ESC250 2025: Results by numbers

The Eurovision Top 250 countdown is over for another year and we have a winner!

Loreen remains at the top of the ESC250 for 2025 with Euphoria no. 1 for 12 non-consecutive years!

This year delivered some interesting results out of the 2025 ESC250 countdown.

We've crunched some numbers. Check out what we found:

Countries with the most entries

Which countries featured the most?

Sweden is the winner with 27 entries with Loreen's Euphoria being their highest entry in 1st place.

Italy had 13 entries with their highest song placed at no. 13 with their 2021 Eurovision winning entry Zitti e buoni by Måneskin.

Behind Italy are Spain with 11 entries in the ESC250 with SloMo by Chanel their highest entry at no.5.

Three Australian Eurovision entries featured in the countdown:

• Dami Im - Sound of Silence [83]

• Voyager - Promise [151]

• Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity [222]

The countries with five or more entries include:

• Sweden - 27

• Italy - 13

• Spain - 11

• Norway - 9

• Ukraine - 9

• Albania - 8

• France - 8

• Greece - 8

• Serbia - 8

• Belgium - 7

• Estonia - 7

• Germany - 7

• Switzerland - 7

• Bulgaria - 6

• Croatia - 6

• Finland - 6

• Iceland - 6

• Israel - 6

• Portugal - 6

• Armenia - 5

• Netherlands - 5

• Poland - 5

• Türkiye - 5

• UK - 5

A total of 47 countries featured with entries in the ESC250.

Which decade had the most entries?

Well it's no surprise that the most recent decade, the 2020s, came out comfortably on top.

1. 2020s - 98 entries

2. 2010s - 69

3. 2000s - 41

4. 1990s - 27

5. 1980s - 8

6. 1970s - 5

7. 1960s - 2

8. 1950s - 0

This years ESC250 had 25 Eurovision 2025 songs, out of the 37 who competed in Basel.

The Top 10 Eurovision 2025 songs were:

1. Shkodra Elektronike - Zjerm (Albania 2025) [3]

2. KAJ - Bara Bada Bastu (Sweden 2025) [6]

3. Erika Vikman - Ich Komme (Finland 2025) [9]

4. Katarsis - Tavo akys (Lithuania 2025) [26]

5. Zoë Më - Voyage (Switzerland 2025) [29]

6. JJ - Wasted Love (Austria 2025) [35]

7. Klavdia - Asteromata (Greece 2025) [36]

8. Abor & Tynna - Baller (Germany 2025) [37]

9. Justyna Steczkowska - Gaja (Poland 2025) [38]

10. Yuval Raphael - New Day Will Rise (Israel 2025) [40]

The oldest entry on the ESC250 is the 1963 entry Dansevise by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann from Denmark. It placed at no. 142 (jumping up 12 spots). It has featured in the ESC250 every since the first ESC250 in 2008.

Which songs made their debut in the ESC250?

This year several songs reached the ESC250 for the first time that weren't from the class of 2025. They are:

• 115. Mia Dimšić - Guilty Pleasure (Croatia 2022)

• 179. Circus Mircus - Lock Me In (Georgia 2022)

• 186. Moti Galadi and Sarai Tzuriel - Yavoh Yom (Israel 1986)

• 199. Andrea - Circles (North Macedonia 2022)

• 211. Anxhela Peristeri - Karma (Albania 2021)

• 224. Aksel Kankaanranta - Looking Back (Finland 2020)

• 230. Malik Harris - Rockstars (Germany 2022)

• 235. Alejandro Abad - Ella No Es Ella (Spain 1994)

• 243. Vlado and Isolda - Ciao Amore (Yugoslavia 1984)

• 250. Jendrik - I Don’t Feel Hate (Germany 2021)

Which songs made their big return in the ESC250?

Songs which made their return after five or more years absent include:

(in order of placing on the ESC250 in 2025)

• 185. Luminita Anghel & Sistem - Let Me Try (Romania 2005) - 8 years absent

• 192. Anna Maria Jopek - Ale Jestem (Poland 1997) - 7 years absent

• 240. Maya Sar - Korake Ti Znam (Bosnia & Herzegovina 2012) - 13 years absent

• 247. Miodio - Complice (San Marino 2008) - 14 years absent

Risers of the ESC250

The highest riser comes from Spain with Ella No Es Ella by Alejandro Abad from 1994 climbing 1059 spots to No. 235.

The top climbers in the top 100 from within the ESC250 last year are:

• Gina G - Ooh…Aah…Just A Little Bit (United Kingdom 1996) Up 48 [81st to 33rd place]

• Conchita Wurst - Rise Like a Phoenix (Austria 2014) Up 11 [64th to 53rd place]

• Eugent Bushpepa - Mall (Albania 2018) Up 64 [137th to 73rd place]

• Céline Dion - Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi (Switzerland 1988) Up 10 [101st to 91st place]

• Ruslana - Wild Dances (Ukraine 2004) Up 19 [113th to 94th place]

  
  

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The biggest jump into the top 20 came from Sanna Nielsen's Undo which saw it return to the top 20 jumping from 22nd place to 17th place. It was last in the top 20 in 2021 at no. 12.

Biggest drops on the ESC250

The song that fell rather hard down the list was Dancing in the rain by Ruth Lorenzo from Spain. It fell 155 places.

The top 10 songs with the biggest drop on the ESC250 2025 are:

1. Ruth Lorenzo - Dancing in the rain (Spain 2014) Down 155 [87th to 242nd place]

2. Hurricane - Loco Loco (Serbia 2021) Down 121 [118th to 239th place]

3. Kaleen - We Will Rave (Austria 2024) Down 112 [66th to 178th place]

4. Knez - Adio (Montenegro 2015) Down 110 [136th to 246th place]

5. Ladaniva - Jako (Armenia 2024) Down 102 [89th to 191st place]

6. We Are Domi - Lights Off (Czechia 2022) Down 100 [106th to 206th place]

7. Shiri Maymon - Hasheket Shenish’ar (Israel 2005) Down 97 [112th to 209th place]

8. Mahmood & Blanco - Brividi (Italy 2022) Down 86 [83rd to 169th place]

9. The Roop - On Fire (Lithuania 2020) Down 85 [163rd to 248th place]

10. Koza Mostra feat. Agathon Iakovidis - Alcohol Is Free (Greece 2013) Down 83 [130th to 213th place]

Winner of the ESC250 for 2025

Loreen's Euphoria has won the countdown yet again for a record-breaking 12th non-consecutive year.

Euphoria has for the second year in a row been at no.1 after placing at no. 3 in 2023 and no. 2 in 2022. Before then Euphoria reigned at the top for 10 years in a row.

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You can check out the full Top 250 songs that made the list here.

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