Out of the 63 Eurovision third placed songs, 47 of them can be streamed on Spotify in Australia.
We take a look at how the Eurovision third placed songs rank against each other with Spotify streams.
16 Eurovision third placed songs don’t appear on Spotify in Australia.
They include:
Franca di Rienzo - 'Nous aurons demain' - 1961 - Switzerland
Camillo Felgen - 'Petit bonhomme' - 1962 - Luxembourg
Romuald - 'Où sont-elles passées' - 1964 - Monaco
Noëlle Cordier - 'Il doit faire beau là-bas' - 1967 - France
Katja Ebstein - 'Diese Welt' - 1971 - Germany
Mary Christy - 'Toi, la musique et moi' - 1976 - Monaco
The Swarbriggs Plus Two - 'It's Nice to Be in Love Again' - 1977 - Ireland
Joël Prévost - 'Il y aura toujours des violons' - 1978 - France
Prima Donna - 'Love Enough for Two' - 1980 - United Kingdom
Jean Gabilou - 'Humanahum' - 1981 - France
Arlette Zola - 'Amour on t'aime' - 1982 - Switzerland
Sherisse Laurence - 'L'amour de ma vie' - 1986 - Luxembourg
Duo Datz - 'Kan (כאן)' - 1991 - Israel
Annie Cotton - 'Moi, tout simplement' - 1993 - Switzerland
Jessica Garlick - 'Come Back' - 2002 - United Kingdom
Luminița Anghel & Sistem - 'Let Me Try' - 2005 - Romania
This ranking of Spotify streams was collated on June 19:
1. Sanna Nielsen - 'Undo' - 2014 - Sweden - 45,605,078 streams
2. SunStroke Project - 'Hey, Mamma!' - 2017 - Moldova - 33,017,039
3. Domenico Modugno - 'Nel blu dipinto di blu' - 1958 - Italy - 29,483,529
4. Il Volo - 'Grande amore' - 2015 - Italy - 29,193,554
5. Eric Saade - 'Popular' - 2011 - Sweden - 26,001,397
6. Sergey Lazarev - 'You Are the Only One' - 2016 - Russia - 15,201,042
7. Gjon's Tears - 'Tout l'univers' - 2021 - Switzerland - 15,168,213
8. Umberto Tozzi & Raf - 'Gente di mare' - 1987 - Italy - 14,044,911
9. Cesár Sampson - 'Nobody but You' - 2018 - Austria - 13,435,571
10. Carola Häggkvist - 'Främling' - 1983 - Sweden - 12,792,697
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11. Kikki Danielsson - 'Bra vibrationer' - 1985 - Sweden - 9,416,796
12. Jan Johansen - 'Se på mig' - 1995 - Sweden - 7,531,309
13. Sergey Lazarev - 'Scream' - 2019 - Russia - 6,635,969
14. One More Time - 'Den vilda' - 1996 - Sweden - 4,549,289
15. AySel and Arash - 'Always' - 2009 - Azerbaijan - 4,527,481
16. Birthe Kjær - 'Vi maler byen rød' - 1989 - Denmark - 4,308,848
17. Antique - '(I Would) Die for You' - 2001 - Greece - 3,499,907
18. t.A.T.u. - 'Ne ver', ne boysia (Не верь, не бойся)' - 2003 - Russia - 2,654,570
19. Katja Ebstein - 'Wunder gibt es immer wieder' - 1970 - Germany - 2,220,449
20. Paula Seling and Ovi - 'Playing with Fire' - 2010 - Romania - 2,127,124
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21. Hari Mata Hari - 'Lejla' - 2006 - Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2,118,326
22. Cliff Richard - 'Power to All Our Friends' - 1973 - United Kingdom - 2,116,190
23. Kalomira - 'Secret Combination' - 2008 - Greece - 1,939,535
24. Şebnem Paker & Grup Ethnic - 'Dinle' - 1997 - Turkey - 1,821,057
25. Brainstorm - 'My Star' - 2000 - Latvia - 1,602,360
26. Sakis Rouvas - 'Shake It' - 2004 - Greece - 1,554,714
27. Željko Joksimović - 'Nije ljubav stvar (Није љубав ствар)' - 2012 - Serbia - 1,367,639
28. Bravo - 'Lady, Lady' - 1984 - Spain - 698,708
29. Mouth & MacNeal - 'I See a Star' - 1974 - Netherlands - 632,687
