Last placed entries in Eurovision 1970-2013

[@vauhtihymy50]

FINLAND! SIX TIMES! I'm so proud of my country...

[@Finkka]

:DDD Me too. :D But we have 1 winning time. Lordi. :D

[@Shotgunric97]

man i guess it's finnish-ed?

[@florenna]

Austria seems to have been there at least as many times as Norway and Finland... ;)

[@Rickjon381]

florenna Austria got last 7 times, Belgium 8 times, Finland 9 times and Norway even 11 times!

[@MrWorldcruiser12]

Dinayrore SMW Sorry during all the history you have actually 8 times :-) But the best song ever was Lapponia :-) fantastic song that really should have had first place :-)

[@TheVildee]

Every single clip from Finland in this video made me laugh out loud. Amazing! :D

[@GizmosMonster]

RIP Norway

[@vickytate7132]

Spain 1983 is amazing

[@ferretmanboy]

My favorite entry from Spain

[@retiarene6340]

So many good songs and artists, competition is a lottery...

[@lejzertejzerpejzer1835]

2011: my second fave ends up last in the finals and my fave ends up very last in the contest...fuck that year.

[@maccaboy94]

zarko stanic worst year in eurovision

[@nimeton100]

So many great songs, like: Turkey 1975, Spain 1983, Turkey 1987, Finland 1990, Finland 1996, Denmark 2002, Malta 2006, Ireland 2007, Finland 2009 and Ireland 2013. They were so underrated IMO. :(

[@iremg20]

Turkey is very underrated before 2000's

[@nimeton100]

***** I like both of them. :D

[@ЕленаБарская-о2р]

1999 Spain? Where?

[@nurettinsarul]

Ulusal jurilerde hep bir Türkiye alerjisi vardı.

[@Botafogoplayground]

I certainly am: I find the Lithuanian song of 1994 really beautiful. An underrated entry!

[@asena2465]

the entry is Turkey 1975!!! we are still listening darling. this is really good love song

[@fatihrybak4975]

Turkey 1975 and Turkey 1987’s songs are great 💖💖💖

[@MikeEgypte]

Even the last place finishers sound good to me.

[@MikeEgypte]

ExclusiveLM Now that WWII stuff can be pretty interesting to me, I watch many.

[@MikeEgypte]

Lina Llorente That is the biggest complaint against Eurovision that I have heard.

[@Tenortalker]

Great video compilation thank you. Basically the categories are Reasonable songs being badly sung Bad songs being well sung and performed Songs in languages that only a few countries understand - might explain Finland and Norway. Technical problems weakening the performance - like the sound feedback issues that hit Jemini and was a part of the reason the girl singer was out of tune a lot of the time. and finally some reasonable songs / singers that were just plain unlucky on the night and didn't attract votes - that is the mystery category.

[@montmorencymarmot]

"Antes do Adeus" - possibly the most shapeless song I've ever heard.

[@nacht98]

It's actually a verry good song when you listen to it a second time.

[@fenomenoide60]

1973: Belgium. What were they thinking?

[@Martin9476]

2003 What were THEY thinking?

[@rafadydkiemmacha7543]

Belgium 1973 is one of the best here imho.

[@verkaforever]

Oh liven up, it's funny!

[@Botafogoplayground]

Very interesting video. I have to admit that there are many songs I like among the last placed ;-)

[@anabellik]

Actually, most of these songs are not bad at all. I mean - of course they aren't masterpieces of music, obviously, but you could say the same about winning songs too. It only makes me think Eurovision is such a random contest. A winning song could be last if the musician wasn't so lucky, or if the political climate were different at the time.

[@dramaticScar]

Politics aren't always a factor... was Ireland that good in the 90s???

[@ievaradvilezalyte6028]

I never knew Daniel Agust participated in Eurovision (7:35)! He is now a member of a top Icelandic band GusGus.

[@florenna]

Mata Hari should be among the cult Eurovision entries of all time ;)

[@itsraymond2295]

Yeah it is so good

[@kanelbullenss]

Finland 2009 and Switzerland 2011 and Norway 2012 and Ireland 2013 are SO underrated!

[@iceaapjuh]

Well, some of them did not ended last. These were last placed in the GRAND FINAL, but some entries did not made it to the grand final.. so some of these are the baddest of the best.

