Top 50 Songs Closest to Qualifying (2004-2022) / Eurovision

[@AlexESC]

Correction: #15 was 10th in the semi-final

[@linneawickander350]

Just a question, isnt it the top 5 who qualifies? Then how can a 10th in semifinal not qualify?

[@serbianguy123]

@@linneawickander350 2004-2009 were different rules for semi-finals

[@linneawickander350]

@@serbianguy123 Aa okay

[@eurovisionconnor]

@@linneawickander350 This is actually a system specific to 2008 and 2009. The semi finals voting was entirely televoting, where they'd pick 9 of the 10 qualifiers, but they'd also have a set of juries who would pick a 10th wildcard out of the remaining songs which in practice ranged between the songs that came 10th-13th in the semifinal.

[@ciromertens]

@@eurovisionconnor wow Today I learnt!

[@jaersonestera5276]

No one will defeat love unlimited tie breaker result with tooji (even though albina was a qualifier in both jury and televote)

[@Leon54david]

Maybe one year we will have the 10th finalist with same amount of points like 11th one. For example 10. Georgia 107 (Georgia qualified because of higer Televoting points) 11. Denmark 107 But it is statistically almost impossible...

[@in_wino_veritas]

@@Leon54david I was thinking about the same thing happening. Another tie break situation, where someone with a higher televote would advance. Would even more bizarre, if the advancing song was 11th with the juries and the public, while the other one was 9th or 10th with the juries, but only 12th with the televote.

[@aburrki6732]

Denmark was actually close to losing a tie breaker in 2019. It seems that the Italian televote in semi 2 was incorrect. Had that mistake not occured Lithuania would've gotten one point from them and tied Denmark. Since Lithuania got more televotes that year they would've won the tie-breaker.

[@icecranberry2148]

@@aburrki6732 Wasn't something similar happening with Poland and Belarus in 2019?

[@lexezlao]

Tooji getting last place and being alongside love unlimited in the ranking just feels poetic ngl

[@juanignaciotejero]

RIP Poland: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2019 (they should have qualified in 2005)

[@fubini_yt]

Regular reminder that "Boom boom" was not just a fever dream

[@Copyrightbreaker22]

2011 really is the year of close none qualifiers huh

[@ivanbee]

Love Unlimited not qualifying was the reason I became the Joker

[@Leon54david]

I hope that next year Croatia, Latvia, Montenegro, Georgia, N. Macedonia and Slovenia will have strong songs for the final. I would also mention Ireland, but they have at least 7 🏆 wins. Good luck

[@szandorthe13th]

hahaha they need to return to their 90s form

[@Copyrightbreaker22]

Latvia should've qualified this year #fightme

[@jaersonestera5276]

@@Copyrightbreaker22 yet televoters tanked them more.

[@c.citizenerased]

strongly agree

[@matijamaksan4344]

@@jaersonestera5276 I did vote for them but in the end they were only 13th in Croatia's televote results. I can't understand why they didn't like it.

[@samanthajones87886]

poland 2019 💔 i love that song and it was my runner up

[@aburrki6732]

lithuania actually failed to qualify in 2019 due to voting errors. several jurors submitted their ranking backwards, and the official televoting result from Italy, seems to differ from what the Italian broadcaster later revealed their detailed televote to be.

[@gomboach]

The voting of 2019 was a mess

[@RHGAME]

Who qualified instead of them?

[@gomboach]

@@RHGAME Denmark. I believe they finished 12th.

[@quetzal7432]

I *guess*, but usually when a voting error regards individual juries and they can still register a jury result, it’s not changed. For example, if it weren’t for a Swedish juror, Austria would’ve come last overall

[@Querviinho]

Well, thank god lol

[@ruijcbrito]

3:08 Olaf Scholz representing Iceland !!

