E U R O V I S I O N   S O N G   C O N T E S T

All Nations, All Positions  

1 - SEMI FINAL SUCCESSES AND FAILURES (2004-2018)

Yet to escape the Semi Finals... (2004+) 

 

Andorra, Monaco, Slovakia

100% success rate (to 2018) - escaped every Semi Final participated in...

 

Australia , Serbia & Montenegro , Ukraine

  Number of Escapes from the Semi Finals...

1

San Marino, Serbia & Montenegro

2

Czech Republic, Montenegro

3

Australia, Switzerland

4

Bulgaria, Latvia, Portugal

5

Austria, Belarus , Belgium, Macedonia (FYR), Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia

6

Croatia , Estonia , Iceland , Ireland , Malta , Turkey

7

Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cyprus, Finland, Georgia

8

Israel, Lithuania, Serbia

9

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Greece, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden

10

Hungary, Romania

11

Ukraine

  Number of Times stayed in the Semi Finals...

1

Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Turkey

2

Armenia, Greece, Hungary

3

Monaco, Moldova, Norway, Serbia

4

Austria , Denmark , Georgia , Moldova , Slovakia

5

Czech Republic

6

Andorra , Croatia , Cyprus , Israel , Lithuania

7

Albania, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Malta, Poland

8

Bulgaria, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino

9

Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Netherlands

10

Belarus, Macedonia (FYR), Slovenia

11

Switzerland

2 - ALL POSITIONS (1956-2017)

KEY - Not as complicated as it may look... 16 is the sample position in this key table

 

16s

(grey)

Semi Final Position

2004-07

16s1 / 16s2

(grey)

Semi Final 1 or 2 Position

2008+

16

(black)

Position in final (automatic)

without needing to qualify from Semi Final

16q

(purple)

Position in Final (qualifying)

having qualified from Semi Final (2004+)

p

(green)

Pre-Selection

did not qualify from pre-selection (1993, 1996)

?

(red)

Unknown Position

 

R

(blue)

Relegated

* due to previous year’s low position (1993-1995)

* due to cumulative low scores for previous 5 years (1997-2003)

Blank

 

No Entry

 

 

First Participation  2015+

 

 

First Participation  2004+

 

 

First Participation  1993-2003

 

 

First Participation  1956-1992

 

EXAMPLES (from 2012)

 

GR

IL

UK

UK

2012

17q

4s1

13s1

25

Greece (GR) finished 4th in Semi Final 1 (4s1) and then finished 17th in the final after qualifying (17q).

Israel (IL) finished 13th in Semi Final 1 (13s1) and did not qualify for the final.

The UK (UK) finished 25th in the Final (25) without having to qualify.

THE MAIN TABLE

2018’s results provide us with Israel's 4th win (40 years after their first and 20 years after their last) and the best result ever for Cyprus and the Czech Republic. Romania, Russia and Azerbaijan lost their 100% qualification record and Portugal managed to achieve the often-repeated host coming last or close to last place. This was Germany's best result since 2010, Ireland's best since 2011 and Albania's best since 2012. Switzerland now holds the record for staying in the Semi Final - 11 out of 15 times. 

êYear     èCountry   For Country Codes see page bottom.

 YR

AD

AL

AM

AT

AU

AZ

BA

BE

BG

BY

CH

CS

CY

CZ

DE

DK

EE

YR

ES

FI

FR

GE

GR

HR

HU

IE

IL

IS

IT

LT

LU

LV

YR

MA

MC

MD

ME

MK

MT

NL

NO

PL

PT

RO

YR

RS

RU

SE

SI

SK

SM

TR

UA

UK

YU

YR

18

 

11q

8s1

15s1

3q

4s1

20q

4s2

11s1

 

12s1

14q

7s1

16s1

13s1

 

2q

2s1

6q

3s1

4

9q

5s2

8q

5s1

18

23

25q

10s1

13

18s2

14s1

17s1

21q

10s2

16q

6s1

1q

1s1

19s1

5

12q

9s1

 

12s2

18

 

 

