Leading up the Eurovision we took it upon ourselves to find out just what is Eurovision's best ever song. With our broadcaster SBS planning their own Top 40 countdown, we decided on a different methodology on their one vote per person. We got a jury of 20 to short list down thousands of Eurovision songs to a top 60 based on each decade (playlist here). We then threw it open to friends and fellow fans (especially our OGAE Australian fan members). They had to then vote for their top 10 of that shortlist with traditional 12, 10, 8 etc voting.
So without further ado... here are the results!
1 Sweden - Loreen - Euphoria 303 points
2 Sweden - Abba - Waterloo 294
3 Austria - Conchita Wurst - Rise Like A Phoenix 262 4 Australia - Dami Im - Sound of Silence 260 5 UK - Gina G - Ooh Aah… Just a Little Bit 119 6 Belgium - Loic Nottet - Rhythm Inside 110 7 Denmark - Emmelie de Forest - Only Teardrops 105 8 Switzerland - Celine Dion - Ne partez pas sans moi 100 9 Ukraine - Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai 98 10 Australia - Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again 95 11 Bulgaria - Poli Genova - If Love Was a Crime 93 12 Ireland - Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now 92 13 Italy - Il Volo - Grande Amore 91 14 Germany - Lena - Satellite 85 15 UK - Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up 80 16 Sweden - Mans Zemerlow - Heroes 70 17 Turkey - Sertab Erener - Everyway That I Can 68 18 Russia - Paulina Gagarina - A Million Voices 67 19 Serbia - Maria Serifovic - Molitva 65 20 Latvia - Aminata - Love Injected 62 21 Israel - Dana International - Diva 60 22 Ukraine - Ruslana - Wild Dances 57 23 Greece - Helena Paparizou - My Number One 55 24 Netherlands- Common Linnets- Calm After The Storm 54 25 Finland - Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah 50 26 Sweden - Charlotte Nilsson - Take Me to Your Heaven 50 27 France - Amir - J'Ai Cherche 48 28 Ukraine - Zlata Ognevic - Gravity 45 29 Ukraine - Ani Lorak - Shady Lady 45 30 Estonia - Urban Symphony - Randajad 45 31 Luxembourg-France Gall - Poupée de cire, poupée de son 44 32 Russia - Sergey Lazarev - You Are the Only One 43 33 Norway- Morland & Debra Scarlett- A Monster Like Me 43 34 Ireland - Niamh Kavanagh - In Your Eyes 40 35 Germany - Nicole - Ein Bißchen Frieden 38 36 Israel - Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy 36 37 Sweden - Sanna Nielsen - Undo 35 38 Belgium - Sandra Kim - J'aime la vie 34 39 UK - Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light 32 40 UK - Brotherhood of Man - Save All Your Kisses 31 41 Israel - Shiri Maimon - Hasheket Shenish'ar 29 42 Norway - Bobbysocks! - La det swinge 25 43 UK - Sandie Shaw - Puppet on a String 25 44 Israel - Gali Atari and Milk & Honey - Hallelujah 24 45 Azerbaijan - Farid Mammadov - Hold Me 23 46 Iceland - Yohanna - Is it True? 23 47 Netherlands - Teach-In - Ding a Dong 21 48 UK - Lulu - Boom bang a bang 20 49 Russia - t.A.T.u - Ne Ver, Ne Boisia 19 50 Sweden - Carola - Invincible 18 51 Sweden - Carola - Fångad av en stormvind 18 52 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Regina - Bistra Voda 18 53 Ireland - Johnny Logan - What's Another Year 16 54 UK - Cliff Richard - Congratulations 16 55 Serbia - Bojana Stamenov - Beauty Never Lies 15 56 Spain - Mocedades - Eres Tu 12 57 Romania - Mihai Traistariu - Tornero 9 58 Sweden - La Voix 8 59 Turkey - Hadise - Dum Tek Tek 2 60 Israel - Izhar Cohen and Alphabeta -A Ba Ni Bi 0