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ESC Top 250 – Loreen did it again!

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Euphoria, Sweden’s 2012 Eurovision winning song, has won the ‘ESC Top 250’ voting for a third year running. Last night, during the last 30 minutes of the year, the countdown was complete, and Loreen finished on top once again, congratulations! Two songs from the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, Calm After The Storm by The Common Linnets (Netherlands) and Rise Like A Phoenix by Conchita Wurst (Austria) came second and third in the voting.

Read more and check out the complete list of the 2014 edition of the ‘ESC Top 250’…

IMGP7705Euphoria, Sweden’s 2012 Eurovision winning song, has won the ‘ESC Top 250’ voting for a third year running. Last night, during the last 30 minutes of the year, the countdown was complete, and Loreen finished on top once again, congratulations! Two songs from the  2014 Eurovision Song Contest,  Calm After The Storm by The Common Linnets (Netherlands) and Rise Like A Phoenix by Conchita Wurst (Austria) came second and third in the voting.

The third-placed song from the Contest in Copenhagen finished in the top ten as well – Sanna Nielsen’s Undo reached the tenth place. It’s the first time that the top three from the latest ESC got voted to the top ten of the ‘ESC Top 250’.

Let’s take a look at the Eurovision Song Contest decades before the turn of the millennium. In general, older Eurovision songs, the “ESC classics”, receive less votes. This is certainly due to the fact that younger people participate more actively in such votings on the internet. From the Nineties decade, sixteen songs reached the Top 100, with Nocturne (Secret Garden, Norway 1995), Vuelve Conmigo (Anabel Conde, Spain 1995), Neka Mi Ne Svane (Danijela, Croatia 1998), Love Shine A Light (Katrina &The Waves, UK 1997), and Diva (Dana International, Israel 1998) as the most popular ones.

From the 1980s, seven songs finished in the Top 100: Hold Me Now (Johnny Logan, Ireland 1987) remains the most popular one, followed by Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi (Céline Dion, Switzerland 1988), Hora (Avi Toledano, Israel 1982), Rock Me (Riva, Yugoslavia 1989) and Hi (Ofra Haza, Israel 1983).

We find ten entries from the Seventies decade in the Top 100: ABBA’s Waterloo, Sweden’s 1974 Eurovision winner stands out as the only song that made it to the Top 20/Top10, placed at #6, followed by three legendary ladies of Eurovision: Anne-Marie David Tu Te Reconnaitras (Luxembourg 1973), Vicky Leandros Après Toi (Luxembourg 1972) and Marie Myriam L’Oiseau Et L’Enfant (France 1977).  Spain’s Eres Tu by Mocedades came out the fifth most popular ESC entry from the 1970s.

Only four songs from the Sixties entered the Top100: Congratulations, Cliff Richard’s 1968 UK entry, Desfolhada Portuguesa by Simone de Oliveira (Portugal 1969), Non Ho L’Età, Italy’s 1964 winning song by Gigliola Cinquetti, and France Gall’s Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son (Luxembourg 1965).
The highest placed song from the 1950s is the Italian classic Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu, performed by Domenico Modugno in the 1958 Eurovision Song Contest.

Same Heart, last year’s Israeli entry performed by Mei Finegold, should be mentioned as the highest placement of a song that never made it to a Eurovision final, placed at #27 in this voting.

For the complete ranking of the ‘ESC Top 250′ please see below.

On this occasion, we’d like to thank our partner website 12points.tv for the organization of the voting, and also OGAE International and fan sites EurovisionBelgium.blogspot.com, Songfestivalweblog.nl and Ilkar.blogspot.com for supporting this project.

ESC Radio wishes everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015!