10q

3s2

16s2

18s1

13s2

18q

7s2

15q

1s2

14s2

26

11s2

18

19q

9s2

15s2

7q

2s2

22q

8s2

 

17s2

 

17q

6s2

24

 

18

17

 

14s1

18q

7s1

16q

7s2

9q

6s1

14q

8s1

4q

4s1

2q

1s2

17q

9s2

12s2

21q

5s1

13s1

25

20q

10s2

14s2

17

26

12s 

12

11s1

19q

10s1

13q

8s2

8q

2s2

13s2

23q

3s2

15s1

6

17s2

18s1

17

 

 

3q

2s1

16s1

15s2

16s2

11q

4s2

10q

5s2

22q

9s1

1q

1s1

7q

6s2

17

11s2

5q

3s1

17s1

 

18s2

24

15

 

17

16

 

16s2

7q

2s1

13q

7s1

2q

1s2  

17q

6s1

11s1

10q

3s2

4q

5s2

12s2

18s2

21q

8s1

25q

9s1

26

17s2

18s1

16

22

15s1

6

20q

9s2

16s1

23q

10s1

19q

4s1

15s2

14q

7s2

14s1

16

 

9q

4s2

15q

8s2

16

 

 

17s1

13s1

11s2

12q

3s1

11q

5s1

13s2

8q

6s2

16

18q

10s2

3q

1s1

5

14s2

12s1

1q 2s2

24

 

16

15

 

17q

10s1

16q

7s1

26

5

12q

10s2

 

4q

2s1

 

12s1

17s2

 

22q

6s2

13s2

26

13s1

7q

3s1

15

21

16s1

25

11q

4s1

19q

6s1

 

20q

8s1

12s2

9q

3s2

15s2

3

18q

7s2

 

6q

2s2

15

 

 

11s1

13q

9s2

15s1

11s2

14s1

8q

4s2

23q

8s2

14s2

15q

5s1

15

10q

9s1

2q

1s1

1q

1s2

14q

5s2

 

16s2

 

 

24

 

15

14

 

15s1

4q

4s1

1q

1s2

 

22q

9s1

 

14s1

 

16q

5s2

13q

4s2

 

 

 

18

9

12s1

14

10

11q

3s2

26

15s2

20q

7s2

 

5q

3s1

12s2

14s2

15q

8s1

21

11s2

 

13s1

14

 

 

16s1

19q

7s1

13s2

23q

9s2

2q

1s1

8q

6s2

14q

8s2

11s1

12q

2s2

14

 

7q

6s1

3q

2s1

25q

10s2

 

24q

10s1

 

6q

5s1

17

 

14

13

 

15s2

18q

7s2

14s1

 

2q

1s2

 

12q

5s1

12s2

16q

7s1

13s2

 

15s1

 

21

1q

1s1

20q

10s1

13

25

24q

9s2

14

15q

10s2

6q

2s2

13s1

10q

8s2

26q

8s1

14s2

17q

6s2

7

22q

9s1

 

17s2

13

 

 

11q

4s1

12s1

16s2

8q

4s2

9q

6s1

4q

3s2

 

 

13q

5s2

13

11s1

5q

2s1

14

16s1

 

11s2

 

3q

3s1

19

 

13

12

 

5q

2s1

 

18s1

 

4

18q

6s2

17s1

11s2

16s2

11s1

 

16q

7s1

 

8

23q

9s1

6q

4s2

12

10

12s1

22

14s2

17q

4s1

12s2

24q

10s1

19q

6s1

13s1

20q

8s1

9

14q

3s2

 

16s1

12

 

 

11q

5s1

15s1

13q

9s2

21q

7s2

15s2

26q

10s2

 

13s2

12q

3s1

12

3q

2s2

2q

1s1

1q

1s2

17s2

18s2

14s1

7q

5s2

15q

8s2

25

 

12

11

 

14s1

12s1

18q

7s1

 

1q

2s1

6q

5s2

11s2

12s2

14s2

25q

10s1

 

18s2

 

10

5q

2s2

24q

9s2

11

23

21q

3s1

15

9q

6s1

7q

1s1

15s1

22q

7s1

8q

8s2

15s1

20q

4s1

2

19q

5s1

 

