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The first tie-break rule was introduced following the 1969 contest, when four of the sixteen countries taking part—France, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom—all finished the voting with an equal number of votes. [83] As there was no rule in place to break the tie, all four were declared joint winners. [84]
[239] [240] The video for "Occidentali's Karma" by Francesco Gabbani, which placed sixth for Italy in 2017, became the first Eurovision song to reach more than 200 million views on YouTube, [241] while "Soldi" by Mahmood, the Italian runner-up in 2019, was the most-streamed Eurovision song on Spotify until it was overtaken by that year's winner ...
The following tables list the entries which have been performed at the contest since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004. Entries are listed by order of their first performance in the contest; entry numbers provide a cumulative total of all songs performed at the contest throughout its history, and a second cumulative total outlines the total entries for each country.
Overview of tie-breaking rules Year Use Description 1956–1969 — No tie-breaking rules were in place. 1970–1988: Only to determine the winner. The jury decided the winner through a simple vote for their favourite. 1989–2000: The winner of a tie is the country that received more 12 points, then 10 points.
The last time the UK won Eurovision was in 1997
Two of the countries that have previously sought to enter the competition, Lebanon and Tunisia, in Western Asia and North Africa respectively, are also outside of Europe. A broadcaster from the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, in Western Asia, announced in 2009 its interest in joining the contest in time for the 2011 edition. [2]
[2] [87] The regulations for this first contest allowed one participating broadcast organisation from each country to submit two songs of between 3 and 3½ minutes in length, the only edition to permit more than one song per country. [2] [81] [89] Each country was strongly encouraged to hold a national contest to select their competing entries ...
Rylan and Roman Kemp clash on Twitter over Eurovision acts entering twice after Loreen’s win for Sweden.