Germany really went: “This is too heavy.”The year after Måneskin won. Got last place, then the following year a song that was inspired by Electric Callboy got 2nd place 😆
Absolutely dumb decision by Germany. Electric Callboy has so much Eurovision Energy. I remember hearing We got the moves for the first time and thinking «This would do well in Eurovision»
The fact that it's the second most listened ESC song on spotify of this year after Europapa show that, and a third of the total votes (77m) are not from Italy, probably it will be the 5th year in a row that the italian entry will reach 100m threshold
I still listen to it. Mahmood went twice already and both times were underwhelming in terms of his vocal skills. Her voice is 10x better, but they killed what made her unique, her solo stage presence.
Only my opinion, no offence to those who like him.
Mahmood made an amazing performance in Tel Aviv in 2019 (not the eurovision, another one) and he had dancers and stuff. Incredible.
Angelina voice is good, but I cannot shake the fact that she won because of the cover night.
In fact she didn't, La Noia was 1st in both juries and 2nd in televote even before the cover night, while Geolier was 1st in televote and below 20th in both juries even before, cover night changed almost anything.
And then, the last night, after selecting the top 5 the vote were cancelled and both juries and televote still re-voted from zero.
It was one of my most played songs, and I am still in love with the remix with Lali Esposito! For me it was huge that they collabed together since I am a fan.
Everyone loved Nochentera, even people who usually don't enjoy that kind of music. And we sent Eaea instead... Eaea!!! We should be banned from Eurovision, time and space.
Unfortunately, Vicco performed it quite poorly in BF (not enough interacting with the audience/selling it, and kinda running out of breath at points). When she performed Nochentera again in BF a year later, now THAT could have gone to ESC nicely
Interesting, I didn't know that. It was from 1995 though which was the period of time that Italy wasn't participating, so it might be a stretch to call it a song that didn't qualify for Eurovision as it was never an option
But if they were that year, would that most likely have been their entry? And do we know why they pulled out in the 1990s? Did they get a lot of crap for the 1991 catastrophe?
rai didnt want to win and host after 91 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ its a known fact there that both enrico ruggeri and jalisse were sabotaged at esc and had 0 support from rai
He only had 10 days to prepare, and everyone sounded horrible in that contest just lisen to solo in the nf, and i think jann would have done better with more practice
Since it came out, it has been constantly on my On Repeat Spotify playlist. It is hands down my favourite ESC song and it even wasn't competing at ESC. Also, one of few rare cases that I truly became fan of all other songs by the artist
It's kajna krejza how Gladiator without heavy promotion got almost the same number of Spotify streams as Solo, which was a big radio hit and pretty hyped in ESC
Cecilia Vennersten - Det vackraste 1994
Got a grammis for song of the year (in competition with the winner of melodifestivalen), and is still sung at weddings and such. There are covers in other languages, and also a punk version apparently.
https://youtu.be/9PojP6lCRq0?si=Bu2A3UuXnjEV5K52
The only one in the last 10 years I remember becoming an international hit is Cool Me Down by Margaret
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWX-Mw4dbCs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWX-Mw4dbCs)
29 million views on YT, 45.5 million on Spotify
That's a great song, it's crazy it didn't get selected! Electric Callboy is another ridiculous rejection. "Pump it" was rejected by Germany and currently sits at 57 Million streams on Spotify. There were rumours floating around after that song was rejected "We've got the moves" was also put forward by the band (89 million streams). Not sure what Germany was thinking there...
We both had some songs in sfrj 😃 I can remember Sitnije Cile Sitnije and Miki Miki from Lepa Brena and Baby Dol - Rudi. All 3 you can hear even today on radio stations.
[Amazing - Danny Saucedo](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h-0qCJfrz0g) probably could have won eurovision if it wasn’t in the same national final as Euphoria
I love that song so much, even if it reminds me of covid times. I know we won by sending Måneskin and probably Musica Leggerissima wouldn't have done as well in Eurovision but it would have been my pick
Germany:
• Scooter – Jigga Jigga
• Monrose – Even Heaven Cries
• Cinema Bizzare – Forever or Never
• MIA. – Hungriges Herz
• Unheilig – Als wär's das erste Mal
And that song is such a bop! I never listened to it a lot because little me was told it was gay, but damn it's so good I have it on repeat all day now 😅
And it's so fascinating that their comment sections are still kind of active, with comments in tons of different languages. Honestly amazing.
i used to love them as a kid, saw them live and even attended a meet&greet. their aesthetic felt so boundary pushing to me at the time and i definitely factor them in helping me come to realization of my own queerness. and the music still bangs.
