Article by Jamie Stewart
It has been almost 10 years since Australia joined and first participated at Eurovision.
In that time, Australia has been awarded more than a few points from the participating country's juries in Grand Finals.
However, where do we rank overall in that time?
We've compiled a list of each country ranked 44th to 1st based on the number of jury points awarded in Grand Finals.
This is from 2015 to 2024 since Australia began competing (for 2015 the split results have been used).
44th to 11th
44. Montenegro – 48 points
43. San Marino – 49 points
42. Belarus – 68 points
41. Luxembourg – 83 points
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40. Poland – 90 points
39. Romania – 91 points
38. Georgia – 157 points
37. Hungary – 160 points
36. Denmark – 176 points
35. Slovenia – 183 points
34. Ireland – 216 points
33. Albania – 234 points
32. North Macedonia – 247 points
31. Iceland – 254 points
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30. Finland – 275 points
29. Serbia – 285 points
28. Croatia – 286 points
27. Moldova – 291 points
26. Latvia – 354 points
25. Germany – 361 points
24. Czechia – 384 points
23. Armenia – 401 points
22. Greece – 417 points
21. Estonia – 420 points
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20. Lithuania – 428 points
19. Malta – 432 points
18. Spain – 470 points
16=. Norway – 507 points
16=. Azerbaijan – 507 points
15. United Kingdom – 540 points
14. Cyprus – 554 points
13. Austria – 558 points
12. Russia – 607 points
11. Bulgaria – 645 points
Top 10
10. Belgium – 682 points
9. Netherlands – 715 points
8. Ukraine – 723 points
7. Israel – 752 points
6. Portugal – 882 points
Top 5
5. France: 907 points
Barbara Pravi from France received 248 Jury points in the 2021 Grand Final for her song Voila, which placed 2nd overall in the final behind Måneskin from Italy.
4. Switzerland: 923 points
Nemo from Switzerland won the 2024 Eurovision with The Code and received a massive 365 Jury points. Of the 37 competing countries, Switzerland received an unbelievable 12 points from 22 of those competing countries.
3. Australia: 1183 points
Australia’s highest jury points since competing in Eurovision 320 points when Dami Im was 2nd overall with her song Sound of Silence in 2016. She finished agonisingly close to winning, just 23 points behind Jamala from Ukraine in the Grand Final.
2. Italy: 1490 points
Il Volo, the operatic pop trio from Italy received 292 jury points in the 2015 Grand Final for their song Grande Amore. They placed 3rd overall in the final behind Måns Zelmerlöw from Sweden.
1. Sweden: 1968 points
Måns Zelmerlöw from Sweden received 365 Jury points in the 2015 Grand Final for his song Heroes. These points were sufficient for him to be the winner of the Eurovision 2015. Loreen also won the jury with 340 points on the way to her victory in Liverpool.
An amazing effort by Australia to be 3rd on the overall Grand Final jury points ranking. The juries certainly appreciate Australia’s performances and this is a testament to the quality entries sent.
Some of the EBU nations who scored lower in the overall rankings are often due to them no longer participating in the Eurovision Song Contest (ie Montenegro, Hungary, Romania), while Luxembourg only returned to the Eurovision fold in 2024 after an absence of 31 years.
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