1 (1) Loreen – Euphoria (Sweden 2012)
2 (new) The Common Linnets – Calm After The Storm (Netherlands 2014)
3 (new) Conchita Wurst – Rise Like A Phoenix (Austria 2014)
4 (2) Alexander Rybak – Fairytale (Norway 2009)
5 (6) Pastora Soler – Quédate Conmigo (Spain 2012)
6 (11) Abba – Waterloo (Sweden 1974)
7 (4) Anouk – Birds (Netherlands 2013)
8 (7) Emmelie de Forrest – Only Teardrops (Denmark 2013)
9 (5) Lena – Satellite (Germany 2010)
10 (new) Sanna Nielsen – Undo (Sweden 2014)
11 (10) Marija Šerifovic – Molitva (Serbia 2007)
12 (3) Sertab Erener – Everyway That I Can (Turkey 2003)
13 (9) Helena Paparizou – My Number One (Greece 2005)
14 (14) Yohanna – Is It True? (Iceland 2009)
15 (8) Željko Joksimovic – Lane Moje (Serbia & Montenegro 2004)
16 (20) Urban Symphony – Rändajad (Estonia 2009)
17 (19) Secret Garden – Nocturne (Norway 1995)
18 (18) Rona Nishliu – Suus (Albania 2012)
19 (15) Ivi Adamou – La La Love (Cyprus 2012)
20 (44) Ani Lorak – Shady Lady (Ukraine 2008)
21 (new) Ruth Lorenzo – Dancing In The Rain (Spain 2014)
22 (17) Anabel Conde – Vuelve Conmigo (Spain 1995)
23 (38) Anne-Marie David – Tu Te Reconnaîtras (Luxembourg 1973)
24 (12) Eric Saade – Popular (Sweden 2011)
25 (59) Shiri Maimon – Hasheket Shenish’ar (Israel 2005)
26 (29) Danijela – Neka Mi Ne Svane (Croatia 1998)
27 (new) Mei Finegold – Same Heart (Israel 2014)
28 (31) Katrina & The Waves – Love Shine A Light (United Kingdom 1997)
29 (23) Hari Mata Hari – Lelja (Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006)
30 (34) Lordi – Hard Rock Hallelujah (Finland 2006)
31 (22) Zlata Ognevich – Gravity  (Ukraine 2013)
32 (43) Dana International – Diva (Israel 1998)
33 (30) Edyta Górniak – To Nie Ja! (Poland 1994)
34 (37) Ott Lepland – Kuula (Estonia 2012)
35 (13) maNga – We Could Be The Same (Turkey 2010)
36 (36) Vicky Leandros – Après Toi (Luxembourg 1972)
37 (28) Vânia Fernandes – Senhora Do Mar (Portugal 2008)
38 (47) Sirusho – Qélé, Qélé (Armenia 2008)
39 (25) Hadise – Düm Tek Tek (Turkey 2009)
40 (42) Johnny Logan – Hold Me Now (Ireland 1987)
41 (52) Marie Myriam – L’Oiseau Et l’Enfant (France 1977)
42 (45) Mia Martini – Rapsodia (Italy 1992)
43 (16) Valentina Monetta – Crisalide (Vola)  (San Marino 2013)
44 (new) Molly – Children Of The Universe (UK 2014)
45 (24) Željko Joksimovic – Nije Ljubav Stvar (Serbia 2012)
46 (50) Ruslana – Wild Dances (Ukraine 2004)
47 (35) Mocedades – Eres Tú (Spain 1973)
48 (58) Céline Dion – Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi (Switzerland 1988)
49 (41) Charlotte Perrelli – Hero (Sweden 2008)
50 (26) Patricia Kaas – Et S’il Fallait Le Faire (France 2009)
51 (new) Donatan & Cleo – My Slowianie – We Are Slavic (Poland 2014)
52 (39) Antique – Die For You (Greece 2001)
53 (62) Doris Dragovic – Marija Magdalena (Croatia 1999)
54 (51) AySel & Arash – Always (Azerbaijan 2009)
55 (new) Sebalter – Hunter Of Stars (Switzerland 2014)