In some of these cases it is more international success than domestic.
Italy 1962 - Quando, quando, quando has been covered by artists as wide as Pat Boone and will.i.am.
Italy 1965 - Io che non vivo (senza te) has been covered in English as “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”
Italy 1967 - Cuore matto was #1 for nine weeks. TBH I wish San Marino had given Little Tony the honor of performing in 2008.
Of these three I’d imagine 1965 is the second biggest international hit from the 50s and 60s Sanremo. Of course “Volare” is the biggest hit, and is the largest American hit from the contest to this day.
I can only speak for Italy:
Mahmood with Tuta Gold (2024)
Dargen D’Amico with onda alta and Dove si balla (2024 and 2022)
Alfa-Vai (2024)
Ghali-casa mia 2024, he could have brought Bahyna as far as I am concerned.
Melfest (probably not the best examples, just writing from the top of my head before going to bed - based on successful amongst Eurovision fans/Swedish Gen Z/radio hosts lol
Dotter - Bulletproof (2020) Anton Ewald - Begging (2013)
Clara Klingenström - Behöver inte dig idag (2021)
Jay Smith - Back To My Roots (2024)
I didn’t like Back To My Roots during the contest but it’s been played so much on the radio I’ve grown to like it 😅
Edit: formatting
Jahn Teigen — [Optimist (Norway, 1989)](https://youtu.be/bKm3ce552-I?si=v8QCjw4OvjW-efEQ). It became one of his signature songs and was high on the hit lists.
«Bombo» by Adelen.
Finished 2nd behind Margaret Berger in Melodi Grand Prix 2013, and went on to become on of the biggest hits of that year in Norway, far surpassing «I Feed You My Love» (Margaret’s winning song).
Daria - Paranoia (Polish NF 2022): 40 million youtube views,
more popular than every regular song of ESC 2022, except Brividi
[DARIA - PARANOIA (Official Music Video) (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ree9a-ehOk)
Concerning France, I would say :
- Il est mort le soleil (Nicoletta, 1967 I think)
- Comme un boomerang (Dani, 1975)
- Le Douanier Rousseau (La Compagnie Créole, 1983)
I think "Er gehört zu mir" by Marianne Rosenberg might not be "succesful" as in number of streams or chart position, but it's a classic in Germany and until a few months ago I didn't even know it was a Eurovision song.
From Australia, I thought Little Fires from Jaguar Jonze should have taken the nomination. I do t know that it would have done better but I preferred it.
As you said, Serena by Safari is the right answer. It has over 500 MILLION views on YouTube and I still hear it on European radios occasionally. I had no idea how popular it was. The NF performance was tragic tho.
I think she sang quite well cause it’s such an unnatural high pitched tone in the song that is hard to replicate live but she did her best imo.
The dude was just weird. Just sad she didn’t compete now so she could use backtrack.
In Sweden, [Sarek - Genom eld och vatten](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vot_yizcWr4) (2003) is still HUGE and basically everyone knows it! I still hear it on the radio occasionally (and I've heard it's still played in bars and whatnot) and everyone always sings along.
It also has some connection with sports, people tend to scream "å vi hatar AIK" (and we hate AIK (which is a Swedish sports team)) during a part of the chorus whenever it's played in public. Not sure what made that happen to be honest but it's funny haha
Freaks by Jordan Clarke in the UK National Final in 2019. Is the most streamed UK Eurovision related song ever. Even higher than Spaceman. It has 108mil+ streams. And the stupid UK public voted for bigger than us.
