ESC HISTORY & STATISTICS: Highest Scoring Songs without a win.

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2019

THE HISTORY & STATISTICS

With over 40 countries now competing in the Eurovision Song Contest each year, the overall point scores have risen sharply in recent years.  These are the highest scoring songs that failed to win:

In fifth place is Moldova. “Hey Mamma” collected 374 points for the SunStroke Project in 2017.

Fourth is last year’s entry from Cyprus. “Fuego” accumulated 436 points.

Third place belongs to Sergey Lazarev. In 2016, the Russian performer wowed the live and TV audiences with “You Are The Only One”, finishing up with 491 points.

Australia’s Dami Im came second that same year with the 2^nd highest scoring non-winner in ESC history: “Sound Of Silence”. She netted 511 points.

Still in first place is Bulgaria’s 2017 entry “Beautiful Mess”, performed by Kristian Kostov, which received 615 points.