56 (new) Mekado – Wir Geben ‘ne Party (Germany 1994)
57 (27) Margaret Berger – I Feed You My Love  (Norway 2013)
58 (55) Gréta Salóme & Jónsi – Never Forget (Iceland 2012)
59 (78) Paula Seling & Ovi – Playing With Fire (Romania 2010)
60 (92) Duo Datz – Kan (Israel 1991)
61 (new) Avi Toledano – Hora (Israel 1982)
62 (68) Carola – Invincible (Sweden 2006)
63 (84) Harel Skaat – Milim (Israel 2010)
64 (32) Marco Mengoni – L’Essenziale (Italy 2013)
65 (new) Riva – Rock Me (Yugoslavia 1989)
66 (72) Euroband – This Is My Life (Iceland 2008)
67 (new) Cliff Richard – Congratulations (UK 1968)
68 (48) Amina – Le Dernier Qui A Parlé… (France 1991)
69 (75) Maja Keuc – No One (Slovenia 2011)
70 (new) Tolmachevy Sisters – Shine (Russia 2014)
71 (40) Dima Bilan – Believe (Russia 2008)
72 (204) Dschinghis Khan – Dschinghis Khan (Germany 1979)
73 (82) Anna Maria Jopek – Ale jestem (Poland 1997)
74 (76) Anna Vissi – Everything (Greece 2006)
75 (53) Lena – Taken By A Stranger (Germany 2011)
76 (91) Ofra Haza – Hi (Israel 1983)
77 (87) Kaliopi – Crno I Belo (Macedonia 2012)
78 (new) Softengine – Something Better (Finland 2014)
79 (46) Robin Stjernberg – You (Sweden 2013)
80 (233) Simone de Oliveira – Desfolhada Portuguesa (Portugal 1969)
81 (104) Gigliola Cinquetti – Non Ho L’età (Italy 1964)
82 (61) Rita – Shara Barkhovot (Israel 1990)
83 (79) Sebnem Paker – Dinle (Turkey 1997)
84 (133) A Friend in London – New Tomorrow (Denmark 2011)
85 (69) Joy Fleming – Ein Lied Kann Eine Brücke Sein (Germany 1975)
86 (127) Alex Panayi – Sti Fotia (Cyprus 1995)
87 (173) Kristina Pelakova – Horehronie (Slovakia 2010)
88 (new) Teo – Cheesecake (Belarus 2014)
89 (66) France Gall – Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son (Luxembourg 1965)
90 (60) Kejsi Tola – Carry Me In Your Dreams (Albania 2009)
91 (54) ByeAlex – Kedvesem (Hungary 2013)
92 (56) Alice & Franco Battiato – I Treni Di Tozeur (Italy 1984)
93 (112) Séverine – Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue (Monaco 1971)
94 (83) Natasha St-Pier – Je N’ai Que Mon Ame (France 2001)
95 (new) Ingeborg – Door De Wind (Belgium 1989)
96 (new) Sergej Cetkovic – Moj Svijet (Montenegro 2014)
97 (97) Gigliola Cinquetti – Si (Italy 1974)
98 (117) Moran Mazor – Rak Bishvilo (Israel 2013)
99 (121) Jalisse – Fiumi Di Parole (Italy 1997)
100 (new) Izhar Cohen & The Alphabeta – A-Ba-Ni-Bi (Israel 1978)
101 (new) Mariya Yaremchuck – Tick Tock (Ukraine 2014)
102 (85) Eimear Quinn – The Voice (Ireland 1996)
103 (125) Umberto Tozzi & Raf – Gente Di Mare (Italy 1987)
104 (49) Safura – Drip Drop (Azerbaijan 2010)
105 (33) Kati Wolf – What About My Dreams? (Hungary 2011)
106 (new) Tinkara Kovac – Round And Round (Slovenia 2014)
107 (new) Scott Fitzergald – Go (UK 1988)
108 (new) Valentina Monetta – Maybe (San Marino 2014)
109 (63) Cascada – Glorious (Germany 2013)