[@KaleidoSTAR_PH]

Its just unbelievable how Romania 2018, Poland 2019, and Croatia 2021 almost go into GF with a few points to move! Its... ugh! 😭💔

[@fabb4i2]

I wasn't aware that Lithuania 2019 and Georgia 2012 were missing out by so few points. :o

[@beandrag9019]

Kaliopi deserved to qualify in 2016, such a crime

[@danielaf1487]

I love Unbreakable by Sinplus, after a decade I still listen to it.

[@hayo919]

The Polish song on 6th was extremely harsh, cause they actually would've qualified. But Belarus gave their points in the wrong order. Meaning their lowest nation got the top marks. If that didn't happen Poland would've qualified. But they discovered it too late

[@northcub]

it wasn't belarus, it was one of the czech jurors. although they never confirmed it.

[@thecrownjewels]

2018 was so brutal. Romania was in my top 5 🥲

[@TRUEKingEN]

Fun fact Andorra in 2007 and Serbia in 2009 would’ve qualified in the new points system

[@joan3117]

But back then there was only televote

[@notpink_is_veryinactive]

I’m excited for this!

[@nice143]

7:11 Fun fact about this masterpiece Belarus gave them points that could make them qualify but something went wrong with belarus vote count so their vote was not countered and surprisingly Belarus got the 10th place and qualify to the grand final.

[@icecranberry2148]

Thought so! It's such a shame, it was so much more interesting than 'Like It'. And I assume in final they would get a good result.

[@Querviinho]

Well, thank god for that lol, one of the worst songs Poland's sent to Eurovision

[@vem9583]

@@Querviinho do you have nothing else to do but trash songs you didn’t like? Keep your opinion to yourself nobody needs your negativity

[@Bubble-ny7he]

thats what happened with Lithuania in the other semi but for another country I forgot, but Im kinda glad they didnt qualify cuz I love Denmark's entry

[@beandrag9019]

Tanja should’ve qualified🇪🇪

[@ПетърПетров-ц9я]

I was sure thet Bulgaria 2012 will be at the first place!

[@ilipsv]

Bulgaria would have done better than Norway Love unlimited❤️

[@TwistofTrafficJam]

5:14 New 19th 🇱🇻 Sudden Lights-Aija missed by 3 out 216 total points 1.38%

[@Vyro-g12]

Latvia ( 13 ) is the best for me personally.

[@ArrowsM]

Andorra 2007 😭

[@rsm5683]

🇸🇮Slovenia 2005, 🇦🇩Andorra 2007 deserved the final💔

[@shellos31oeste72]

all bops

[@ice5791]

Fun fact is that any 2022 song entered the top

[@matijamaksan4344]

Yes, Croatia and North Macedonia were 20+ points behind song that qualified. Not surprising that they aren't here.

[@quetzal7432]

YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES A REDO OF THIS FINALLY (spoilers below) I think the new #2 is gonna be Run With The Lions

[@szandorthe13th]

Wait someone explain to me how in 2009 a song that was 10th in the semi didnt qualify??

[@Wailmur]

juries could choose a wildcard to the final back then, even if the televoters didn't agree.

[@szandorthe13th]

@@Wailmur bruh aight thats stupid thank god they got rid of that

[@aburrki6732]

In 2008 and 2009 there was something called the "jury wildcard". It basically means that the top 9 in the televote qualified to the final, and then the juries decided the final qualifier. This system was especially dumb in 2009 when the final had a 50/50 jury/televote but in the semis it was all televote with the juries only getting to pick one entry to qualify. If that year the semis also had 50/50 voting the entries from that year in this video likely would've been nowhere close to qualifying.

[@franzoldtimerhof1493]

where is 2015? Amber with Warrior was such close

[@xHeks_]

Switzerland 2017 deserved to qualify so much

[@SamLennon201]

Pali się should have qualified 😫

[@mikoajsawinski5375]

I think you should have counted countries most hurt by jury by dividing televoting points by jury points

[@EurovisionMacedonia]

Macedonia 2009? It ended up 10th in the SF

[@andresprior9474]

It seems like you better not be on my top 10 bc you won’t go to the final💀 like really every single song since 2018 in this list (except run with the lions) is in my top 10

[@Azad-hl2qf]

Sofi deserved to qualify

[@robotwars666]

to this day i find that serbia in 2009 and croatie in 2021 shoudl have qualified for the final asswell ast the entire top 15 besides number 3 and 6 wasnt a big fan of those 2

[@ulanistanbulfanklipleri]

What is a "tie-breaker"?

