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There are some points worth noting; the voting in the first contest in 1956
was never made
public and only the winner (Switzerland) was announced. While it is rumoured that Germany came second, only a gold has been awarded for this
contest. In 1969 there was a four-way tie for first place between the U.K., Netherlands, Spain and France. All have been given a gold, and no silver or bronze awarded. In 1990, there was a tie for second place between France and Ireland, and both have been given a silver with no bronze awarded. In 1991 Sweden and France tied for first place, but on a count-back of the
votes, Sweden took the title and the gold for that year, and France the silver. In 2002 the points of Estonia and the U.K. were equal, Estonia were awarded third place as there have been no tied positions in Eurovision since 2001.
In total 23 countries have won the Eurovision Song Contest. It's no surprise that with seven wins, Ireland finishes on top of the table. Of the countries with five victories, the
U.K. is ahead of France and then Luxembourg, based on the higher number of second place finishes. The
U.K. has most medals with 22 top three finishes, but they have not picked up a medal since 1998. France has 16 medals, but you have to go back to 1991 for their last
top three finish. Ireland has 12 medals, with the most recent being the silver picked in 1997.
In total forty five countries have taken part in the contest. Fifteen countries have yet to finish in the top three. Some like Morocco and Slovakia have only taken part on few occasions and no longer participate, while Portugal are still waiting for a medal finish
after over forty years.
2007 UPDATE : Serbia's first entry as an independent country
puts them in the record as the first debutant winners since
Switzerland in 1956. Srbia enters the medal table in 21st
position.
Ukraine has added a silver
for the second placed achieved in Helsinki and climbs the table to
16th, while Russia's second successive Top 3 result sees them
sharing 25th place with Malta.
Once again the countries that have had the most successful records in the contest, had a generally poor year in
2007. Luxembourg and Italy no longer take part, while Ireland, United Kingdom, France and Spain all finished in the bottom 6.
Netherlands and Israel failed to qualify from the 2007 semi-final. |
EUROVISION MEDAL TABLE
1956-2007 |
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