110 (122) Aliona Moon – O Mie (Moldova 2013)
111 (64) Jelena Tomaševic – Oro (Serbia 2008)
112 (100) Dima Bilan – Never Let You Go (Russia 2006)
113 (143) Imaani – Where Are You? (United Kingdom 1998)
114 (new) Freaky Fortune & RiskyKidd – Rise Up (Greece 2014)
115 (89) Tom Dice – Me And My Guitar (Belgium 2010)
116 (new) Andras Kallay-Saunders – Running (Hungary 2014)
117 (139) Verka Serduchka – Dancing Lasha Tumbai (Ukraine 2007)
118 (98) Elisabeth Andreassen – I Evighet (Norway 1996)
119 (new) Aram MP3 – Not Alone (Armenia 2014)
120 (21) Farid Mammadov  -Hold Me (Azerbaijan 2013)
121 (179) Brotherhood of Man – Save Your Kisses For Me (United Kingdom 1976)
122 (196) Sandrine François – Il Faut Du Temps (France 2002)
123 (115) Nicole – Ein Bisschen Frieden (Germany 1982)
124 (71) Kalomira – Secret Combination (Greece 2008)
125 (135) Corinne Hermès – Si La Vie Est Cadeau (Luxembourg 1983)
126 (99) Regina – Bistra Voda (Bosnia & Herzegovina 2009)
127 (206) Sonja Lumme – Eläköön Elämä (Finland 1985)
128 (88) Edsilia – Hemel En Aarde (Netherlands 1998)
129 (151) Maria Haukaas Storeng – Hold On Be Strong (Norway 2008)
130 (197) Alenka Gotar – Cvet Z Juga (Slovenia 2007)
131 (167) Hanna Pakarinen – Leave Me Alone (Finland 2007)
132 (86) Brainstorm – My Star (Latvia 2000)
133 (215) Silje Vige – Alle Mine Tankar (Norway 1993)
134 (96) Mihai Traistariu – Tornero (Romania 2006)
135 (148) Carola – Främling (Sweden 1983)
136 (120) Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov – Water (Bulgaria 2007)
137 (103) Frida Boccara – Un Jour, Un Enfant (France 1969)
138 (147) Maarja-Liis Ilus & Ivo Linna – Kaelakee Hääl (Estonia 1996)
139 (190) Koldun – Work Your Magic (Belarus 2007)
140 (110) Niamh Kavanagh – In Your Eyes (Ireland 1993)
141 (174) Toto Cutugno – Insieme: 1992 (Italy 1990)
142 (77) Hera Björk – Je Ne Sais Quoi (Iceland 2010)
143 (new) Paula Seling & Ovi – Miracle (Romania 2014)
144 (new) Twin Twin – Moustache (France 2014)
145 (118) Milan Stankovic – Ovo Je Balkan (Serbia 2010)
146 (227) Tommy Seebach – Disco Tango (Denmark 1979)
147 (new) Carl Espen – Silent Storm (Norway 2014)
148 (212) Juliana Pasha – It’s All About You (Albania 2010)
149 (130) Carola – Fångad Av En Stormvind (Sweden 1991)
150 (152) Peter, Sue & Marc – Io Senza Te (Switzerland 1981)
151 (80) Domenico Modugno – Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Italy 1958)
152 (157) Anjeza Shahini – The Image Of You (Albania 2004)
153 (134) Eythór Ingi Gunnlaugsson – Eg A Líf (Iceland 2013)
154 (149) Ruth Jacott – Vrede (Netherlands 1993)
155 (132) Maggie MacNeal – Amsterdam (Netherlands 1980)
156 (165) Johnny Logan – What’s Another Year (Ireland 1980)
157 (202) No Name – Zauvijek Moja (Serbia & Montenegro 2005)
158 (new) Emma – La Mia Citta (Italy 2014)
159 (74) Milk & Honey feat. Gali Atari – Hallelujah (Israel 1979)