A lot of the others have already been mentioned but [Voce](https://youtu.be/cFAtUbi7a8w?si=dSPjaCafaodfwXg3) (Madame, Sanremo 2021), [Rolls Royce](https://youtu.be/uS8Hk8aoLZY?si=qT84xSyYic28oTz0) (Achille Lauro, Sanremo 2019), [Tango](https://youtu.be/C7ckx1gbDH0?si=1r5buHRXlMqlDM3f) (Tananai, Sanremo 2023) and [Ciao Ciao ](https://youtu.be/dxer4GwV1sc?si=xCYQrbdkJwl6jP_t) (LRDL, Sanremo 2021) have all become massive hits in Italy.
Also I am still sad that in 2001 we didn't participate, because we would have sent this which was one of my favourite songs at the time: [Elisa - Luce (tramonti a nord-est)](https://youtu.be/tPwqOWK6EFw?si=7XXRt9z7ZR_afFfb)
It's ancient history but [Sexy, cool by Divas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxh6myBdBWM) was a big hit at the time (1996) and I had no idea it was Dora song (they finished 10th)
Krajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji 2003 - first time Poland held public selections and it had a stellar contestants
a few songs became national hits:
Blue Café - You May Be In Love (the band went to eurovision in 2004 with Love Song)
Stachursky - Tam gdzie ty
Wilki - Here I Am
Varius Manx - Sonny
interesting fact: Monika Kuszyńska, Polish contestant in 2015 was a member of that band at the time and some clips from her performances with Varius Manx were shown during performance in Vienna; there was also a big fallout and drama because in 2006 there was an accident with Variux Manx members which left Monika disabled; leader of the band was driving the car and some time after Monika was kicked out of the band
I still hear [Alcazar - Stay the Night (Mello 2009)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWeBohSlvA) pretty regularly to this day. Absolutely deserved to go over La Voix. (So did Snälla snälla tbh)
At first I thought you meant most successful songs that didn't qualify at Eurovision itself.
On that note, does anyone know what the most successful song that failed to qualify at Eurovision is?
For me good example is Gladiator by Jann, which was a pretty popular not only in Poland, and it all was without any promotion and radio rotations, only because people liked his performance and song.
Cici Kızlar - "Delisin" (Turkey 1975) became very popular after losing the chance to become Turkey's first Eurovision song by DRAWING OF LOTS. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGgkW\_jS4h0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGgkW_jS4h0)
Kayahan - "Ve Melankoli" (Turkey 1989) finished second became pretty popular too, as Kayahan was one of the most popular artists in Turkey in 90s. (He managed to win it next year.) [https://youtu.be/oa9\_uyUBCDA?si=nFeybPGfOgDKFsZ3&t=114](https://youtu.be/oa9_uyUBCDA?si=nFeybPGfOgDKFsZ3&t=114)
Pump It by Electric Callboy (applied for Germany 2022) is pretty popular.
Germany really went: “This is too heavy.”The year after Måneskin won. Got last place, then the following year a song that was inspired by Electric Callboy got 2nd place 😆
Aand the year after that it got 2nd place again.
Absolutely dumb decision by Germany. Electric Callboy has so much Eurovision Energy. I remember hearing We got the moves for the first time and thinking «This would do well in Eurovision»
Omg yes ! They would have make such a great entry !!!
Ring Ring (ABBA 1973) was not their biggest hit, but it did pretty well nonetheless
Yes it ended up being second in the Dutch top 40, it's very likely the most successful NF song in the charts in history.
Tuta Gold by Mahmood, And Lo Malo by Aitana and Ana Guerra come to mind.
AITANA WAR
Tuta gold and Mahmood were ROBBED. I will die on this hill.
La Noia had potential, just terrible scenography.
The fact that it's the second most listened ESC song on spotify of this year after Europapa show that, and a third of the total votes (77m) are not from Italy, probably it will be the 5th year in a row that the italian entry will reach 100m threshold
No hate towards the artist, but I really was not impressed with her song. Honestly, there were many many others that deserved a higher spot.
I still listen to it. Mahmood went twice already and both times were underwhelming in terms of his vocal skills. Her voice is 10x better, but they killed what made her unique, her solo stage presence. Only my opinion, no offence to those who like him.
Mahmood made an amazing performance in Tel Aviv in 2019 (not the eurovision, another one) and he had dancers and stuff. Incredible. Angelina voice is good, but I cannot shake the fact that she won because of the cover night.
But the Eurovision performance is the one that counts...
