Thai-Canadian Couple Reacts to All Winners 🥇 of the Eurovision Song Contest (1956-2023)

[@MaxSujyNorden]

Which winning performance is your favorite? Let us know in the comment below!

[@josefinelagerstrom2643]

As a swede ABBA and Loreen (x2) are always close to my heart, but one of my favorites is France Gall "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" from 1965.

[@MaxSujyNorden]

I love France Gall winning entry! In fact, I'm thinking of making a video of my favorite entry per year but I have a lot of watching to do first, hehe!

[@BogardanLord]

Måneskin - ZITTI E BUONI that win was well deserved I think

[@christinajacobsson7739]

Abba, Måns, Loreen are från bit Conchita won my heart forvever ❤

[@MaxSujyNorden]

I agree with you on average.

[@nocturne7371]

The rule is maximum 6 people on stage (including backup singers, dancers and musicians). Before 1999 the language rule said that said that you had to sing in your native language (with an exception in 73-77). Before 1997 it was 100&% jury voting, 1997-2008 it was up to 100% televoting and since 2009 it's 50/50. That's why all the flashy dance chaos entries (they were more memorable so people voted for them) won in the 2000s, and why Ireland (they could sing in English) won in the 90s when a lot of Eastern European countries entered and English became the lingua franca of Europe. Before that a lot of French songs won because of the countries entering the contest at that time, a majority spoke French (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco, Switxerland, Austria). Just something to keep in mind when watching old Eurovision content.

[@MaxSujyNorden]

Moral of the story: never give 100% to televoters. 1997-2008 had the worse winners overall imo.

[@Niki91-HR]

@@MaxSujyNorden nowadays most of the times the televoters are the normal ones and the juries f up the voting XD

[@spelhornet9240]

Johnny Logan (Ireland) and Loreen (Sweden) is the only who won Eurovision more times

[@gavindoyle692]

But Johnny Logan won Eurovision three times as he also wrote “Why Me” for Linda Martin in 1992!

[@KittenCritters]

@@gavindoyle692well if we are Counting writing credits then James Harrison crushes them both

[@Liniviy]

Johnny Logan🇮🇪 Loreen 🇸🇪 Dima Bilan Win 2 times

[@InezFeytons]

Johnny Logan won Three times. The Witch loreen two times

[@InezFeytons]

​@@LiniviyJohnny Logan won Three times

[@idunnhatling5481]

I would love to see you react to an entire Eurovision show! My favourite of the recent years must be 2021 - SO many great entries.

[@gazevedo1025]

the voting was CRAZY that year 😂

[@Tweetyfreaky]

In 2005 when Greece won, the swedish population rooted both for Sweden but also for Greece because the singer Helena is part-swede...well..both parents are greek bit she was born in sweden. When ahe won most swedes was happy :) I dont know if youre familiar with it but she was also the second half of the groups Antique and one of their biggest hits was Opa Opa. 😊 The song with the russian guy, Dima Bilan in 2008, I personally didn't like it but the iceskater is one of the worlds famous russian figureskater Evgeny Pluschenko.. so i have a theory that many voted for him just because of Evgeny 😅

[@MaxSujyNorden]

I grow up watching Evgeni Plushenko at the Olympics. He was one of the most entertaining figure skaters!

[@gdzephyriac2766]

Fun fact: Helena participated in Melodifestivalen in 2014

[@alexandru4193]

There's many content you can check of Eurovision. All 2nd places, all 3rd places, ''x'' country in Eurovision (a video showing clips like the ones in this video but showing all the entries that a country has sent from the begining to now).

[@MaxSujyNorden]

We did the Swedish entry on this channel and the one from Germany on another channel.

