Eurovision: Successful Countries by Decade (1950s-2010s)

Today we are going all the way back to the beginning to look at the countries that perfomed the best in each decade!

I included all the countries that sent entries to at least half the contests in each decade/period, with the logic that if they were not there for at least half the decade then they didn't really help define it. I thus excluded countries like Ireland from the 50s & 60s (5 entries over 14 contests), Serbia & Montenegro, Azerbaijan and Armenia from the 00s (2, 2 and 4 entries respectively).

I combined the 50s with the 60s as there were only 3 years in the 50s with full results (1957-1959) and I only included Switzerland's 1st place from 1956.

I then calculated the average placement of each country per decade and ranked them. To convert semi-final placement to total placement, I ranked the non-qualifying entries by average points received by every other country. In case of ties, I did not break the tie, but assigned the same placement to the tying entries.

In the video you will see the top 5 countries for each decade and their 3 most successful entries by placement. In case of a tie in placement, the entry competing against the most other entries won the tie. If still tied, then the entry with the higher percentage out of the maximum possible points won the tie. If still tied (OMG Sweden '95 and '96 that exist to make my life difficult), then the entry that received votes from most other countries won the tie.

Enjoy! Let me know what you think in the comments!
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CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro
0:10 1950s & 1960s
1:43 1970s
3:15 1980s
4:48 1990s
6:21 2000s
7:54 2010s
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FEATURING
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Australia
Dami Im - Sound of Silence
Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again
Isaiah - Don't Come Easy

Bosnia & Herzegovina
Deen - In the Disco
Hari Mata Hari - Lejla
Regina - Bistra voda

France
Catherine Ferry - Un, deux, trois
Frida Boccara - Un jour, un enfant
Isabelle Aubret - Un premier amour
Jacqueline Boyer - Tom Pillibi
Joël Prévost - Il y aura toujours des violons
Marie Myriam - L'Oiseau et l'Enfant

Germany
Lena Valaitis - Johnny Blue
Nicole - Ein bißchen Frieden
Wind - Laß die Sonne in dein Herz

Greece
Helena Paparizou - My Number One
Kalomira - Secret Combination
Sakis Rouvas - Shake It

Ireland
Colm C.T. Wilkinson - Born to Sing
Dana - All Kinds of Everything
Eimear Quinn - The Voice
Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now
Johnny Logan - What's Another Year
Linda Martin - Terminal 3
Niamh Kavanagh - In Your Eyes
Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan - Rock 'n' Roll Kids
The Swarbriggs Plus Two - It's Nice to Be in Love Again

Israel
Ilanit - Ey Sham
Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta - A-Ba-Ni-Bi
Milk and Honey - Hallelujah

Italy
Alan Sorrenti - Non so che darei
Alice and Battiato - I treni di Tozeur
Il Volo - Grande amore
Jalisse - Fiumi di parole
Mahmood - Soldi
Mia Martini - Rapsodia
Raphael Gualazzi - Madness of Love
Toto Cutugno - Insieme: 1992
Umberto Tozzi and Raf - Gente di mare

Luxembourg
Camillo Felgen - Petit bonhomme
France Gall - Poupée de cire, poupée de son
Jean-Claude Pascal - Nous les amoureux

Malta
Chiara - The One That I Love
Mary Spiteri - Little Child
Moira Stafrace and Christopher Scicluna - More than Love

Monaco
François Deguelt - Ce soir-là
François Deguelt - Dis rien
Romuald - Où sont-elles passées

Russia
Alsou - Solo
Buranovskiye Babushki - Party for Everybody
Dima Bilan - Believe
Dima Bilan - Never Let You Go
Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices
Sergey Lazarev - You Are the Only One

Spain
Betty Missiego - Su canción
Julio Iglesias - Gwendolyne
Mocedades - Eres tú

Sweden
Carola - Fångad av en stormvind
Carola - Främling
Charlotte Nilsson - Take Me to Your Heaven
Eric Saade - Popular
Herreys - Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley
Jan Johansen - Se på mej
Kikki Danielsson - Bra vibrationer
Loreen - Euphoria
Måns Zelmerlöw - Heroes

Switzerland
Esther Ofarim - T'en va pas
Lys Assia - Giorgio
Lys Assia - Refrain

Turkey
Hadise - Düm Tek Tek
Kenan Doğulu - Shake It Up Şekerim
Sertab Erener - Everyway That I Can

Ukraine
Ani Lorak - Shady Lady
Jamala - 1944
Mika Newton - Angel
Ruslana - Wild Dances
Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai
Zlata Ognevich - Gravity

United Kingdom
Brotherhood of Man - Save Your Kisses for Me
Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up
Imaani - Where Are You?
Kathy Kirby - I Belong
Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light
Live Report - Why Do I Always Get It Wrong
Lulu - Boom Bang-a-Bang
Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran - Rock Bottom
Sandie Shaw - Puppet on a String
Scott Fitzgerald - Go
Sonia - Better the Devil You Know
The Shadows - Let Me Be the One

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Intro song: Cyprus 2021 - Elena Tsagrinou | El Diablo
Outro song: Iceland 2003 - Birgitta Haukdal | Open Your Heart
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