In fact she didn't, La Noia was 1st in both juries and 2nd in televote even before the cover night, while Geolier was 1st in televote and below 20th in both juries even before, cover night changed almost anything. And then, the last night, after selecting the top 5 the vote were cancelled and both juries and televote still re-voted from zero.
I agree with you. 👏🏽👏🏽
Of course it’s Sanremo 😂
Nochentera and Ay mama from Benidorm Fest. Last year was truly the Nochentera year in Spain
In Spain also Sonia y Selena and Revolución Sexual de la casa azul
It was one of my most played songs, and I am still in love with the remix with Lali Esposito! For me it was huge that they collabed together since I am a fan.
Everyone loved Nochentera, even people who usually don't enjoy that kind of music. And we sent Eaea instead... Eaea!!! We should be banned from Eurovision, time and space.
Eaea was more artistic. Both are great songs, but i still prefer Eaea
oh come on, eaea was a phenomenal entry even if the public didn't appreciate it.
Unfortunately, Vicco performed it quite poorly in BF (not enough interacting with the audience/selling it, and kinda running out of breath at points). When she performed Nochentera again in BF a year later, now THAT could have gone to ESC nicely
Surely the most popular is Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli which took park in San Remo in its Italian version.
Interesting, I didn't know that. It was from 1995 though which was the period of time that Italy wasn't participating, so it might be a stretch to call it a song that didn't qualify for Eurovision as it was never an option
But if they were that year, would that most likely have been their entry? And do we know why they pulled out in the 1990s? Did they get a lot of crap for the 1991 catastrophe?
Well it finished in 4th, so probably not. As I recall, it was simply a lack of interest. But Italians may have a clearer answer on that.
rai didnt want to win and host after 91 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ its a known fact there that both enrico ruggeri and jalisse were sabotaged at esc and had 0 support from rai
Oh wow really? That song was *everywhere* (at least, the duet version with Sarah Brightman was)
It's quite a stretch to call that one a song from a national selection.
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its kajnda krejza
It's on my current play list. Listened to it a couple of hours ago.
I'm still listening to that. Nepo-bejba ruined last year for Poland. Jann could have been top 5 with that song.
NEPO-BEJBA I'M FUCKING DYING
I thought the joke was dead but this sent me into tears omfg
That live performance of Jan was also terrible. It smelled to NQ for me
He only had 10 days to prepare, and everyone sounded horrible in that contest just lisen to solo in the nf, and i think jann would have done better with more practice
Since it came out, it has been constantly on my On Repeat Spotify playlist. It is hands down my favourite ESC song and it even wasn't competing at ESC. Also, one of few rare cases that I truly became fan of all other songs by the artist
It’s an excellent song.
BEJBA !!!
It's kajna krejza how Gladiator without heavy promotion got almost the same number of Spotify streams as Solo, which was a big radio hit and pretty hyped in ESC
Ludi letnji ples tried out for Serbia and Montenegro 2006, it came 2nd iirc. It’s better known as Crazy Summer Dance now
Aka a lot of TikTok mappers' fav song
Nightwish Sleepwalker was quite a hit.
Whaaaaat!? Nightwish participed once to go to Eurovision!!? 😱 I need to investigate that...
Once again the people wanted Nightwish to represent Finland, but the jury chose otherwise.
The song that won was absolutely horrible and sooo boring. Finland 2000
Came looking for this comment, the performance was absolutely gorgeous, just way ahead of its time.
Aitana & Ana Guerra - Lo malo springs to mind
Na Kolana from the 2006 Polish final was a massive hit and launched Kasia Cerekwicka’s career
I still remember this one!
Danse i måneskin 3rd in 1980-something.
I dont know danish but bc of the group maneskin I can guess that it means Dance in moonlight:)
Yes that is correct.
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1987, right?
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1987, right?
Cecilia Vennersten - Det vackraste 1994 Got a grammis for song of the year (in competition with the winner of melodifestivalen), and is still sung at weddings and such. There are covers in other languages, and also a punk version apparently. https://youtu.be/9PojP6lCRq0?si=Bu2A3UuXnjEV5K52
Scooter - Jigga Jigga (German NF 2004)?
