Australia’s Eurovision Top 100 2026: Counting down from 74 to 62

Australia’s Eurovision Top 100 2026: Counting down from 74 to 62

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Easter Monday wasn’t just full of buns, eggs and bunnies – it was full of your Eurovision favourites! For the seventh time, Australia voted for their top 100 Eurovision songs of all time, thanks to the amazing people at OGAE Australia.

This is Australia’s Eurovision Top 100 with OGAE Australia on JOY.

Michael was joined by Daniel, Gazmend and Rowan to count down from 74 to 62.

Share your thoughts on the socials using #ESCTop100

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The countdown

#74: Robin Bengtsson – I Can’t Go On (Sweden 2017)

#73: Subwoolfer – Give That Wolf a Banana (Norway 2022)

#72: Pastora Soler – Quédate conmigo (Spain 2012)

#71: Senhit – Adrenalina (San Marino 2021)

#70: Duncan Laurence – Arcade (Netherlands 2019)

#69: Bojana Stamenov – Beauty Never Lies (Serbia 2015)

#68: The Roop – On Fire (Lithuania 2020)

#67: Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann – Dansevise (Denmark 1963)

#66: France Gall – Poupée de cire, poupée de son (Luxembourg 1965)

#65: Elena Paparizou – My Number One (Greece 2005)

#64: Marco Mengoni – Due vite (Italy 2023)

#63: Eugent Bushpepa – Mall (Albania 2018)

#62: Emmelie de Forest – Only Teardrops (Denmark 2013)

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