Barbara Dex Award – Eurovision Universe

The Barbara Dex Award is an annually awarded, fan-voted accolade for the “worst dressed” artist(s) in the Eurovision Song Contest.
It was named after Belgian singer Barbara Dex, who represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 wearing a self-made, semi-transparent dress
It was created by Edwin van Thillo and Rob Paardekam, the founders of Dutch Eurovision fansite The House of Eurovision, in 1997.

Since 2017 the organization of the Barbara Dex Award is done by: https://songfestival.be

In 1993, Barbara Dex represented Belgium. She was famous, not only for her song, but especially for the dress she whore.

Dutch commenter Willem van Beusekom about the dress: “Barbara is studying at the fashion academy, but one can see clearly that she didn’t finish her study yet”

Year	Country	Artist	Song	Place	Points	SF Place	SF Points
2019	Portugal	Conan Osíris	Telemóveis	–	–	15	51
2018	North Macedonia	Eye Cue	Lost and found	–	–	18	24
2017	Montenegro	Slavko Kalezić	Space	–	–	16	54
2016	Croatia	Nina Kraljić	Lighthouse	23	73	10	133
2015	The Netherlands	Trijntje Oosterhuis	Walk Along	–	–	14	13
2014	Lithuania	Vilija Matačiūnaitė	Attention	–	–	11	36
2013	Serbia	Moje 3	Ljubav je svuda	–	–	11	46
2012	Albania	Rona Nishliu	Suus	5	146	2	146
2011	Georgia	Eldrine	One more day	9	110	6	74
2010	Serbia	Milan Stanković	Ovo je Balkan	6	143	1	167
2009	Hungary	Zoli Ádok	Dance with me	–	–	15	16
2009	Andorra	Gisela	Casanova	–	–	16	22
2008	Ukraine	Verka Serduchka	Dancing Lasha Tumbai	2	235	–	–
2007	Portugal	Nonstop	Coisas de nada	–	–	19	26
2006	North Macedonia	Martin Vučić	Make my day	17	52	9	97
2005	Romania	Sanda	I admit	18	8	–	–
2004	Russia	t.A.T.u.	Ne ver’, ne boysia	3	164	–	–
2003	Greece	Michalis Rakintzis	S.A.G.A.P.O.	17	27	–	–
2002	Poland	Piasek	2 Long	20	11	–	–
2001	Belgium	Nathalie Sorce	Envie de vivre	24	2	–	–
2000	Spain	Lydia	No quiero escuchar	23	1	–	–
1999	Germany	Guildo Horn & Die Orthopädischen Strümpfe	Guildo hat euch lieb!	7	74	–	–
1998	Malta	Debbie Scerri	Let me fly	9	66	–	–

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