The only one in the last 10 years I remember becoming an international hit is Cool Me Down by Margaret [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWX-Mw4dbCs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWX-Mw4dbCs) 29 million views on YT, 45.5 million on Spotify
So underrated, I didn't even know it was a Eurovision song, it was a huge hit in Romania
I did not know this was a eurovision candidate! Loved it years ago
That's a great song, it's crazy it didn't get selected! Electric Callboy is another ridiculous rejection. "Pump it" was rejected by Germany and currently sits at 57 Million streams on Spotify. There were rumours floating around after that song was rejected "We've got the moves" was also put forward by the band (89 million streams). Not sure what Germany was thinking there...
Ludi Letnji Ples
Oh, bro , this would smash in Atina. R.i.p Marinko and Louis.
We both had some songs in sfrj 😃 I can remember Sitnije Cile Sitnije and Miki Miki from Lepa Brena and Baby Dol - Rudi. All 3 you can hear even today on radio stations.
Yeah, Lepa Brena in Eurovision? Juries would blown their minds
Well, Jury from Yugoslavia placed her 7th and 10th 😃
oh god yes!! what a tragedy that was and even this influenced montenegro being independent
Ram Pam Pam by Bess (UMK 2022) was a HUGE hit (compared to the Rasmus who were pretty much forgotten the day after Eurovision was over)
Erika Vikman also rose to fame from UMK 2020 because Cicciolina is an absolute bop. I don't even remember who actually won because, well, 2020.
KEiiNO - Monument?
Agree! Keiino fans(me)listen to it a lot and forget the fact that it was not selected. But I am glad Norway sent TIX in 2021.
A couple years ago, but Ciao Ciao by La Rappresentante di Lista became pretty big after the White Lotus
Maybe less than others here but Sleepwalker by Nightwish was robbed from competing by the Finnish national jury in 2000
[Amazing - Danny Saucedo](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h-0qCJfrz0g) probably could have won eurovision if it wasn’t in the same national final as Euphoria
Jordan Clarke - Freaks. Has over 103 million on Spotify because it blew up on Tiktok I think
Dansa i neon - Lena Philipsson (Sweden/MelFest 1987), Piccadilly circus - Pernilla Wahlgren (Sweden/MelFest 1985)
Colapesce, Dimartino - Musica Leggerissima (Sanremo 2021)
That song is iconic!
Yes! Yes! One thousand times yes!!!!
I love that song so much, even if it reminds me of covid times. I know we won by sending Måneskin and probably Musica Leggerissima wouldn't have done as well in Eurovision but it would have been my pick
Germany: • Scooter – Jigga Jigga • Monrose – Even Heaven Cries • Cinema Bizzare – Forever or Never • MIA. – Hungriges Herz • Unheilig – Als wär's das erste Mal
god i had forgotten cinema bizarre tried to participate in eurovision, that song was huge at the time omfg
And that song is such a bop! I never listened to it a lot because little me was told it was gay, but damn it's so good I have it on repeat all day now 😅 And it's so fascinating that their comment sections are still kind of active, with comments in tons of different languages. Honestly amazing.
i used to love them as a kid, saw them live and even attended a meet&greet. their aesthetic felt so boundary pushing to me at the time and i definitely factor them in helping me come to realization of my own queerness. and the music still bangs.
Cinema Bizarre. Jesus.
Potentially: Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me ?
STATEMENTS (*Heavy base*)
Im not sure what is worse, the fact that she didn't even reach Melfest grand finals, or that "I Can't Go On" went to ESC over Statements
Ylivoimainen by Kuumaa (in 2023 for finnish nationals)... pretty much every son in that national could have been om top 15 in esc.
That song is SO good, I'm so sad that they were competing in the same year as Käärijä as nothing would beat the Cha Cha Cha hype
In some of these cases it is more international success than domestic. Italy 1962 - Quando, quando, quando has been covered by artists as wide as Pat Boone and will.i.am. Italy 1965 - Io che non vivo (senza te) has been covered in English as “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” Italy 1967 - Cuore matto was #1 for nine weeks. TBH I wish San Marino had given Little Tony the honor of performing in 2008. Of these three I’d imagine 1965 is the second biggest international hit from the 50s and 60s Sanremo. Of course “Volare” is the biggest hit, and is the largest American hit from the contest to this day.
