# Which country is the best at Eurovision?

> Some of these countries win by treating the contest as a national sport, and others by sending the one act nobody else would.

*By YPB Team · Published September 29, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/which-country-is-the-best-at-eurovision*

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1. **Estonia** — score 1000/1000
   Won in 2001 with Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL.
2. **Australia** — score 808/1000
   Joined in 2015 as a one-off guest and never left.
3. **Croatia** — score 741/1000
   Baby Lasagna's Rim Tim Tagi Dim came second in 2024, its best result.
4. **France** — score 741/1000
   Founding member with five wins, the last of them in 1977.
5. **Luxembourg** — score 661/1000
   Five wins before it left in 1993, and back in the contest since 2024.
6. **United Kingdom** — score 600/1000
   Five wins from Sandie Shaw to Katrina and the Waves, plus a record number of second places.
7. **Sweden** — score 600/1000
   ABBA's Waterloo in 1974, Loreen twice, and a national selection show treated like a holiday.
8. **Austria** — score 600/1000
   Conchita Wurst won in 2014 and JJ in 2025.
9. **Netherlands** — score 529/1000
   Five wins, from Corry Brokken in 1957 to Duncan Laurence's Arcade in 2019.
10. **Denmark** — score 529/1000
   Winner in 1963, in 2000 with the Olsen Brothers and in 2013.
11. **Ukraine** — score 529/1000
   Three wins since its 2003 debut, and the only country that has reached every final since semi-finals began.
12. **Ireland** — score 529/1000
   Johnny Logan won twice as a singer, and Ireland took three contests in a row in the 1990s.
13. **Portugal** — score 529/1000
   Waited 53 years for a win, then took it with Salvador Sobral's quiet ballad in 2017.
14. **Greece** — score 529/1000
   Helena Paparizou's My Number One gave Greece its only win in 2005.
15. **Norway** — score 448/1000
   Famous for nul points, and also for three wins, including Alexander Rybak's record-breaking 2009 victory.
16. **Spain** — score 448/1000
   Won in 1968 and again in 1969, and one of the Big Five.
17. **Finland** — score 353/1000
   Lordi's masked hard rock won in 2006; Käärijä's green bolero nearly did in 2023.
18. **Serbia** — score 353/1000
   Won at its first attempt as an independent country, with Marija Šerifović in 2007.
19. **Belgium** — score 353/1000
   Sandra Kim won in 1986 at 13, the youngest winner in the contest's history.
20. **Switzerland** — score 353/1000
   Won the first contest in 1956, then again with Céline Dion in 1988 and Nemo in 2024.
21. **Moldova** — score 240/1000
   Its 2010 entry gave the internet Epic Sax Guy.
22. **Italy** — score 240/1000
   Founding participant whose 2021 winners Måneskin went on to fame far beyond the contest.
23. **Germany** — score 0/1000
   Nicole won in 1982 and Lena in 2010; one of the Big Five that go straight to the final.
24. **Azerbaijan** — score 0/1000
   Won in 2011, in only its fourth contest.
25. **Bulgaria**
   Returned in 2026 after three years away and won its first contest with Dara's Bangaranga.

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