Over the last two weeks, we’ve taken a look back at the rankings of the live performances of the 2004, 2005, and 2006 Eurovision Song Contest grand finals on YouTube. And this week, we continue with 2007, to see which live performances have been the most popular with viewers over the years.
Before we begin, these view counts were taken only from the official Eurovision YouTube channel’s live performances from the grand final. We also have the performances final placing at Eurovision in brackets.
All views were accurate as of July 13, 2021 (Australian time).
Ukraine – Verka Serduchka – ‘Dancing Lasha Tumbai’ – 34,558,209 views (2nd place)
Serbia – Marija Šerifović – ‘Molitva’ – 21,002,492 views (1st place at Eurovision 2007)
Russia – Serebro – ‘Song #1’ – 3,847,803 views (3rd place)
Turkey – Kenan Doğulu – ‘Shake It Up Şekerim’ – 1,941,579 views (4th place)
Greece – Sarbel – ‘Yassou Maria’ – 1,572,942 views (7th place)
Belarus – Dmitry Koldun – ‘Work Your Magic’ – 710,697 views (6th place)
United Kingdom – Scooch – ‘Flying the Flag (For You)’ – 592,041 views (22nd place)
Spain – D’NASH – ‘I Love You Mi Vida’ – 400,372 views (20th place)
Bulgaria – Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov – ‘Water’ – 394,445 views (5th place)
France – Les Fatals Picards – ‘L’amour à la française’ – 311,128 views (22nd place)
Slovenia – Alenka Gotar – ‘Cvet z juga’ – 269,297 views (15th place)
Finland – Hanna Pakarinen – ‘Leave Me Alone’ – 268,740 views (17th place)
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Marija Šestić – ‘Rijeka bez imena’ – 257,166 views (11th place)
Germany – Roger Cicero – ‘Frauen regier’n die Welt’ – 208,282 views (19th place)
Romania – Todomondo – ‘Liubi, Liubi, I Love You’ – 189,925 views (13th place)
Moldova – Natalia Barbu – ‘Fight’ – 171,596 views (10th place)
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – Karolina – ‘Mojot svet’ – 170,872 views (14th place)
Georgia – Sopho Khalvashi – ‘Visionary Dream’ – 169,307 views (12th place)
Sweden – The Ark – ‘The Worrying Kind’ – 130,762 views (18th place)
Hungary – Magdi Rúzsa – ‘Unsubstantial Blues’ – 90,011 views (9th place)
Armenia – Hayko – ‘Anytime You Need’ – 72,914 views (8th place)
Ireland – Dervish – ‘They Can’t Stop the Spring’ – 46,448 views (24th place)
Latvia – Bonaparti.lv – ‘Questa notte’ – 45,632 views (16th place)
Lithuania – 4Fun – ‘Love or Leave’ – 38,931 views (21st place)
As we can see, the top four most viewed live performances from the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 were also the top four of the contest when it came to the points received on the night (albeit swapping Ukraine and Serbia’s positions).
The biggest riser when compared to their placing at Eurovision was the United Kingdom’s Scooch with ‘Flying the Flag for You’, who rose fifteen places from twenty-second to seventh.
Meanwhile, the biggest descender was Armenian entry Hayko’s ‘Anytime You Need’, which dropped thirteen places from eighth to twenty-first.
Also important to note, of the three grand finals we’ve looked at so far, this has been the second-most successful by view count, with just over 67 million views combined, compared to 2006’s 75 million views, compared to 2004’s 58 million views, and 2005’s 13 million.
Next week, we will take a look at the live performance view counts on YouTube for the Eurovision 2008 competitors.