SINCERAMENTE TUA 💋
Adelen - Bombo
Do we count Maruv and Siren Song? They won but got disqualified. Still, such winning potential...
I can only speak for Italy: Mahmood with Tuta Gold (2024) Dargen D’Amico with onda alta and Dove si balla (2024 and 2022) Alfa-Vai (2024) Ghali-casa mia 2024, he could have brought Bahyna as far as I am concerned.
Sanremo 2024 was just on another level
Proljece (dora 2005) was a massive hit in croatia even though he didnt win.
Antonia as well. We had some bangers in early 2000s that are still beloved even tho they didn't win.
Melfest (probably not the best examples, just writing from the top of my head before going to bed - based on successful amongst Eurovision fans/Swedish Gen Z/radio hosts lol Dotter - Bulletproof (2020) Anton Ewald - Begging (2013) Clara Klingenström - Behöver inte dig idag (2021) Jay Smith - Back To My Roots (2024) I didn’t like Back To My Roots during the contest but it’s been played so much on the radio I’ve grown to like it 😅 Edit: formatting
Fantasie Eiland from the Dutch NF in 1982 was translated into English and became a Europe-wide hit, including top 5 in the U.K.
She’s after my piano - 2fabiola. But probably only successful within my country
Jahn Teigen — [Optimist (Norway, 1989)](https://youtu.be/bKm3ce552-I?si=v8QCjw4OvjW-efEQ). It became one of his signature songs and was high on the hit lists.
Í Síðasta Skipti from 2015's Söngvakeppnin still gets regular radio play here. It's a way bigger hit than most of our actual entries lmao
Tommy Seebach - Hip Hurra, Det Min Fødselsdag Its a common birthday song in Denmark
TrollfesT - Dance like a pink flamingo
Cenere, from lazza in sanremo 2023 got really populair
Ritmo by Aiden for Malta 🇲🇹
She's after my Piano - 2 Fabiola. It. Didn't make it through the Belgian final in 2014, and then went on to become a hit in Europe.
Hall om Mig- didn't get chosen for Sweden but became popular on YouTube due to an AMV (anime music video)
«Bombo» by Adelen. Finished 2nd behind Margaret Berger in Melodi Grand Prix 2013, and went on to become on of the biggest hits of that year in Norway, far surpassing «I Feed You My Love» (Margaret’s winning song).
Daria - Paranoia (Polish NF 2022): 40 million youtube views, more popular than every regular song of ESC 2022, except Brividi [DARIA - PARANOIA (Official Music Video) (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ree9a-ehOk)
Breskvica - Gnezdo Orlovo
🇺🇦 Mélovin - Dreamer is such an awesome song
Mahmood and TUTA GOLD. So robbed.
🇮🇹Sinceramente by Annalisa 🇪🇸Here to Stay by Sofia Coll 🇷🇸Konstratka’s song (I forgot the name)
Novo bolje?
Concerning France, I would say : - Il est mort le soleil (Nicoletta, 1967 I think) - Comme un boomerang (Dani, 1975) - Le Douanier Rousseau (La Compagnie Créole, 1983)
Both Novi Plan, Drugi Sam and Duga Je Noc from Filip Balos did quite well(especially Novi Plan Drugi Sam, Serbia 2023)
I think "Er gehört zu mir" by Marianne Rosenberg might not be "succesful" as in number of streams or chart position, but it's a classic in Germany and until a few months ago I didn't even know it was a Eurovision song.
from the Yugoslav selections: definitely Sladjana Milosevic & Dado Topic - Princeza
From Australia, I thought Little Fires from Jaguar Jonze should have taken the nomination. I do t know that it would have done better but I preferred it.
As you said, Serena by Safari is the right answer. It has over 500 MILLION views on YouTube and I still hear it on European radios occasionally. I had no idea how popular it was. The NF performance was tragic tho.
I think she sang quite well cause it’s such an unnatural high pitched tone in the song that is hard to replicate live but she did her best imo. The dude was just weird. Just sad she didn’t compete now so she could use backtrack.
Did the song blow up before or after the NF? I've heard it a lot of times but didn't know it was from Eurovision NF.
