5	Portugal	#18, #31, #53, #62, #84
4	Germany	#01, #11, #28, #68
4	Denmark	#13, #17, #25, #49
3	Poland	#02, #40, #85
3	Spain	#34, #41, #82
3	Greece	#38, #58, #86
3	Finland	#45, #66, #76
2	Ireland	#03, #15
2	Italy	#07, #30
2	Switzerland	#09, #72
2	Croatia	#16, #67
2	Bulgaria	#20, #50
2	Belgium	#22, #77
2	Iceland	#29, #59
2	North Macedonia	#33, #61
2	Romania	#46, #75
2	France	#52, #80
1	Türkiye	#06
1	Estonia	#19
1	Ukraine	#23
1	Morocco	#43
1	Hungary	#48
1	Slovenia	#51
1	Austria	#56
1	Russia	#57
1	Serbia	#79

List of host cities of the European Music Contest

Contests	Country	Cities	Editions
8	Sweden	Stockholm Gothenburg Malmö Helsingborg Linköping	#6, #25 #11, #43 #15, #75 #28 #79
7	Netherlands	Amsterdam Arnhem Rotterdam Maastricht The Hague Eindhoven	#1, #37 #5 #22 #38 #66 #82
7	Norway	Oslo Stavanger Bergen Trondheim Lillehammer	#13, #36, #74 #27 #33 #55 #65
6	Israel	Jerusalem Tel Aviv Haifa Eilat	#40, #72 #48, #71 #56 #64
5	United Kingdom	London Liverpool Glasgow Cardiff Birmingham	#9 #45 #61 #70 #84
5	Portugal	Lisbon Porto Braga Portimão	#19, #63 #32 #54 #85
4	Germany	Munich Berlin Cologne	#2, #12 #29 #69
4	Denmark	Copenhagen Aalborg	#14, #26, #50 #18
3	Poland	Gdańsk Kraków Warsaw	#3 #41 #86
3	Spain	Barcelona Bilbao Madrid	#35 #42 #83
3	Greece	Athens Heraklion Thessaloniki	#39 #59 #87
3	Finland	Helsinki Tampere	#46, #67 #77
2	Ireland	Dublin	#4, #16
2	Italy	Naples Verona	#8 #31
2	Switzerland	Geneva Zurich	#10 #73
2	Croatia	Poreč Pula	#17 #68
2	Bulgaria	Varna Sofia	#21 #51
2	Belgium	Hasselt Brussels	#23 #78
2	Iceland	Reykjavík	#30, #60
2	North Macedonia	Skopje Ohrid	#34 #62
2	Romania	Cluj-Napoca Bucharest	#47 #76
2	France	Paris Lyon	#53 #81
1	Türkiye	Ankara	#7
1	Estonia	Tallinn	#20
1	Ukraine	Kyiv	#24
1	Morocco	Casablanca	#44
1	Hungary	Budapest	#49
1	Slovenia	Ljubljana	#52
1	Austria	Vienna	#57
1	Russia	Moscow	#58
1	Serbia	Belgrade	#80

List of countries making its debut in the European Music Contest

Edition	Country making its debut entry
01	Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, United Kingdom
02	Albania, Poland, Slovenia, Ukraine
03	Spain, Türkiye
04	Croatia, Kosovo
05	Lithuania
07	Austria, Switzerland
09	Estonia
11	Kazakhstan
12	Moldova
18	Bulgaria
19	Iceland
22	Armenia
27	Malta
31	Cyprus
32	Latvia
34	Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovakia
35	Azerbaijan
43	Morocco
51	Georgia
77	Luxembourg
82	Lebanon
86	Belarus

List of countries making their latest top 5 position

Edition	Country making its latest top 5 position
24	Czechia
36	Latvia
37	Azerbaijan
38	Bosnia & Herzegovina
41	Türkiye
46	Kazakhstan
48	Hungary, Morocco
60	Slovenia
63	Iceland
70	Armenia
71	Denmark
72	Ireland, Albania
75	Israel
76	Austria
79	Serbia
80	France, Germany, Ukraine
81	Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy
82	Russia, Estonia
83	United Kingdom, Sweden, Belgium, North Macedonia
84	Portugal, Croatia
85	Poland, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Norway, Finland
86	Greece, Spain, Romania, Malta, Switzerland

