All Winners of the Semi-Finals in Eurovision Song Contest (2004-2024)

Here are the entries that ended up on first place in the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest from 2004 to 2024. Please, enjoy!

Sweden has finished 1st four times in the semi-finals at Eurovision (most recently in 2022), more than any other country.

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[Jai]

So far the lowest placing semi final winner in the final is Alexander Rybak with his 2018 attempt, coming in 15th

[northeasteurope]

Funny how both Croatia 2024 and Finland 2023 got the same amount of points in the semi finals and both won and decimated the televotes in the final. The two robbed kings of the people's choice

[Thomaaas]

Voyager was so underrated by the televote in final... 😢

[vem]

Semi-Final Winners by Country;
4 times: 🇸🇪Sweden
3 times: 🇷🇺Russia, 🇦🇺Australia
2 times: 🇬🇷Greece, 🇺🇦Ukraine, 🇳🇴Norway, 🇳🇱Netherlands, 🇫🇮Finland, 🇮🇱Israel

1 time: Serbia and Montenegro, 🇷🇴Romania, 🇷🇸Serbia, 🇮🇸Iceland, 🇧🇪Belgium, 🇹🇷Turkey, 🇩🇰Denmark, 🇦🇿Azerbaijan, 🇦🇹Austria, 🇵🇹Portugal, 🇧🇬Bulgaria, 🇲🇹Malta, 🇨🇭Switzerland, 🇭🇷Croatia

Countries that won despite not winning their Semi-Final;
🇺🇦2004 (2nd in SF)
🇷🇺2008 (3rd in SF)
🇦🇿2011 (2nd in SF)
🇺🇦2016 (2nd in SF)
🇸🇪2023 (2nd in SF)
🇨🇭2024 (4th in SF)

Alexander Rybak is the only person to have won a Semi-Final twice, in 2009 and 2018 for 🇳🇴Norway.

% of max points from the Semis:
1. 🇸🇪Heroes 90.42%
2. 🇮🇱Hurricane 85.09%
3. 🇧🇬Beautiful Mess 83.96%
4. 🇦🇹Rise Like A Phoenix 82.84%
5. 🇸🇪Hold Me Closer 82.50%
6. 🇫🇮Cha Cha Cha 81.94%
7. 🇭🇷Rim Tim Tagi Dim 81.94%
8. 🇺🇦Teresa & Maria 80.09%
9. 🇳🇱Europapa 79.82%
10. 🇷🇺A Million Voices 79.82%

Second places in the Semi-Finals: (in chronological order)

[MrPointedRovers]

It's funny the actual winners of 2008 (Russia) and 2011 (Azerbaijan) appeared in the same semi final as Greece.

[enricopaoletti]

I'm still positive shocked for Australia finishing first last year and even surpassing Austria and the girls of Poe. Wow, outstanding

[manolosocal]

Romania 2005 is such an underrated banger! 🎇🛢️

[Angeles]

☁️🤍 Eden and the dancers were amazing.
I loved the background and colours, and the choreography.
Going through the tunnel, holding each other in the middle of the storm.. Beautiful song

[justfae]

Kind of interesting to see how a good amount of times, the overall runner up won semi final 1 and the overall winner won semi final 2

[lucijanPlays]

Kaarija and baby lasagna same place all (aslo point) lol

[brenexlindsay]

2 fun facts:

1. Norway 2018 had the lowest placing semi final winner, with alexander placing 15th in the grand final despite coming 1st in the semi 2

2. Switzerland 2024 was the lowest placing winner, coming only 4th in their semi (narrowly beating dima bilans 3rd place)

[TheAsianEuropeanGuy]

The Winner of The 1993 Semi Final : Slovenia 🇸🇮 (54 Points)
The Winner of The 1996 Semi Final : Sweden 🇸🇪 (227 Points)

[olirolypoly]

i will never shut up about how much salvador sobral deserved to win. i hope he wins all the awards and trophies that exist because he SLAYS EVERY TIME

[shawolzen]

Käärijä 🤝 Baby Lasagna winning the semis and the televote in the final without politics

[Copsomegoldendrip]

If somebody will ask me, if I remember Schlager 20 years later, I WILL REMEMBER (i think).

[LexusLFA]

Calm after the Storm was pretty popular on German radio for a while after the 2014 ESC.

Love that the Grandmas got First Place at least in the Semi-Final.

Voyager with that MR2 on stage :)

Rim Tim Tagi Dim is getting really close to becoming my favorite Eurovision song (after Hard Rock Hallelujah)

[Motorsport]

My favorite Semi Finals Winners
2008 Greece
2009 Norway
2010 Belgium
2011 Greece
2012 Sweden
2013 Azerbaijan
2014 Netherlands
2015 Russia
2016 Russia
2017 Bulgaria
2018 Norway
2019 Netherlands
2021 Switzerland
2022 Sweden
2023 Australia
2024 Croatia

[mylesjackson]

You could do another one of these videos but just for the televote winner of each semi as there was often a discrepancy from 2016-2019

[dzastin]

So the winner overall in the grand final was the winner from the Semi:

2004 - Neither
2005 - Neither
2006 - Only Semi Final in the system
2007 - Only Semi Final in the system
2008 - Neither
2009 - Semi 2
2010 - Neither
2011 - Neither
2012 - Semi 2
2013 - Semi 1
2014 - Semi 2
2015 - Semi 2
2016 - Neither
2017 - Semi 1
2018 - Semi 1
2019 - Semi 2
2021 - Neither
2022 - Semi 1
2023 - Neither
2024 - Neither

[marlonherr]

Most undeserved: Slovakia 2012
Most deserved: Finland 2015

But there are a lot amazing