EUROVISION SONG CONTEST STATISTICS

* = Country no longer exists

Winner by the largest margin (in percent):
Norway 2009	Alexander Rybak Fairytale	34.35 % ahead of Iceland
Germany 1982	Nicole Ein bisschen Frieden	29.90 % ahead of Israel
U.K. 1997	Katrina & The Waves Love Shine A Light	24.31% ahead of Ireland
Winner by the largest margin (in points):
Norway 2009	Alexander Rybak Fairytale	169 points
Germany 2010	Lena Meyer-Landrut Satellite	76 points
U.K. 1997	Katrina & The Waves Love Shine A Light	70 points
Winners with most Top-3-Scores:
35 - Norway 2009	Alexander Rybak Fairytale	16 x 12p	9 x 10p	10 x 8p
20 - Finland 2006	Lordi Hard Rock Hallelujah	8	6	6
18 - U.K. 1997	Katrina & The Waves Love Shine A Light	10	5	3
18 -Germany 2010	Lena Meyer-Landrut Satellite	9	5	4
18 - Azerbaijan 2011	Ell & Nikki Running Scared	3	5	10
Winners with most Top-3-Scores (in percent):
Norway 2009	Alexander Rybak Fairytale	41 juries	35 x top 3	85.36%
Ireland 1994	Paul Harrington & Charly McGettigan Rock 'n' Roll Kids	24	20	83.33
U. K. 1976	Brotherhood Of Man Save Your Kisses For Me	17	14	82.35
Germany 1982	Nicole Ein Bisschen Frieden	17	14	82.35
Winners by the narrowest margin:
Sweden 1991	Sweden only won over France on countback, both had 146 points
Switzerland 1988	Celine Dion Ne partez Pas Sans Moi	1 point ahead of the U.K.
Turkey 2003	Sertab Erener Every Way That I Can	2 points ahead of Belgium
Winners with fewest Top-3-Scores:
10 - U. K. 1981	Bucks Fizz Making Your Mind Up	2 x 12p	3 x 10p	5 x 8p
12 - Italy 1990	Toto Cotugno Insieme 1992	3	4	5
12 - Switzerland 1988	Celine Dion Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi	3	4	5

League Table of all Nations (12p for a win, 10p for 2nd place etc to 1p for a 10th place)
Place	Country	Participations	Win	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Points
1.	United Kingdom	54	5	15	2	7	1	318
2.	France	55	5	4	7	6	2	252
3.	Ireland	45	7	4	1	3	3	208
4.	Germany	55	2	4	5	3	2	196
5.	Sweden	51	4	1	5	3	5	192
6.	Italy	37	2	2	4	2	4	164
7.	Switzerland	52	2	3	3	5	2	159
8.	Luxembourg	37	5	-	2	4	2	141
9.	Spain	51	2	4	1	2	1	132
10.	Denmark	40	2	1	3	3	3	129
11.	Netherlands	52	4	-	1	1	1	125
12.	Israel	34	3	2	1	2	2	120
13.	Belgium	53	1	2	-	2	2	114
14.	Norway	50	3	1	1	2	3	112
15.	Monaco	24	1	1	3	2	2	97
16.	Greece	32	1	-	3	-	2	79
17.	Austria	43	1	-	-	1	4	73
18.	Yugoslavia*	27	1	-	-	3	-	58
19.	Turkey	33	1	1	1	3	-	58
20.	Malta	24	-	2	2	-	1	57
21.	Russia	15	1	2	2	-	-	51
22.	Estonia	17	1	-	1	1	1	46
23.	Ukraine	9	1	2	-	1	-	44
24.	Finland	45	1	-	-	-	-	43
25.	Cyprus	29	-	-	-	-	3	38
26.	Iceland	24	-	2	-	1	-	33
27.	Azerbaijan	4	1	-	1	-	1	29
28.	Portugal	45	-	-	-	-	-	28
29.	Latvia	12	1	-	1	-	1	26
30.	Romania	14	-	-	2	1	-	26
31.	Croatia	19	-	-	-	2	1	25
32.	Bosnia-Herzegovina	17	-	-	1	-	-	22
33.	Armenia	6	-	-	-	1	-	18
34.	Serbia	5	1	-	-	-	-	17
35.	Serbia-Montenegro*	2	-	1	-	-	-	14
36.	Poland	16	-	1	-	-	-	14
37.	Hungary	9	-	-	-	1	-	9
38.	Slovenia	17	-	-	-	-	-	8
39.	Bulgaria	8	-	-	-	-	1	6
40.	Moldova	7	-	-	-	-	-	5
41.	Belarus	8	-	-	-	-	-	5
42.	Lithuania	12	-	-	-	-	-	5
43.	Albania	8	-	-	-	-	-	4
44.	Georgia	4	-	-	-	-	-	2
45.	San Marino	2	-	-	-	-	-	0
45.	Morocco	1	-	-	-	-	-	0
47.	Montenegro	3	-	-	-	-	-	0
47.	Czech Republic	3	-	-	-	-	-	0
49.	Slovakia	6	-	-	-	-	-	0
50.	Andorra	6	-	-	-	-	-	0
51.	FYR Macedonia	11	-	-	-	-	-	0

