It’s Eurovision week! Time for camp costumes and ridiculous sets, at-home score cards and barefaced political voting.To get you in the spirit, our resident Eurovision enthusiast Fiona has put together a playlist of some favourites from over the years. You can have a listen on Spotify here, or see the full track listing below. Have we included your favourites?
Remember, some Eurovision songs should only be experienced in all their bizarre staged glory: see Finland’s monstrous 2006 hit, Hard Rock Hallelujah, Ukraine’s fabulous 2007 drag act Verka Serduchka and Moldova’s ‘epic sax guy’ from 2010.
Download at-home score cards here, or just make your own by scoring Song, Performance, Staging and Surprise factor out of 10.
The Eurovision playlist track listing
DJ: Fiona Hamilton
Nel Blu Dipinto Del Blu by Domenico Modugno
Italy, 1958
Boom Bang A Bang by Lulu
UK, 1969: WINNER!
Puppet On A String by Sandie Shaw
UK, 1967: WINNER!
Waterloo by ABBA
Sweden, 1974: WINNER!
Save Your Kisses For Me by Brotherhood of Man
UK, 1976: WINNER!
Making Your Mind Up by Bucks Fizz
UK, 1981: WINNER!
Love Shine A Light by Katrina & The Waves
UK, 1997: WINNER!
Fly on the Wings of Love by The Olsen Brothers
Denmark, 2000: WINNER!
Divine by Sébastian Tellier
France, 2008
Fairytale by Alexander Rybak
Norway, 2009: WINNER!
Amar Pelos Dois by Salvador Sobrai
Portugal, 2017
Sebi by Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl
Slovenia, 2019
Think About Things by Daði Freyr
Iceland, 2020: Eurovision cancelled due to Covid
Voilá by Barbara Pravi
France, 2021
Set Me Free by Eden Alene
Israel, 2021
Love Is On My Side by The Black Mamba
Portugal, 2021
Stefania by Kalush Orchestra
Ukraine, 2022: WINNER!
I Wrote A Song by Mae Muller
UK, 2023: WINNER?