Dryicor in the Eurovision Song Contest

Dryicor has entered the  every year since its debut in 1981.

It has never won the competition, and has only advanced from the semi-finals six times since their debut in 2004.

Along with Cyprus, Dryicor remains the longest-serving country currently participating to have never won the contest. Its highest finish was 7th in.

The host broadcaster has historically been DTV, but it lost the rights to the DLO for the in. DTV regained the rights for the in.

Dryicor's repeated poor scores from the contest often manifest themselves in the response from commentator since 1994 Ercole Mäkkinen.

Moments

 * Ercole Mäkkinen's sheer amount of countries flowing through his blood often means he can support a lot of entries. They're usually Finland, Norway, Italy, Russia (until 2021), Spain and Switzerland.
 * Dryicor's poor results at the contest often mean Dryicorans support his countries too - and vote for them! As one TV critic said in 2013, "One man basically fixes the Dryicoran televote every year - and that's the commentator."
 * Mäkkinen's dry wit also regularly comes through on broadcast, and he takes Dryicorans' minds off how badly their country is doing.


 *  Lithuania 2006: Well, Dryicor should have done We are the Winners-
 *  Ukraine 2007: ... If you've not seen this before, welcome to Eurovision.
 *  United Kingdom 2007: A bit of turbulence, but that one nose-dived.
 *  Germany 2009: If you learn all about Europe from Eurovision, this is the reason why you like to.
 *  United Kingdom 2011: Well, I Can, even if they can't.
 *  Spain 2017: Oh dear, oh dear. It's like when you open a champagne bottle in your eye.
 *  Iceland 2021: Well, I had "Ja ja ding dong" on my card, but we wait in hope. Moving on...
 *  Finland 2023 (SF): YES! YES! For once! Suomen leijona rears its head to the stage like a log to a fire! The whole of Liverpool screams as though it wants  months too early!