[@IndianTee]

Really enjoyed both of your comments, thank you, love from Ireland xx

[@MaxSujyNorden]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lindaandersen5723]

I use to say Johnny Logan has won 2,5 times: 1980, 1987 and he wrote the winning song 1992😉

[@josefinelagerstrom2643]

Luxembourg has a population of only 640'000 people, and back in the 60's-80's it was even less. None of the winners were actually from Luxembourg. Four of them were French and one was Greek. It's allowed to have an artist from any country participate for you. Flo Rida participated for San Marino in 2021. 🙈

[@MaxSujyNorden]

Make sense! Thank for the info!

[@alexandru4193]

It was Flo Rida😭

[@josefinelagerstrom2643]

@alexandru4193 Hahahha omg I forgot 😂

[@musvit80]

He may not be pop-boy handsome, but OMG, he radiates sooo much charm.!! Love it 🫶🏼 And his wife is just gorgeous 😻

[@MaxSujyNorden]

Thank you!

[@PPfilmemacher]

28:57 actually not the first time and not that controversial (besides in countries like Turkey and Russia) anymore because Dana International winner of the 1998 Eurovision for Israel with her song „Diva“ was the first openly Trans-Person winning the Eurovision Song Contest

[@birchleaf]

Yes, obviously not very controversial, as proven by that it won, but some more conservative countries were upset.

[@nickyverra2175]

It was interesting to see your reaction, I found it really interesting because with one of you being from Thailand you will have a non-European perspective on the songs, and with one of you being Québécois you have a slant to understand the French and the English language songs in a different way to the other language songs. Each person has their own views on the songs they like more but when I look across all the entries from each country my favourite two are the UK and Israel. That isn’t based just on the winners but on all entries. Switzerland also is very strong. Each country has some nice entries and no country has all great entries each year.

[@aeschynanthus_sp]

The first Eurovision Song Contest I remember somewhat was in 1982. I was 7 then. My mother happened to be in Norway in 1985 when they won and let's say that there were lots of celebration going on! And when Finland won in 2006, it was quite emotional for a lot of us.

[@thunderspike1892]

Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann in 1963 came from jazz music. Jørgen Ingmann was a very good guitarist. Check out his song Amorada. Vicky Leandros or Vasiliki Papathanasiou who won for Luxembourg in 1967 was actually Greek. Later in her life she was the Deputy Mayor in Piraeus, Greece. Dana or Dana Rosemary Scallon who won in 1970 later went into politics and was a member of the European Parliament from 1999-2004.

[@carro-xb9oz]

my all time favorite is måns zelmerlöv heroes:) still gets me going today

[@mervinmannas7671]

I have seen a number of other people react to this but it is normally Americans or those very young who have never watched Eurovision. This was so refreshing as you actually knew a lot about the contest and really appreciate it. I cant blame Sujy at all Mans Zelmelow is so handsome. Then the jury and public vote were combined to give and average and Mans didn't win the public vote, Italy did with an operatic song. Great reation guys my first time seeing you.

[@MaxSujyNorden]

We actually never watched Eurovision much before. But we did a few reaction prior to this one. I also do some research while editing and after so it help remembering things I've seen only once.

[@Niki91-HR]

Greece 2005 , I was 14 then, will forever be my number one song, no pun intended. The 00s were probably the craziest years of ESC and I love it and kinda miss it a lil bit.

[@josefinelagerstrom2643]

You should react to Ukraine 2016, it seems like you liked the tiny bit you heard. It's amazing. And look up the lyrics. 🙏

[@DontPanick]

Others already mentioned, that the singers don't have to be from the country. The reason is that the ESC is a song contest and not a singing contest. The composer/lyrics writer has to be from the participating country. The trophy also goes to the composer/writer. And because Celine Dion participated in 1988 I give you some other 1988 and French language related facts. France Gall who won for Luxembourg in 1965 and who is actually French, had a world wide hit in 1988 with "Ella, elle l’a", which you probably know. And the Belgian-Canadian singer Lara Fabian, who was also very successful in the 90s and early 2000s in Canada, participated in the ESC 1988 for Luxembourg and had there her first bigger international experience at the age of 18.