30. Sahlene - 'Runaway' - 2002 - Estonia - 600,954
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31. Zlata Ognevich - 'Gravity' - 2013 - Ukraine - 521,883
32. Hot Eyes - 'Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?' - 1988 - Denmark - 407,556
33. Mary Roos - 'Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben' - 1972 - Germany - 376,199
34. Birthe Wilke & Gustav Winckler - 'Skibet skal sejle i nat' - 1957 - Denmark - 352,784
35. Guy Mardel - 'N'avoue jamais' - 1965 - France - 312,106
36. Isabelle Aubret - 'La source' - 1968 - France - 164,998
37. Wess & Dori Ghezzi - 'Era' - 1975 - Italy - 159,200
38. Serebro - 'Song #1' - 2007 - Russia - 126,710
39. MeKaDo - 'Wir geben 'ne Party' - 1994 - Germany - 64,638
40. Sürpriz - 'Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e seyahat' - 1999 - Germany - 63,893
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41. Chiara - 'The One That I Love' - 1998 - Malta - 60,561
42. Mary Spiteri - 'Little Child' - 1992 - Malta - 60,177
43. Emilio Pericoli - 'Uno per tutte' - 1963 - Italy - 39,980
44. Anne-Marie David - 'Je suis l'enfant soleil' - 1979 - France - 32,467
45. Jean Philippe - 'Oui, oui, oui, oui' - 1959 - France - 23,207
46. François Deguelt - 'Ce soir-là' - 1960 - Monaco - 8,342
47. Åse Kleveland - 'Intet er nytt under solen' - 1966 - Norway - 7,415
Remaining one of the hot favourites at Eurovision 2014 Sanna's 'Undo' reins supreme as the most popular bronze medallist at Eurovision with over 45 million Spotify streams. Followed closely behind the Moldovan band SunStroke Project’s second stint at Eurovision improving from their 22nd place in a Eurovision grand final in 2010 to third place in 2017, remaining as Moldova’s best placed entry and very popular on Spotify.
It is a nice surprise seeing a 63 year old Eurovision song be the third best ranked third placed Eurovision song on Spotify. Domenico Modugno’s 'Nel blu dipinto di blu' also known as ‘Volare’ became bigger than the contest itself at the time. The song is also recipient of the first Grammy for 'Song of the Year' and 'Record of the Year'. You can read more about the story and legacy of the song in our stand alone article here.
Out of the countries with multiple Eurovision third placed songs, we thought it would be interesting to look at their best song ranked in this list - with countries with three or more third placed positions at Eurovision:
France (7 third placed entries) – 35th place - Guy Mardel - 'N'avoue jamais' - 1965 - 312,106 streams
Sweden (6 third placed entries) – 1st place - Sanna Nielsen - 'Undo' - 2014 - 45,605,078
Germany (5 third placed entries) – 19th place - Katja Ebstein - 'Wunder gibt es immer wieder' - 1970 - 2,220,449
Italy (5 third placed entries) – 3rd place - Domenico Modugno - 'Nel blu dipinto di blu' - 1958 - 29,483,529
Russia (4 third placed entries) – 6th place - Sergey Lazarev - 'You Are the Only One' - 2016 - 15,201,042
Switzerland (4 third placed entries) – 7th place - Gjon's Tears - 'Tout l'univers' - 2021 - 15,168,213
Denmark (3 third placed entries) – 16th place - Birthe Kjær - 'Vi maler byen rød' - 1989 - 4,308,848
Greece (3 third placed entries) – 17th place - Antique - '(I Would) Die for You' - 2001 - 3,499,907
United Kingdom (3 third placed entries) – 22nd place - Cliff Richard - 'Power to All Our Friends' - 1973 - 2,116,190