ESC United LIVE from Stockholm - As it happened

[NemesisNick]

I've compiled a collection of statistics about every country that has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest from 1956 to 2016. These include the number of years past winners took to achieve their first win, countries still waiting for their first win, and the number of years since each former winner last won.

Eurovision Song Contest Statistics 2016


Despite the UK's poor showing in the Eurovision Song Contest for several years now, the UK is still one of best countries of all time in Eurovision. I've compiled league tables showing how every country that has ever performed in the Eurovision Song Contest from 1956 to 2016.

Eurovision Song Contest League Tables 2016

 

[ag89]

Interesting, if you go by average score in televote (like, you take all scores and make a medium), San Marino would have been 9th in semi final.

Average scoring is cool - for example, you have one country doing great in one region but in the rest being placed very low...That would open a place for some countries (like San Marino) to get through if they do fine (like middle of the table) but without high scores from certain countries.



Maybe they can introduce that for semi finals... I played little bit: Bosnia came 8th with televote, but almost only because Bosnia got huge support from the region and diaspora. Other countries placed Bosnia very low.

So, going by average score, Bosnia would have been 11th with televote and not 8th.

Maybe it's more fair?! You can do great only with the region...and get zeros from the rest, but still qualify. Or you don't get massive support from anyone...but you finish 9th, 10t, 11th, ... in many countries and you earn better average score.

Same for Serbia in the grand final - it received points almost only from the region, and placed very low with almost any other televote. But these points were enough for 11th place. But if you take average score - Serbia would have been 22nd! With televote!

This might totally minimize friendly votes. I support.

 

[tuorem]

I think I may have a pretty solid personal top 10 now, even though it was quite difficult to rank some of the songs. Some slight changes (like 1 place lower or higher) may occur once I'll have taken a step back in a few months (because, you know, growers and faders do exist ).

Ukraine was my winner from the start and I know it won't change.

Bulgaria and Poland definitely belong to my top 3, they're tricky though because Poli and Michal constantly get into catfights for second place , but I guess Bulgaria has a tiny advantage at this moment.

Azerbaijan is the biggest surprise to me I kinda enjoyed the song the first time I heard it, but I never thought it would be so high in my ranking. I mean it's standard mainstream pop and Samra's live vocals were not on point, but the song is so catchy that I can't help humming it and enjoying the beat of it And the studio version slays me every time tbh.

Czech Republic was supposed to be in my top 3, but I had to downgrade them since Bulgaria and Azerbaijan grew on me. Still an amazing song which deserves top 5

Norway is next, this is not the cheap pop song I expected. The tempo change is what makes the song really special, I like the melody very much.

Latvia grew on me a lot (yes, Justs is a grower... pun intended ), at first I was disappointed, now each time I listen to it, I understand the power of the song, so good!

Italy and my lovely Francesca are there too. It's pretty much the same thing than with Justs, I found her song meh when I watched San Remo (while praising her performances), but I've eventually come to the conclusion that the meaning and melody are so beautiful and touching. It's a subtle Italian pop composition imo (definitely not the instant appeal of Grande Amore) and it's just great that way.

Austria made it in my top! As a French, people may think I'm biased about that one Actually, I appreciate the effort of singing in another language than English, which adds to the charm of the song, yet very efficient in its kind. Besides, the composition is cheerful and simple. 'Twas a breath of fresh air this year. J'aime beaucoup, merci Zoë

Armenia is a newcomer in my top. I was confused about the song until recently, and it grew on me a lot, now I think this avant-garde piece of pop music is excellent. The performances and staging were on point too. It may still grow on me and gain a few places.

The country that misses out (11th) and is the biggest loser overall is Croatia. I thought Nina would remain in my top 5, but she never stopped falling until she got out of my top 10. I still like the song a lot but I guess it wasn't meant to be There is something (missing or not) in the song that prevents me from loving it totally, it's strange.

I've started my reviews, so I'll review all these in details later

 

[CC92]

I have just rewatched the 'Love love peace peace' interlude by Petra and Måns. Goodness gracious, it is so darn funny that it literally made me burst into tears once again. Actually I like neither of them by stage personality (thought she was horrible in 2013) but as a duo they were chiming together quite well. And this interval act is definitely the best ever alongside Riverdance.

 

[Realest]

"Love Love Peace Peace" reminds me a bit of ::cs 2005