Losing their Eurovision virginity - a #2020Points opportunity
Every country that competes at Eurovision has to lose its virginity. Some, like our 2020 hosts The Netherlands did so all the way back in 1956. Others, like Australia, had to wait until 2015 to pop their Eurovision cherry. A few countries did so well in their first Eurovision that they won! We are going back to look at every country’s first time to relive the moment.
Below is each of the songs for every country that has ever participated in Eurovision. Have a watch of all of the tracks and when you are done we want you to let us know your thoughts. Specifically, we’d like to know:
1) Which of these songs you think aced their first time – the best song in the bunch.
2) Which of these songs you think bombed – the worst song in the bunch.
3) Which of these songs is your guilty pleasure.
4) Which is/was the most memorable (can be for good or bad reasons!).
Voting will close on 29 July at Noon CET. Every member that votes will earn 15 points towards the #2020Points list. The voting form can be found at the bottom of the page after all of the songs.
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Albania – 2004 – Anjeza Shahini “The image of You”
Andorra – 2004 – Marta Roure “Jugarem A Estimar-nos”
Armenia – 2006 – Andre “Without your love”
Australia – 2015 – Guy Sebastian “Tonight Again”
Austria – 1957 – Bob Martin “Wohin, Kleines Pony”
Azerbaijan – 2008 – Elnur & Samir “Day After Day”
Belarus – 2004 – Aleksandra & Konstantin “My Galileo”
Belgium – 1956 – Mony Marc “Le Plus Beau Jour De Ma Vie”
Bosnia & Herzegovina – 1993 – Fazla “Sva Bol Svijeta”
Bulgaria – 2005 – Kaffe “Lorraine”
Croatia – 1993 – Put “Don’t Ever Cry”
Cyprus – 1981 – Island “Monika”
Czech Republic – 2007 – Kabat “Malá Dáma”
Denmark – 1957 – Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler “Skibet Skal Sejle I Nat”
Estonia – 1994 – Silvi Vrait “Nagu Merelaine”
Finland – 1961 – Laila Kinnunen “Valoa Ikkunassa”
France – 1956 – Dany Dauberson “Il Est Là”
Georgia – 2007 – Sopho “Visionary Dream”
Germany – 1956 – Walter Andreas Schwarz “Im Wartesaal Zum Großen Glück”
Greece – 1974 – Marinella “Krassi, Thalassa Ke T'agori Mou”
Hungary – 1994 – Friderika Bayer “Kinek Mondjam El Vétkeimet”
Iceland – 1986 – Icy “Gleðibankinn”
Ireland – 1965 – Butch Moore “I'm Walking The Streets In The Rain”
Israel – 1973 – Ilanit “Ey-sham”
Italy – 1956 – Franca Raimondi “Aprite Le Finestre”
Latvia – 2000 – Brainstorm “My Star”
Lithuania – 1994 – Ovidijus Vysniauskas “Lopšinė Mylimai”
Luxembourg – 1956 – Michele Arnaud “Les Amants De Minuit”
Malta – 1971 – Joe Grech “Marija L-maltija”
Moldova – 2005 – Zdob si Zdub “Boonika Bate Toba”
Monaco – 1959 – Jacques Pills “Mon Ami Pierrot”
Montenegro – 2007 – Stevan Faddy “Ajde Kroci”
Morocco – 1980 – Samira Bensaid “Bitakat Hob”
North Macedonia – 1998 – Vlado Janevski “Ne Zori, Zoro”
Norway – 1960 – Nora Brockstedt “Voi-voi”
Poland – 1994 – Edyta Gorniak “To Nie Ja!”
Portugal – 1964 – Antonio Calvario “Oração”
Romania – 1994 – Dan Bittman “Dincolo De Nori”
Russia – 1994 – Youddiph “Vechni Stranik”
San Marino – 2008 – Miodio “Complice”
Serbia – 2007 – Marija Serifovic “Molitva”
Serbia & Montenegro – 2004 – Zeljko Joksimovic “Lane Moje”
Slovakia – 1994 – Martin Durinda and Tublatanka “Nekovecná Piesen”
Slovenia – 1993 – 1X Band “Tih Dezeven Dan”
Spain – 1961 – Conchita Bautista “Estando Contigo”
Sweden – 1958 – Alice Babs “Lilla Stjärna”
Switzerland – 1956 – Lys Assia “Das Alte Karussell”
The Netherlands – 1956 – Jetty Paerl “De Vogels Van Holland”
Turkey – 1975 – Semiha Yanki “Seninle Bir Dakika”
Ukraine – 2003 – Olexandr “Hasta La Vista”
United Kingdom – 1957 – Patricia Bredin “All”
Yugoslavia – 1961 – Ljiljana Petrovic “Neke Davne Zvezde”