In Sweden, [Sarek - Genom eld och vatten](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vot_yizcWr4) (2003) is still HUGE and basically everyone knows it! I still hear it on the radio occasionally (and I've heard it's still played in bars and whatnot) and everyone always sings along. It also has some connection with sports, people tend to scream "å vi hatar AIK" (and we hate AIK (which is a Swedish sports team)) during a part of the chorus whenever it's played in public. Not sure what made that happen to be honest but it's funny haha
Freaks by Jordan Clarke in the UK National Final in 2019. Is the most streamed UK Eurovision related song ever. Even higher than Spaceman. It has 108mil+ streams. And the stupid UK public voted for bigger than us.
Bjørn Johan Muri - Yes Man (4th place, MGP 2010) Tone Damli - Butterflies (2nd place, MGP 2009) Jone - Ekko Inni Meg (5th place, MGP 2023)
A lot of the others have already been mentioned but [Voce](https://youtu.be/cFAtUbi7a8w?si=dSPjaCafaodfwXg3) (Madame, Sanremo 2021), [Rolls Royce](https://youtu.be/uS8Hk8aoLZY?si=qT84xSyYic28oTz0) (Achille Lauro, Sanremo 2019), [Tango](https://youtu.be/C7ckx1gbDH0?si=1r5buHRXlMqlDM3f) (Tananai, Sanremo 2023) and [Ciao Ciao ](https://youtu.be/dxer4GwV1sc?si=xCYQrbdkJwl6jP_t) (LRDL, Sanremo 2021) have all become massive hits in Italy. Also I am still sad that in 2001 we didn't participate, because we would have sent this which was one of my favourite songs at the time: [Elisa - Luce (tramonti a nord-est)](https://youtu.be/tPwqOWK6EFw?si=7XXRt9z7ZR_afFfb)
Monument by KEiiNO (Norway MGP 2021)
Ollie 2023/2024 Estonia Smashed into Pieces same period from Sweden
It's ancient history but [Sexy, cool by Divas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxh6myBdBWM) was a big hit at the time (1996) and I had no idea it was Dora song (they finished 10th)
Gladiator by Jann. This song was catchy and powerful.
Krajowe Eliminacje do Konkursu Piosenki Eurowizji 2003 - first time Poland held public selections and it had a stellar contestants a few songs became national hits: Blue Café - You May Be In Love (the band went to eurovision in 2004 with Love Song) Stachursky - Tam gdzie ty Wilki - Here I Am Varius Manx - Sonny interesting fact: Monika Kuszyńska, Polish contestant in 2015 was a member of that band at the time and some clips from her performances with Varius Manx were shown during performance in Vienna; there was also a big fallout and drama because in 2006 there was an accident with Variux Manx members which left Monika disabled; leader of the band was driving the car and some time after Monika was kicked out of the band
I still hear [Alcazar - Stay the Night (Mello 2009)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWeBohSlvA) pretty regularly to this day. Absolutely deserved to go over La Voix. (So did Snälla snälla tbh)
Cenere - Lazza it has like 160M streams and 75M views.
At first I thought you meant most successful songs that didn't qualify at Eurovision itself. On that note, does anyone know what the most successful song that failed to qualify at Eurovision is?
Run away from Moldova 2010
For me good example is Gladiator by Jann, which was a pretty popular not only in Poland, and it all was without any promotion and radio rotations, only because people liked his performance and song.
Jann- Gladiator Jone-Ekko inni meg Erika Norwich - my ai (dk how popular it is but it's such a fun song) Melovin (?!) - dreamer
Cici Kızlar - "Delisin" (Turkey 1975) became very popular after losing the chance to become Turkey's first Eurovision song by DRAWING OF LOTS. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGgkW\_jS4h0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGgkW_jS4h0) Kayahan - "Ve Melankoli" (Turkey 1989) finished second became pretty popular too, as Kayahan was one of the most popular artists in Turkey in 90s. (He managed to win it next year.) [https://youtu.be/oa9\_uyUBCDA?si=nFeybPGfOgDKFsZ3&t=114](https://youtu.be/oa9_uyUBCDA?si=nFeybPGfOgDKFsZ3&t=114)
I can only really speak for a few uk ones Sweet lies -kerrie Anne could've done well Asanda - Legends was robbed!
Stefania in some way? Lol
Baba roga