EUROVISION'S 150 MOST INFLUENTIAL SONGS. This post: 2003.  More: tomorrow.

EUROVISION

1956-2022

THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SONGS

(in chronological order)

 

This year’s Contest will see the 70^th song declared a winner. Caffè Lattè lists all of the past winning entries and other songs that have had a lasting impact on the Eurovision Song Contest.

2003

The Eurovision Song Contest continued to grow. In 2003, a record-breaking 26 nations competed. The countries relegated in 2002 returned and those with the 15 highest scores that year, along with ‘The Big Four’ and debuting participant: Ukraine. This was the final time competitors were determined this way. A major change was planned for the 2004 Contest.

 

EVERYWAY THAT I CAN

Sertab Erener

Turkey

 

Sertab Erener, one of the most popular singers in Turkey, represented her homeland with a song performed in English. “Everyway That I Can” was easily that country’s most modern entry. Her performance established the song as a favourite. The final scores were tight among the Top 3 entries. Turkey claimed victory with 167 points. This was the first and only Turkish ESC triumph. The country ceased participating in 2012. As it is still a member of the EBU, Turkey can still return to the Contest in the future.

 

 

SANOMI Urban Trad

Belgium

Recent changes allowed countries to perform songs in any language they wished. Belgium took the strange option to be represented by the entry “Sanomi”. It was sung in a language that was created for the event! Urban Trad finished in second place, just 2 points behind the winning song.

 

NE VER’, NE BOISIA

t.A.T.u.

Russia

Two teenage girls represented Russia, courting controversy in the lead-up to their performance on the ESC stage. Rumours circulated that they were lesbians. This was fiction, but the image helped elevate the chances of “Ne Ver’, Ne Bosia” which translates  as “Don’t Believe, Don’t Fear”. The duo achieved a score of 164, just one point behind the Belgian runner-up.