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8th year in a row...


... when a country wins Eurovision for the first time! Russia follows Serbia, Finland, Greece. Ukraine, Turkey, Latvia and Estonia with this trend that started in 2001. But do these wins have something else in common? Serbia won with their first attempt, Finland with its 40th. Greece and Russia been close there the previous years while Finland and Turkey came from nowhere. So, maybe not....
Estonia won back in 2001 with its 7th try. It was in the air as Estonia made it top-10 four times the years before the win but when Tanel Padar & co won, it was a huge surprise to everyone. After their win Estonia has collapsed completely doing well only at home in 2002 (3rd).
Latvia took the honors in 2002, another song no one expected to win, with their 3rd try. They debuted in 2000 with 3rd place but haven't really been so succesful afterwords either (with the exception of 2005 (5th).
Turkey was one of the favourites and won in 2003 with their 25th entry. It was a close call, top-3 was within 3 points! Before they win they only had one top-10 placing but they have managed to keep the good wave up and finished in top-10 3 times since!
Ukraine debuted in 2003 and came to win in 2004. They have kept rather unmatched score ever since: 3 top-10 placings with two runner ups! The only drop down was at home in 2005. Greece was ready for the victory in 2005 and already finished 3rd in 2001 and 2004. It was their 26th try and have kept the top-10 placings since. They really have found the secret combination for now. How long it will last? Or will it end up with another victory soon?
Finland came out of nothing in 2006 and got a record and point breaking victory in Athens. 45 years in the contest and 4oth entry. Only 10 miserable top-10 placings before that, the best being 6th place. After that it's been back to normal, or maybe not. Finland was in the final this year for the 3rd year in a row. That didn't happen since the change of rules of skipping years and semifinals and so on...
Serbia, formerly part of Yogoslavia and formerly known as Serbia-Montenegro debuted and won in Helsinki with their first entry as an independent country. As Serbia-Montenegro they scored a 2nd place as a debut in 2004 already so it was coming. When part of Yogoslavia they had four entries (1974, 1982, 1991, 1992) and none of them made the top-10.
Russia, like Greece has been up and coming and hungry for victory already for years. It came with their 12th entry after 4 top-3 places and 7 top-10 places. Their way to victory has been well made: Dima himself 2nd in 2006, Serebro 3rd in 2007 and again Dima the winner in 2008.

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