[@CheburashkaGenovna]

ESC 1994 in Ireland is mostly remembered as the birthplace of "Riverdance" as an interval act... European were on their feet and almost forgot who actually won. 😀

[@mral8145]

Loved this! Uk won five times, now we’re usually the bottom of the table! Apart from the great Sam Ryder!

[@spelhornet9240]

When 4 contries came on 1st place, change rules, with same points, counting most 12s, 10s and so on.... This uses when Sweden (Carola/Fångad av en Stormvind won over France in Rome 1991)

[@MaxSujyNorden]

Make sense. 4 way tie is kinda weird!

[@Asa...S]

Yes, that was the tie breaking rules at the time. Now they country that recieved the most points from the televoting would win the tie, if it's the same it will be the country that recieved points from more countries in the televoting, if it's still the same, it's the one with the most 12p, 10p and so on (like the old system), and if the tie still can't be broken then the country that performed earlier wins the tie. These tie breaking rules doesn't only apply on the winner, but for deciding all the places in the contests, so there are no longer any like shared 9th place or anything like that. With rules that applies today, France would've won in 1991.

[@79cecilia]

It's funny to see your reaction to Irelands three wins in a row... The gossip was that they did NOT want to win again (taking on the Eurovision finale is a HUGE financial burden...) so they sent a ballad, with the thought that a slow song wouldn't win. But it did... ;) When Carola won for Sweden with Fångad av en Stormvind it was a actually a tie, points wise. The poor presenter got so confused... But there were rules in place and the song with the most 12 points from the jury votes won. Sweden is also the reason that there is now a rule that the rehearsal must be like the actual act on the big night... The host Lill Lindfors "lost" her skirt, and while the Swedish broadcasting company had given the green light to the goof, the Eurovision people had not... LOL

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

IIRC Sweden and Ireland has the most wins in ESC. Kind of remarcable considering the small populations, but I guess it goes to prove of our strong and long lasting musical history and tradition

[@angyliv8040]

It doesn't prove anything. A lot of countries wan few times and have longer musical history....

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

@@angyliv8040 Perhaps you don't understand the expression "goes to prove"? It doesn't mean it proves anything

[@peppermintcrush5794]

Conchita was the first drag queen to win. But Dana International (transwoman) had already won in 1998. Eurovision is quite open minded.

[@sophiamcl]

Some of the seeming changes in what kind of song gets picked to win are in part a reflection of the growing number of countries participating. The first year 1956, only seven countries competed. Next year, 44 countries will send entries, and 28 of them will compete in the final. Another thing that influences what type of winner we get is the voting and scoring systems, which have changed several times over the years, from juries to only televoting and combinations of the two. We may see some new changes next year on account of the discussion concerning whether the jury favourite or the audience favourite should have the advantage. Many people were upset that Loreen beat Käärijä for the title.

[@MaxSujyNorden]

I hope the power is not all given to televoting like in 1997-2008. Some of these winners were the worse in history.

[@allotrope2978]

I spat my drink out when she said "The sun is so nice!"

[@CheburashkaGenovna]

Vicky Leandros is a Greek native living mostly in Germany represented Luxembourg... European biography... 😉

[@teo_heel]

When you were talking about 2008... who was familiar? Evgeni Plushenko, who is a two-time Olympic gold medalist in ice skating, Edwin Marton, who played the violin or Dima Bilan, who for the second time represented Russia (he was 2nd in 2006)?

[@MaxSujyNorden]

Sujy recognized Dima Bilan. I didn't recognize anyone but I'm familiar with Evgeni Plushenko since figure skating is huge in my home province of Quebec in Canada.

[@tobilinooo]

28:58 Dana International, who won the contest for Israel in 1998, was the first transgender winner.