160 (81) Sabina Babayeva – When The Music Dies (Azerbaijan 2012)
161 (141) Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann – Dansevise (Denmark 1963)
162 (new) Nina – Nacida Para Amar (Spain 1989)
163 (216) Lena Valaitis – Johnny Blue (Germany 1981)
164 (95) Paul Oscar – Minn Hinsti Dans (Iceland 1997)
165 (67) Athena – For Real (Turkey 2004)
166 (171) Jade Ewen -It’s My Time (United Kingdom 2009)
167 (123) One More Time – Den Vilda (Sweden 1996)
168 (175) Christine Guldbrandsen – Alvedansen (Norway 2006)
169 (90) Charlotte Nilsson – Take Me To Your Heaven (Sweden 1999)
170 (116) Birgit Öigemeel – Et Uus Saaks Alguse (Estonia 2013)
171 (146) Maarja-Liis Ilus – Keelatud Maa (Estonia 1997)
172 (107) Krista Siegfrids – Marry Me (Finland 2013)
173 (new) Bucks Fizz – Making Your Mind Up (UK 1981)
174 (94) Mandinga – Zaleilah (Romania 2012)
175 (101) Chiara – Angel (Malta 2005)
176 (200) Anna Bergendahl – This Is My Life (Sweden 2010)
177 (201) Vicky Leandros – L’amour Est Bleu (Luxembourg 1967)
178 (new) Suzy – Quero Ser Tua (Portugal 2014)
179 (228) Birthe Kjær – Vi Maler Byen Rød (Denmark 1989)
180 (177) Aud Wilken – Fra Mols Til Skagen (Denmark 1995)
181 (230) Sophia Vossou – I Anixi (Greece 1991)
182 (245) Monica Aspelund – Lapponia (Finland 1977)
183 (242) Giorgos Alkaios & Friends – Opa (Greece 2010)
184 (235) Nuša Derenda – Energy (Slovenia 2001)
185 (181) Inga & Anush – Jan Jan (Armenia 2009)
186 (189) Maribelle – Ik Hou Van Jou (Netherlands 1984)
187 (220) Ami Aspelund – Fantasiaa (Finland 1983)
188 (247) Sopho Khalvashi – Visionary Dream (Georgia 2007)
189 (182) Boaz – The Fire In Your Eyes (Israel 2008)
190 (new) Aisté – Strazdas (Lithuania 1999)
191 (172) Didrik Solli-Tangen – My Heart Is Yours (Norway 2010)
192 (106) Mor ve Ötesi – Deli (Turkey 2008)
193 (new) Anonymous – Salvem El Món (Andorra 2007)
194 (73) Nina Zilli – L’amore È Femmina (Out Of Love) (Italy 2012)
195 (153) Alyosha – Sweet People (Ukraine 2010)
196 (new) Paolo Meneguzzi – Era Stupendo (Switzerland 2008)
197 (223) SunStroke Project & Olia Tira – Runaway (Moldova 2010)
198 (114) Roberto Bellarosa – Love Kills (Belgium 2013)
199 (159) Jan Johansen – Se På Mig (Sweden 1995)
200 (new) Alyona Lanskaya – Solayoh (Belarus 2013)
201 (225) NOX – Forogj, Világ! (Hungary 2005)
202 (new) Kasia Kowalska – Chce Znac Swój Grzech… (Poland 1996)
203 (108) Roman Lob – Standing Still (Germany 2012)
204 (185) Buranovskiye Babushki – Party For Everybody (Russia 2012)
205 (138) Azúcar Moreno – Bandido (Spain 1990)
206 (new) Karina – En Un Mundo Nuevo (Spain 1971)
207 (105) Olsen Brothers – Fly On The Wings Of Love (Denmark 2000)
208 (240) Severina – Moja štikla (Croatia 2006)
209 (65) Jedward – Lipstick (Ireland 2011)
210 (new) Baccara – Parlez-Vous Français? (Luxembourg 1978)
211 (169) Tajci – Hajde Da Ludujemo (Yugoslavia 1990)
212 (57) Ell & Nikki – Running Scared (Azerbaijan 2011)
