Top 10 favourite songs from the Eurovision song contest 2022

New research reveals Italy’s song ‘Brividi‘ by Mahmood and Blanco is the internet’s favourite entry for Eurovision 2022.

JohnSlots analysed all 40 Eurovision songs from each country based on how much they had been played on Spotify and YouTube, to discover which song has generated the highest stream count this year. 

Storming in first is Italy’s ‘Brividi‘ by Mahmood and Blanco; the song has been played more than 77 million times on Spotify and YouTube. Italy has won the annual contest three times, first in 1964 and most recently in 2021 with the song ‘Zitti e Buoni’ by Maneskin. 

Second with a total stream count of 16.8 million is Sweden’s entry with ‘Hold Me Closer’ performed by Cornelia Jakobs. The country has taken a storming total of six wins in the contest, with its last win in 2015. 

S10’s ‘De Diepte‘ has gained a sum of 14.7 million streams – 2.8 million from YouTube and 11.9 million from Spotify – placing Netherlands third in the ranking. The Netherlands won the second-ever Eurovision contest and have racked up four more wins since. 

Representing Spain, Chanel’s single ‘SloMo‘ ranks fourth, with a combined stream count of 10.8 million. ‘Stefania’ performed by Kalush Orchestra, claims fifth in the ranking for Ukraine, from its total stream count of more than 8.9 million plays. 

Norway’s entry has gathered 6.8 million via Spotify and 618,000 views on YouTube, totalling 7.4 million in streams; the single ‘Give That Wolf a Banana’ by Subwoolfer takes sixth place.  Austria’s entrance this year with ‘Halo’ by artists LUM!X and Pia Maria claim seventh place with more than 7.2 million streams.  

Representing the United Kingdom, Sam Ryder’s ‘Space Man’ has a sum of 5.8 million plays. With a win count of five from the UK, the country hasn’t won for more than two decades.  

Malik Harris’s ‘Rockstars’ claims ninth, having accumulated 4.4 million streams. Germany has won twice before in previous years of the contest, the last being 2010 with ‘Satellite’ by Lena Meyer-Landrut.  

Finland follows in tenth, the entry ‘Jezebel’ by The Rasmus has gained more than four million streams.

A spokesperson from JohnSlots commented on the findings “Countries participating in Eurovision are sometimes accused of tactical voting based on national allegiances, rather than judging each song by its merits. That’s why it’s fascinating to see how songs are performed on the internet before the competition begins, when people are choosing to listen to a song because they like it rather than because they like the country that the artist is from. It will also be interesting to see if the Italian entry’s impressive number of streams will translate into success on the night.”

The research was conducted by JohnSlots, which is dedicated to slot games, and honest reviews of online games.