Who is any good at predicting a WINNER? Points given to the winning country 1975-2010 (excluding semi-final results)
Place	Country	per Participation	Points Total / Years*
1. (1)	Montenegro	10.00	30/3
2. (3)	Serbia-Montenegro**	9.67	29/3
3. (4)	Hungary	9.00	81/9
4. (12)	Russia	8.79	123/14
5. (7)	Estonia	8.69	139/16
6. (10)	Poland	8.63	138/16
7. (9)	Netherlands	8.59	275/32
8. (6)	Sweden	8.58	283/33
9. (5)	Switzerland	8.53	273/32
10. (11)	Lithuania	8.50	102/12
11. (13)	Finland	8.42	261/31
12. (16)	Latvia	8.30	83/10
13. (8)	Slovenia	8.18	139/17
14. (14)	Ireland	8.10	235/29
15. (17)	Israel	8.10	235/29
16. (15)	Germany	8.09	275/34
17. (18)	Norway	7.97	263/33
18. (20)	Bosnia-Herzegovina	7.94	135/17
19. (21)	Belgium	7.76	256/33
20. (19)	United Kingdom	7.74	263/34
21. (24)	Yugoslavia**	7.67	92/12
22. (22)	Austria	7.65	237/31
23. (23)	Denmark	7.55	219/29
24. (25)	Portugal	7.54	264/35
25. (28)	Turkey	7.50	240/32
26. (27)	Luxembourg	7.39	133/18
27. (32)	FYR Mazedonia	7.27	80/11
28. (26)	Spain	7.24	268/37
29. (30)	Cyprus	7.21	209/29
30. (29)	Greece	7.20	216/30
31. (34)	Malta	7.09	156/22
32. (31)	Iceland	7.08	171/24
33. (3)	Serbia	7.00	28/4
34. (33)	Slovakia	7.00	42/6
35. (35)	Belarus	6.75	54/8
36. (37)	Ukraine	6.75	54/8
37. (36)	Andorra	6.50	39/6
38. (41)	Romania	6.15	80/13
39. (38)	France	6.14	215/35
40. (46)	Moldova	6.14	43/7
41. (40)	Albania	6.13	49/8
42. (39)	Czech Republic	6.00	18/3
43. (45)	Croatia	5.74	109/19
44. (43)	Azerbaijan	5.67	17/3
45. (49)	Georgia	5.50	22/4
46. (44)	Italy	5.24	89/17
47. (48)	Monaco	5.13	41/8
48. (50)	San Marino	5.00	10/2
49. (42)	Bulgaria	4.86	34/7
50. (47)	Armenia	4.50	27/6
51. (50)	Morocco	0.00	0/1
* = Years, in which a country WON are not counted, because it could not vote for itself. ** = Country no longer exists.