213 (new) Remedios Amaya – Quién Maneja Mi Barca? (Spain 1983)
214 (184) Tonicha – Menina (Portugal 1971)
215 (142) Vanilla Ninja – Cool Vibes (Switzerland 2005)
216 (new) Hara & Andreas Konstantinou (Cyprus 1997)
217 Pas de Deux – Rendez Vous (Belgium 1983)
218 Ilanit – Ey Sham (Israel 1973)
219 Philipp Kirkorov – Kolibelnaya Dlya Vulkana (Russia 1995)
220 (new) Beth – Dime (Spain 2003)
221 (145) Gina G – Ooh Aah… Just A Little Bit (United Kingdom 1996)
222 (239) Lenny Kuhr – De Troubadour (Netherlands 1969)
223 (164) Sandra Kim – J’Aime La Vie (Belgium 1986)
224 (155) Soraya – La Noche Es Para Mi (Spain 2009)
225 (246) Isabelle Aubret – La Source (France 1968)
226 (222) Joëlle Ursull – White And Black Blues  (France 1990)
227 (new) Friderika – Kinek Mondjam El Vétkeimet? (Hungary 1994)
228 (new) Kaija Kärkinen – Hullu Yö (Finland 1991)
229 (192) Cleopatra – Olou Tou Kosmou I Elpida (Greece 1992)
230 (226) Evridiki – Teriazoume (Cyprus 1992)
231 (new) Eva Boto – Verjamem (Slovenia 2012)
232 (136) Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan – Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids (Ireland 1994)
233 (250) Teach-In – Ding-A-Dong (Netherlands 1975)
234 (70) Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis – Alcohol Is Free (Greece 2013)
235 (229) Sofia Nizharadze – Shine (Georgia 2010)
236 (new) Poli Genova – Na Inat (Bulgaria 2011)
237 (150) t.A.T.u – Ne Ver Ne Boisia (Russia 2003)
238 (new) Can-linn feat. Kasey Smith – Heartbeat (Ireland 2014)
239 (111) Jill Johnson – Kärleken Är (Sweden 1998)
240 (249) Samira Bensaïd – Bitaqat Khub (Morocco 1980)
241 (124) Dino Merlin – Love In Rewind (Bosnia & Herzegovina 2011)
242 (new) Udo Jürgens – Merci Chérie (Austra 1966)
243 (new) Lúcia Moniz – O Meu Coraçao Nao Tem Cor (Portugal 1996)
244 (new) Saskia & Serge – Tijd (Netherlands 1971)
245 (131) Getter Jaani – Rockefeller Street (Estonia 2011)
246 (243) Lena Philipsson – It Hurts (Sweden 2004)
247 (new) Laka – Pokusaj (Bosnia & Herzegovina 2008)
248 (163) Loucas Yiorkas feat. Stereo Mike – Watch My Dance (Greece 2011)
249 (new) Mary Roos – Nur Die Liebe Läßt Uns Leben (Germany 1972)
250 (new) Ilanit – Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim (Israel 1977)

 

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11 comments

  1. Of course she win! She is a Queen of Eurovision, and I’m so happy to see her winning third time in a row! 🙂 Congratulations Loreen 😀

  2. Hmm

    Im supriced that Denmarks Basim from 2014 didnt make it into the chart…

  3. My favourite ever year was 1985 – I loved so many of the songs and yet not even the winning song made the 250… am I the only one who thought that 1985 was a vintage year…?

  4. 3 songs from the most recent years topped the poll because the average age of the voters was probably 12.

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