[@christinajacobsson7739]

Please do a reaction for Peace, Peace, Love, Love 🙏 Great job - I love your reactions ❤❤

[@Asa...S]

No, wait to do a reaction on "Peace, Peace, Love, Love" until you're more familiar with Eurovision and has seen more of the acts, because it's so much based on recognition humor, so if you don't recognize the acts they're making a parody of a lot of the fun of it will be lost. It's a great song to react to, but it's so much more fun when you understand it. But it's amazing, and you should watch it, but put it in the "a bit later box" for now, imho.

[@sahaibparvez]

coooool

[@CheburashkaGenovna]

1988, the year Celine Dion won, Laura Fabian represented Luxembourg and came in 2nd place. 😉

[@MaxSujyNorden]

We reacted to all runners up she wasnt in the video. I just checked she got 4th.

[@janniarazlutego]

❤❤❤As a Eurovision fan from Poland, I think that Jann and Gladiator were the only honest winners!!!!❤❤❤

[@malinliljevinge5639]

Thank you for a great reaction video. And yes, it is not strange that you think that way about Abba’s Waterloo - first line of the song is: ”My my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender”. 😉 And Conchita Wurst was not first HBTQ-person to win - the winner 1998, Dana International with the song ”Diva”, was the first transexual winner. I love many songs, but my favourite winner is Portugal 2017 🇵🇹. Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@MaxSujyNorden]

I had no idea Dana was transexual. I don't know much about Eurovision pre 2010 ish. I read that Salvador Sobral got most points ever, and Kristian Kostov 2nd most points ever the same year.

[@nelerhabarber5602]

​@@MaxSujyNorden Conchita is NOT transexual, she is a gay man!. Conchita is a DRAG QUEEN and a "SHE" only on stage. (a stage role) She was never at the voice in Colombia or anywhere else, but the STAGE character Conchita, who she invented, was born in Colombia, hence the name Conchita!

[@MaxSujyNorden]

She was on Colombia's Got Talent, this is what I was refering to: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZfEoo1_pMRnqtU

[@janeslater8004]

I loved yugoslavia. I had holiday there in 1981 before the civil war. Broke into seperate countries bosnia croatia serbia montenegro

[@Akumaruharumi]

The winner of 1986 was the youngest winner of eurovision

[@valentinablumberg4212]

Måneskin, of course... the one and only 🎉🏆! Best memories ❤2021❤️‍🔥

[@janeslater8004]

Eurovision used to just have 12 countries in it. The west europe ones then israel joined and turkey.when soviet union fell berlin wall 90s then we had poland and former soviet east european countries lithuania latvia ukraine etc now there loads of countries.they have to compete in rounds to get to final but the 5 countroes who fund it automatically qualify every year. Uk france italy germany spain

[@JörgSchymick]

Hi, hope you have fun with all German entries by SchlagerLucas soon! Greetings from Northern Germany, Jörg!

[@HenryLoenwind]

They already had on their "DE" channel. Video-ID VcNEe7tJEMM

[@teo_heel]

If you're taking requests for individual ESC song, I strongly recommend you to react to Slovakia's 2010 entry. Kristína - Horehronie. It was considered a top 10 contender before the contest but it failed to connect with the live performance for various reasons (difficult choreography was one of them but also the fact that Kristína was terrified of a big audience in attendance as she was very inexperienced in terms of performing live, she was mostly working in a studio before that and she wasn't used to it at that time). It finished 16th out of 17 songs in the semifinal and failed to qualify. Most people still think that it is one of the best if not the best non-qualifiers in ESC history and the fact that the music video for this song on ESC KZbin channel is still the most viewed out of all non-qualifiers is one of the factors. And it also was named in the list of 15 best Eurovision Songs of all time by Svenska Dagbladet as the sole non-qualifier before 2016 contest took place (it was marking 60th anniversary of the first ESC held in Lugano in 1956).

[@MaxSujyNorden]

I watched the performance just now, she didn't deserve to go through. Absolutely zero charisma or stage presence. I've listen to a lot of Pelageya, so if you are gonna do this style, you better bring it! Being a huge Folk-traditional music fan, I understand why she didn't qualify.