17s2

11

 

 

12q

10s2

 

16s2

11s1

19s2

17s1

19s1

18s1

17q

4s2

11

14q

8s1

16q

9s1

3q

1s2

13q

3s2

13s2

16s1

13s1

4q

6s2

11

 

11

10

 

16q

6s1

7q

6s2

 

 

5q

2s2

17q

8s1

6q

1s1

15s2

24q

9s1

17s2

 

21q

10s2

 

1

4q

5s2

14s1

10

15

11s1

12

9q

3s2

8q

2s1

13s2

 

23q

9s2

14q

8s2

19q

3s1

 

12s2

 

17s1

10

 

 

22q

10s1

 

15s1

12s1

14s2

20

13s1

18q

4s1

3q

4s2

10

13q

5s1

11q

7s1

11s2

16s2

16s1

 

2q

1s2

10q

7s2

25

 

10

 

AD

AL

AM

AT

AU

AZ

BA

BE

BG

BY

CH

CS

CY

CZ

DE

DK

EE

 

ES

FI

FR

GE

GR

HR

HU

IE

IL

IS

IT

LT

LU

LV

 

MA

MC

MD

ME

MK

MT

NL

NO

PL

PT

RO

 

RS

RU

SE

SI

SK

SM

TR

UA

UK

YU

 

09

15s1

17q

7s2

10q

5s1

 

 

3q

2s2

9q

3s1

17s1

19s1

13s1

14s1

 

14s2

18s1

20

13q

8s2

6q

3s2

09

23

25q

12s1

8

 

7q

4s2

18q

13s2

15s2

11s2

16q

7s1

2q

1s1

 

23q

9s2

 

19s2

09

 

 

14q

5s2

11s1

10s1

22q

6s1

17s2

1q

1s2

12s2

15q

8s1

19q

9s1

09

10s2

11

21q

4s1

16s2

18s2

 

4q

2s1

12q

6s2

5

 

09

08

16s1

17q

9s2

4q

2s1

 

 

8q

6s1

10q

9s1

17s1

11s2

17s2

13s2

 

15s2

18s2

23

15q

3s2

18s1

08

16

22q

8s1

19

11q

5s2

3q

1s1

21q

4s2

19s2

15s1

9q

5s1

14q

8s2

 

16s2

 

12q

6s2

08

 

 

12s1

14s1

10s2

14s2

13s1

5q

4s1

24q

10s1

13q

2s2

20q

7s1

08

6

1q

3s1

18q

12s2

11s1

 

19s1

7q

7s2

2q

1s2

25

 

08

07

12s

17s

8

27s

 

 

11

26s

5q

6s

6q

4s

20s

 

15s

28s

19

19s

22s

07

20

17

22

12q

8s

7

16s

9q

2s

24

24s

13s

 

21

 

16q

5s

07

 

 

10q

10s

23s

14q

9s

25s

21s

18s

14s

11s

13

07

1q

1s

3

18

15q

7s

 

 

4q

3s

2

23

 

07

06

23s

15s

8q

6s

 

 

 

3q

2s

12s

17s

22s

17

 

15s

 

15

18

18s

06

21

1q

1s

22

 

9

13

 

10q

9s

23

13s

 

6q

5s

 

16

06

 

21s

20

 

12q

10s

24

20s

14

11s

19s

4

06

 

2q

3s

5q

4s

16s

 

 

11q

8s

7q

7s

19

 

06

05

23s

16

 

21s

 

 

14

22s

19s

13s

8q

8s

7

18

 

24

10q

3s

20s

05

21

18s

23

 

1

11q

4s

12q

5s

14s

4q

7s

16s

 

25s

 

5q

10s

05

 

24s

6q

 

17q

9s

2

15s

9q

6s

11s

17s

3q

1s

05

 

15

20

12s

 

 

13

19

22

 

05

04

18s

7q

4s

 

21

 

 

9q

7s

22

 

19s

22s

2q

1s

5q

5s

 

8

13s

12s

04

10

14s

15

 

3q

3s

13q

9s

 

23

11s

19

 

16s

 

17s

04

 

