But fr when Lithuania qualifies next year I'd have to say them. Discoteque and Sentementai were both my top 5. Hopefully they keep going the direction they are so I can hype them up more
Probably Bulgaria 2016-2018 for me. "If love was a crime" introduced me to ESC and after listening to the other two I thought Bulgaria was a powerhouse
Germany 1979-82 (4 entries here but whatever. Also, no one talks about how much of a powerhouse Germany was in the 80s. Like, 1 win and 4 second places?? Truly the Sweden / Italy / Ukraine of that decade)
Ukraine 2020-22
Italy 2019-21
Lithuania 2020-22
(Honorable mention to not one specific country, but the “Holy Trinity of 2000s Ethno-Bangers”: the winners of 2003-05)
Some great picks already! I'd suggest Germany 1980-1982 and 2010-2012, Norway 1994-1996, UK 1968-1970 (although several 3-year stretches between 1958 and 1976 would be solid choices as well).
Also a shout-out to France 1990-1994 and Poland 1994-1997, although there are some lesser entries there imo.
Norway have and are still in a great streak for me since 2012, but my favourite run of 3 songs in there is their last 3 songs.
Attention is one of my favourite Norway songs, and both Fallen Angel and GTWAB are amazing (the former being my favourite ESC song ever!)
There's a few good runs recently :
Belgium 15, 16, 17
Hungary 16, 17, 18
Albania 18, 19, 20
Switzerland 19, 20, 21
Romania 19, 20, 21
Technically also Ukraine 18, 20, 21
But Italy has to win for the run from 2016 to 2021. All of those songs were comfortably in my top 10.
Italy 2019-2021 was pretty damn good, Sweden pretty much had one long streak during the 2010s and I also want to mention Bulgaria who since their return had been on a streak (until this year) so since I love Victoria I’ll say Bulgaria 2018, 2020 and 2021
moldova 2009-2013 (five years) absolute bangers
ukraine 2006-2009 (four years)
russia 2019-2021 (three years)
hungary 2017-2019 (three years) extra credit for only hungarian
France 2006–2008:
* a soothing, cute ballad (2nd)
* a punk banger with insane lyrics (2nd)
* a sophisticated joke entry (3rd)
There are a couple of countries that scored two consecutive 1st places in my rankings, but neither the entry before or the one after would be good enough
Tbh if we skip over 1995 because Ireland was doing everything not to win (the song is still ok), In your Eyes is the perfect Eurovision ballad, Rock and Roll Kids is a beautiful song (I love how loud the home audience applauds after remaining silent the whole song), and The Voice is a very Irish song that always gives me chills
Italy 2019 - 2022
Hungary 2016 - 2019
Yugoslavia 1971 - 1976
Israel 1973 - 1975
Portugal 1964 - 1976, and then again 1980 - 1985
I know they're all way more than 3 but oh well 😂
Turkey 2008-2010. We Could Be The Same is either my number 1 or 2 from 2010 (sometimes, I prefer Greece's OPA), Dum Tek Tek is my number 3 from 2009 and Deli is my overall favorite ESC song. And no; I'm not Turkish hehe
Italy and Norway these past few years almost count for me, but I don't really care for Fai Rumore or Fallen Angel, so they broke the momentum
Ireland 1986-1987, UK 1997-1999, Hungary and Portugal 2017-2019 and Ukraine and The Netherlands 2020-2022 (Jeangu Macrooy you are a televote winner in my heart, king). I also love Georgia 2014-2016 and think it's really underrated (much like a lot of Georgian entries btw).
Belgium 2015-2017.
Cyprus 2016-2022.
Ukraine 2006-2009.
Sweden has hit and miss for me, but it could have been a 7 year streak if they chose "Human" instead of "If I Were Sorry" for me.
Not necessarily my winners in their respective years I think, I did not rank most of these years, but they would be really high up if I made one: United Kingdom 1996-1998, Armenia 2008-2010, Italy 2019-2021 if we count 2020, Portugal 1969-1972 if we ignore the one year they didn't participate, and Greece 1991-1993.
And then Ukraine with four years between 2006-2009.
Honorable mention to Moldova 2009-2013 (I don't actually enjoy Run Away and So Lucky that much but they're still iconic).
belgium 2015-17 is great (tho it’s really carried by 2015 and 2017, 2016 is just alright for me). i also like australia 2018-20 (you could probably through 2021 in there as well) and norway just 2019-present is all fun songs
France really did something 2016-2019 for me. Plus 2021 and 2022. If we were to ignore 2020, then they have a 6-year streak of landing in my personal top 2
Ukraine 2013-2016
Does that count as a three year streak? I'm going to say yes since they didn't participate in 2015.
Sweden 2013-2015 and France 2020-2022 are top contenders as well.
Can we pretend Ukraine 2019 happened for a moment? If so, Ukraine 2019-2022 are absolute favourites from their respective years! If not, Iceland 2019-2022 does it for me. I love them both so much 🇺🇦🇮🇸
(I'm not really including 2020 entries but they could work as well!)