[@teo_heel]

@@MaxSujyNorden Charisma wasn't there yet, as I said she was VERY inexperienced... and I think the song was a bit too hard to perform while doing the performance with all the lifts and other stuff. Now Kristína is known as one of the most popular singers in Slovakia and ESC was a break-through for her, she did a bit of folk after that, when she released a song "Jabĺčko". But yeah, I agree. The song is good... but performance was lackluster to say the least. If you're curious, you can watch her performance with the same song that was done in 2018 when she was performing at "Slovenka roka". kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJy2n6p_dsqVhqssi=r0DyQ1SV6Tedh5Kh That's for me one of her best TV performances with this song. And fujara... at non-TV performances fujara part is at least a minute long, but that was a shorter thirty-second long part for TV. Still as magical as it can be.

[@teo_heel]

@@MaxSujyNorden BTW. You're a folk-music fan... why not to react to some Slovak folk? React to Rusín Čendeš Orchestra, they have lots of famous Slovak, Polish and Ukrainian folk songs in their repertoire.

[@dolls_are_dany]

Fun fact : Sandie Shaw à chanté pied nus à L'Eurovision

[@teo_heel]

In 2014 Conchita was the first (and for now the only) drag to win the contest, but in 1998 Dana International became the first (and for now the only) transgender to win Eurovision Song Contest. So yeah...

[@yorumustasi]

22:52 Türkiye 🇹🇷

[@lukascepanovic8561]

Fun fact: The Belgian only win was received by 13 years old girl

[@stephanievantielen5615]

Actually Sandra Kim was 15 at the time she won the eurovision contest. Still she remain, and always will be, the youngest winner ever

[@InezFeytons]

​@@stephanievantielen5615ze was dertien toen ze won ze is van 1972 tel eens naar 1986 dan kom je op 1986

[@MewDenise]

Måns won cuse he's hot, the song was catchy and the staging was something eurovision had never seen before. A lot of countries base their stage off of what Sweden did previous

[@jefke69]

Not even knowing as a Canadian that Celine Dion her career started at eurovision is a bit a shame...

[@MaxSujyNorden]

Not to burst your bubble, but in Canada (and the whole American continent), winning Eurovision is like when a Canadian win Miss Universe... nobody care. I'm not trying to be arrogant but this is just a cultural difference that need to be mentioned. Less than 1% of Canadians know what Eurovision even is. So I would assume 99.9% of Canadians don't know that she won Eurovision. p.s: And I was 2 years old when she won Eurovision.

[@tudorpop8959]

you looked surprised that Monaco entry was in French, although Monaco is a city-state sandwiched by France on the Cote d'Azur between some French cities

[@MaxSujyNorden]

I was mostly surprised that half the songs use to be in French.

[@emeliekatjaa]

Actually liked ukraines song a lot, sad people think its because of the war. Its a great song

[@ryttyr14]

What happened with the UK is that they stopped caring about the contest until 2022

[@Vinterfrid]

Your reactions are always quite entertaining to watch. Keep up the good work!/ Vos réactions sont toujours amusantes à regarder. Continuez comme ça! / ปฏิกิริยาของคุณดูสนุกสนานอยู่เสมอ ดำเนินการต่อเช่นนั้น

[@MaxSujyNorden]

Thank you so much! Are you a polyglot? Your french is perfect.

[@Vinterfrid]

@@MaxSujyNorden You're very welcome. No, I am far from a polyglot - I studied French at high school, but that was more than 50 years ago (I still recall a few words though). Fortunately I can use Google translation these days when I don't recall the French I once learned...😉

[@CheburashkaGenovna]

@2014 - therefore the competition is called "European SONG contest" and not "European sinGER contest"... 😏

[@noyou1320]

Norway 1995 is the original song of the main track in Shrek. They just changed the keys a little bit

[@theoandersson8382]

my top 5 is 1. arcade 2. stefania 3. soldi 4. we could be the same 5. euphoria

[@KungKokkos]

The controversy about Consita Wurst winning wasn't that the song won despite it being a trans person, but that it won BECAUSE it was a trans person. If it was not a trans person singing it would likely be mid at best. But with like 30 songs to vote for, a minority voting for politics can win the entire competition for their sake if there is no strong favorite already. Same goes for Ukraine 2022, it's not a terrible song but it was far from the best.

