We are continuing with our brand new series: XTRA VOTE Rewind! Over the next few months, in collaboration with Eurovision YouTuber EuroCelso Reactions, we’ll be revisiting some Eurovision Song Contests from earlier this century to see what you think and what we think.
For our next journey back in time, we rediscovered Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in which 42 countries took part in Baku, Azerbaijan. Let’s see how you, the readers of ESCXTRA, and the viewers of EuroCelso Reactions on YouTube ranked the 2012 entries!
The results
We received 49 sets of valid votes, the full leaderboard can be found below! Stay tuned for XTRA VOTE Rewind 2002 coming soon!
| Rank | Country | Artist | Entry | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇸🇪 | Sweden | Loreen | Euphoria | 389 |
| 2 | 🇪🇸 | Spain | Pastora Soler | Quédate conmigo (Stay with Me) | 249 |
| 3 | 🇨🇾 | Cyprus | Ivi Adamou | La La Love | 200 |
| 4 | 🇷🇸 | Serbia | Željko Joksimović | Nije ljubav stvar | 185 |
| 5 | 🇪🇪 | Estonia | Ott Lepland | Kuula | 140 |
| 6 | 🇮🇸 | Iceland | Greta Salóme & Jónsi | Never Forget | 139 |
| 7 | 🇦🇿 | Azerbaijan | Sabina Babayeva | When the Music Dies | 129 |
| 8 | 🇮🇹 | Italy | Nina Zilli | L’amore è femmina (Out of Love) | 105 |
| 9 | 🇬🇷 | Greece | Eleftheria Eleftheriou | Aphrodisiac | 104 |
| 10 | 🇦🇱 | Albania | Rona Nishliu | Suus | 77 |
| 11 | 🇧🇦 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Maya Sar | Korake ti znam | 75 |
| 12 | 🇩🇪 | Germany | Roman Lob | Standing Still | 75 |
| 13 | 🇲🇰 | North Macedonia | Kaliopi | Crno i belo | 74 |
| 14 | 🇷🇺 | Russia | Buranovskiye Babushki | Party for Everybody | 72 |
| 15 | 🇵🇹 | Portugal | Filipa Sousa | Vida minha | 63 |
| 16 | 🇹🇷 | Türkiye | Can Bonomo | Love Me Back | 58 |
| 17 | 🇫🇮 | Finland | Pernilla Karlsson | När jag blundar | 54 |
| 18 | 🇳🇴 | Norway | Tooji | Stay | 53 |
| 19 | 🇱🇹 | Lithuania | Donny Montell | Love Is Blind | 53 |
| 20 | 🇲🇪 | Montenegro | Rambo Amadeus | Euro Neuro | 49 |
| 21 | 🇩🇰 | Denmark | Soluna Samay | Should’ve Known Better | 43 |
| 22 | 🇷🇴 | Romania | Mandinga | Zaleilah | 37 |
| 23 | 🇲🇩 | Moldova | Pasha Parfeny | Lăutar | 35 |
| 24 | 🇸🇲 | San Marino | Valentina Monetta | The Social Network Song (Oh-oh-uh-oh-oh) | 35 |
| 25 | 🇧🇬 | Bulgaria | Sofi Marinova | Love Unlimited | 32 |
| 26 | 🇸🇰 | Slovakia | Max Jason Mai | Don’t Close Your Eyes | 31 |
| 27 | 🇭🇺 | Hungary | Compact Disco | Sound of Our Hearts | 30 |
| 28 | 🇳🇱 | Netherlands | Joan Franka | You and Me | 29 |
| 29 | 🇺🇦 | Ukraine | Gaitana | Be My Guest | 28 |
| 30 | 🇮🇪 | Ireland | Jedward | Waterline | 27 |
| 31 | 🇭🇷 | Croatia | Nina Badrić | Nebo | 25 |
| 32 | 🇬🇧 | United Kingdom | Engelbert Humperdinck | Love Will Set You Free | 24 |
| 33 | 🇧🇪 | Belgium | Iris | Would You? | 23 |
| 34 | 🇱🇻 | Latvia | Anmary | Beautiful Song | 19 |
| 35 | 🇫🇷 | France | Anggun | Echo (You and I) | 17 |
| 36 | 🇸🇮 | Slovenia | Eva Boto | Verjamem | 17 |
| 37 | 🇬🇪 | Georgia | Anri Jokhadze | I’m A Joker | 11 |
| 38 | 🇲🇹 | Malta | Kurt Calleja | This Is The Night | 10 |
| 39 | 🇨🇭 | Switzerland | Sinplus | Unbreakable | 9 |
| 40 | 🇮🇱 | Israel | Izabo | Time | 6 |
| 41 | 🇦🇹 | Austria | Trackshittaz | Woki mit deim Popo | 6 |
| 42 | 🇧🇾 | Belarus | Litesound | We Are the Heroes | 5 |
XTRA Vote History
Previous winners of XTRA Vote include:
Eurovision
| Contest | Country | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turin 2022 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Cornelia Jakobs | Hold Me Closer |
| Rotterdam 2021 | 🇲🇹 Malta | Destiny | Je Me Casse |
| Eurovision 2020 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | Daði og Gagnamagnið | Think About Things |
| Tel Aviv 2019 | 🇳🇱 The Netherlands | Duncan Laurence | Arcade |
| Lisbon 2018 | 🇫🇷 France | Madame Monsieur | Mercy |
| << REWIND Kyiv 2017 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | Blanche | City Lights |
| Stockholm 2016 | 🇫🇷 France | Amir | J’ai cherché |
| Vienna 2015 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Måns Zelmerlöw | Heroes |
| Copenhagen 2014 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Molly | Children Of The Universe |
| << REWIND Baku 2012 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Loreen | Euphoria |
| << REWIND Oslo 2010 | 🇩🇪 Germany | Lena | Satellite |
| << REWIND Istanbul 2004 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | Ruslana | Wild Dances |
Junior Eurovision
| Contest | Country | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris 2021 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | Maléna | Qami Qami |
| Poland 2020 | 🇫🇷 France | Valentina | J’imagine |
| Gliwice-Silesia 2019 | 🇫🇷 France | Carla | Bim bam toi |
| Minsk 2018 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | Daneliya Tuleshova | Ózińe sen |
