<P> The 2004 contest had its first semifinal, with a slight change in voting: countries which did not qualify from the semifinal would be allowed to cast votes in the final . This resulted in Ukraine's Ruslana finishing first, with a record 280 points . If the voting had been conducted as it had been from 1956 to 2003 (when only finalist countries could vote), Serbia and Montenegro's Željko Joksimović would have won the contest with 190 points: a 15 - point lead over Ruslana, who would have scored 175 points . To date, non-qualifying countries are still allowed to vote in the final . In 2006, Serbia and Montenegro were able to vote in the semifinal and the final despite their non-participation due to a scandal in the selection process . </P> <P> With the introduction of two semifinals in 2008, a new method of selecting finalists was created . The top nine songs (ranked by televote) qualified, along with one song selected by the back - up juries . This method, in most cases, meant that the tenth song in the televoting failed to qualify; this attracted some criticism, especially from Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (who had placed 10th in the televote in both years). In 2010 the 2009 final system was used, with a combination of televoting and jury votes from each country also used to select the semi-finalists . Each participating country had a national jury, consisting of five music - industry professionals appointed by national broadcasters . </P> <P> "A Million Voices" sung by Russian artist Polina Gagarina, became the first song to get over 300 points without winning the contest; with a new voting system introduced in 2016, Australia became the first country to get over 500 points without winning the contest . In 2017, Bulgaria became the first non-winning entry to score above 600 points, as well as Portugal becoming the first country to get over 750 points - winning the contest as a result of this . As the number of voting countries and the voting systems have varied, it may be more relevant to compare what percentage of all points awarded in the competition that each song received (computed from the published scoreboards (1) (2). The table below show winning songs by the percentage of all votes . </P> <P> This table shows top 5 winning songs by the percentage from the all votes cast . </P>

Who has scored the most points in eurovision
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