[@jamesshunt5123]

Turkey 1987 was a catchy up-beat song that didn't deserve the last place. More like top 3 of 1987. Spain 1983 wasn't a song for Eurovision but to say that it was anywhere near as bad as Turkey's song the same year is ridiculous. A decent song that was much too serious for the contest. Denmark 2002 didn't deserve last either. Average but there were several worse songs that year. Fact is the winner (Latvia) wasn't better. Finland 2009 wasn't *that* bad either. 2009 was a year with many good songs though. Great Britain 2003 and Germany 2008 definitely *did* deserve last place. And in 2000 Israel's "Be Happy!" song was easily the worst that year. How it ended 3rd last is anybody's guess.

[@fatihrybak4975]

James Shunt Turkey 1987 Turkey :( My top 3

[@nurettinsarul]

National juries never ever like Turkey. This is the main reason of why Turkey doesn't join esc anymore.

[@SlashAndLanguages]

I think I have to agree with you... I don't know why anyone would have thought that dress was a good idea.

[@sonjaso3627]

I dont understand switzerland 2011. It was my favourit

[@xaruco]

I don't know, but I feel because the song has a little "plagiarism", I believe hear the chorus in other place but I don't remember where.

[@malcolmpeters6647]

Oh Christ! My musical taste must be bad (as if i didn't realise that already by watching Eurovision vids on KZbin!) because from 2000 onwards i love most of the last placed songs! 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013....... BUT most of them did have a pretty shocking vocal / live performance. 2011 i don't get, love the simple performance, but that was a really strong year and was tight in voting. And the UK gave it lots of points so i'm not alone!

[@miloseviczarko45]

You say that, but 2011 was the weakest year for me, along with 2001.

[@xxGorgeousEmzxx]

Ryan from Ireland didn't deserve last place at all, he was a really good singer! (2013)

[@suitwapo]

I agree, Ryan Dylan had a very good song and performance, just the year before Tooji with stay, they didnt deserve to finish last

[@brightblue2415]

His singing was really off-key.

[@unecoquette]

Poor Semiha from 1975 was robbed. "Seninle bir dakika" is a beautiful song. Europe had no taste back then, man!

[@jamesshunt5123]

+misspoptart Does Europe have better taste today? If anything it's even worse. At least back then it was juries voting not kids voting for their neighbor country twenty times expecting the same in return.

[@ThinkAboutVic]

The Cyprus situation made it so that that happened. So politics.

[@stephenholmes1036]

1978 Norway jasus that poor

[@kudakov1]

Denmark 2002 really didn't deserve last place. Wonderful song!

[@octaviogarciafernandez1112]

some of them are really bad, but some of them are good!!! I like, for instance, Belgium(1993), Lithuania (94), Germany (95), Switzerland (98), Spain (99), Belgium (00), Denmark (02), Norway (04), Poland (08), UK (10), Switzerland (11) y Ireland (13).

[@ARP20]

Switzerland 2011 was lovely, didn't deserve last place

[@Botafogoplayground]

Portugal's entry of 1974 was a really wonderful, great song!

[@S..K_]

So many songs that definitely deserved better 😢

[@UgolinoV42346]

Aw, but I loved "Cry Baby". 😢

[@blueoranges14]

In my opinion all of these deserved last place except Switzerland (2011) and Ireland (2013).

[@0Tikrimoos0]

2011 I love that song :(

[@dmr.95]

Turkey 1975, Spain 1983 & Turkey 1983❤️

[@SlashAndLanguages]

Please read the description before commenting on how the results from 2004 and onward are wrong, thank you.

[@dramaticScar]

2010 .... that song really had it coming they were really overconfident after Jade Ewen

[@mrpettersson9486]

Finland 1996 is My favorite

[@JEMTenor]

I quite liked the Spanish song about her boat but I loved Josh Dubovie in 2010, I am probably the only person who liked it!

[@formulacountdown]

You're not alone on Josh Dubovie, don't worry!!

[@TheMecube]

formulacountdown i liked it too

[@LastDreamer7]

Poor "Mata Hari", it's the most underrated song in all long Eurovision history.

[@orangebear280]

MAMAMAMATAHARI :D

[@yoyominaTV]

Make a new video including France 2014 c:

[@MrSpookyLover]

I moustache that you make it

[@Sileeee56]

I love 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 and 2011 songs! But the last place is better than nonqualification in the final!

[@ALLNAMESAREALLREADYT]

aaaaaaaaa my head ! I resisted 3 minutes and couple of seconds

[@Legion.6397]

Strange to think the not only the fact that some of these countries got by the semis but also GOT PICKED by their nations

[@morbidsearch]

YAMA-YAMA-YAMA-YAMA!!!

[@morbidsearch]

Ugh...I just looked "yamma" up on Google.

