A compilation of all songs that came second in the Eurovision Song Contest from 1980 to 2008. In brackets you can see the margin they lost to the winner! For the making this recap I used ESC videos uploaded by JMFVelada and ESCBelgium111 so a big thank you for them! 2nd place is the best result for Iceland, Malta, Poland. The list of the songs: 1980 Germany | Katja Ebstein - Theater 1981 Germany | Lena Valaitis - Johnny Blue 1982 Israel | Avi Toledano - Hora 1983 Israel | Ofra Haza - Khay 1984 Ireland | Linda Martin - Terminal 3 1985 Germany | Wind - Für Alle 1986 Switzerland | Daniela Simons - Pas Pour Moi 1987 Germany | Wind - Laß die Sonne in dein Herz 1988 United Kingdom | Scott Fitzgerald - Go 1989 United Kingdom | Live Report - Why Do I Always Get It Wrong? 1990 France | Joelle Ursull - White and Black Blues, Ireland | Liam Reilly - Somewhere In Europe 1991 France | Amina - C'est le dernier qui a parlé... 1992 United Kingdom | Michael Ball - One Step Out Of Time 1993 United Kingdom | Sonia - Better The Devil You Know 1994 Poland | Edyta Górniak - To Nie Ja 1995 Spain | Anabel Conde - Vuelve Conmigo 1996 Norway | Elisabeth Andreassen - I evighet 1997 Ireland | Marc Roberts - Mysterious Woman 1998 United Kingdom | Imaani - Where Are You? 1999 Iceland | Selma - All Out Of Luck 2000 Russia | Alsou - Solo 2001 Denmark | Rollo & King - Never Ever Let You Go 2002 Malta | Ira Losco - 7th Wonder 2003 Belgium | Urban Trad - Sanomi 2004 Serbia & Montenegro | Željko Joksimović - Lane Moje 2005 Malta | Chiara - Angel 2006 Russia | Dima Bilan - Never Let You Go 2007 Ukraine | Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai 2008 Ukraine | Ani Lorak - Shady Lady