List of countries making their latest top 10 position

Edition	Country making its latest top 10 position
16	Moldova
33	Cyprus
36	Latvia
37	Azerbaijan, Slovakia
44	Bosnia & Herzegovina
48	Morocco, Kazakhstan
49	Czechia
52	Georgia
60	Slovenia, Kosovo
63	Iceland
67	Hungary
70	Armenia
71	Denmark
73	Albania
75	Israel
76	Türkiye
77	Austria
79	Serbia
80	Ireland
81	Luxembourg, Ukraine
82	Germany, France
83	United Kingdom, Belgium, North Macedonia, Lebanon
84	Russia
85	Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, Italy, Croatia, Estonia
86	Greece, Spain, Romania, Malta, Switzerland, Portugal, Sweden, Netherlands, Norway, Lithuania

List of winning draw positions

Draw position	Winning country and winning edition
01
02	#78
03	#64, #68
04
05	#09, #60, #85
06	#16, #37, #63, #83
07	#51, #62, #66, #70
08	#08, #29, #73, #76
09	#11, #22, #27, #34, #52, #56
10	#07, #24, #43, #54, #86
11	#12, #47, #67, #74
12	#40, #46, #58
13	#05, #28, #35
14	#79, #80
15	#02, #04, #06, #38
16	#14, #19, #36, #39, #42, #45, #53, #55
17	#13, #18, #20, #30, #69, #81
18	#01, #65, #77
19	#50, #71, #75
20	#41, #48, #61
21	#03, #17, #21, #31, #49, #59
22	#33, #72
23	#25, #44
24	#10, #84
25	#15, #26, #32, #57, #82
26	#23
27
28

List of winning languages

Wins	Language	Editions	Winning country
62	English	01, 03, 04, 05, 08, 09, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84	Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Croatia, Portugal, Estonia, Bulgaria, Belgium, Iceland, Greece, Poland, Spain, Morocco, Finland, Romania, Israel, Slovenia, France, Austria
2	Polish	02, 85	Poland
2	Italian	07, 30	Italy
2	Russian	23, 57	Ukraine, Russia
2	Portuguese	31, 53	Portugal
2	Macedonian	33, 61	North Macedonia
2	Spanish	34, 82	Spain
2	Greek	58, 86	Greece
2	Finnish	66, 76	Finland
1	Turkish	06	Türkiye
1	German	11	Germany
1	Dutch	36	Netherlands
1	Hebrew	39	Israel
1	Hungarian	48	Hungary
1	Croatian	67	Croatia
1	French	77	Belgium
1	Serbian	79	Serbia

List of number of participations

Number of participations	Countries in alphabetical order
86	Belgium
86	Finland
86	Netherlands
86	North Macedonia
86	Norway
86	Romania
86	Russia
86	Sweden
86	United Kingdom
85	Portugal
82	Italy
81	Croatia
79	Germany
79	Denmark
78	Hungary
76	Estonia
76	France
72	Spain
69	Bulgaria
68	Poland
64	Greece
64	Ireland
51	Ukraine
48	Israel
41	Serbia
41	Iceland
33	Switzerland
31	Türkiye
22	Albania
22	Kazakhstan
21	Lithuania
18	Austria
15	Bosnia & Herzegovina
15	Czechia
15	Kosovo
14	Slovenia
13	Armenia
13	Latvia
9	Morocco
6	Moldova
6	Malta
5	Luxembourg
4	Georgia
4	Slovakia
3	Azerbaijan
3	Cyprus
3	Lebanon
1	Belarus

List of eligible countries that have never participated

	Countries in alphabetical order
	Andorra
	Liechtenstein
	Monaco
	Montenegro
	San Marino
	Vatican City