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Comment: JJARO315X, I recommend requesting help with the page in WP:ESC. They will be more than happy to help ensure this meets their requirements for articles concerning the Eurovision Song Contest. Ktkvtsh (talk) 22:56, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
The Eurovision Top 250 Chart, known as the ESC250, is a countdown of the Top 250 songs to compete at the Eurovision Song Contest, as voted for by fans. The chart has been played on New Year's Eve since 2008[1].
History
[edit]The ESC250 first appeared in 2007, organised by a now defunct Eurovision fansite, 12points.net. When the website went under, they left the chart in the care of Songfestival.be, the Eurovision fansite responsible for other legitimate Eurovision fan votes, such as the You're a Vision Award (formerly Barbara Dex Award).
The chart gave fans the opportunity to vote for their top ten songs of all time, using the Eurovision voting system - giving their favourite 12 points, second favourite 10 and then from 8 to 1. The 250 songs with the most points would then be played in ascending order, leading up to playing the Number One song, finishing at Midnight in Central European Time, and seeing in New Year's Day.
The chart was originally played on ESC Radio -[2] a Eurovision themed internet radio station based in Germany. [3] In 2023, following a dispute between parties, the chart countdown moved to French internet radio station EFR12. ESC Radio continued to broadcast their own countdown based on email votes[4], but concerns over transparency allowed songfestival.be and EFR12 to be recognised as the official chart. [5]
Since the move to EFR12 in 2023, the chart countdown has moved from being an automatic playout to having presenters. The 2023 broadcast was hosted by EFR12 owner and podcast host Frederic Bultez[6] and Joshua Dodd.[7]
In 2024, songfestival.be hosted a special Summer edition of the chart for charity, asking fans to vote for the Eurovision song they thought best fit the brief of being a 'Summer Anthem'. It was a shortened format counting down 50 songs.[7] The chart countdown took up three hours of a 24-hour telethon style broadcast raising money for the British charities Mind, Epilepsy Action, Teenage Cancer Trust and Journey of a Lifetime Trust. [8][9] This broadcast was hosted by Nerve Radio with special permission from songfestival.be and EFR12.[7] The broadcast raised over £750.[10]
Statistics
[edit]| Year | Winner | Presenters | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Danijela – ‘Neka mi ne svane’ (Croatia 1998) | No presenters | [11][12] |
| 2009 | Yohanna - 'Is It True?' (Iceland 2009) | [13] | |
| 2010 | No Contest | [14] | |
| 2011 | Željko Joksimović and Ad-Hoc Orchestra - 'Lane Moje' (Serbia and Montenegro 2004) | [15][16] | |
| 2012 | Loreen - 'Euphoria' (Sweden 2012) | [17] | |
| 2013 | [18] | ||
| 2014 | [19] | ||
| 2015 | [20] | ||
| 2016 | [21] | ||
| 2017 | [22] | ||
| 2018 | [23] | ||
| 2019 | [24][25] | ||
| 2020 | [26] | ||
| 2021 | [27] | ||
| 2022 | Chanel - 'SloMo' (Spain 2022) | [28] | |
| 2023 | Käärijä - 'Cha Cha Cha' (Finland 2023) | Frederic Bultez and Joshua Dodd | [29][30] |
| Eurovision Summer Anthems Chart | Eleni Foureira - 'Fuego' (Cyprus 2018) | Joshua Dodd and Jacob Dyer | [31] |
| 2024 | TBA December 31st 2024 | Joshua Dodd[7] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Looking back at the Eurovision Top 250: Results from 2008". www.aussievision.net. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Full ESC250 results revealed". ESCXTRA.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Contact". ESC Radio - Eurovision Song Contest Eurosong Webradio. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "ESC Radio Top250 – countdown of the most popular Eurovision songs on 31 December, 11:00 CET". ESC Radio - Eurovision Song Contest Eurosong Webradio. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "#esc250". Songfestival.be. 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Podcasts | EFR12 Radio Eurovision" (in French). 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ a b c d "What is your ultimate 'Eurovision Summer Anthem'? Vote now!". Songfestival.be. 2024-06-01. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "The Round The Clock Radio Challenge 2024". srasouth24.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "SRA South stations 24-hour marathon broadcast fundraiser exceeds target". RadioToday. 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Glaspole, Miles (2020-12-31). "Before 'Euphoria' - the other winners of ESC250". Aussievision. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Tsinivits, Kyriakos (2022-11-15). "Looking back at the Eurovision Top 250: Results from 2008". Aussievision. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Tsinivits, Kyriakos (2022-11-18). "Looking back at the Eurovision Top 250: Results from 2009". Aussievision. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Tsinivits, Kyriakos (2022-11-26). "Looking back at the Eurovision Top 250: Results from 2011". Aussievision. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Tsinivits, Kyriakos (2022-11-26). "Looking back at the Eurovision Top 250: Results from 2011". Aussievision. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Eurovision Top 250 – Congratulations, Željko Joksimović!". ESC Radio - Eurovision Song Contest Eurosong Webradio. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Eurovision Top 250 – Congratulations, Loreen!". ESC Radio - Eurovision Song Contest Eurosong Webradio. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Loreen wins 'Eurovision Top 250' voting for second year in a row". ESC Radio - Eurovision Song Contest Eurosong Webradio. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "ESC Top 250 – Loreen did it again!". ESC Radio - Eurovision Song Contest Eurosong Webradio. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ ""Euphoria" remains at No. 1 of the 'Eurovision Top 250' chart". ESC Radio - Eurovision Song Contest Eurosong Webradio. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Ko, Anthony (2016-12-31). "Eurovision Top 250: Loreen wins #ESC250 ahead of Il Volo and Sergey Lazarev". wiwibloggs. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Eurovision Top 250 – Loreen extends her reign at the top for a fifth straight year!". ESC Radio - Eurovision Song Contest Eurosong Webradio. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Percy, Lucy (2018-12-31). "ESC250 full results: Loreen wins Eurovision top songs countdown for seventh straight year". wiwibloggs. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ nickelhatton (2020-01-03). "Loreen Wins ESC250 2019!". Eurovision NI. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Vautrey, Jonathan (2019-12-31). "ESC250 2019: Loreen rounds out the decade with an eighth straight win". wiwibloggs. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Exclusive: here are the full results of the ESC Top 250 of 2020". Songfestival.be. 2021-01-02. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Exclusive: here are the full results of the ESC Top 250 2021". Songfestival.be. 2022-01-02. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "#ESC250: Chanel dethrones Loreen after 10 year streak". ESCXTRA.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Vautrey, Jonathan (2023-12-31). "ESC 250 2023: Käärijä wins Eurovision top tracks countdown with "Cha Cha Cha"". wiwibloggs. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ Team, Wiwibloggs (2022-12-31). "ESC 250 2022: Chanel wins Eurovision top tracks countdown". wiwibloggs. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Eurovision Summer Anthem 2024". Songfestival.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-10-03.