Eurovision Subway Map 1956-2020!

[u/comeng301m]

After finishing off the 2021-2025 edition of my Eurovision Subway Map, I was on a high and decided to do another top 50 but instead being from the start to 2020 (I did join Eurovision quite recently, so have had less time to absorb each individual contest. As I knew less about them, I did a sample listening of most songs and rounded it to my personal top 50.

As the range of songs spanned 64 years, I split them up into scores (50's and 60's, 70's and 80's, 90's and 2000's, 2010's and 2020) (score = 20 year groups/2 decades). I have also included "Funnest Song" for each group and added this to the 2021-2025 map.

some notes:

• It’s in dark mode to not flashbang you
• It’s inspired by Vignelli’s NYC map
• The country is written either in the national language, or the language used in the song (Austriche (Austria) for Loin d'ici, Norwei (Norway) for Haba Haba))
• The geography is odd, so for example, the Baltic Sea coast and Iraq Australia are not in the right position/detailed enough
• I couldn't use Arabic, so Morocco is Al-Maghreb
• Yes, the 2010/20's have 4 first placers, all equally tied
• The further away a song is from Luxembourg within its country, the higher it ranks for me personally (Oliver > Mata Hari > Haba Haba..., Sound of Silence > Zero Gravity) (In Luxembourg (the centre), Poupée de cire, poupée de son is higher)

PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK (in case I did something wrong/you liked it)

reasonings for the top 3 each score + funnest song award:

2010/20's (year order backwards):

• 🇦🇺 Australia 2016 | Sound of Silence by Dami Im. I chose this as I am almost certain this was the second Eurovision song I'd ever heard (after Waterloo, of course). I vaguely remember hearing my mother play this as well as having a Dami Im poster on a cabinet circa 2016/17. Dami Im also has amazing vocals and I'm sorry to whoever will be offended, but I think it should've won in 2016.
• 🇩🇰 Denmark 2013 | Only Teardrops by Emmelie de Forest. I love this song. As a recent winner, I learnt about it and Euphoria quite quickly through my "Switzerland 2025" through the contests, but it has stuck as a clear favourite of mine.
• 🇸🇪 Sweden 2012 | Euphoria by Loreen. Need I say anymore? It is such a wonderful song, although it is overplayed (which is why it is tied with so many others).
• 🇫🇷 France 2012 | Écho (You and I) by Anggun. A great song. It feels like ( like it would fit perfectly into ABBA's "The Visitors" album (despite being mostly in French, and having different, but still amazing vocals), which is my personal favourite album of them all. Indonesia also has a special place in my heart and Anggun is also of Indonesian background.
• 🇷🇺 Russia 2012 | Party For Everybody by Buranovskiye Babushki. It is a very fun song and definitely has the most memorable staging of this era in my opinion. It also has the word "party", AQ to the funnest song award.

1990-2000's (1st, 2nd, 3rd + funnest song award):

• ⍰ Yugoslavia 1990 | Hajde da ludujemo by Tajči. It is a BANGER, and I prefer it to Yugoslavia's winning Rock Me. AFAIK, it is also remembered fondly in ex-Yugoslav countries
• 🇳🇴 Norway 1995 | Nocturne by Secret Garden. I wish that orchestras/live instruments can return because we'll have more beautiful songs like this. I love the flow and movement of the song!
• 🇹🇷 Türkiye 2009 | Düm Tek Tek by Hadise. Fairytale is good. Düm Tek Tek is better. This was a big hit for me and one I enjoy listening to!
• 🇮🇸 Iceland 2006 | Congratulations by Silvia Night. Perfect troll song, she was born in Reykjavik in a different league, she was no Eurotrash-freak. She'll freaking win— SHE DIDN'T QUALIFY? biggest robbery of the century.

1970/80's:

• 🇸🇪 Sweden 1974 | Waterloo by ABBA. As I said before, this was the first Eurovision song I'd ever heard, and as one who grew up listening to every ABBA song, this has to be up here. btw, Wer Im Wartesaal Der Liebe Steht is my favourite ABBA song of all time.
• 🇳🇴 Norway 1979 | Oliver by Anita Skorgan. If not for ABBA, Oliver would win this era by miles. Sampling through the songs, Oliver unusually stuck out. It's a banger and her performance was simple, yet perfect. "Dans med henne, Oliver, Oliver"
• 🇲🇨 Monaco 1971 | Un banc, un arbre, une rue by Séverine. The 70's and 80's were the decades of bangers. When seeing many people talking about it, I had a listen, and now love it.
• 🇳🇴 Norway 1976 | Mata Hari by Anne Karine-Strøm. I liked Mata Hari 2021, Anne Karine-Strøm sunglasses blinded me and now I can't hear or see Efendi's song without having a hallucination of them. Besides that, this song did not deserve last place, it's such an ear worm.

1950/60's:

• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 1965 | Poupée de cire, poupée de son by France Gall. I discovered this song before LPMLS was released and enjoyed it. Then with LPMLS, it has transformed into an amazing character arc for the doll. Plus, I learnt the lyrics purely from listening, I can't speak conversational French, and my Francophone friend said I pronounced it amazingly.
• 🇨🇭 Switzerland 1956 | Das alte Karussell by Lys Assia. I like Refrain, but Das alte Karussell has a charm to it that Refrain can't match. A nice song about the old carousel was not a song I'd expect to be on this list, but it's amazing. Thanks to its' charm
• 🇳🇱 Netherlands 1964 | Jij bent mijn leven by Anneke Grönloh. Very catchy song that I love, you just got to listen to it!

Thanks & sorry if you read all of that!

[u/davgonp]

Woah! I don't have words to express how much I love this! It looks gorgeous! Congrats.

I also enjoyed your take on Echo (You and I), it is overlooked and it is pop perfection, never thought about it being similar to The Visitors but I can see it.

[u/comeng301m → u/davgonp]

Thank you very much! Écho (You and I) is a great song and I’m glad someone agrees that it is overlooked/underrated!

[u/Key_Error4883]

Wow! It turned out amazing! Well done.

btw wanted to ask if you could give me the map the map you used (without the text and lines) so I could create my own version?

[u/comeng301m → u/Key_Error4883]

thank you very much!

i’m happy to give either blank map (they’re slightly different) but i’d recommend to make the lines, then add a semi-accurate map as background. the reason is because you might have countries with more or less than others; also these are adobe illustrator files. if not, i can try to dm them to you