[@misslucija1996]

PendulumFTW soooooo, you know what it means in sleng language now? hahahahaha

[@morbidsearch]

lucija čivre I wonder if he meant it intentionally. The song itself is about an old radio

[@abdurrahmankurt6790]

1975 Turkish entry very very very underrated all politics at that time

[@dtdzfugi]

Funny how 'loose control' by Waldo#s people was my fav in 2009. Still listening to it occasionally today~

[@panagoun5772]

norway's 2012 didn't deserve the last place

[@annaf3915]

Really liked Switzerland 2011

[@MrSpookyLover]

Ireland in 2013 and Switz in 2011... both well meaning , sung well - robbed of higher placing!

[@TheyCallMePhilip]

Poor Norway and Finland. :D Out of recent years, especially Switzerland 2011 had no business at the bottom, it deserved top10! Many other cases of major injustice though.

[@cherylcole1324]

I so love eurovision

[@Mello-Martin]

My comments on th 2010's: 2010: HAHAHA.....hillarious bad! Poor guy! 2011: This was one of the best songs, Switzerlands best entry in years! I still like it and it didn't deserve the last place. Anna sings perfect and the song is so charming that my heart melts. Poor Switzerland! You have me on your side ;) 2012: House-pop that sounds OK but nothing more. Wasn't my favorite in the norwegian national final at all. 2013: Like Finland 2009, this was a very big surprise for me. I thought this one was gonna be top 15 or something.

[@deliciator855]

2010 was wrote by those lovely chaps Stock, Aitken and Waterman; who were responsible for Kylie and Jason, and all those others in the 80s

[@MonaMona-jd8cz]

All are very interesting!

[@daviej6666]

i remember thinking in 2002 that denmark would easily finish in top 5

[@TumbleTower]

According to the official Eurovision website www.eurovision.tv the UK was distinct last place in 2008. Although UK, Poland and Germany all finished on 14 points, under tie-break rule they were separated as follows: Germany 23rd, Poland 24th, UK 25th (i.e. last place in the grand final).

[@61Sledgehammer]

Actually the songs after 2004 we can't Say Last placed for them because they all qualified for the final except "Big 5" and owners(only austria)

[@yannickdebeyter9455]

finland in 1996 should not have placed last!! an awsome song!!

[@Niobesnuppa]

WTF why do Norway and Finland end up in last place so often? Haha Also Norway in 1981, I never even knew that song was in Eurovision. That's like a big classic here in Norway.

[@GizmosMonster]

+Niobesnuppa Norvegia reklamen

[@Niobesnuppa]

Gizmos Monster Jaaaa :)

[@mariovanberneveld5802]

Switzerland and Belgium too!

[@Woollylinnet]

I wonder how much it has to do with the languages, and how alien they sound to most Europeans. It would also explain in part why the United Kingdom and Ireland did so consistently well in those days.

[@Mello-Martin]

My comments of the 2000's: 2000: Boring but the opening of the songs sound good. 2001 (Norway): One of my favorites this year. Maybe it sounds TOO GOOD for the contest?! 2001 (Iceland, not showed in the video): Another favorite, nice, smoothy melody to a good pop song. 2002: A little bit of a James Bond-feeling and she looks nice. Didn't deserve last place. 2003: HAHAHA!!! UK first last placed entry. But to be hoenst, she song is still better than Russias t.A.T.u. 2004: Why?! This sounds like a soundtrack made for a animated movie. 2005: OK. 2006: One of my favorites and I still like it! I blame on the pretty blend and slow preformance wich didn't match the song. 2007: Irish folkmusic sounds wonderful but I think the performance (and especially the singer) seems messy. It could have been so much better! 2008 (Germany): Not bad but nothing special. Why does people have such a big hate for girlbands in the contest?! 2008 (Poland): Beautiful. Lat place?! WTF??!!! 2008 (UK): Another favorite of mine even though the melody isn't 100% perfect. 2009: This was a big surprise for me. The song is awesome!

[@x3jUstCHilLiNx3]

poor Norway so many lol

[@jonathanparrish3892]

Had Ireland 2007 spent the day in the pub

[@Timewyrm1989]

1986, 1987, 1989 and 1992 are the best imo. Especially Daniel Agust, what happened there?

[@Timewyrm1989]

***** The song was pretty decent but yes I agree, THOSE PANTS. Ah, the 80s. (It's funny how he went on to join GusGus though lol)

[@emrehatay]

We Turks still listen "Seninle Bir Dakika" .. And we know she didnt deserve this result..And we proud our first entry in Eurovision Song Contest !