[@Sahi_PK]

Tom Neuwirth is not trans, the bearded lady Conchita Wurst is just his drag act.

[@BigL1991]

Best performance ever of all the Winners is 1991🇸🇪👍

[@matijamaksan4344]

16:50 Yugoslavia was never part of USSR or Warsaw Pact.

[@Marecitoo]

10:07 Well... *Sandra Bullock*

[@Tove_Ishockey]

irland and swedne have the most wins in history with 7 each 🎉

[@janeslater8004]

I liked the irish ones niamh 93 and johnny logan 1980 and the voice nocturne.secret garden norway and the danisish one flying.. The english ones i liked didnt win frances rufelle lonely symphony 1994 and imaani 1998 came 2nd

[@Chepthechip]

Can you react to all the last places of Eurovision?

[@CheburashkaGenovna]

Yugoslavia, although a communist state, NEVER was a part of the Soviet block. Yugoslavias partisans liberated their country on their own, without being "helped" by the Red Army. Tito opposed to Stalin and kept his country "neutral". Therefore Yugoslavia took part in the ESC since 1961 and won in 1989 for the 1st time.

[@МультикНиколаевич]

The USSR's assistance to Yugoslavia in World War II was carried out from 1944 to 1945 on the initiative of the National Committee for the Liberation of Yugoslavia and the Soviet authorities. Assistance was provided both in the form of the supply of weapons, military equipment and other materials, and in the form of the participation of Soviet military specialists. The supply of weapons to the Yugoslav anti-fascists de facto began on May 24, 1944, when the 1st separate Yugoslav infantry brigade of 1946 men appeared in the Red Army. By July 1944, the formation of the brigade was completed, and in August it began fighting as part of the 2nd Ukrainian Front. In September 1944, the commander-in-chief of the PLA, Josip Broz Tito, who was in Moscow, reached an agreement on the supply of weapons and supplies to 12 land and two aviation divisions of the People's Liberation Army. In autumn, in the area of the city of Craiova, the forces of the 2nd Ukrainian Front of the Red Army established a hospital base for the NOAI (10 military hospitals with 5,000 beds), which was the beginning of large-scale assistance to the Yugoslav partisans. The 2nd Yugoslav Tank Brigade, created in the USSR, took the first battle in March 1945 on the Srem front; By January 7, 1945, the 11th Fighter and 42nd Assault aviation divisions were already based in Vojvodina. The total amount of Soviet aid to the Yugoslav armed formations in the period up to January 1, 1945 amounted to over 52 million rubles.

[@CheburashkaGenovna]

@@МультикНиколаевич Well cited. 👌 But.... NOTHING of that changes the reality that NOT ONE Red Army unit fought on Yugoslavian soil... Yugoslavia was NEVER a part of the Sovjet Bock (Stalin hated Tito for his stubbornness and there were rumors that he gave the order to assassinate him)... THEREFORE participated already a third of a century earlier in the ESC than former Sovjet Republics... and won the ESC before the East Block and the Sovjet Union collapsed.

[@CoL_Drake]

well winning mean u need to host so the big ones who are auto qualified germany england spain italy and france dont wanna win xD it just costs alot money and on top the most unqualified idiots ever are in charge of deciding who goes in germany at least so they choose always the most mainstream garbage so 99,9% of german bands that compete no german ever heared of ... while the ones who were choosen differently always end up very high ranks in top5 or are just amazingly fun like raab xD honestly germany had some of the most goofy entries

[@MaxSujyNorden]

Well, even if Germany and England wanted to win, you know, they are a meme at this point, lol! I didn't know the winner would automatically host the year after, thank for letting me know. I like Germany 2023 entry. I thought Top 10 would have been fair. Although I didn't watch their qualifier so I can't tell if they deserved to be there or not.

