{"id":59403,"date":"2023-01-01T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/?p=59403"},"modified":"2023-12-14T18:28:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:28:15","slug":"feiten-en-cijfers-over-de-esc250-van-2022__trashed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/top-250-2022\/feiten-en-cijfers-over-de-esc250-van-2022__trashed-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts and figures about the 2022 ‘ESC250’"},"content":{"rendered":"

After weeks of speculation on social media (would Loreen maintain her first place?), the full 2022\u00a0Eurovision Top 250\u00a0<\/em>has finally been revealed. People massively voted for Chanel’s\u00a0SloMo<\/em>. In spite of removing obviously manipulated and multiple votes from the same people, she still has a comfortable lead which enables her to push Loreen down to second place in our\u00a0ESC250<\/em>. In this article, we outline some facts and figures about the ranking of past New Year’s Eve.<\/p>\n

Most entries per country<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

With 11,314 sets of valid votes, we again broke all previous voting records. Entries from no less than 49\u00a0different nations<\/strong> appear in the ranking – remarkable when you know that throughout Eurovision history a grand total of 52 countries have taken part. The only absent nations in the\u00a0ESC250\u00a0<\/em>are Morocco<\/strong>, with their one entry\u00a0Bitaqat hub\u00a0<\/em>by Samira Bensa\u00efd in 1980 (place 386), Andorra\u00a0<\/strong>(first entry at 271), in spite of their six entries, and Monaco<\/strong> (first entry at 345). On the other end of the spectrum, Sweden still holds the record for having the highest number of entries in the list, although their share dropped considerably from 25 in 2021 to ‘just’ 17 in the most recent edition.<\/p>\n

Sweden is followed by Italy and Spain with 14 entries each and Greece with 13. The Netherlands has seven artists in the list, one more than Belgium. The highest ranked Dutchman is 2019 winner Duncan Laurence<\/strong> on #7 (#4 in 2021). Looking at Belgian participants, we see that Blanche and Lo\u00efc Nottet have effectively swapped places with Blanche now at #23, beating the\u00a0Rhythm Inside\u00a0<\/em>singer at #26.<\/p>\n

When only taking into consideration the seven ‘OG’ nations<\/strong> that took part in the very first Eurovision edition back in 1956, Italy has the highest number of entries in the\u00a0ESC250\u00a0<\/em>(14), followed by the Netherlands and France with seven each.<\/p>\n

Entries per decade<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In 66 different editions of the Eurovision Song Contest and also taking the cancelled 2020 edition into account, 49 years have at least one entry in the list. The following years have no entries in the top 250:\u00a01956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986 en 1989. This means that every year from 1990 onwards appears at least once<\/strong>. Whereas 1959 and 2002 were not featured in the\u00a0ESC250\u00a0<\/em>in 2021, they succeeded the next year thanks to Birthe Wilke’s\u00a0Uh, jeg ville \u00f8nske jeg var dig\u00a0<\/em>(Denmark) and Rosa’s\u00a0Europe’s Living a Celebration\u00a0<\/em>(Spain). Thus, two of the four 1950s editions appear in the list. For other decades, the overview is as follows:<\/p>\n