[@ALM587]

I was so ashamed by the german entries in 2003 and 2008.... I was watching it with my family on tv and we just thought "What the hell is happening here" and honestly they truely deserved 0 points. But I can´t understand why we did´nt get any points this and last year.

[@yumalation]

I think that the last one in final has done better than the last ones in Semifinals.

[@fluffylovey]

2008, Andy should NO WAY IN DEEPEST HELL have deserved last place!!! It's a great song, performed brilliantly live and studio, catchy and just all around great. Such an injustice for the guy :'(

[@skroutzy]

I loved Switzerland 2011!!! It should have been in top 5 in my opinion

[@simplysilence8778]

Is Norway always losing?

[@fabb4i2]

It has the record with 11 last ranks.

[@fabb4i2]

***** After 1x 4th and 2x 8th since 2013? O_O

[@fabb4i2]

***** Uhm! Margaret was one of the favourites that year and had a serious chance of winning.

[@MayonaisDupon]

These country's ended last in the finals?

[@Helvett222]

In my opinion, most of the songs do not deserve the latter place, for example, 1997 years, 1992, 1983, 1986 ...I wonder who will be the last in Vienna in 2015 ?

[@muraahh]

finally something finland is good at!

[@gyanburubii]

OMG thought the same XD

[@chamaramusica]

Belgium 1973 is so sweet. Can u put the songs from the semifinals? ;)

[@noway4427]

Even though in 2013 Ireland sent a shit song..... It still desurved higher than last! I mean if you look on Wikipedia... Spain should of came last because it was voted last by all jury's and all Televoters.... So I don't understand

[@klarkahmeti4462]

Aine Doc Spain is part of BIG FIVE so you cant make ESC without them.One year Germany was absent there were uncountable difficulties in organising the event and TVE relies only on ESC to improve its image

[@noway4427]

X HOxha yea I guess so..

[@klarkahmeti4462]

Well there are 2 periods in ESC.Those are Classic Eurovision and Modern ESC,In classic one where there was the language rule UK and Ireland were always in the top 5 except some times while in modern one they are in the top bottom cause all sing in english

[@vivasoraya]

Aine Doc It was voted last by all jury's and televoters in terms of average, BUT, at least Italy and Albania gave us "high" scoring even though our average is lower, that's the reason because we didn't finish last… Anyway, we, SPAIN, have a very very good song this year, don't you? ^^

[@therandom4096]

Where is DUSTIN THE TURKEY???

[@mattslater2001]

I don't think you got 2008 right.

[@firelight193]

Cyprus 1986 is one my favourite songs.

[@tomyorston2727]

What went wrong UK?

[@sktzn6829]

Basically Belgium, Finland and Norway. Also Germany 2005?

[@lanpingpug]

That poor Norwegian woman who came last in 1974 and again in 1976!

[@TFTITSTFT]

Norway last in 1981 was a crime..

[@timoherrmann2818]

+christarasole It wasn't powerful and there was no great melody

[@TFTITSTFT]

Timo Herrmann no great melody?nice one..

[@poldekification]

Null-point Teigen suprises me, I find him great xD and Belgium 1973 makes me really SAD - it's one of my fav esc entry ever:O

[@jonapsh]

As a British person, I still feel embarrassed seeing our 2003 entery, even 11 years on. Denmark didn't deserve last place in 2002. Think a lot of their songs are overated but this was so good. She looks a bit like Kim Wilde used to. Also like Spain 1999

[@irondasgr]

Aaah, UK 2003 was so painful to watch. From every possible little aspect.

[@mattslater2001]

The tiebreaking rule only applied to first place until 2015. So, Iceland also placed last place in 2001. Unless your intention WAS to single out poor Norway.

[@Gwendolyne-ov6jk]

Spain 1970 (Julio Iglesias - Gwendolyne) is the most underrated and the BEST Eurovision song ever!!

[@TheGoaBase]

Eurovision Gwendolyne from Greece μαζί σου!

[@Gwendolyne-ov6jk]

TheGoaBase Ευχαριστώ πάρα πολύ για την υποστήριξη!! :΄(

[@Gwendolyne-ov6jk]

TheGoaBase Εγώ πιστεύω πως άμα έπαιρνε μηδέν βαθμούς θα ήταν τουλάχιστον σε αυτήν την λίστα εδώ και ο κόσμος θα του έδινε περισσότερη σημασία λέγοντας ότι δεν άξιζε μηδέν βαθμούς κλπ. Όχι όπως τώρα που ούτε καλή θέση είχε πάρει το 1970 και που συνήθως τον βάζουνε σε χαμηλές θέσεις στα τοπς του 1970... Σπάνια δηλαδή τον έχω δει να είναι στα τοπ 3 σε 1970 τοπς!!! Δηλαδή ήταν τόσο χάλια που δεν ήταν καν για μηδέν βαθμούς;;;;; Τελείως αδιανόητο.... :΄(

[@Sim0n98]

How do you pronounce the name of the guy from 2004?