[@timholder6825]

Well, French Canadians say they speak French, but French people don't. They don't like it, they say it sounds ugly and weird. I'm English, but I've lived in France and speak French. They say my accent and form sounds better than French Canadians. You can understand them, but they have problems understanding you. Facts. To them it sounds like full on Jamaican English sounds to a Britain. Often hard to follow.

[@MaxSujyNorden]

A lot of French people don't know their own history. French-Canadians speak similarly to the colonizers like Samuel de Champlain who founded Quebec in 1608 (a little bit Cajun style). So our French is more than 400 years old, while in France, they speak an updated version. We can speak in a way that French people would understand if needed. What they don't understand is typical chit-chat between locals. French-Canadians is more similar to Scottish or Irish, not Jamaican (in terms of accent). Always remember that in France, they don't speak nor understand English much compare to French-Canadians. We do mix French and English a lot in Montreal.

[@gjbsarmeri3957]

Latest one was rigged. First woman to win twice, 50 years abba anniversary, jury's constant bias towards Sweden as well as Loreen being pretty famous already. The song was good but it doesn't explain that many jury points.

[@MaxSujyNorden]

Loreen got 2nd from public so your argument is not very good.

[@gjbsarmeri3957]

@@MaxSujyNorden Loreen got many points cause she has a lot of fans around the world. She could have farted on stage and would get many points. But the fact that the jury gave her like the second most points in history makes it very weird, since the song isn't really anything special or that better than the other ones.

[@angyliv8040]

Tatto is a copy of other songs. The beginning is a very known dance song from the 90s. I don't know why they haven't reported it for plagiarism. Ukraine send 1944 song and won. It’s a very good song and the singer has a great voice but there's a rule in the contest that you can bring political songs to the contest and this is a political song. Ukraine always win when is in conflict with Russia and sending songs like this.

[@MaxSujyNorden]

Most songs take inspiration from others. In fact, Sweden has a lot of influence in the US when it come to composing and writing songs. I would like to know which song you are refering to? And yeah Ukraine in 2022 should not have won imo.

[@angyliv8040]

@@MaxSujyNorden Pont Aeri - Flying free is one of them.

[@martinbb68]

Dana International who won in 1998 is actually also a guy, so it wasn't the først time in 2014.

[@nielsen145]

2007 Not Qualified, but DQ - Drama Queen , full on drag queen, just saying

[@VasilisArestis]

Why God, why?

[@vansting]

It's a singing competition so all the dancing, background, lighting, choreography doesn't really count. But of course they make an impression on the 50% of the vote that consists of ordinary residents. On the other hand, the other half, which consists of judges from all countries, must only judge by the music (not even the song should count, but only the melody, from the beginning the competition was called the melody festival).

[@MaxSujyNorden]

This may explain why judges and public ranking can vary so much? The judges are under weird criterias tbh.

[@ESC_ChrisM]

It's not a singing competition, to be clear. It's a song contest. Therefore the song is the thing that counts the most. The rules have changed a lot through the years, but right now the jury have 4 criteria to judge, and only one is regarding the vocal performance. It's about the song. Also, the reason of the strange/poorer songs winning between around 2000-2008 is because it was televote only - no jury vote. Juries came back in 2009, thank God, generally meaning the songs needed to be of higher quality to get the jury points.

[@PPfilmemacher]

Its a Song Contest not a singing competition!

[@mvdh877]

9:01 Luxembourg had 654,013 inhabitants in 2023

[@Niki91-HR]

Greece 2005 , I was 14 then, will forever be my number one song, no pun intended. The 00s were probably the craziest years of ESC and I love it and kinda miss it a lil bit.