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The ESCRadio Awards is an annual event hosted by ESC Radio which has been held since 2006. There was no awards handed out in 2010.

Format[]

The awards are usually held in the weeks following each year's contest, and voting is open for 8 days. Fans are invited to vote for their favorites in each of 3 categories:

  1. Best Song (best overall song of the year)
  2. Best Solo Artist (awarded to the best soloist)
  3. Best Group (awarded to the best group, includes duos and trios)

Votes are restricted to 3 per day to prevent ballot stuffing. At the end of the voting period, the votes are tallied and the act/song that receives the highest percentage in each category is the winner. Acts can win in a maximum of 2 categories, and the winners each receive a special trophy.

Despite the 2020 contest being cancelled, the awards were still held that year to honor the participants. Best Group went to The Roop from Lithuania (also winning Best Song for On Fire), Victoria from Bulgaria won Best Female Artist, and Gjon's Tears from Switzerland won Best Male Artist.

In 2024, the categories of Best Male Artist and Best Female Artist were merged to become the Best Solo Artist category. The winners of the former individual categories will still be archived here.

Current Category Winners[]

Best Solo Artist[]

Year Country Artist
2024 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Nemo

Best Group[]

Year Country Artist
2006 Flag of Finland Finland Lordi
2007 Flag of Spain Spain D'NASH
2008 Flag of Iceland Iceland Euroband
2009 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Aysel & Arash
2010 N/A
2011 Flag of Ireland Ireland Jedward
2012 Flag of Iceland Iceland Greta Salóme & Jónsi
2013 Flag of Greece Greece Koza Mostra ft. Agathonas Iakovidis
2014 Flag of The Netherlands The Netherlands The Common Linnets
2015 Flag of Italy Italy Il Volo
2016 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom Joe & Jake
2017 Flag of Moldova Moldova Sunstroke Project
2018 Flag of France France Madame Monsieur
2019 Flag of Norway Norway KEiiNO
2020 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania The Roop
2021 Flag of Italy Italy Måneskin
2022 Flag of Norway Norway Subwoolfer
2023 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Joker Out
2024 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil

Best Song[]

Year Country Artist Song
2006 Flag of Greece Greece Anna Vissi Everything
2007 Flag of Spain Spain D'NASH I Love You Mi Vida
2008 Flag of Russia Russia Dima Bilan Believe
2009 Flag of Norway Norway Alexander Rybak Fairytale
2010 N/A
2011 Flag of Sweden Sweden Eric Saade Popular
2012 Flag of Sweden Sweden Loreen Euphoria
2013 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom Bonnie Tyler Believe in Me
2014 Flag of Hungary Hungary András Kállay-Saunders Running
2015 Flag of Italy Italy Il Volo Grande Amore
2016 Flag of Russia Russia Sergey Lazarev You Are The Only One
2017 Flag of Portugal Portugal Salvador Sobral Amar pelos dois
2018 Flag of Czech Republic Czech Republic Mikolas Josef Lie to Me
2019 Flag of The Netherlands The Netherlands Duncan Laurence Arcade
2020 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania The Roop On Fire
2021 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Gjon's Tears Tout l'univers
2022 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom Sam Ryder Space Man
2023 Flag of Sweden Sweden Loreen Tattoo
2024 (tie) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
Flag of Croatia Croatia
Nemo
Baby Lasagna
The Code
Rim Tim Tagi Dim

Former Category Winners[]

Best Male Artist[]

Year Country Artist
2006 Flag of Romania Romania Mihai Trăistariu
2007 Flag of Turkey Türkiye Kenan Doğulu
2008 Flag of Russia Russia Dima Bilan
2009 Flag of Norway Norway Alexander Rybak
2010 N/A
2011 Flag of Sweden Sweden Eric Saade
2012 Flag of Estonia Estonia Ott Lepland
2013 Flag of Italy Italy Marco Mengoni
2014 Flag of Hungary Hungary András Kállay-Saunders
2015 Flag of Belgium Belgium Loïc Nottet
2016 Flag of Russia Russia Sergey Lazarev
2017 Flag of Portugal Portugal Salvador Sobral
2018 Flag of Czech Republic Czech Republic Mikolas Josef
2019 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Luca Hänni
2020 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Gjon's Tears
2021
2022 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom Sam Ryder
2023 Flag of Finland Finland Käärijä

Best Female Artist[]

Year Country Artist
2006 Flag of Greece Greece Anna Vissi
2007 Flag of Hungary Hungary Magdi Rúzsa
2008 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Ani Lorak
2009 Flag of Iceland Iceland Yohanna
2010 N/A
2011 Flag of Germany Germany Lena
2012 Flag of Sweden Sweden Loreen
2013 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom Bonnie Tyler
2014 Flag of Sweden Sweden Sanna Nielsen
2015 Flag of Russia Russia Polina Gagarina
2016 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Poli Genova
2017 Flag of France France Alma
2018 Flag of Cyprus Cyprus Eleni Foureira
2019 Flag of Macedonia North Macedonia Tamara Todevska
2020 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Victoria
2021 Flag of Malta Malta Destiny Chukunyere
2022 Flag of Spain Spain Chanel
2023 Flag of Sweden Sweden Loreen


Trivia[]

  • In the history of the awards, no country has had a winner in the same category in back-to-back years until Gjon's Tears won Best Male Artist in both 2020 and 2021.
  • 2024 saw the first tie between two countries in a category when Croatia's Baby Lasagna and Switzerland's Nemo tied for Best Song.
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Winning Songs
RefrainNet Als ToenDors, mon amourEen beetjeTom PillibiNous les amoureuxUn premier amourDanseviseNon ho l'etàPoupée de Cire, Poupée de SonMerci, ChériePuppet on a StringLa, La, LaBoom Bang-a-BangVivo CantandoUn jour, un enfantDe TroubadourAll Kinds of EverythingUn banc, un arbre, une rueAprès ToiTu Te ReconnaîtrasWaterlooDing-a-DongSave Your Kisses For MeL'Oiseau et l'enfantA-Ba-Ni-BiHallelujahWhat's Another YearMaking Your Mind UpEin bißchen FriedenSi la vie est cadeauDiggiloo DiggileyLa Det SwingeJ'aime La VieHold Me NowNe Partez Pas Sans MoiRock MeInsieme: 1992Fångad av en stormvindWhy Me?In Your EyesRock 'n' Roll KidsNocturneThe VoiceLove Shine a LightDivaTake Me To Your HeavenFly on the Wings of LoveEverybodyI WannaEveryway That I CanWild DancesMy Number OneHard Rock HallelujahMolitvaBelieveFairytaleSatelliteRunning ScaredEuphoriaOnly TeardropsRise Like a PhoenixHeroes1944Amar pelos doisToyArcadeZitti e buoniStefaniaTattooThe Code
Specials
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Aspects of Eurovision
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Miscellaneous
Big FiveCurse of 43Curse of Number TwoCurse of GreenDouze Points!ESCRadio AwardsESC Top 250Eurovision AgainEurovision National BroadcastersEurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire SagaFounding SevenLGBT visibilityLynda WoodruffMarcel Bezençon AwardsNul PointsOGAERecordsStand-insThe Reorder BoardTie SituationTop Scoring SongsVoting DiasporaWinner's CurseWithdrawn SongsYou're a Vision Award
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