[@Trulsbk]

translate.google.com/#no/en/S%C3%B8rum

[@Tenortalker]

Nicole & Hugo. The most loved losing Eurovision act ever. No - one could replace those purple platform heels and jumpsuits, the extra tall backing singer and three ladies in curly wigs - was the stylist on valium?? It is the definitive Eurovision losing moment. Never mind, their wonderful voices have stood the test of time as has their marriage - so they are the winners in the end and we all love them!

[@jtrann1930]

If you qualify from semi to grand final then you are worst?

[@HorokeyUsui]

Last place of Switzerland in 2011 is just a joke >_

[@Steve20127]

Can I just say that there are not enough words to describe how much I loathe Eurovision

[@morbidsearch]

Favourite last place entries - 7. Portugal 1997 6. Finland 1992 5. Norway 1997 4. Portugal 1974 3. Austria 1991 2. Luxembourg 1970 1. Cyprus 1986 I also liked Finland 1990, Finland 1996, Norway 2004, Switzerland 2011 and Norway 2012, but I didn't include any of them because none of them actually came last. Finland technically beat Norway in 1990 because the highest amount of points Finland got from country was 5, while Norway got no more than 4 points from any country In 1996 there was a pre-qualifier that eliminated seven songs, so Romania actually came last in 1996 Norway 2004 got three points in the final, while Switzerland 2004 failed to get even one point, so Switzerland actually came last And Switzerland 2011 and Norway 2012 both qualified from the semi-final

[@Rickjon381]

The last place is the song that has the least points in FINAL not in semi final! The last one in semi final is the worst non-qualifier! But in 2001 Iceland was also in last and in 2008 only United Kingdom was last.

[@dollyfashionistaeng9917]

Ryan was AWESOME!

[@samueldiaz5817]

I DON´T UNDERSTAND WHY NORWAY WAS LAST IN 1997! The song was very good

[@irondasgr]

Come on. That song was light years out of the european culture. It shouted out miles away that this was last place material. Bad version of the american culture product. Nothing to do with our continent!

[@mikoajyt9133]

Im so proud of my country. Only one time. Guess what country is it.

[@montrealkino]

i looooooved gracia

[@lindastorneskjellman3456]

I dont understand why norway got last in 2012 i think it was a very good song... I heard many other songs that were much worse...

[@normittts]

Simple answer - its just politicaly geographic voting at eurovision. There is no reason how good song is.

[@lanpingpug]

Normunds Hofmans And the fact that he is gay didn't go down very well. Not sure how they knew but some of the more conservative juries weren't generous towards Norway that year.

[@carinaback9131]

Normunds Hofmans It's not geo-political voting.Then Norway wouldn't have won in 2009. It's easy to say and of course people tend to vote for their neighbors, as someone may be familiar with a celeb performing, the language etc. etc. But its not politics. I typically like the Norweigan entries.. But not that year, he didn't sing as good live as in the introduction video..And also the people whom likes that type music, had europhoria to vote for which was supreme to that. I mean just like this year, some the countries with ballads may not have their song do aswell this year as the song would every other year, simply course there's so many strong ballads to choose from

[@Amienee84]

Normunds Hofmans Then explain to me how Norway won 2009 and Sweden won 2012?

[@carinaback9131]

Simple: They had the most popular songs. Every year there's people not happy with the results. You may not have liked them- but majority of voting europeans did. All parts of europe can win - but only when making the most popular song. And most people think their song should've won. But majority rules. Theres no mystery.

[@MrMALLEE]

To be fair, its a fine line between the very worst & the very 'best'. They all sound pretty much the same to me.

[@JarvisBoots1]

Sadly, some of these were more an indictment on the performer than the song - if you followed the contest on the radio I bet you really liked some of these (Ireland 2013; Denmark 2002 ; Austria 1991)

[@zoegray123]

Yes Ireland 2013 shouldn't have come last, I LOVED IT (and I'm not Irish!). Shame that Ireland isn't taken seriously anymore as they send amazing acts every year!

[@ImMasterBates]

Eurovision song contest is about geo-politics not about music.

[@daniela_k]

Spain 1983 doesn't deserved last palce. I lovelove Remedios Amaya ¿Quién maneja mi barca? In comparison with the ridiculous British comments and the wimpy presenter , she appears as a firework of passion.