Eurovision FACTory

The third version of my annual qualification rates is here. Ukraine has been joined on top, but tbf, Luxembourg has only participated in a semi final once so it was either gonna be 100% or 0%. I wasn't sure how exactly to deal with the Netherlands since they technically qualified. I've therefore added a *, their percentage of course decreases if you don't count it. Norway has an impressive seven year streak, the third longest of all countries. Coincidentally, the dark red countries below 25% are split into different semi finals. Actually, the second semi final is slightly stronger if you only consider the top 10 countries (50% vs. 47% in the first semi final), even though Montenegro with the worst qualification rate is in it. Latvia prove that it can only qualify in the second semi final, and they have been drawn into it again. Lithuania maintained its perfect record in the first semi final. This time, they will compete in their "unluckier" semi final. That is al...

Here's how many times each country has been drawn into each semi final. Belgium & Iceland have now equalled Finland's record of first semi final participations. The latter, however, has been drawn into the second semi final. Denmark & Georgia increase their second semi final record. All five countries have participated in their respective semi final 12 times. Several other countries have 10 or more participations in the second semi final, which means there are more countries regularly drawn into it. Croatia & Georgia have the longest streak in their semi final, five years each. This means they have never been drawn into the other semi final in this decade. Armenia's & Albania's seven year streak has come to an end. However, Greece & Finland who had an impressive streak of eleven (!) years, are back together after 2021. Luxembourg has been drawn into a different semi final than last year. Czechia & Netherlands now have equal participations in both...

There are four different types of running order patterns:  1. Belgium, Israel, Ukraine & Czech Republic closed the second semi final and then opened the final in 2016 - 2018 and 2022, which technically means they performed twice in a row. 2. Cyprus & San Marino closed the semi final in 2018 and 2019 and then opened it the next year in 2019 and 2021 (as 2020 was skipped) 3. Armenia did the reverse as they opened the semi final in 2019 and closed it the next time they participated in 2022. 4. Armenia performed first in the semi final and last in the final in 2006, making it a full circle. Incredibly, both of those were done by random draw, as they were the last finalist to be announced. San Marino did a "half" circle, opening the second semi final and closing the final.