--- description: The best and worst songs throughout the Eurovision competition's history. title: Watch: Now That's What I Call Eurovision! image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae87208bce88f94c/69868ea5e53abaaf234d280d/eurovision.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch: Now That's What I Call Eurovision!  by [Francesca Trianni](/author/francesca-trianni/)  ## Francesca Trianni Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2014 2:00 PM CUT  A party after the first Semi-Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, on May 6, 2014 in Copenhagen. A party after the first Semi-Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, on May 6, 2014 in Copenhagen.Bax Lindhardt—AFP/Getty Images  by [Francesca Trianni](/author/francesca-trianni/)  ## Francesca Trianni Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2014 2:00 PM CUT Emotions are flying high ahead of Saturday’s final in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest as the crisis in Ukraine is [casting a political shadow](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304885404579549870141471790 "undefined") over the competition. Eurovision is one of the [most-watched non-sports events](http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/fraser-nelson/2014/05/the-eurovision-song-contest-is-starting-and-for-once-britain-is-in-with-a-chance/ "undefined") in the world. This year, 37 countries are participating. They’re mostly European countries, but others, such as Israel, get to perform too. TIME took a stroll down memory to find some of the best – and the worst – songs of Eurovision. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/93888/eurovision/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/93888/eurovision/"},"headline":"Watch: Now That's What I Call Eurovision!","datePublished":"2014-05-09T14:00:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:45:10.153Z","description":"The best and worst songs throughout the Eurovision competition's history.","url":"https://time.com/93888/eurovision/","keywords":["Ukraine","Television","Music","europe"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae87208bce88f94c/69868ea5e53abaaf234d280d/eurovision.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Francesca Trianni","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae87208bce88f94c/69868ea5e53abaaf234d280d/eurovision.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A party after the first Semi-Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, on May 6, 2014 in Copenhagen.","caption":"A party after the first Semi-Final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, on May 6, 2014 in Copenhagen.","creditText":"Bax Lindhardt—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/93888/eurovision/","name":"Watch: Now That's What I Call Eurovision!"}}]}] ```