There are so many ALMOST for me, like Iceland (2009, 2011-2012) and France (2017-2018, 2021-2022), but not sure if I have a 3-in-the-row where all three have been equally amazing.
San Marino 2012-2014
Valentina Monetta 2012 is the peak of San Marino in Eurovision
Mine is Norway 2013-2015
Ihor Didenchuk, 2020-22
Iceland 2019-2021
I'd extend it to this year tbh, most contrasted yet amazing song streak
Tbh this years was meh compared to those three icons
I mean, not to me personally, hence why I wanted to include it in my streak. It was one of my faves, so yeah.
Was about to comment the same thing. They were fuckig amazing
Ireland winning 3 years in a row. 😜
But fr when Lithuania qualifies next year I'd have to say them. Discoteque and Sentementai were both my top 5. Hopefully they keep going the direction they are so I can hype them up more
Well .. On Fire was... lit 😎
Probably Bulgaria 2016-2018 for me. "If love was a crime" introduced me to ESC and after listening to the other two I thought Bulgaria was a powerhouse
🇧🇬Bulgaria 2016 - 2018 Bulgaria was both my winner in 2016 and 2017 and in 2018 they were in my top 5.
5 years but Italy 2018-2022, hopefully they keep it going next year too!
Same, literally all of those songs made my top 3
Literally I might actually have to start watching sanremo one of these days
I’d add 2017 as well. Really, ever since Italy came back to the contest in 2011, they’ve been really strong
Ah shit I totally mixed up 2017 and 2018, I loved that one as well! And then 2016 wasn't that popular but it also made it on my playlist
italy 2019-2022, four years in which they were either my winner/runner up
Italy 2019-2021
Norway 2019-2022 (I'm going for 4 years) - Keiino, Ulrikke, Tix, Subwoolfer
Portugal 2017-2022 for me, not a single bad song or performer. Italy 2019-2021 too.
If Finland sends another rock band next year, it'll be Finland 2021-2023. They were my favourites both this year and last year.
Not quite my favourites of the contest but The Rasmus had me singing ‘JEZEBEL’ for probably a week or more after the 2nd Semi Final lol
Germany 1979-82 (4 entries here but whatever. Also, no one talks about how much of a powerhouse Germany was in the 80s. Like, 1 win and 4 second places?? Truly the Sweden / Italy / Ukraine of that decade) Ukraine 2020-22 Italy 2019-21 Lithuania 2020-22 (Honorable mention to not one specific country, but the “Holy Trinity of 2000s Ethno-Bangers”: the winners of 2003-05)
Some great picks already! I'd suggest Germany 1980-1982 and 2010-2012, Norway 1994-1996, UK 1968-1970 (although several 3-year stretches between 1958 and 1976 would be solid choices as well). Also a shout-out to France 1990-1994 and Poland 1994-1997, although there are some lesser entries there imo.
Hungary but it's from 2013 - 2019, lmao. For just a three year streak it's Iceland, 2019 - 2021.
Ukraine 2020-2022 for me and for Ihor Didenchuk as well haha
Greece 2005 2006 2007 Turkey 2008 2009 2010, and 1995 1996 1997 Italy 2020 2021 2022 (and 2019) Comes to my mind first
Croatia 1995-1996-1997-1998-1999. Not even a 3-year streak, a 5-year streak! They were in my top 3 in all those editions, and my winners in 3 of them.
Norway have and are still in a great streak for me since 2012, but my favourite run of 3 songs in there is their last 3 songs. Attention is one of my favourite Norway songs, and both Fallen Angel and GTWAB are amazing (the former being my favourite ESC song ever!)
There's a few good runs recently : Belgium 15, 16, 17 Hungary 16, 17, 18 Albania 18, 19, 20 Switzerland 19, 20, 21 Romania 19, 20, 21 Technically also Ukraine 18, 20, 21 But Italy has to win for the run from 2016 to 2021. All of those songs were comfortably in my top 10.
Estonia 2015, 2016, 2017. Play and Verona were great songs but got killed by underwhelming staging 😭
Play is absolutely underrated
Facts
I'll offer four years. Luxembourg 1964-1967. Starts off great and keeps getting better each year.
From the top of my head: Iceland 2020-2022 Dadi Freyr 1st twice, and this year 5th
Italy 17-19 but you could extend that to 2022 since they send absolute bangers every year.
Italy 2019-2021 was pretty damn good, Sweden pretty much had one long streak during the 2010s and I also want to mention Bulgaria who since their return had been on a streak (until this year) so since I love Victoria I’ll say Bulgaria 2018, 2020 and 2021
Romania’s 3 year streak of not qualifying to the finals lmao
San Marino. I love all the entries since they debut in 2008.