20s

 

 

14q

10s

12q

8s

20q

6s

24

17

15s

18

04

 

11

6

21s

 

 

4

1q

2s

16

 

04

03

 

 

 

6

 

 

16

2

 

 

R

 

20

 

11

R

21

03

8

R

18

 

17

15

 

11

19

8

 

R

 

24

03

 

 

 

 

R

25

13

4

7

22

10

03

 

3

5

23

 

 

1

14

26

 

03

02

 

 

 

18

 

 

13

13

 

 

22

 

6

 

21

24

3

02

7

20

5

 

17

11

 

 

12

 

 

23

 

1

02

 

 

 

 

19

2

R

R

R

 

9

02

 

10

8

13

 

 

16

 

3

 

02

01

 

 

 

R

 

 

14

R

 

 

R

 

R

 

8

2

1

01

6

R

4

 

3

10

 

21

16

22

 

13

 

18

01

 

 

 

 

R

9

18

22

20

17

R

01

 

12

5

7

 

 

11

 

15

 

01

00

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

24

 

 

20

 

21

 

5

1

4

00

18

18

23

 

 

9

 

6

22

12

 

R

 

3

00

 

 

 

 

15

8

13

11

R

R

17

00

 

2

7

R

 

 

10

 

16

 

00

 

AD

AL

AM

AT

AU

AZ

BA

BE

BG

BY

CH

CS

CY

CZ

DE

DK

EE

 

ES

FI

FR

GE

GR

HR

HU

IE

IL

IS

IT

LT

LU

LV

 

MA

MC

MD

ME

MK

MT

NL

NO

PL

PT

RO

 

RS

RU

SE

SI

SK

SM

TR

UA

UK

YU

 

99

 

 

 

10

 

 

7

12

 

 

R

 

22

 

3

8

6

99

23

R

19

 

R

4

R

17

5

2

 

20

 

 

99

 

 

 

 

R

15

8

14

18

21

 

99

 

 

1

11

R

 

16

 

12

 

99

98

 

 

 

R

 

 

R

6

 

 

25

 

11

 

7

R

12

98

16

15

24

 

20

5

23

9

1

R

 

 

 

 

98

 

 

 

 

19

3

4

8

17

12

22

98

 

R

10

18

21

 

14

 

2

 

98

97

 

 

 

21

 

 

18

R

 

 

22

 

5

 

18

16

8

97

6

R

7

 

12

17

12

2

 

20

4

 

 

 

97

 

 

 

 

R

9

22

24

11

24

R

97

 

15

14

10

R

 

3

 

1

 

97

96

 

 

 

10

 

 

22

16

 

 

16

 

9

 

p

p

5

96

20

23

19

 

14

4

p

1

p

13

 

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

 

p

10

7

2

15

6

p

96

 

p

3

21

18

 

12

 

8

 

96

95

 

 

 

13

 

 

19

20

 

 

R

 

9

 

23

5

R

95

2

R

4

 

12

6

22

14

8

15

 

R

 

 

95

 

 

 

 

 

10

R

1

18

21

R

95

 

17

3

7

R

 

16

 

10

 

95

94

 

 

 

17

 

 

15

R

 

 

19

 

11

 

3

R

24

94

18

22

7

 

14

16

4

1

R

12

 

25

R

 

94

 

 

 

 

 

5

23

6

2

8

21

94

 

9

13

R

19

 

R

 

10

 

94

93

 

 

 

14

 

 

16

25

 

 

3

 

19

 

18

22

p

93

11

17

4

 

9

15

p

1

24

13

12

 

20

 

93

 

 

 

 

 

8

6

5

 

10

p

93

 

 

7

22

p

 

21

 

2

 

93

92

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

20

 

 

15

 

11

 

16

12

 

92

14

23

8

 

5

 

 

1

6

7

4

 

21

 

92

 

 

 

 

 

3

9

18

 

17

 

92

 

 

22

 

 

 

19

 

2

13

92

91

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

16

 

 

5

 

9

 

18

19

 

91

4

20

2

 

13

 

 

10

3

15

8

 

14

 

91

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

17

 

7