[@okyanus8798]

iki ulkenin puani ayni oldugu zaman en fazla yuksek puani kimin aldigina bakip karar veriyorlar, mesela birisi digerinden daha cok 12 puan almissa o digerini gecmis sayiliyor eger 12 puan alan yoksa 8-10 gibi diger puanlara bakiyorlar

[@lauretta8458]

😢😢😢

[@minieurovision]

How is Serbia 2009. 10th in semi and they didnt qualified?

[@S._.V35]

Bcs that place in the final was somehow given to croats (they was under 10 place i think)

[@jaersonestera5276]

2008/2009 semis was televote-only semis (only 9 could qualify) and has a jury qualifier on it.

[@vavah2071]

Yes, in 2008 & 2009, the voting of the semi was 100% televoting So, the top 9 of the televoting was qualified and the jury give a wildcard to one of the remaining songs (which really don't please at Many people, especially in North Macedonia as they were 10th in 2008 & 2009 but still got Eliminated both Times) The wildcard of the jury were disturbed to: - Poland 2008 (10th in semi) - Sweden 2008 (12th) (instead of North Macedonia)) - Finland 2009 (12th) (instead of North Macedonia) - Croatia 2009 (13th) (instead of Serbia) For info, if the same system was used in 2022, the qualifiers would have Been: - In The 1st semi : Albania instead of Iceland - In The 2nd semi : Cyprus instead of Azerbaijan (It would have Been last in The semi with 0 points) - The jury wildcard would have Been disturbed to Switzerland (second-to-last in televoting) & Belgium (10th in televoting)

[@matijamaksan4344]

@@vavah2071 Azerbaijan 2022 would pass as jury vote.

[@vavah2071]

@@matijamaksan4344 No, because Azerbaijan was 6th in jury voting but Belgium was 4th

[@Artpop69]

Serbia 2017 deserved finall

[@vKazak8165]

Työlki Ellaa!!🇧🇾❤🇫🇮

[@erenaygun4157]

Fun Fact: Türkiye 2011 deserved to qualify lol 🇹🇷✨

[@redwater6701]

Sofi Marinova queen robbed

[@litojones9894]

A tie break? Whut?

[@aburrki6732]

In 2012 Norway and Bulgaria received exactly the same number of points (45) in semi final 2 and placed in joint 10th place. Only 10 countries can qualify to the final though, so the tie had to be broken. Under Eurovision rules the country which received votes from a larger amount of countries wins the tie break. In this case that was Norway who received points from 11 countries, as opposed to Bulgaria who got points from 10.

[@diekommentarekommentiererin]

#49 This even being here is a disgrace. What were the juries thinking? #43 Would've deserved to qualify. #41 The one thing juries did right in this semi final #32 Switzerland being robbed by juries part 1 #29 Robbed #28 So close for a 13th place. Should've qualified unlike other Portuguese songs. #25 Finland/Croatia (don't know which semi final Serbia was in) were definitely better #22 Last by televoters was a crime #14 So unfortunate #13 Also robbed #12 Damn, Poland is here a lot! #11 AND THIS IS THE THING JURIES DID WRONG IN THIS SEMI FINAL AND WHY I'LL BE FOREVER MAD AT THEM 😠 #7 Karma for the fuckery in their NF

[@noagaselga3345]

Poland 2006 is one of the most unlucky NQers ever... not only they would've qualified for sure with a two semis system, since all the qualifiers got top 12 in the final, but also would've qualified if Serbia&Montenegro wasn't allowed to vote