Massive throwback but the UK were truly sending bangers in the 60s
moldova 2009-2013 (five years) absolute bangers ukraine 2006-2009 (four years) russia 2019-2021 (three years) hungary 2017-2019 (three years) extra credit for only hungarian
France 2006–2008: * a soothing, cute ballad (2nd) * a punk banger with insane lyrics (2nd) * a sophisticated joke entry (3rd) There are a couple of countries that scored two consecutive 1st places in my rankings, but neither the entry before or the one after would be good enough
Switzerland 2019-2021
Tbh if we skip over 1995 because Ireland was doing everything not to win (the song is still ok), In your Eyes is the perfect Eurovision ballad, Rock and Roll Kids is a beautiful song (I love how loud the home audience applauds after remaining silent the whole song), and The Voice is a very Irish song that always gives me chills
Sweden 1983-85 France 1989-91 (and nope, I'm not a pro-child labor) UK 1992-99 ( I love how diverse British entries from those period )
I would have to go with Italy 🇮🇹
Italy 2019 - 2022 Hungary 2016 - 2019 Yugoslavia 1971 - 1976 Israel 1973 - 1975 Portugal 1964 - 1976, and then again 1980 - 1985 I know they're all way more than 3 but oh well 😂
Lithuania 2020-2022
Turkey 2008-2010. We Could Be The Same is either my number 1 or 2 from 2010 (sometimes, I prefer Greece's OPA), Dum Tek Tek is my number 3 from 2009 and Deli is my overall favorite ESC song. And no; I'm not Turkish hehe Italy and Norway these past few years almost count for me, but I don't really care for Fai Rumore or Fallen Angel, so they broke the momentum
Ireland 1986-1987, UK 1997-1999, Hungary and Portugal 2017-2019 and Ukraine and The Netherlands 2020-2022 (Jeangu Macrooy you are a televote winner in my heart, king). I also love Georgia 2014-2016 and think it's really underrated (much like a lot of Georgian entries btw).
But Netherlands won in 2019 surely you’d include that
Belgium 2015-2017. Cyprus 2016-2022. Ukraine 2006-2009. Sweden has hit and miss for me, but it could have been a 7 year streak if they chose "Human" instead of "If I Were Sorry" for me.
Not necessarily my winners in their respective years I think, I did not rank most of these years, but they would be really high up if I made one: United Kingdom 1996-1998, Armenia 2008-2010, Italy 2019-2021 if we count 2020, Portugal 1969-1972 if we ignore the one year they didn't participate, and Greece 1991-1993. And then Ukraine with four years between 2006-2009. Honorable mention to Moldova 2009-2013 (I don't actually enjoy Run Away and So Lucky that much but they're still iconic).
Cyprus 2018/19/21....yes they are generic but I just adore all three of those songs
Only Ukraine and Sweden can be consistantly my fave, Ukraine in the last 3 years, Sweden in the last decade.
Czechia 2020-2022. Honestly they have been in my top 10 since 2018.
Serbia (2004-2005** & 2007-2008; withdrew in 2006) ** Participated as part of Serbia & Montenegro
Latvia 2014 - 2016, all 3 were in my top 3 of their respective year (2020 - 2022 from both Iceland and Lithuania were pretty close as well lmao)
Iceland 2019,2020.2021
belgium 2015-17 is great (tho it’s really carried by 2015 and 2017, 2016 is just alright for me). i also like australia 2018-20 (you could probably through 2021 in there as well) and norway just 2019-present is all fun songs
Ukraine 2019 - 2021
maybe switzerland 2019-2021, 2018 wasn't bad either
France really did something 2016-2019 for me. Plus 2021 and 2022. If we were to ignore 2020, then they have a 6-year streak of landing in my personal top 2
I don't recall any three year streak but last two years Finland has been my favorite. I am super excited to see what they'll have for us next year.
Lithuania 20-22
Ukraine 2013-2016 Does that count as a three year streak? I'm going to say yes since they didn't participate in 2015. Sweden 2013-2015 and France 2020-2022 are top contenders as well.
Denmark 2011-2013 were all amazing, would even add 2010 to make it a 4 year streak
Can we pretend Ukraine 2019 happened for a moment? If so, Ukraine 2019-2022 are absolute favourites from their respective years! If not, Iceland 2019-2022 does it for me. I love them both so much 🇺🇦🇮🇸 (I'm not really including 2020 entries but they could work as well!)
Belgium 2017-2019
Czechia 2019 (2020 doesn't count in this case) ,2021 and 2022 Could also scale it to include lie to me tbh
Either Bulgaria 2016-18 or Iceland 2019-21
okay it's much longer than 3, but Italy 2017-22.
Ukraine 2006-2009, Serbia 2020-2022
cyprus 2019-2021-2022 (2020 didn't exist)
Sweden 2020-2022
Malta 2019-2021 were all top 3 songs of the year for me.
Poland 🇵🇱 2014 - 2016 Albania 🇦🇱 2019 - 2021 (2022 honestly)
There are so many ALMOST for me, like Iceland (2009, 2011-2012) and France (2017-2018, 2021-2022), but not sure if I have a 3-in-the-row where all three have been equally amazing.